
Sunset at Fairy Glen, Isle of Skye
Photograph by Robert Lukeman
Fairy Glen is situated between Sheader and Balnacnoc on the Trotternish Penisula in the North end of the island

Pictures, drawings, paintings

Sunset at Fairy Glen, Isle of Skye
Photograph by Robert Lukeman
Fairy Glen is situated between Sheader and Balnacnoc on the Trotternish Penisula in the North end of the island


San Francisco circa 1922. “Kissel Tourster at Golden Gate Park.” The driver evidently an understudy for Isadora Duncan. 5×7 glass negative.

September 1943. “Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Waiting for a bus at the Memphis station.” Photo by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.

National Museum Wroclaw, Poland

Veteran’s Day

1918. Washington, D.C. “Walter Reed Hospital scenes.” Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

June 27, 1929. “President and Mrs. Hoover greeting their guests at White House reception for veterans.” National Photo Company glass negative.
“Notice no color barriers!”

Indianapolis circa 1904. “Columbia Club on Monument Circle.” Built out to the lot line. 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.

October 12, 1953. “Becton Dickinson & Co., East Rutherford, New Jersey. Interior from entrance to rear reception room. Fellheimer & Wagner, architect.” Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

My brother’s Marin Catholic High School classmates all decked out for their 1955 Senior Prom. He took this Ektachrome slide in the Larkspur, California, home of the second girl from the right. 1950s accouterments include a table model TV set, spectacular lamp shade and those interesting light bulbs, a variety we also had in our own home a couple blocks away.






Where’s the Coffee Hero?




Cincinnati circa 1900. “Fourth Street looking east from Race.” Compare and contrast with this view from a decade later. 8×10 glass negative.

Cincinnati circa 1900. “Lafayette and Franklin Banks and Masonic Temple, Third Street.” 8×10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.

August 10, 1922. ” ‘Jumbino,’ the favorite elephant at the National Zoo, has his daily bath and scrubbing. Keeper Charlie Louis getting in the preliminaries with his wire broom before using the hose.” 4×5 inch glass negative.

May 15, 1937. “Mrs. Roosevelt feeds ‘Queenie,” official mascot of the Democratic Party, a lump of sugar at the luncheon and garden party given by the Woman’s National Democratic Club at Woodlawn, home of the Secretary of War and Mrs. Harry N. Woodring near Mount Vernon. Queenie was a presented by an admirer to Postmaster General Farley last winter.” 4×5 inch glass negative.

December 27, 1922. Washington, D.C. “Cooks with turkey, pies, and apples on platters.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

San Francisco circa 1926. “Nash Special Six rumble seat roadster at Phelan mansion.” 5×7 glass negative by Christopher Helin.

Washington, D.C., circa 1940. “U.S. Capitol exteriors. Dome of Capitol through trees at night.” 8×10 acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak.