Category: Images
Pictures, drawings, paintings
May 1921. Washington, D.C. “Charles Seeger, a composer, is a brother of Alan Seeger, the war poet. His wife is a distinguished violinist.” And their baby boy will grow up to be folk legend Pete Seeger. 5×7 inch glass negative.
Ethnomusicologist Charles Seeger, seated in automobile, with family, standing, L-R: wife Constance Seeger, concert violinist, holding son Pete (1919-2014), and sons John and Charles. The family is ready to leave Washington, D.C., for their 1921 “trailer trip” musical expedition to bring classical music to rural areas.
1937. “Tavern, Calhoun Street, Charleston, South Carolina.” 8×10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston.
Circa 1905. “Waterworks and Niagara River, Buffalo, N.Y.” Panorama made from three 8×10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Publishing Company.
January 25, 1955. “Becton Dickinson, Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Becton’s office. Fellheimer & Wagner, client.” Gottscho-Schleisner photo.
Washington, D.C. “Girls at Potomac Tidal Basin bathing beach pavilion, 5/28/23.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
August 1923. Washington, D.C. “Dump story.” The past is a bucket of ashes. Or a pail of water. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
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Washington, D.C. “Billy Denham, 9/5/22.” Competitive cyclist both motor- and bi-. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Washington, D.C. “Roxie Stinson, figure in Teapot Dome scandal, has her fortune told, 3/27/24.” National Photo Company glass negative.
“Roxie Stinson, divorced former wife of the late Jess Smith, right-hand man to Attorney General Frank Daugherty, broke open the Teapot Dome investigations with sensational testimony of graft, bribes from bootleggers, and a crooked $33 million dollar oil deal.”
San Francisco circa 1927. “Graham Bros. truck with stake bed body.” 5×7 glass negative by Christopher Helin.
Circa 1896. “Ship’s company, U.S.S. Maine.” Two years before the battleship blew up and sank in Havana Harbor, killing most of the crew and precipitating the Spanish-American War. 8×10 glass negative by Edward H. Hart.
New York, 1931. “City Bank-Farmers Trust Building, William & Beaver streets.” 11×13 gelatin silver print by Irving Underhill.
UPDATE: Restaurant ID thanks to tterrace.
June 7, 1943. “Restaurant soda fountain, Sausalito, California.” Anyone got a nickel? 8×10 acetate negative, photographer unknown.
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