Tag: Shorpy

Shorpy November 22, 2016

November 1913. West, Texas. "Some of the younger boys working in Brazos Valley Cotton Mills at West. One, Charlie Lott, was 13 years old according to Family Record. Another, Norman Vaughn, apparently 12 years old, was under legal age according to one of the boys there, Calvin Caughlin, who did not appear to be 15 years old himself. These and two girls that I proved to be under legal age were all working in this small mill. It was an exceptional case, but it is likely that as the children become tired of school later in the year, there will be many more at work." Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.

November 1913. West, Texas. “Some of the younger boys working in Brazos Valley Cotton Mills at West. One, Charlie Lott, was 13 years old according to Family Record. Another, Norman Vaughn, apparently 12 years old, was under legal age according to one of the boys there, Calvin Caughlin, who did not appear to be 15 years old himself. These and two girls that I proved to be under legal age were all working in this small mill. It was an exceptional case, but it is likely that as the children become tired of school later in the year, there will be many more at work.” Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.

Shorpy November 20, 2016

Circa 1904. "Havana, Cuba -- the Prado, looking south." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

Circa 1904. “Havana, Cuba — the Prado, looking south.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

Shorpy November 19, 2016

1922whiskey

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. “Whiskey still confiscated by prohibition agents.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

1924marmoncoupe

San Francisco, 1924. “Marmon coupe at Golden Gate Park.” Equipped with a Biflex bumper. Latest exhibit in the Shorpy Diorama of Defunct Dreadnoughts. 5×7 glass negative by Christopher Helin.

Shorpy November 18, 2016

Washington, D.C., 1920. "Gallaudet football -- Bouchard." Joseph W. Bouchard. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Washington, D.C., 1920. “Gallaudet football — Bouchard.” Joseph W. Bouchard. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

 

May 1954. "High school football player Paul Delfeld, 17, of North Dallas, Texas, helping father at plumbing business. Other photos show Delfeld attending high school classes; practicing football with teammates; playing in game; working at ice cream parlor; attending various social functions with girlfriend Janelle Gibson and other teenagers." Medium format negative from photos taken for the Look magazine assignment "High School Hero."

May 1954. “High school football player Paul Delfeld, 17, of North Dallas, Texas, helping father at plumbing business. Other photos show Delfeld attending high school classes; practicing football with teammates; playing in game; working at ice cream parlor; attending various social functions with girlfriend Janelle Gibson and other teenagers.” Medium format negative from photos taken for the Look magazine assignment “High School Hero.”

Shorpy November 17, 2016

1906. "North from Brink Wood, Pen Mar Park, Maryland." With William Henry Jackson himself about to go snap. 8x10 inch glass negative.

1906. “North from Brink Wood, Pen Mar Park, Maryland.” With William Henry Jackson himself about to go snap. 8×10 inch glass negative.

Shorpy November 16, 2016

November 1913. "Some of the young workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Superintendent objected to my taking photographs. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.

November 1913. “Some of the young workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Superintendent objected to my taking photographs. Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi.” Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.

 

March 1955. "Men participating in family life. Includes women and children standing by window waving to men as they leave for work." Photo by Bob Lerner for the Look magazine assignment "Male Behavior."

March 1955. “Men participating in family life. Includes women and children standing by window waving to men as they leave for work.” Photo by Bob Lerner for the Look magazine assignment “Male Behavior.”

Shorpy November 15, 2016

San Francisco circa 1920. "Studebaker Special Six touring car at Mona Lisa apartments." Fitted with yet another variation on the "California top." 5x7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin.

San Francisco circa 1920. “Studebaker Special Six touring car at Mona Lisa apartments.” Fitted with yet another variation on the “California top.” 5×7 inch glass negative by Christopher Helin.

 

September 1943. "Washington Court House, Ohio. Mothers with their babies waiting at the Greyhound bus depot." Medium format nitrate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.

September 1943. “Washington Court House, Ohio. Mothers with their babies waiting at the Greyhound bus depot.” Medium format nitrate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.

Shorpy November 14, 2016

May 1909. Burlington, Vermont. "Jo Bodeon, a 'back-roper' in the mule room, Chace Cotton Mill." More accurately known as Joseph Beaudoine (1894-1958), last glimpsed here. Gelatin silver print by Lewis Wickes Hine.

May 1909. Burlington, Vermont. “Jo Bodeon, a ‘back-roper’ in the mule room, Chace Cotton Mill.” More accurately known as Joseph Beaudoine (1894-1958), last glimpsed here. Gelatin silver print by Lewis Wickes Hine.

 

Here's my contribution to that popular Shorpy genre, the unsmiling-group photo. In this case, it's because I told them all to stay verrrry still for the brief time exposure. I was using the only camera had access to at the time that could do that, an old c.1935 Kodak Junior Six-16. The negative is long gone, so I scanned this from a period print. My mother is standing in the back at center, and we're in the Larkspur, California home of our friends, the man on the couch with the shillelagh and his wife seated at right. At the left is their daughter and her husband. She was recently seen in this same wainscoted room here. The only one who moved during the exposure, probably because she's trying to restrain her squirming pomeranian, is our neighbor at upper right, the mother of one of my childhood chums. I may have known who the other couple was at one time, but no more.


Here’s my contribution to that popular Shorpy genre, the unsmiling-group photo. In this case, it’s because I told them all to stay verrrry still for the brief time exposure. I was using the only camera had access to at the time that could do that, an old c.1935 Kodak Junior Six-16. The negative is long gone, so I scanned this from a period print. My mother is standing in the back at center, and we’re in the Larkspur, California home of our friends, the man on the couch with the shillelagh and his wife seated at right. At the left is their daughter and her husband. She was recently seen in this same wainscoted room here. The only one who moved during the exposure, probably because she’s trying to restrain her squirming pomeranian, is our neighbor at upper right, the mother of one of my childhood chums. I may have known who the other couple was at one time, but no more.

Shorpy November 13, 2016

Eugenie Blair (1864-1922) was what theater people would call a real trouper -- the actress dropped dead after a performance of "Anna Christie" at the Cort Theater in Chicago. June 1904. "Lyceum Theatre, Detroit." Onstage this week: Eugenie Blair in "Claire or the Ironmaster." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative.

Eugenie Blair (1864-1922) was what theater people would call a real trouper — the actress dropped dead after a performance of “Anna Christie” at the Cort Theater in Chicago.
June 1904. “Lyceum Theatre, Detroit.” Onstage this week: Eugenie Blair in “Claire or the Ironmaster.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative.

 

The 1960s saw several SoCal family vacations to visit my sister and her family, and this time the whole slew of us took in Knott's Berry Farm, where I took 18 color slides, as opposed the over 40 I shot in Disneyland. So that'll show you. Faux-reality fan that I was, I liked wandering around Knott's old western-style buildings, cement cliffs and miniature buildings, but no doubt about it, Disneyland was my heaven on earth. Oh, and it was nice seeing the family, too.

The 1960s saw several SoCal family vacations to visit my sister and her family, and this time the whole slew of us took in Knott’s Berry Farm, where I took 18 color slides, as opposed the over 40 I shot in Disneyland. So that’ll show you. Faux-reality fan that I was, I liked wandering around Knott’s old western-style buildings, cement cliffs and miniature buildings, but no doubt about it, Disneyland was my heaven on earth. Oh, and it was nice seeing the family, too.

Shorpy November 12, 2016

San Francisco circa 1922. "Kissel Tourster at Golden Gate Park." The driver evidently an understudy for Isadora Duncan. 5x7 glass negative.

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.

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.