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Pvts. Weaver, Matthew and Wharton - Camp Borden, July 1916
... James Edward Weaver married Alice Jellyman in Waterford in 1911. According to an online family tree they had a daughter, Edna in 1912 and ... 
 
Posted by Emma M. - 07/19/2009 - 5:27pm -

I found this photo at the St. Lawrence Antique Market in Toronto. It shows three members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Camp Borden. The names of the three soldiers have been written on the photo and the inscription on the back reads "Camp Borden, July 1916." I've always been fascinated by the First World War, and this is probably my favourite photograph in my collection. With a little bit of digging, I discovered that the three soldiers are Private James Edward Weaver, Private Alfred Matthews, and Private Richard Wharton. They all hailed from Waterford, Ontario and the surrounding area and belonged to the 133rd Regiment (Norfolk's Own). If anyone has any further information about these three and whether or not they survived the war, it would be greatly appreciated. I've grown rather fond of them! View full size. Follow upI think they all survived - I can't find them listed on either the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site (http://www.cwgc.org) or the Canadian Virtual War Memorial site (http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/). James Edward Weaver married Alice Jellyman in Waterford in 1911. According to an online family tree they had a daughter, Edna in 1912 and he died in 1966. http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SplitView.jsp?id=31836 (line 17) Alfred Matthews was married with at least 4 kids. http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SplitView.jsp?id=31819 (line 34) Richard Wharton was also married and had two daughters before the war. http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SplitView.jsp?id=31494 (line 37) Re: Follow UpThank you so much, Anonymous Genealogist! Much appreciated. It's good to know that these three all made it through the war and came home to people who loved them. Thanks again for your help. Details re. Richard WhartonHe was a farmer, married as noted, and born in England, Feb 22 1882. He enlisted in the CEF on Dec. 21, 1915. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Arthur Zickgraf: 1913
... Zickgraf My father, Carl Knopf, graduated from MAC in 1911 and we have many of his photos of his experiences while in school. Thank ... 
 
Posted by ltitus - 04/26/2007 - 9:29pm -

My great-grandfather Arthur Zickgraf (standing far right) with his surveying class at Michigan Agricultural College in 1913 - Now Michigan State College. He later became a civil engineer and started Wolverine Engineering in Mason, Michigan. Arthur ZickgrafMy father, Carl Knopf, graduated from MAC in 1911 and we have many of his photos of his experiences while in school. Thank you for sharing yours. My son went to MichiganMy son went to Michigan State, and I showed him these pics and he commented: "that's why there is a street called "M.A.C." because it stood for "michigan agricultural college" Also, there is a big smokestack in the middle of campus that says "MSC" because it used to just be Michigan State College " (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Candle Light Christmas Tree
Family gathered around the Christmas Tree, 1911. Mansfield Ohio. View full size. Dangerous beauty I remember ... 
 
Posted by pontoon - 01/17/2011 - 9:15am -

Family gathered around the Christmas Tree, 1911. Mansfield Ohio. View full size. Dangerous beautyI remember hearing my grandmother, born in 1908, tell about when her father would light the candles on the tree, on Christmas Eve. People used to not cut and decorate a tree until Christmas Eve, and I'll bet that was because they couldn't have lit it with candles if it had started to dry out at all. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
Irish in America: 1910
... 10, 1849 in Ireland and died in St. Louis on Sept. 29, 1911 at the age of 61. He had been a plumber. Political activist Michael ... 
 
Posted by Tacoma - 01/15/2012 - 8:04pm -

The Harrington family in St. Louis, MO, 1910. Patrick (man at far right) came to America from Ireland in 1858, and fought in the Civil War in the Irish Brigade of Boston. Catherine Carney (third woman from left) was sent to America alone as a child during Ireland’s Great Famine. She and Patrick had eight kids, including my grandfather Charlie (left of Patrick) and (third man from right) Eddie, WWI veteran and father to famous American socialist Michael Harrington. View full size. Irish in America: 1910 agesA little fill-in information from the internet: The patriarch in the picture was apparently Patrick L. Harrington, who was born Oct. 10, 1849 in Ireland and died in St. Louis on Sept. 29, 1911 at the age of 61. He had been a plumber. Political activist Michael Harrington's (1928-1989) father "Eddie", who I believe is the middle one of the men on the top row, was born Sept. 29, 1889 in St. Louis and died there Dec. 29, 1955 at the age of 66. He had been a lawyer and veteran of WWI, and his parents were Patrick L. Harrington and Catherine Kearney. He would have been about 21 years old at the time of this photograph, well before his famous son was born. The info came from here. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Your Serve: 1915
... View full size. Champion Edward H. Whitney, 1911 Men's Collegiate Tennis Singles champion (Harvard, Class of 1914). ... 5 months later). He competed in the U.S. Open in 1908-1911 and 1913-1916. His best showing was in 1910 when he lost in the Semi-final ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 5:43am -

New York, 1915. "E.H. Whitney -- Harvard tennis." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size. ChampionEdward H. Whitney, 1911 Men's Collegiate Tennis Singles champion (Harvard, Class of 1914). This photo was probably taken in mid-February, 1915. He participated in the national indoor singles lawn tennis championship at the Seventh Regiment Armory (aka Park Avenue Armory) in New York. He lost in the 5th Round to Theodore Roosevelt Pell (who also eliminated Whitney from the US Open 5 months later). He competed in the U.S. Open in 1908-1911 and 1913-1916. His best showing was in 1910 when he lost in the Semi-final round. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Sports)
mill town
... California, on the Arcata Mad river railroad. Taken about 1911. Loco # 3 Notice the cow catcher (pilot) on the rear of loco on ... 
 
Posted by kevhum - 05/27/2007 - 11:45pm -

Train in the mill town of Korbel, in Humboldt County, California, on the Arcata Mad river railroad. Taken about 1911. Loco # 3Notice the cow catcher (pilot) on the rear of loco on the tender, for running in reverse to keep anything or anyone from getting run under the wheels. And the long tong for coupling cars, you'd never see this on regular steam locos. Very interesting shot. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Buffalo Christmas: 1917
... birth dates of Hermann (1912, on the left) and Johanna (1911). They are enjoying their new toys under the tree lit with actual ... 
 
Posted by bhappel - 01/14/2019 - 1:31pm -

Christmas in Buffalo, NY. 1917. The year is a guesstimate based on the birth dates of Hermann (1912, on the left) and Johanna (1911). They are enjoying their new toys under the tree lit with actual candles. In additional to the traditional train by the tree I find most fascinating the horse-drawn milk delivery wagon. This image doesn't show it well but the horse is mounted on a wheeled platform for smoother playtime. This image was digitized from a 4x5 glass negative. Tinkertoys?The stick-like structure in the center of the train track looks like an early version of the Tinkertoy. The sticks seem to be connected by star-like disks. I wasn't aware such a toy existed then, yet, there it is. Tinkertoys?Tinkertoys were introduced in 1914, and the "star-like" discs do conform to the hole patterns of a Tinkertoy spool hub. But as far as I know Tinkertoys have always used a thicker spool hub. Perhaps this an imitation toy? Their father (and later Hermann also) was a mechanical engineer so finding this type of toy in their house is no surprise. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Viewing the Panama Canal locks under construction
... on the Panama Canal during construction. Approximately 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by korm - 12/17/2007 - 5:15am -

A view of one of the locks on the Panama Canal during construction. Approximately 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dreamland (Colorized): 1904
... Coney Island 1904 from Shorpy. Dreamland burnt down in May 1911. View full size. (Colorized Photos) ... 
 
Posted by Bjorn - 10/04/2011 - 9:08am -

I colorized this from a photo of Dreamland on Coney Island 1904 from Shorpy. Dreamland burnt down in May 1911. View full size. (Colorized Photos)
Panama Canal Crane
... Canal company during canal construction. Approximately 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by korm - 05/07/2008 - 4:13pm -

A photo of a crane used by the American Panama Canal company during canal construction. Approximately 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Wolak Family: c. 1921
... Adam(my Father). John and Helen arrived at Ellis Island in 1911 from Poland, lived briefly near Scranton, Pennsylvania, and in western New ... 
 
Posted by Art - 02/10/2010 - 5:47pm -

My Grandparents, John and Helen Wolak, shown here in this circa 1921 photo taken in Buffalo, New York, with their five children (L to R), Bill, Stanley, Jenny, Marcel, and Adam(my Father). John and Helen arrived at Ellis Island in 1911 from Poland, lived briefly near Scranton, Pennsylvania, and in western New York, before settling permanently in New Britain, Connecticut in the 1920s. View full size. American DreamWhat a handsome family. I'm curious as to what your grandfather did for a living. They look rather prosperous. But then that's why he came to America - to achieve the American Dream. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Our First Tow Truck
... Brainerd's Garage, Stony Creek, CT. Our first wrecker, a 1911 Pope Hartford dragging in two very tired looking Model T Fords. Taken ... 
 
Posted by Stuart - 10/19/2008 - 8:50pm -

Brainerd's Garage, Stony Creek, CT. Our first wrecker, a 1911 Pope Hartford dragging in two very tired looking Model T Fords. Taken sometime in the early 1920's the garage looks the same today although we no longer do our own towing. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
USS New York Burial at Sea
... taken on one of the ships many cruises from 1893 through 1911. These images show the most solemn of Naval ceremonies -- a burial at ... 
 
Posted by William Christen - 07/26/2010 - 7:54am -

The recent Shorpy photographs taken on the USS New York. (armored cruiser CA-2) have been of a lighter nature. The following anonymous snapshots are in my collection. They were taken on the USS New York (see the "NY" on the lifeboat in image 4). The images were likely taken between 1898 and 1905. They are numbered on the images as No. 86 through No. 94 -- perhaps indicating a larger series of photographs taken on one of the ships many cruises from 1893 through 1911. These images show the most solemn of Naval ceremonies -- a burial at sea. In this image the honor guard is securing a US Flag around the canvas wrapped corpse. View full size Jeez, What A Terrible Way To Enter EternityPersonally I've always considered burial at sea the most cruel, depressing and needless of all death customs. The person is thrown into the cold, dark roiling sea, an environment totally alien and deadly to human beings, and left to spend eternity completely alone there. You might as well shoot a loved one out into space. Nothing to mark his resting place either and no way to get there or find it if you wanted to. Not even to take his place in a cemetery among the dead of his fellow man, in the warm and familiar bed of the sunlit earth and grass and rain, or to have ones ashes scattered over a peaceful and bucolic place, perhaps at ones beloved birthplace or near other loved ones. What has any man done to deserve being dumped into the cruel and lonely ocean, like the ultimate outcast? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Panama Canal construction
... during construction of the Panama Canal. Approximately 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by korm - 07/05/2007 - 4:55pm -

A view of a raised house for an American management worker and his family during construction of the Panama Canal. Approximately 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hunting in Plaid: 1916
... history of badging cars is murky. It dates from circa 1911 and I think is an EMF - the precursor to Studebaker. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 08/16/2013 - 7:07pm -

Well one of them is, or she had to put the dog down. Looking at the grill of the car I think it's a Studebaker. Any other guesses? From my negatives collection. View full size. Studebaker?I think that car is too early to be a Studebaker - though their early history of badging cars is murky. It dates from circa 1911 and I think is an EMF - the precursor to Studebaker. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Perry on Parade
... the bicycle came from Perry's store.) Keene, NH, July 4, 1911. Cyko RPPC. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 05/04/2008 - 5:33pm -

The sign reads "Buy Your Wagons, Harnesses, Blankets, Bicycles and Sundries at James L. Perry & Co. Vernon St." James Perry was the father of John Perry and husband of Mabel (Carpenter) Perry, both seen in other pictures I've posted. That's the Cheshire House behind the wagon. (Wonder if the bicycle came from Perry's store.) Keene, NH, July 4, 1911. Cyko RPPC. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Cow Chow: c.1922
... at "Coburn Bros., the Kendall avenue millers." July 1911 - "A team of horses belonging to Coburn Bros. went down" on East Gallis ... 
 
Posted by D_Chadwick - 12/30/2016 - 8:05pm -

As far as I can tell these are the Coburn Bros. from Portsmouth, Ohio. I found a few references to them but unfortunately they’re all OCR text; for example, from the Portsmouth Daily Times dated Oct. 30, 1922: The Purina Mills guarantees that you will gel mom fgB or your tnonny btck, when you feed Purina Cbowa u directed. Phone us. SCHICKEN CHOWDER COBURN BROS. Portsmouth, Ohio Phone 745. Scanned from the original 4.25 x 2.75 inch snapshot. View full size. At the Store with the Checkerboard SignI found over 800 ads placed by Coburn Bros. from the first on February 6, 1912 (for Fairchild's Flour) to the last placed on October 18, 1935 (for New Timothy Seed). On January 1, 1936 Ramey's Feed Stores of Wheelersburg began advertising as the "Seccessors to Coburn Bros., Portsmouth." There are also a handful of articles which indicate that the business was started sometime before 1909. They bought out a rival feed company early in 1925 (Horr Bros.), and expanded into the old Wheelersburg Milling Company building with a branch plant in that city. In the spring of 1927 they opened a third location in Lucasville, and the next year another in Minford. Within a few years the last two locations were dropped from their advertising. News items included such tidbits as: October 1909 - Oscar Coburn Jr. was operated upon for fistula, and by the 1st of November was reported to soon be back at his post at "Coburn Bros., the Kendall avenue millers." July 1911 - "A team of horses belonging to Coburn Bros. went down" on East Gallis Street, as automobile tires picked up oil from the freshly oiled Gallia Pike and deposited it on the paved street, making it as "slippery as glass." May 1915 - Complaints were made of a foul water pond in back of the Coburn feed mill ("said to be full of dead animals and rotten corn cobs"). October 1916 - Thieves broke into office of the flouring mill by "jimmying" a back window. They completely ransacked the place and broke open two locked desks, but nothing was taken. "The safe was unlocked and always is." May 1927 - Fire swept through Wheelersburg, destroying much of the town, including the Coburn Bros. mill. Within 30 days construction began on a fireproof building to replace the old Coburn frame structure September 1927 - A small fire broke out in a cabin near the Portsmouth mill and "Employees of the CBM and outsiders used water and chemicals from the mill to extinguish the blaze before the firemen...arrived upon the scene." The ad below—from page three of the October 30, 1922 edition of The Portsmouth Daily Times—is the same from which the quote in the caption is taken. Click on the image for a larger version. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
I Love a Parade!
Another Real Photo Postcard -- Keene NH, July 4, 1911. Forrest Hall, F. H. Tyler, Jim Foley, and ____ Clark, piccolos; John ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 04/01/2008 - 7:41pm -

Another Real Photo Postcard -- Keene NH, July 4, 1911. Forrest Hall, F. H. Tyler, Jim Foley, and ____ Clark, piccolos; John Chapman, ___?___, Leo Tyler, drums; Mike Breen, bass drum. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Bath Baby: c.1910
1910 or 1911: Buffalo, NY, digitized from a 4x5" glass negative. This is either Ursula ... 
 
Posted by bhappel - 04/22/2011 - 1:24pm -

1910 or 1911: Buffalo, NY, digitized from a 4x5" glass negative. This is either Ursula (b 6/8/1910, d 9/16/1910) or Johanna (b 7/23/11, d 2/11/1920) at bathtime. In preparation for afterwards, a safety pin has been placed inside the round lid from the container of cotton. I imagine that it is a block of square soap in the saucer. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Whole Fam Damily: 1927
... hails from England; my grandfather emigrated to the US in 1911 and my grandmother followed him in 1915 on the last passenger steamer to ... 
 
Posted by Rute Boye - 09/28/2012 - 8:17pm -

This is a portrait of my mother’s side of the family, taken about 1927. That’s her in the top right corner, at about the age of one, being held by my grandfather. My grandmother is in the dark dress, seated directly in front of them. Across the back row are my great-uncles, whom I don’t know too much about except that one of them suffered from “shell shock” during the Great War and was never the same afterward. I think he died an early death. Seated in front of them in the middle row are my great aunts. I don’t recall too much about them either, except that I think the one seated third from the right developed a very healthy dark mustache in her old age. Funny the stuff a kid remembers! In the front row, far left, is my uncle Jack (seen here 25 years later). Also in the front row, third from the left is my aunt Peggy. The two people in the middle row center are my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother. On the table of honor in the epicenter of it all are the smiling visages of my great-great-grandfather and my great-great-grandmother. Quite a clan! View full size. That side of my family hails from England; my grandfather emigrated to the US in 1911 and my grandmother followed him in 1915 on the last passenger steamer to sail from England before the sinking of the Lusitania. Some of the family moved to Canada or New Zealand, but most stayed in England. I wish I’d been able to know them better! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Brother and Sister: 1914
... 4 other sisters) from Northern Italy via Ellis Island in 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by dbarryc63 - 09/19/2019 - 8:27am -

My grandfather, Orest Caselli, born 1895, and his sister Catherine, born 1893. Photo taken in the studio of G. Dobkin, New York City, 1914. This along with another one are the oldest known photos of him, and this is the only known photo of her. They came to America (along with 4 other sisters) from Northern Italy via Ellis Island in 1911. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Lake View Park Concession Stand: 1916
... the league in 1905, winning three league championships; in 1911, 1916 and 1917. Baseball was suspended in 1918 on account of World War I, ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 11/09/2018 - 8:01am -

Concession stand runners and helpers, circa 1916, servicing the Lake View Park baseball field. Lake View Park (1883-1921). Lake View Park was near the River, at the foot of Grant Street, Averyville-Peoria, Illinois. Lake View Park was the home of the Peoria Distillers, a Triple-I League team (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League). The Peoria Distillers entered the league in 1905, winning three league championships; in 1911, 1916 and 1917. Baseball was suspended in 1918 on account of World War I, when the Distillers returned in 1919, they changed their name to the Peoria Tractors. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Sternwheel Tow Boat Ironsides: c.1910
... on the stern that dates the picture to between 1890 and 1911. More information can be found here . Scanned from the original 5x7 ... 
 
Posted by D_Chadwick - 08/29/2017 - 7:18am -

The Pittsburgh Sternwheel Tow Boat "Ironsides" was built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1869 and was in service until she sank at Point Pleasant, West Virginia on August 6, 1927. Since there's no "h" in the spelling of Pittsburgh on the stern that dates the picture to between 1890 and 1911. More information can be found here. Scanned from the original 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mother's Parents
... William (b. 1907, d. 1924), middle is Martha "Mattie" (b. 1911, d. 1959), left is Jennifer "Jenny" (b. ?, d. early 1960s). It looks like ... 
 
Posted by neverslim - 01/06/2011 - 8:36am -

My grandparents Thomas McKinlay Stoddart and Elizabeth Stoddart (nee Hughes) with 3 of their large brood of children. They are both buried in the cemetery at Newton Church (Midlothian, Scotland). At left, I think, is William (b. 1907, d. 1924), middle is Martha "Mattie" (b. 1911, d. 1959), left is Jennifer "Jenny" (b. ?, d. early 1960s). It looks like they were expecting rain. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Metal Cutting and Coping Machine
... size. The Model 1HA Patent was filed on May 15, 1911 and patent #1044177 was issued on Nov 12, 1912. This is the oldest patent ... 
 
Posted by bhappel - 04/22/2011 - 1:25pm -

An image of the Model 1HA metal cutting and coping machine co-developed by my Grandfather Albert W. Happel. The glass negative suffered a gouge in the lower left corner. View full size. The Model 1HA Patent was filed on May 15, 1911 and patent #1044177 was issued on Nov 12, 1912. This is the oldest patent carrying my grandfather's name. It can be seen here. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Bambino at Comiskey Park
... baseball for the East Chicago Kiwanis Club. Born in 1911, he looks to be about 12 or 13. This photo was taken in June, 1925. ... 
 
Posted by Pete Miksich - 05/10/2015 - 12:15pm -

When Babe Ruth came to town, the children followed. After my parents passed away, this photo was found among the personal items they left behind. My father Pete Miksich (to the right just above the Pirates kid) played baseball for the East Chicago Kiwanis Club. Born in 1911, he looks to be about 12 or 13. This photo was taken in June, 1925. George Herman Ruth loved children. Being an orphan, He took every opportunity to be with them. This photo may have come from a newsletter put out by the Grasselli Chemical Co. (Later E.I. Dupont), which had a chemical plant in East Chicago, Indiana. My dad worked there till his retirement. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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