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Dime Bank: 1911
Detroit, Michigan, circa 1911. "Dime Savings Bank building under construction." 8x10 inch dry plate ... trucks and electric trucks on the roads. Below, an ad from 1911. - Dave] Working the steel I'm not sure if I could handle working ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 10:14am -

Detroit, Michigan, circa 1911. "Dime Savings Bank building under construction." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. CompetitionLooks like the crew on the left has a one story lead over the crew on the right. The ornate rooftop at lower left was Detroit's old City Hall, demolished in 1961. But the Dime Building is still there. Happy centennial, Dime. Current LookThe beautiful Penobscot building replaced the smaller building on the far left of the photo 15 years later, sitting nicely next to the tallest building on the left edge of the photo, the Ford Building. View Larger Map MaterialsHard to imagine that everything on that building was hauled there by horse teams and freight wagons! Sure would like to see some SHORPY photos of that procedure. [Don't forget trucks. By 1910 there were thousands of motor trucks and electric trucks on the roads. Below, an ad from 1911. - Dave] Working the steelI'm not sure if I could handle working on those stage platforms like those guys that are cladding the structure. What is the process here? Is it concrete, brick or some other rendering over the steel. It sure is a handsome building. ConstructionThe steel insides don't seem all that different from contemporary construction, but it's shocking to see the lower unfinished levels - airy and open with all that massive (granite?) density above. With older buildings I tend to believe the that the external skin is structural even if I know better and this messes with that illusion. Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)Would have been only seven years old in this year, but I'm sure this vista would have inspired her immensely. Her late 30's Chrysler Building gargoyle picture still gives me vertigo! (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC)
Scrambling for Pennies: 1911
New York, November 1911. "Scramble for pennies -- Thanksgiving." Before Halloween came into its ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 8:35pm -

New York, November 1911. "Scramble for pennies -- Thanksgiving." Before Halloween came into its own as a holiday in this country, there was "Thanksgiving masking," where kids would dress up and go door to door for apples, or "scramble for pennies." George Grantham Bain Collection glass negative. View full size. Now that's…creepy! Little BeggarsWhen I was growing up on Long Island (1950s) we would dress as "hobos" and go door to door begging pennies on Thanksgiving. Now I guess you would have to beg for a dollar or two. Boo.Sheesh, this is a downright eerie picture. I'm not sure Halloween is actually scarier. UnrecognizableI think what people find so creepy is that there aren't any costumes based on anything famous. No Shrek or Joker or Barbie. Just a bunch of featureless, undefined faces on these kids, with the only meanings being what you attach to them. Wonderful! Thanks for the explanation!If I ever got my wish to do some time-traveling, I sure wouldn't want to "land" in the middle of that scene without being briefed beforehand! ThanksoweenThis is your basic high grade nightmare fuel! It would have been interesting to post this and let us try to figure out what in the world is going on. Uh, "Trick or Turkey?" Halloween PostcardsDoes anyone have Halloween postcards from the 1920s-1930s? I have a couple from my grandmother's belongings, and they are lovely. The images are all "cutesy" (nothing scary) illustrations. I do not know who the illustrator was; they are unsigned. And there is no artist information conveniently printed on the reverse. If anyone has info about such cards, I'd love to know. niceleyj@k12tn.net Cross dressing on ThanksgivingIn 1947 I dressed up as Happy Hooligan, a comic strip character of my parents' generation, and my brother dressed as chorus girls. We went around on Thanksgiving morn begging "Anything for Thanksgiving?" People gave us fruit and dimes but we were the only kids doing it in our new neighborhood of Woodhaven, Queens. Before that, we went out in groups in the old neighborhood of downtown Brooklyn. I preferred it to Halloween as the kids actually did tricks on Halloween if they didn't get anything -- broke milk bottles, soaped windows, turned over trash cans. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Halloween, Kids, NYC, Thanksgiving)
A Thrill a Minute: 1911
June 13, 1911. The Cake Walk at Luna Park on Coney Island. View full size. 5x7 glass ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/25/2009 - 10:00am -

June 13, 1911. The Cake Walk at Luna Park on Coney Island. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Who can describe this ride? Cakewalk Video From a history of the cakewalk: The cakewalk was named after a dance which was in vogue at the time. The mechanism consisted of undulating bridges and gangways driven by cranks, The driving belt was often connected to the organ which meant that a speed up of the music meant a speed up of the ride and a speed up of the riders jerking on the bridges. The CakewalkI believe the typical cakewalk amusement park ride consisted of a walkway with floor panels that moved in different directions, forward and backward, side to side, up and down, and even rotating, making forward progress difficult and amusing. Maine LineLooks like the "Sinking of the Maine" ride in the background. http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/ridelist.htm The Witching WaveFrom "Coney Island - Luna Park": Theophilus Van Kennel's Witching Waves installed at Luna in 1907 consisted of large oval course with a flexible metal floor. By using a system of reciprocating levers beneath the floor, the ride generated a continuous wave-like motion, followed by another in the flexible floor without the actual floor moving forward. Steerable small cars seating two passengers were propelled forward by the undulating floor. It was fascinating to watch and a popular fun ride. CakewalkCakewalk attractions are still very popular on fairgrounds in the Netherlands. Cake WalkIMDB description for the silent film "Jack Fat and Jim Slim at Coney Island," released December 1910: "Most of the attractions at Luna Park involved flinging the patrons across whirling discs or revolving walls; in our modern litigious era, such attractions are unimaginable. One comparatively modest attraction which we see here is the Cake Walk: basically a moving staircase, with two halves moving independently. We see an attractive young girl negotiating this easily." Only the barkers spiel changes Variations on the cake-walk are still to be found in the traveling carnival's fun house or horror house, along with the rotating barrel and rocking bridge. My favorite was the house of mirrors, all you had to do was look down and follow the wear pattern on the floor. (The Gallery, Coney Island, G.G. Bain, Sports)
The Spinning Room: 1911
March 1911. Magnolia, Mississippi. "Magnolia Cotton Mills spinning room. See the ... Speaking of lamps, electric lamps were still pretty new in 1911. If I'm not mistaken, that was just a few years after Nikola Tesla joined ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/19/2008 - 9:52am -

March 1911. Magnolia, Mississippi. "Magnolia Cotton Mills spinning room. See the little ones scattered through the mill. All work." View full size. Photograph (original glass negative) and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. Spin FactoryJust looking at the picture makes me want to put on noise canceling headphones. Imagine the din and the Mississippi summer to come. The people and those children had to have damaged hearing among other maladies. I once visited an Industrial Revolution Era knitting mill somewhere in Michigan, it was operated as a museum, and part of the tour was a switch being thrown and the machinery went into action, we were warned about the noise and they only ran it for a few seconds. To have to work an entire day in that racket had to be a danger to their mental and physical health. Again, so much for the good old days. AftereffectsI was a nursing home social worker in rural Alabama in the early 90s, and most of the residents were former employees of West Point Pepperell Mills in town. One woman stands out in my memory. She was in her 80s, deaf, S-shaped spine and bent over nearly double but still walking. Her sharper-minded neighbors reported to me that Mrs. M. had worked in the mill from childhood onward, and that she was bent over because her job was to pick (something, they had a slang word for everything there) off the floor as a child and her spine didn't develop properly. Likely deaf from the racket in there. Her mind was not together any longer, but she showed me how to fold towels in a "double E" as she did for the mill. I still fold them that way! How did they manage mentally? In that community, family ties were very strong and church was extremely important. They cherished their time at home and church. People very literally took solace in the belief that their reward was coming. What is that thing on her head?Can anyone identify the white thing on top of the person's head who is standing between the rows on our right side, directly next to the hanging incandescent lamp? Speaking of lamps, electric lamps were still pretty new in 1911. If I'm not mistaken, that was just a few years after Nikola Tesla joined George Westinghouse at Niagara Falls to produce alternating current. I wonder if the power to drive this equipment was electric motors or would it have possibly been steam? [She's wearing a bonnet. Incandescent lighting, at first using direct current, goes back to the 1870s. - Dave] (The Gallery, Factories, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Eleventh Avenue Freight: 1911
Mounted flagman and freight. Another circa 1911 view of the Eleventh Avenue rail line in New York near West 26th Street. ... in 10 years", the New York Times wrote on May 4, 1911!!! Because of the New York Central freight railroad which was using the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 7:20pm -

Mounted flagman and freight. Another circa 1911 view of the Eleventh Avenue rail line in New York near West 26th Street. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. The light spot at the top is from deterioration of the emulsion. Death AvenueWell ... Eleventh Avenue was called Death Avenue...!!! "2000 killed in 10 years", the New York Times wrote on May 4, 1911!!! Because of the New York Central freight railroad which was using the Eleventh Avenue!!! I guess the mounted flag man is the direct consequence of such a dangerous avenue!! Thank you for these great documents!!! I appreciate also the cable car of the first avenue in Little Italy! ----------------------------------------- Funimag, the web magazine about Funiculars http://www.funimag.com Funimag Blog http://www.funimag.com/photoblog/ [Also known as !!th Avenue. - Dave] 11th Ave.I enjoy these daily visits to the past immensely, they give me the perspective I need in my daily life. Uneeda BiscuitI love the sign on that building. I need a biscuit... Street sweeperI like the street sweeper in the background. He looks like the man on the Bullwinkle cartoons. Uneeda"It's the Uneeda Biscuit made the people wanna go, wanna go, wanna get up and go!" Uneeda Biscuit, first packaged biscuit produced. One of the first mass produced consumer items in America. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Horses, NYC, Railroads)
Yale Varsity Eight: 1911
... Click here for more vintage rowers. June 22, 1911. "Yale rowing team." 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/21/2020 - 11:43am -

        Click here for more vintage rowers. June 22, 1911. "Yale rowing team." 5x7 inch glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size. Ahh Sweet Naivete!Show a box, show a box, Bow Wow Wow! How times change!Back then it was the men who were showing everything! Scandalous amounts of skinit must have been liberating, maybe even frightening, to wear next to nothing back then. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Sports)
Cover Nipper: 1911
October 1911. South Framingham, Massachusetts. Joseph Frank Nugent, 22 Howard Street, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/22/2008 - 1:05am -

October 1911. South Framingham, Massachusetts. Joseph Frank Nugent, 22 Howard Street, works in Department 8A of Dennison Factory; makes paper boxes. "I nip the covers." "One year there, 'bout time for a raise." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. This reminds me of a painting by Magritte. The Lady in BlackI don't know which Magritte painting you have in mind, but there's something surreal - eerie, even - about that woman just standing there in the background like some apparition. Miss MannersIt may be that the lady noticed that a photograph was being taken and paused so as to not interfere. What Really HappenedWhen he developed the picture, Lewis Hine was amazed to see the woman in black in the background. "I'm sure there was no one there," he thought to himself. "Surely I'd have noticed." Puzzled, he went back, found the boy, and showed him the photograph to see if he could remember a woman. The boy turned white as a sheet. "That's....that's my mother," he stammered. "But...but...she died last year...." Or maybe not. The lady in blackI agree with Seattlekid but it did give me a bit of a turn. I wonder if it would have been less creepy in color than in black and white. The SecretIt looks to me as though this is a short exposure with a large aperture, seeing as how the boy is practically the only thing in the whole image that is in focus. You can see several other people deeper in the background, and none of them is motion-blurred. It is a little curious why Hine would have composed it this way. Looking at the woman's skirt, it does seem that she might have been walking towards the camera; perhaps she was further away when he was setting up the shot and therefore didn't figure in his thoughts. Muzzer! (Sprockets)Nicely composed, lightly surreal photo. The boy seems so stiffly posed and ill-at-ease, with the blurry female striding up the path- one doesn't have to be a Freudian (I'm not) to wonder if earlier viewers might have found echoes of Herr Doktor there.. Now I remember...That hovering presence- it's Dainty Dora Standpipe! "Unhand her Dan Backslide! You coward bully cad and thief!" Bollards etc.The bollards are very reminiscent of the bilboquets in Magritte's canvases. And you can almost see that green apple floating in front of the boy's face. The woman reminds me a little of the female figure in Seurat's "Island of La Grande Jatte." Taking the AirI think the dark lady was just caught in the frame, there seem to be several people just walking in the background. People used to walk around just to get air back in those days, or so I've heard. She appears curious as to what is going on. Possibly wondering why Mr. Nugent isn't nipping some covers. Howard StreetIt appears that there is still a small park on Howard Street with the (probably) granite posts still there (Park Street is on the other side)- this is my best guess as to the site of the photo: (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Letterbox: 1911
Washington, 1911. "Post Office Department mail box." In front of the Old Post Office ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 8:16pm -

Washington, 1911. "Post Office Department mail box." In front of the Old Post Office building. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Comment?Who could possibly leave a comment for this photo? It's just plain art. I Have a Comment!Actually, it's more of a question. Does anyone know the purpose of the chicken-wire wrapped around the tree? I have my own idea, something to do with keeping horses from nibbling on the bark, but this is clearly speculation. I would like to hear from someone who does know the correct intended purpose. But, yes, it is art, too. A Restless WindImages of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes That call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe. -- John Lennon Me, teacherStrangely enough, that's what was officially termed a "post" style collection box. Get all aesthetic on me, will ya. WiredWhere I live this was done to protect the trees in a park (near a stream) from beavers. This would seem unlikely in this case. Chicken wireKnowing DC, and depending perhaps on the tree, such improvised devices are often intended to keep rats off. In some climes, sheet metal panels are wrapped around and affixed to palm trees to protect the coconut from the hungry rodent. Not so out of dateActually, this looks much many of the letter boxes we still have here in France. Corner mailboxWhen I was a child there was a mailbox just like this one on our street corner. I can't begin to count the times we used it a base during neighborhood tag games. Flying RodentsHow is chicken wire going to keep a rat from climbing a tree. That would be adventure climbing for a rat. Chicken wireI wonder if chicken wire would deter lobbyists? Tree ProtectionIn American Samoa I remember seeing metal sheets wrapped around the palm trees to keep coconut crabs from climbing up. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Grant Park: 1911
Chicago circa 1911. "Grant Park, south from Art Institute." 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... points out, most of the Michigan Avenue buildings from the 1911 photo still stand. The tower in the far distance at the left of the 1911 photo is Central Station (demolished 1974). The view looking north from ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2014 - 5:17pm -

Chicago circa 1911. "Grant Park, south from Art Institute." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. McCormick BuildingThe big skyscraper with the giant sign is the first phase of the McCormick Building, at the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Van Buren Street, designed by Holabird & Roche and built 1908-1910. The addition, in the cleared space to its right, was completed in 1912. The whole building was converted to condominiums several years ago. With the exception of the small six- and seven-story buildings to the right of the McCormick Building, just about everything else you see in this view of the Michigan Avenue "Wall" is still standing. Grant Park: 2014As Michael R points out, most of the Michigan Avenue buildings from the 1911 photo still stand. The tower in the far distance at the left of the 1911 photo is Central Station (demolished 1974). The view looking north from the station at the Art Institute is in the Shorpy photo Chicago: 1901. Another look at the Art Institute from the south is this 1915 Shorpy photo. +106Below is the same view from June of 2017. (The Gallery, Chicago, DPC)
The Car Factory: 1911
Detroit circa 1911. "Boulevard view, Packard auto plant." At least two laborers are hard at ... classy, but legal. So this photo has to be earlier than 1911. Want to know more, visit www.LeatherLicensePlates.com Packard ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/28/2014 - 4:36pm -

Detroit circa 1911. "Boulevard view, Packard auto plant." At least two laborers are hard at work in our second look at the expansion of Albert Kahn's factory from two stories to four, at the spot where a bridge was eventually built over Grand Boulevard, connecting this building with one across the street. View full size. Interesting PlateIt looks like the license plate number was painted on the radiator of that car. Was this a common practice? [Or "license number," since there is no plate. - Dave] Bryant and Detwiler Contractor There can be no question that Albert Kahn, John Bryant and Ward Detwiler (Bryant and Detwiler Contractors, Detroit) helped shape the greatness Detroit had achieved at its peak. Arguably, Kahn and Bryant/Detwiler were a team: Kahn would design and Bryant /Detwiler would build many of the great buildings that once graced Detroit’s landscape. License on the radiatorMichigan started with official license plates in 1910. From 1905-1910 the auto owner had to provide his own plates based on a number assigned by the state. This motorist opted to paint his number in bold and sloppy lettering across the radiator. Not classy, but legal. So this photo has to be earlier than 1911. Want to know more, visit www.LeatherLicensePlates.com Packard plant todayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvTwY6tPf4k A youtube link to a drone tour through the remains, with a MoTown tune to view by. It pains me bad to think that one of America's finest autos used to roll out of there, and today it looks like a bombed-out 35 acre war zone. What I wouldnt give to see it operating in its heyday. The look of industrial AmericaThis plant is so typical of industrial buildings in the first half of the 20'th century, reinforced concrete columns and floors with wall gaps filled in with brick or glass. They were efficient in the use of steel, trading low steel use for high labor costs for forming, pouring, stripping, etc. This style of construction was especially appropriate for WWII factories when steel was needed by the war effort and concrete and brick were more readily available. As structural steel became less expensive and more plentiful and labor costs increased for the forming and pouring over the years, structural steel structures with steel curtain walls replaced this style of building in America in the 1950's. The style continued on much longer in Europe and the Eastern Block. Today it is very rare to see a new cast in place reinforced concrete building in America. Kahn's work was not limited to rectangular layout factories like the Packard plant. He was also very capable of designing "people" buildings that were functional and very good looking. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Detroit Photos, DPC, Factories)
Prep Champs: 1911
Washington, D.C., circa 1911. "Georgetown basketball." Georgetown Preparatory School junior varsity. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 6:46pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1911. "Georgetown basketball." Georgetown Preparatory School junior varsity. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. An Electrical ExperienceWhen posing for a portrait that will be around for the next century, make sure you're grounded. The coachDefinitely seems to be in the wrong sport. Suggestion File this one under Smug. Who stole Sis's socks?!Those look like the Wicked Witch of the East's stockings. Maybe if they click their heels three times they'll win the game? The Iron FiveYou have to give them credit for playing without substitution. BlindingThis is the whitest hoops team ever! Books the boys some time on the tanning bed. The Champs!Maaan! They still have haters today. Multiple focal planes?Great photo, but I keep seeing multiple focal planes? Either a stacked exposure or I am thinking in modern terms and the lens was simply tilted at a slight angle to capture the ball, the first row gents faces and the second row faces and this is why the top of the background drop is in focus as well. This would take some work to get just right. The lighting is fantastic. I'm an amateur photographer using modern 35mm DSLR's like the 5D MKII and these photos are just blowing my mind in many ways. I just love them and the historical value is priceless. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Portraits, Sports)
Ewen Breaker: 1911
... Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co., South Pittston. January 1911. Spooky full image. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. "Breaker ... WOJCIECHOWSKI WAS KILLED IN A ROCK FALL IN THE EWEN IN 1911..LEAVING A WIDOW AND 6 CHILDREN. GRANDSON JOSEPH ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 3:23pm -

Noon hour in the Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co., South Pittston. January 1911. Spooky full image. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. "Breaker boys," or slate pickers, sat astride the breaker chutes, through which the coal roared, and picked out slate and other debris by hand. Boys as young as 8, working ten-hour days, began their coal careers in the breakers. They were paid less than the adults who performed the same work and faced the hazard of hand injuries or even falling into the chutes. Some breaker boys were the sons of miners who had been killed or disabled, often the only remaining source of income for their families. In 1900, boys accounted for one-sixth of the anthracite coal work force. Read a firsthand account of the breaker boys' work. DANGEROUS AND FATALMY GRANDFATHER STANLEY WOJCIECHOWSKI WAS KILLED IN A ROCK FALL IN THE EWEN IN 1911..LEAVING A WIDOW AND 6 CHILDREN. GRANDSON JOSEPH SHIMKO (The Gallery, Bizarre, Kids, Lewis Hine, Mining)
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor: 1911
Atlantic City circa 1911. "Bathing in front of the Traymore." As well as giant billboards ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2012 - 8:36am -

Atlantic City circa 1911. "Bathing in front of the Traymore." As well as giant billboards advertising various products both funct and defunct. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Kondo & Co.Kondo & Co. Importers of General Japanese Goods. Stores: No. 6 West 33rd St., N. Y. City. 218 Oliver Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 1031 Boardwalk, Atlantic City. 1543-45 Boardwalk, Atlantic City. The Oriental Economic Review, November 10, 1910. Kondo & Co., who own one of the most prosperous shops in Atlantic City, was founded by Sajuro Kondo, who came to Atlantic City in 1896 from Boston, Mass., as a representative of Yamanaka, Amano & Co. He opened a shop of his own in 1900, beginning with a capital of only $1,600, and has achieved his present very positive success by the sheer force of his business acumen. A night scene of this section of the boardwalk at Shave Yourself: 1910 where the signage at 1543-45 Boardwalk is "The Tokio." I can't figure out which of these photos came first. Vaniman's airshipGood contemporary summary of the Vaniman Akron disaster here. More recent word is that the exhaust valves meant to decrease chances of explosion of hydrogen airships may have contributed to the disaster 15 min into its transatlantic flight 1000-2000ft aloft, killing 5 people. "See Shredded Wheat made"Well, that's the height of Edwardian excitement, I guess; a far cry from the entertainment offered in Atlantic City these days. I bet those large signs built on frameworks were all lit up at night. See Shredded Wheat MadeNow THAT'S entertainment! Vaniman's AirshipThe sign advertising "The Wreck of Vaniman's Airship" dates the photo to after July 2, 1912. Shredded Wheat Fans Unite!I am the only creature in my house that buys and eats shredded wheat. Those biscuits must be properly splattered with milk or they'll go soggy on you. It takes years to perfect the perfect technique but the effort is well worth it. I would give anything to see it made up close and personal. Oh, the Bucket List just keeps growing! The bride of 40 years, the kids and the grandkids think I'm nuts but what do they know? Must askWhy is the Gillette sign facing one way in the daytime photo and the other way in the nighttime photo brought to our attention by stanton_square? Has the sign been moved? [It's also facing the other direction in this one. - tterrace] Smoke 'Em If You Got 'EmHelmar is Ramleh spelled backwards. Ramleh or Ramla, is a city founded in the Eighth Century. Egyptian cigarettes were deemed more exotic than other Tailor Mades (as opposed to rolling your own). Attached is a WW1 Era ad flacking the smokes to be sent to our boys in uniform. Cigarette advertisements, highlighting Service Men and Women, were also popular during WW2. The Army 'K' Rations (meals ready to eat) contained a four pack of popular brand smokes. Million Dollar PierIn the background is John Young's Million Dollar Pier, seen here, here, here and perhaps best of all here. (The Gallery, Atlantic City, DPC, Swimming)
A Bad Lot: 1911
May 1911. Fries, Virginia. A part of the spinning force working in the Washington ... chewing gum. The company was bought by William Wrigley in 1911. Giveaways Too bad the Zeno company didn't give away shoes. I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/12/2008 - 2:51pm -

May 1911. Fries, Virginia. A part of the spinning force working in the Washington Cotton Mills. Group posed by the overseer. All work. The overseer said, "These boys are a bad lot." All were alive to the need for being 14 years old when questioned. View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. B-b-b-bad to the BoneThe boy with the Zeno cap probably received it as a giveaway from the Zeno Manufacturing Co., maker of chewing gum. The company was bought by William Wrigley in 1911. GiveawaysToo bad the Zeno company didn't give away shoes. I don't know how these boys worked in mills and walked through the rubble outdoors in bare feet. I notice through so many pictures of this era how many dirty, barefooted children there were. I don't think I would have made it. ["Of this era," and all the eras before it. Shoes and baths for children are, historically and generally speaking, recent developments. - Dave] Pop. 614The 2000 Census showed 614 (I think) people living in Fries, which basically died when the mill closed in the 1970s. I'm from that area and it is seriously in the middle of nowhere down in Western VA/NC border. They have this picture on a web page. FriesI asked a local how you pronounce the name of the town: is it "fries" or "freeze"? The local joke is that it's "fries" in the summer, and "freeze" in the winter! (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Rubberneck Auto: 1911
New York circa 1911. "Grant's Tomb. Rubber-neck auto on Riverside Drive." To your left, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/01/2012 - 5:48pm -

New York circa 1911. "Grant's Tomb. Rubber-neck auto on Riverside Drive." To your left, General Grant. To your right, the Inter-Net. View full size. Fifth Avenue Coach CompanyThe bus is one of a series of 20 French DeDion Bouton chassis' bought in c1910/11 by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, with bodies built by Fulton and Walker of Philadelphia to a modified London General Omnibus Company design. One of the series was previously posted on Shorpy. Solid Rubber TiresThe hard rubber tires on this truck, combined with the cobblestone paving common in this era, must have made for a bone jarring ride! Big enough for both of themDoesn't matter on which side of him his wife is sitting, her/their hats are certainly large enough for both of them.... "Isn't this exciting Harry, and next we go to the Opera..." No comments yet!OK, I'll have a shot at it, cliched as it is. That poor man doesn't have a hat, and in the presence of Ladies (presumably), wonder if he was arrested on morals charges after the tour? Self DefenseAs the bus has been moving at the breakneck speed of 25 (gasp) MPH, the gent has obviously removed his boater to prevent loss. The ladies of course are equipped with hatpins. Solid MausoleumAn overlooked treasure. Visiting Grant's Tomb is one of my strongest memories of Manhattan. Siting the monument in Riverside Park was controversial at the time: from a previous panorama. The New Century Book of Facts, 1909. Book IX: Fine Arts. Grant's Tomb, New York City. Grant's Tomb, New York.…A huge and solid mausoleum of white granite erected near the north end of Riverside Drive, between the years 1891 and 1897 from designs by J. H. Duncan, and at a cost of $600,000. The lower story, 90 feet square, is in the Doric style; while the cupola, borne on Ionic columns, attains a total height of 150 feet. The interior is arranged similarly to the tomb of Napoleon at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. In an open crypt below the center of the dome the bodies of General Grant and his wife rest side by side in sarcophagi of red porphyry. Bas-reliefs on the pendentives of the dome are emblematic, of events in Grant's life and were made by J. Massey Rhind. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Civil War, DPC, NYC)
Northwestern High: 1911
Detroit, Michigan, circa 1911. "Northwestern High School, main corridor." 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 10:12am -

Detroit, Michigan, circa 1911. "Northwestern High School, main corridor." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Wow!Such a big valve? Slow Times at Northwestern HighYou can see how long it look to take the photograph by looking at the clock on the ceiling. You can see the blur of movement between 2:55 and 3. ElectricAnother striking photograph that pulses with anticipated life! No Conduit!Probably one of my biggest pet peeves when going into a modern-day school (the one I work in included) are the miles of added-on conduit snaking along the walls and ceiling. Every obsolete intercom system, security camera, and fluorescent lighting conversion seems to have its own set of random tubes and junction boxes littering up the ceilings and soffits. It's nice to see a fresh, pristine hallway, free of plaster patches, conduit, and those God-awful fluorescent pendants -- though I'm sure the existing lighting must have made for some pretty dim evenings. "Compare and contrast"https://www.shorpy.com/node/4527 I remember the bell wellIt was a beautiful sound at the end of the school day. Not so much in the morning. Ears are RingingAh, the peal of those big electric bells! Run -- you're late! Today's kids get only a lackluster tone fed through the P.A. speakers. Wonder why wide hallsThe amazing feature to me is the sheer width of the hallway, especially since there are only lockers on one side part of the way. Wonder why they built them so wide back then? (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC, Education, Schools)
Willie the Nipper: 1911
January 1911. Willie Bryden holding the door open while a trip goes through. View ... had overhead trolly lines for electric mine motors. In 1911 they didn't have electric in the mines???????? The mule hats don't make ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 12:58pm -

January 1911. Willie Bryden holding the door open while a trip goes through. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. Re: Why the door?The mine was ventilated by a forced-air system in the vertical shafts. For it to work properly, the horizontal shafts had to be blocked off. More info here. Why the door?I wonder what purpose that door serves? It's obviously not airtight, it doesn't really look like it would keep anyone from going in or out. And they really need a kid to sit there all day just to open it when someone leading a mule cart comes by? I don't get it. Is this the end of a shift?Is this the end of a shift? They wouldn't need 4 guys to lead the mules, so I am guessing the guys at the rear are about to knock off for the day. What do you think? Mule hats and doorsThey used mule hats when they had overhead trolly lines for electric mine motors. In 1911 they didn't have electric in the mines???????? The mule hats don't make sense. The doors were for ventilation. You had intake air and you didn't want it to go out the main door. The kids opened it many times as the full cars where going out of the mine and when they took new ones in. The plank off of the door, made it easier for the kid to open and close it. When they closed the door with a lot of volume of air, it would slam shut. The plank shouldn't have been removed, but I guess someone had pity on the young kids opening and closing the doors. (The Gallery, Horses, Kids, Lewis Hine, Mining)
The Wild, Wild East: 1911
Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1911. "Savoy Theatre, Schlitz & Young's hotels." 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/24/2011 - 1:23pm -

Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1911. "Savoy Theatre, Schlitz & Young's hotels." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Re: I'm Freaked OutOh, good. I saw too many '50's sci-fi flicks without my mom's permission and she always warned me they'd warp my brain. Best-dressedI must say, the young woman all decked out in classic riding habit at the center is stylin' indeed. Complete with riding crop*, useful should that chap get fresh. *You can easily make out the handle in her hand, but as she's swinging it slightly, the rest is blurred and blends in with the folds of her skirt. I'm freaked outWhat the devil IS this? [Two saddles. - Dave] For the fairer sex Ladies' side-saddles to be exact. On the sideNeat! I'm a side saddle rider and I always scan any photo with horses for a glimpse of side saddles or ladies riding aside. Cool to see a side saddle in its original time. The lady is most likely holding a "hunt whip," which is different from a crop. Hunt whips have an L-shaped handle, usually made of antler, which is handy for hooking onto gates to open them without dismounting. The lash of the hunt whip is used to control the hounds on a hunt. Weird that the two side saddles that freaked out Rip seem to be "for hire." Riding side saddle is not something you can just hop and and do without some training. Boardwalk EmpireIs that Nucky Thompson looking out the hotel window? (The Gallery, Atlantic City, DPC, Horses, Swimming)
Coney Island Orphans: 1911
Orphans going to Coney Island (Luna Park). June 7, 1911. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. CONEY IS ... and happy, wet as all of them were." June 8, 1911, Thursday Page 11, 1004 words NY Times Archive [If the cockles ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 5:43pm -

Orphans going to Coney Island (Luna Park). June 7, 1911. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. CONEY IS CAPTURED BY AN ORPHAN ARMY5,000 Youngsters from City Institutions Have Their Annual Motor Outing to Resort. DAY'S REVEL AT LUNA PARK 310 Volunteer Automobiles Provide the General Joy Ride -- Children Bedraggled, but Happy. If the population of New York's orphanages and child-caring institutions had been made up of adults instead of immune and undamagable youth there would be no less than 5,000 cases of adult indisposition to-day, ranging all the way from cold-in-the-head to pneumonia as a result of the seventh annual outing of the New York Orphans' Automobile Association, which took that number of orphaned children for an all-day's excursion in the pouring rain to Luna Park yesterday. As it was, however, when the youngsters motored luxuriously back to their parentless homes there wasn't a complaint or a sneeze or a headache or even a case of popcorny indigestion among them. Every one was hoarsely talkative and happy, wet as all of them were." June 8, 1911, Thursday Page 11, 1004 words NY Times Archive [If the cockles of your heart need warming, click the link and read the entire article. Nothing like hot cockles, I say. - Dave] Nerdy detailThis truck has chain drive. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, G.G. Bain, Kids, NYC)
Cleared for Takeoff: 1911
Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1911. "Flights and tests of Rex Smith plane flown by Antony Jannus." Aviation ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/22/2011 - 3:17am -

Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1911. "Flights and tests of Rex Smith plane flown by Antony Jannus." Aviation 100 years ago, and another look at the biplane seen here and here. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. JannusTony Jannus was a remarkable aviator. "Jannus: An American Flier" is a great book for anyone interested in early aviation. Like a dragonflyThe aircraft has edged closer to its current configuration, unlike the Wright Flyer, which always looks backwards to me. SpeechlessI'm a former Marine and Navy aviator and, I thought, an aviation enthusiast, but I've never, ever, seen this picture, nor have I seen the lines of this model aircraft. This is simply amazing, and a wonder to me. I suppose I'm not the aviation enthusiast I thought, never having seen a Rex Smith aircraft. I. Love. It. Way to go Tony!Living in Tampa I have often heard of Tony Jannus but haven't seen too many photos of him. He is recognized as the first in the world to pilot a scheduled commercial airline flight using heavier-than-air aircraft, when on January 1, 1914 he flew from St. Petersburg to Tampa. The flight took 23 minutes flying 75 mph at an altitude of 50 feet. The fare was $5 and the first paid customer was Abram Pheil, the mayor of St. Pete. Before this, travelers had the option of a boat ride or a three hour road trip. Commercial air service between Tampa and St. Pete continued for only three months with flights daily, except Sundays. The Gyro Motor Company and Emile BerlinerRecently I stumbled upon a building in the alleyway between Girard and Fairmont Streets, Sherman and Georgia Avenues NW -- first the Standard Materials Company, making parts for Emile Berliner's "Talking Machine." Later the building was expanded to establish the Gyro Motor Company, which produced engines for biplanes of the 1910s. Berliner was working on a lighter engine for the "Gryocopter" but ended up making a useful engine for biplanes. I'm Trying to get the building established as a local landmark. Trying to find a picture of that building (774 Girard St. NW) as it was originally. (The Gallery, Aviation, Harris + Ewing)
The Way Old Ballgame: 1911
1911. Washington, D.C. "Professional baseball -- view during game." The ... of a wayward plumber's blowtorch before the start of the 1911 season. The concrete and steel replacement on the same site didn't get ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/10/2012 - 8:24am -

1911. Washington, D.C. "Professional baseball -- view during game." The unintentional artistic influences here range from Peter Max to Edvard Munch, thanks to mold on the emulsion. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. I spy.Jackie Gleason! It's amazing how this photo has decided to destroy itself. It looks very similar to the "plastic wrap" plug-in filter in Photoshop. Mmmmmm......emulsion mold! Best with ice cold milk. And limburger. Psychedelic v.1.0Far out, man; this would make a groovy album cover! OK, you colorizers out there, get to work! I'm wonderingI am wondering what teams they were watching in "professional baseball". I just gotta know! Is this Griffith Stadium?The wooden ballpark (called American League Park or National Park) on the site of what would become Griffith burned down, supposedly the result of a wayward plumber's blowtorch before the start of the 1911 season. The concrete and steel replacement on the same site didn't get named for Clark Griffith until 1920. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Sports)
When We Were Young: 1911
District of Columbia, 1911. "Negroes. Negro life in Washington." Harris & Ewing Collection glass ... 
 
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District of Columbia, 1911. "Negroes. Negro life in Washington." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. Brrr.Sigh. I so wish I could give them new coats! (or at least a coat with all of the buttons intact!) You get a sense of how cold it must be with the tallest girl's scarf blowing in the wind. Heartbreak kidsMy heart aches for these kids and this picture, so close to the picture of Norma Shearer, points up the injustices in life. Who said life was fair, huh? D.C. KidsMy heart goes out to the young people in these pictures who endured the poverty and difficulties of the times. I hope they had a good life. Girl GroupJust starting out I guess. I wonder if even back then she insisted on being called "Miss Ross." Great expressionsI adore the expressions of the two in the middle - especially the one with the bucket. Classic! I wonder?I also wonder how these kids turned out. The early 20th century was very hard for African Americans considering that it was only 41 years since the end of slavery. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Kids)
The Old P.O.: 1911
The Post Office building in Washington circa 1911, about the closest the District of Columbia ever came to having a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/23/2012 - 3:31pm -

The Post Office building in Washington circa 1911, about the closest the District of Columbia ever came to having a skyscraper. Harris & Ewing. View full size. AD 1897Notice the "AD 1897" over the door; it was about 14 years old at the time. Taxi, anyone?The three cars in the foreground may be taxis. Is that a fare box in front of the window on the middle one? I also notice that the people just walk wherever they want in the streets. They have sidewalks but do not feel motivated to use them. The grandest of them all!Seems like government or public architecture in the period this building was built used the same box of parts. Town Halls, schools and post offices all looked very similar. But I have never seen anything approach this in scale. It surely must be the grandest of them all! The life span of these buildings was relatively short. Was it because conversion to newer heating/cooling systems was impractical? Car vs driverThese cars have the look of horseless carriages. I'm surprised that the manufacturer saw fit to provide a roof over the head of the driver, since they didn't make any other concessions to the comfort of the person operating the thing. [That's the town car body style -- open driver's compartment, enclosed passenger compartment. - Dave] UnthinkableThere was a move at one time to tear this wonderful building down! Cooler heads prevailed!! Railway Post OfficeThe white blur in front of the building is a Pennsylvania Avenue railway post office, or R.P.O. The streetcars in Washington as well as several other cities that carried mail and no passengers were painted white. Mail was sorted by a clerk in the car. Letter mail received en route was postmarked aboard the trolley and dispatched to post office stations located near the route. The "old post office" building served two roles. The offices at street level and above were the Post Office Department headquarters. The building also served as the main post office for the District, with retail windows through the doors up the steps at the front, and a workroom floor in the core of the building and below street level. Loading docks were at the rear for city deliveries as well as wagons to the railway stations. The mail processing activities and main post office functions shifted to a new building at 2 Massachusetts Avenue N.E. after Union Station was opened. The Post Office headquarters relocated to a new building across the street to the right in this view, completed in 1932. Frank R. Scheer Railway Mail Service Library Cheer, cheer for old Notre DameIt was designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, the same architect who designed the Golden Dome at Notre Dame. Go visit it!The building is still there--and not only that, the Post Office Pavilion building is open for visitors. The ground floor has a few retail shops and restaurant vendors. Or you can take 2 separate elevators up to the bell tower and look at the beautiful view of Washington. All free too. http://www.oldpostofficedc.com/ (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Blitzen Benz: 1911
May 25, 1911. Bob Burman and his " Blitzen Benz ," a month after setting a world ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/10/2007 - 5:38pm -

May 25, 1911. Bob Burman and his "Blitzen Benz," a month after setting a world speed record in the car. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Is today's picture brought to us by the letter B?Did Bob Burman race his "Blitzen Benz" at Brighton Beach? Was his wife Barbara in the audience? Were his parents, Brunhilde & Barnard, at the finish line? Up too late last night, mad4books Spidey?Does he not look just like Tobey Maguire? Was his wife's name reallyWas his wife's name really Barbara? I think not Racer XTo go with the earlier Speed Racer post. Can't you see the speedlines? Bob BurmanAt the time Burman set that official speed record, he was the fastest man in the world. Only a bullet or cannon shell was faster - he was twice as fast as any existing airplane, and no locomotive could go faster, either. It was a unique record. Bob, Brunhilde, Bernard, Barbara BurmanBob's parents were not Brunhilde & Bernard, they were Frances and William. Bob's wife's name was not Barbara. He had two wives, the first Lulu, and the second Helen. I don't believe that either of his parents saw him race out of state, but I'm not sure of that. [You are still Not Getting It. - Dave] Wife and parentsHis wife was not Barbara (he had two wives in his lifetime), and his parents, were not Brunhilde & Barnard. I don't believe his parents ever saw any of his races out of state. But that I can't be sure. [Clueless Comment of the Day! Clapclapclap. - Dave] (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, G.G. Bain, Sports)
The Elms of Academe: 1911
Circa 1911. "The College Green -- Burlington, Vermont." 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... 
 
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Circa 1911. "The College Green -- Burlington, Vermont." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Dutch Elm diseaseAh, the days before Dutch elm disease ravaged the majority of trees in the eastern half of the U.S. Moline, Illinois, where I grew up, had most streets lined with elms. All gone now. About those Elms ...American Elms in the good times. I grew up on a street in Detroit lined with those magnificent trees. Sadly, not many left now thanks to the Dutch Elm Disease introduced to the US in the early 1930s. 110 years laterThe ivy is gone from the buildings, but the trees are even more abundant. This view is from University Place, where the earlier picture was taken from Prospect Street. For every old picture of an elm tree… someone has to start the Dutch-bashing. Can we please stop? Ivy Not A Good NeighborIvy will play hell with red brick construction over time. It will eat into the mortar and weaken the brick structure. I'll say it againDon't know how many posts I've made about how amazing large format photography was. This 10x8 plate glass negative is no exception. Literally takes your breath away (well mine anyway). Ill informed people today can't work out how 'old photos/motion pictures could look so good' Well they looked so good because they WERE good. That technology - from the source capture (glass plate or large format film), to the type of lenses, to the usually slow speed, fine grain emulsion mostly with a high silver content, and photographer's and developing skills, produced these stunning results. (The Gallery, DPC, Education, Schools, Landscapes)
Indian Orchard Mills: 1911
... was working. Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. September 1911. Uncropped full image. Pipe smoker I love the kid smoking the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/27/2012 - 9:47am -

Group in front of Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. Everyone in public was working. Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. September 1911. Uncropped full image. Pipe smokerI love the kid smoking the pipe. Bet it doesn't contain bubble water either. Indian Orchard MillsI just searched out images for the mill that I discovered my Great-Great Grandfather worked at in 1879. He came down from Montpelier, Vermont for this. (The Gallery, Factories, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Two Cents' Worth: 1911
Detroit circa 1911. "Dime Savings Bank under construction." A preliminary look at the ... The small car behind the horse appears to be a 1911 Hupp-Yeats electric. They were manufactured in Detroit. Historic link ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/20/2014 - 11:29am -

Detroit circa 1911. "Dime Savings Bank under construction." A preliminary look at the future skyscraper and, at left, the clock tower of the Detroit Post Office. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. A Plug and a Plug inI'm guessing the car behind the horse as questioned earlier is a Detroit Electric. Wish listI sure hope they engineered-in a slot at the top wide enough to accept quarters. Car?Does anyone know the make/model of that small runabout behind the horse drawn cart in the lower left of the picture? Seems like a very small car. Hupp-YeatsThe small car behind the horse appears to be a 1911 Hupp-Yeats electric. They were manufactured in Detroit. Historic linkhttp://historicdetroit.org/building/dime-building/ (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC, Streetcars)
Chicopee: 1911
November 1911. Chicopee, Massachusetts. "Group of workers in Dwight Manufacturing Co. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/29/2008 - 9:06am -

November 1911. Chicopee, Massachusetts. "Group of workers in Dwight Manufacturing Co. Stanley Twarog, one of the smallest boys, 81 Park Street. Works in spinning room. Tony Soccha, shortest boy in front, overalls. Very young, 65 Exchange Street. A bobbin boy in Room 7; has been there a year." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Close to home!I honestly never expected to see a Western Massachusetts picture on Shorpy, let alone Chicopee! (I'm not sure why I thought that.) I live about 1½ miles from that Park Street location. I'm going to have to drive by to see if the building is still there. I just spent the last hourI just spent the last hour reading about the fight between the advocates of child labor laws and the Dwight Manufacturing Company. Thanks, Shorpy, for frequently sparking my intellectual curiosity. (Dave: Do you have any photos of Braddock, Pa in the 1920's or so?) Look Up And SmileNow this bunch, even though they're looking into the sun, don't appear that unhappy. In fact they look like they're really having a good time. Stanley Michael TwarogStanley Michael Twarog lived at 64 Cross Street, Chicopee, in 1910, with his father Michael and his mother Francis along with three siblings. In 1920 he lived at 40 Gilmore Street, with the same family members. He was born May 5 or 11, 1896, in Chicopee. In 1930 he is listed on the census at 246 Bradford Street, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, married to Anna, with three children: Stanley, 4 years 8 months; Evelyn, 2 years 11 months; and Eugene, 1 year 1 month. Stanley Junior, PFC USMCR, was wounded in action in WWII. Then & NowI wonder how many hours a night these kids spend chatting on the internet. Stanley TwarogI wonder if little Stanley there ever thought his great-grandson would be a senior partner in one of Boston's most notable law firms. I wonder what happened to Tony Soccha. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Boy in Mudville: 1911
January 1911. Pittston, Pennsylvania. "Tom Vitol (also called Dominick Dekatis), 76 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/07/2011 - 10:22am -

January 1911. Pittston, Pennsylvania. "Tom Vitol (also called Dominick Dekatis), 76 Parsonage Street, Hughestown Borough. Works in [coal] Breaker #9. Probably under 14." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. What's With That?Two names? Good thing Dave didn't find this photo first or our favorite photo site might have been called Vitol-Dekatis. No need for colorThis is one of those pictures that I suspect would look pretty much the same taken with color film. The dreariness of the scene is accented by the contrast between the tight focus on Tom/Dominick and the soft focus of the surroundings. Very eloquent photograph. One of those coincidences'Twas only yesterday, literally, that I re-read "Casey at the Bat", whence the origin of the pun "Boy in Mudville." And nowThis was taken at the back of 76 Parsonage Street. The houses at the back are on Miller Street. View Larger Map Wipe those feet!Googling the location I think I found one or two houses that might be this one. The street does look bleak. According to a real estate listing, 105 has been fixed up nicely, on the market for $129,000. Pittston is apparently dying. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine, Mining)
Packard Plant: 1911
Detroit circa 1911. "Boulevard view, Packard auto plant." Expansion of the Albert ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/25/2014 - 9:49am -

Detroit circa 1911. "Boulevard view, Packard auto plant." Expansion of the Albert Kahn-designed factory building on Grand Boulevard, now an infamous urban ruin. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Not so grand these daysBut still fascinating. View Larger Map It's AlbertAlbert Kahn Industrial RenewalTrees grow on the roof, now. The Packard Plant was recently bought by Spaniard Fernando Palazuelo. He plans to rehab the plant; cleanup efforts started in August when he finally got clear title to the property. Successful rehab projects in Madrid and Lima, Peru boost his credibility. Rumors that he is the brother of the Most Interesting Man in the World are untrue. Family HistoryMy dad worked there during the war. Packard kept him home being they thought he was too valuable. But On the Rise AgainThe plant's new owner has begun to secure and restore the massive complex. http://theoldmotor.com/?p=125963 View from inside the bridgeHere is a picture from inside the bridge. I am very familiar with the Packard plant and have been in the plant many times as I work for a local govt agency that oversees some of the issues there. This bridge is where the cars would go from the body/frame area, across the bridge to the engine plant, where the engines would be installed. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Detroit Photos, DPC, Factories)
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