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
- Taylor-Tot stroller
- Curtis Chevrolet
- Stunning Contrast!
- Smiling
- That's an Elgin Bicycle
- Photographer, locale and purpose unknown?
- Some additional features-
- Why did the West Side never develop?
- Boys will be boys
- Not Only, But Also
- Astounding!
- Kool-Aid
- High-water mark
- A Tough Pair
- Light saber
- Design by the Little Rascals
- Lower Left Corner
- It seems safe
- I am Iron-Lung!
- The bear is still there
- Creepy faux-religious theme
- Cord thing
- Darn.
- Well Done!
- Not sure of what to say.
- Teuton Pagans
- I'm the guy
- Our fully equipped house
- Some traces remain
- I'll Pass
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
Shutterbugs Ahoy: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 11:10pm.
Tags:
"White House photographers, August 6, 1922." Possibly a recreational outing on the Potomac. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Reporters' Tan
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 2:17pm.
Dig the tan line on cigar-boy. Did these guys EVER take their shirts off outdoors??
I can't believe it
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 1:25pm.
I was a White House photographer, and believe me, the guys (and gals) that I worked with never looked that good. I guess it's accurate, since there was a news story about it, but still.
Swim Call
Submitted by stanton_square on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:29am.
News Photographers Click, Fish and Swim
Staff Stationed at White House Guests Down River
on Senator du Pont's Yacht.Taking advantage of a quiet Sabbath at the White House and of Senator T. Coleman du Pont's invitation for a trip on his yacht, the Tech, the White House News Photographers' association, yesterday sailed down the Potomac aboard the craft. Enthusiastic as a group of boys with their first brownie cameras, the veteran photographers had a great outing.
Scenery about the Tech having been taken and retaken, the photographers watched for a good place to engage in some novelties. Off Maryland Point seemed to offer a pleasant background, so Capt. Billouaghby dropped anchor. Fishing and swimming followed. After fancy diving, high diving, losing baits, losing lines, no fish and more pictures, anchor was hauled and the Tech glided home.
Jack Stahl was master of ceremonies. Those on the trip included "Buck" Becker, Sig. G. Bornstein, George Dorsey, H.E. French, Albert Holland, J. Johnston. A.W. Leonard, Hugh Miller, Fred Miller, J.B. Roberts, William Sturm, J.F. Stowell, J. Seligman, Harry Bantine, Kemper F. Cowing, J.A. Brochurst, Kirk Miller and Pat Finney.
Washington Post, Aug 7, 1922
DuPont's yacht, The Tech. 7/11/22, National Photo
They made 'em young....
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 2:04am.
I had no idea that the White House photographer pool in 1922 was staffed entirely by twelve-year-olds.
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