Category: Images
Pictures, drawings, paintings
The East River circa 1905. “Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
Shorpy:
I recently purchased a collection of negatives, both film and 4×5 glass. They seem to be circa 1912 and were taken in upstate New York. We have identified locales such as Trenton Falls park (now closed) as well as Niagara Falls, Fultonville and Rome. This lady is featured in most of them, as well as her husband and young son. There are other people, but these three are seen most often. She has an extensive wardrobe, and is photographed in many beautiful outfits. This dress is the simplest. In another photo, she is seen in this chair reading a newspaper. One article in the paper gives us the hint of 1912, and her wardrobe offers more evidence. I’ll submit other photos if there is interest.
Circa 1900. “Steel viaduct over Des Moines River, Iowa — Chicago & North Western Railway.” 8×10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson.
December 5, 1940. “Joseph Mullen Inc., 18 E. 50th Street, New York. View from window.” Taking in the spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and, across Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center’s International Building at 45 Rockefeller Plaza. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.
Sept. 13, 1941. “Bloomingdale Brothers, business in New York City. Terrace furniture, Fresnado group, horizontal.” Something wicker this way comes. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.
February 26, 1954. “Large group of infants in high chairs with various adult foods on their trays.” Large-format color transparency by Arthur Rothstein for the Look magazine assignment “No one eats better than Baby.”
January 25, 1955. “Becton Dickinson Inc., Rutherford, New Jersey. Fellheimer & Wagner, client. Double secretarial desk.” A veritable Maginot Line of stenographic fortification. 4×5 acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.
Cleveland circa 1931. “View of Terminal Tower at night, with eagle on right.” 8×10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak.
Palatine, Illinois, circa 1950. “Schoolchildren at Hirsch’s.” Home of the Neon Typo. 4×5 acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive.
Circa 1908. “High Street at night, Arch City, Columbus, Ohio.” If you can’t get into Bliss College, there’s always Professor Rader’s Academy of Dancing next door. 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
January 25, 1955. “Becton Dickinson Inc., Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Sherman’s secretary’s desk.” With, presumably, Mr. Sherman’s secretary. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.
Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1905. “Shoot-the-Chutes ride at Luna Park.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
The Mississippi River circa 1906. “Steamboat landing at Vicksburg, Miss.” Starring the paddlewheelers Belle of Calhoun and Belle of the Bends. 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
New York circa 1908. “Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.” Where hustle meets bustle. 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
Circa 1910. “Schlitz Hotel, Atlantic City.” On the Boardwalk at Ocean Avenue. 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
San Francisco circa 1920. “Locomobile touring sedan.” An expensive open car fortified against the elements with yet another variation on the so-called “California top.” 5×7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin.
Ken: This is my mom, Dorothy Porter, and my two older sisters, Madge and June, on a family vacation trip to Folly Beach, South Carolina in the summer of 1950. Not sure if the old carousel was at Folly Beach or if this was perhaps taken at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. 35mm Kodachrome slide.
April 20, 1965. “Vending Machines, Cigarettes.” 35mm negative by Marion S. Trikosko for U.S. News & World Report
Washington, D.C., circa 1928. “Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. office boys football team.” National Photo Company glass negative.
Washington, D.C., 1936. “Dept. of Interior exhibit — kitchen at all electric farm.” An early manifestation of the government’s push for rural electrification, three years after the Tennessee Valley Authority was created by act of Congress. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
