4000+ fine-art prints suitable for framing. Desk-size to sofa-size and larger, on archival paper or canvas.
The Shorpy Gallery
Join and Share
Social Shorpy
To love him is to like him. Our goal: 100k "likes":
Recent comments
- Ah yes! The Bronx.
- Boom, burn, bust
- Bleak?
- We only had two TV stations
- Talk about guts.
- EEE YAAAH
- Renumbered
- Thongs vs. Flip-Flops
- Pole lamps were big at my house.
- That Plank
- Back to the Future
- Calendar
- Not exercising was not an option
- Fruit boots
- Times Have Changed!
- Thongs
- The Original Fitness Guru
- Enjoy it while you can
- Need more light?
- Not today
- Another marker
- No UHF
- The Real Workout
- Sparse spare
- Vehicle ID
- Restrained droppings
- Corner of Washington & Market
- Jackpot
- Shy Shine
- Recycled steering wheels
Member Photos
Photos submitted by Shorpy members.
Colorized Photos
Colorized photos submitted by members.
About the Photos
Most of the photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs, 20 to 200 megabytes in size) from the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) Many were digitized by LOC contractors using a Sinar studio back. They are adjusted by your webmaster for contrast and color in Photoshop before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here.
Image Galleries
Search Shorpy
Today's Top 5
F.W. Woolworth: 1940
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 4:58pm.
May 1940. "Woolworth Company, Indianapolis, Indiana." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Calling Dr. Freud
Submitted by Chuck Doan on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 3:49pm.
Now there is a building with an inferiority complex!
A Rose Between Two Thorns
Submitted by Root 66 on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 4:14pm.
I don't know what style of architecture that is, but I sure do like it! Those sleek lines and shiny facade just make you want to go in and shop for some moth balls and shaving cream, then wind up at the lunch counter for a burger!
[This is Art Deco style. - tterrace]
Thanks! I thought it was. It looks like what the future should have been!
I grew up on the far
Submitted by demonrat dave on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 11:23am.
I grew up on the far eastside of Indpls and remember the day the Grant building was on fire. I came home from school and it was all over the news, I was young and got the impression the whole downtown was on fire.
Conflagration
Submitted by JohnHoward on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 11:55am.
The left-most structure was the Thomas Building. It and the Grant building adjacent to it were consumed by a massive fire in November 1973. In all, 15 buildings were either destroyed or damaged.
http://digitallibrary.imcpl.org/ffm/ffmGrant.php
By this time the Woolworth building had become the Kirk Furniture building. Today it houses a Buffalo Wild Wings. The brick building to its right was then called the MNB building and still stands.
This photo shows the backside of the Grant buiding as the fire raged:
THE 100-YEAR-OLD PHOTO BLOG
Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photo blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.
RSS | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Photo Use | © 2013 Shorpy Inc.
Today's Top 5