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
- The window
- Play At Your Own Risk!
- Varies by region
- My school had a playground like that, too.
- The Swingset
- Thongs vs flip flops
- Ah yes! The Bronx.
- Was hoping someone would identify this street, but
- 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
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
Fort Worth: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 2:09pm.
Tags:
October 1942. Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information.
Authentic Feeling
Submitted by Foto Fan on Sun, 04/14/2013 - 6:47am.
The photo may be posed, but the soiled apron and shirt provide a feeling of authenticity. The 4x5 Kodachrome and sharp focus give great detail, including the end of the steel rule visible in the apron pocket.
Her
Submitted by JG on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 11:16pm.
Nice shot, although it is completely staged. There is no workpiece mounted to the faceplate of the lathe!
[Posed, not "staged." - Dave]
Protection
Submitted by Lorenzo on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 2:42pm.
It is a good idea to wear eye protection when running a turret lathe.
The Cap
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 1:47pm.
Do you get the feeling the new, clean yellow cap was carefully perched on top of her hair by the photographer to get some "Kodachrome" color into the posed picture? Love the detail in the metal, though.
Nail Polish
Submitted by Larriann on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 1:10am.
And why should she not wear nail polish? It didn't affect how well she did her job and made her feel pretty. An affordable luxury went a long way in those uncertain times.
What a lovely lady!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 12:37am.
What a lovely lady!
Danger
Submitted by Trained at IBM Endicott on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 1:32pm.
That hanging strap is dangerous over a lathe!
Has anyone else noticed?
Submitted by Alan Eagle on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 7:16am.
That she is wearing red nail polish?
AE
Fort Worth
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 7:38pm.
God bless you ladies, and God bless Kodachrome.
[Amen! - Dave]
Fort Worth
Submitted by scribe9999 on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 5:04pm.
Forth Worth, Where the Westh Begins
Dallash, Where the Easth Ends
This site indicates Consolidated Air is now Lockheed Martin, and was General Dynamics in between. The plant is adjacent to the former Carswell Air Force Base, which was closed and transformed as the Joint Naval Air Station.
“Forth Worth”
Submitted by bellhalla on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 3:49pm.
There was a Dodge truck commercial that ran down here in Texas for 3 or 4 years that had a Texas map in the background that had that same typo in it ("Forth Worth" instead of "Fort Worth"). I don't know if anyone else ever noticed it or if Dodge (or its ad agency) just didn't care.
[Oopfh! Fixed. - Dave]
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