Category: Images

Pictures, drawings, paintings

Images November 7, 2016

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cyclewisdom

 

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luckystrikes1

 

jantzen

 

womentop

 

momwarpath

 

colababy

 

braintonic

 

maternitycorset

 

trypenicillin

 

cellophanebaby

 

hairhelmet

 

santapallmall

 

wifeironboard

 

schlizburn

 

 

naildialing

 

weightgain

 

 

gillettesafetyrazor

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christmashoover

 

luxsoap

 

Shorpy November 4 – 6, 2016

 

Circa 1900. "The beach at Old Orchard, Maine -- Ocean Pier and Hotel Velvet." Which, following the curiously inevitable destiny of beach resorts surrounded by ashtray-grade sand and literal oceans of water, "burned like oil" in the Great Fire of 1907. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.

Circa 1900. “The beach at Old Orchard, Maine — Ocean Pier and Hotel Velvet.” Which, following the curiously inevitable destiny of beach resorts surrounded by ashtray-grade sand and literal oceans of water, “burned like oil” in the Great Fire of 1907. 8×10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.

 

Chicago circa 1907. "Illinois Central Railway station." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Hans Behm for Detroit Publishing Co.

Chicago circa 1907. “Illinois Central Railway station.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative by Hans Behm for Detroit Publishing Co.

 

The Pacific Northwest circa 1918. "Kissel Military Highway Scout Kar, America's first camouflaged automobile," seen earlier here, here and here. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin.

The Pacific Northwest circa 1918. “Kissel Military Highway Scout Kar, America’s first camouflaged automobile,” seen earlier here, here and here. 5×7 glass negative by Christopher Helin.

 

May 1940. Southington, Connecticut. "Schoolgirl studying." Medium format negative by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information.

May 1940. Southington, Connecticut. “Schoolgirl studying.” Medium format negative by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information.

 

March 26, 1954. "Becton Dickinson & Co., Rutherford, New Jersey. Glass wall." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

March 26, 1954. “Becton Dickinson & Co., Rutherford, New Jersey. Glass wall.” Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

 

 

Shorpy November 3, 2016

April 4, 1932. "New York city views. Lower Manhattan from foot of Brooklyn Bridge." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

April 4, 1932. “New York city views. Lower Manhattan from foot of Brooklyn Bridge.” Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

Shorpy November 2, 2016

May 1942. "Amusement park in Southington, Connecticut." Medium format negative by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information.

May 1942. “Amusement park in Southington, Connecticut.” Medium format negative by Fenno Jacobs for the Office of War Information.

 

September 1943. Washington Court House, Ohio. "Boy who rides to and from school daily on a Greyhound bus waiting outside the depot." Medium format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.

September 1943. Washington Court House, Ohio. “Boy who rides to and from school daily on a Greyhound bus waiting outside the depot.” Medium format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.

Images November 1, 2016

 

alaskanosnow

 

Gravy Kayak

Gravy Kayak

 

listeningskill

 

lonelinessfreedom

 

puddlehop

 

cupidarow

Shorpy November 1, 2016

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Man examining skulls." Let's put our heads together and see what we can come up with. 4x5 glass negative.

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. “Man examining skulls.” Let’s put our heads together and see what we can come up with. 4×5 glass negative.

 

 

Summer 1936. "Cat on porch of a sharecropper's cabin, Hale County, Alabama." Photo by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.

Summer 1936. “Cat on porch of a sharecropper’s cabin, Hale County, Alabama.” Photo by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.

 

1938. " 'San Francisco,' Reserve vicinity, St. John Parish, Louisiana. Steamboat Gothic circa 1850." 8x10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston.

1938. ” ‘San Francisco,’ Reserve vicinity, St. John Parish, Louisiana. Steamboat Gothic circa 1850.” 8×10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston.

Images October 31, 2016

pumpkinspice

 

6secondrule

 

likeme

 

box

 

3rdape

 

bestfriendtype

 

storckbirthcontrol

 

unsinkableii

 

antacid

 

einsteinjob

 

fireplace

Shorpy October 31, 2016

March 25, 1952. "Lever House, 53rd Street and Park Avenue. Gordon Bunshaft, architect." 5x7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

March 25, 1952. “Lever House, 53rd Street and Park Avenue. Gordon Bunshaft, architect.” 5×7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

Images October 30, 2016

glowingflowers

hammerstupid

 

clintonkills

 

onemanbullet

crazyfwith

smiling

 

 

neverleave

 

 

coffeefriend

 

trainwreck

 

bitchingabuteveryting

 

pumpkin

 

Shorpy October 30, 2016

Our lovely lady from upstate New York once again, here wearing the most incredible hat. Another photo from the collection of circa 1912 negatives I recently purchased.

Our lovely lady from upstate New York once again, here wearing the most incredible hat. Another photo from the collection of circa 1912 negatives I recently purchased.