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Wyoming Baseball: 1910s
... clews The graffito directly to the man's left says "1912." (A proleptic message from the Class of, perhaps?) I looked to see ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/26/2014 - 1:51pm -

        UPDATE: Our astute commenters reveal the location to be Wyoming Valley Seminary College in northeastern Pennsylvania. "Wyoming baseball" is all it says on this 4x5 negative, from the same batch of glass plates as these college lads. The buildings are another clue. View full size. Looking into the pastSince the two principal structures still exist this would be a perfect setting for this type of photograph. Any Shorpyites up to the job? Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, PAHere's a Street View near where this photo was taken. View Larger Map View Larger Map Wyoming Valley Seminary CollegeI am thinking this is taken at the Wyoming Valley Seminary College in northeastern Pennsylvania. This Methodist seminary was founded in 1840. (Edit: I notice that while I was posting my guess, kbostian was ahead of me by 2 minutes. Curses, foiled again.) [More like 2½ hours, if you look at the time stamps. Although your comments were published simultaneously. -Dave] (Edit: another thing I learned, when you edit your comments, the time stamp changes too.) [Good point! -Dave] Ripley Would Have Been ProudVenus de Milo in the window on the left and The Elephant Man in the window to her right. Some clewsThe graffito directly to the man's left says "1912." (A proleptic message from the Class of, perhaps?) I looked to see whether the building in the background matches any churches in Laramie. Although there are some with similar capped buttresses, I couldn't find a match. [As it turns out (see below), Wyoming is in Pennsylvania. - Dave] Not impressedAfter more than three years of being amazed by the historical and technical knowledge of the Shorpyites, coupled with their incredibly persistent detective work, I am unsatisfied with just knowing this is Wyoming Valley College. I want to know the position played by the ballplayer, and whether he was right or left-handed. The clock is ticking. PS: I cannot recall ever seeing trousers with a belt loop over the fly. Night footballThe recent Wyoming Seminary postings especially caught my eye as I live in Mansfield, PA and Wyoming was Mansfield State Normal's opponent in the first American football game played at night in 1892. The town, along with what is now Mansfield University, reenact the flying wedge style game as part of an annual 1890s themed weekend of activities. (The Gallery, Found Photos, Sports)
The Wilson: 1908
... today." The Wilson: 1908 The Wilson burned down in 1912, and was replaced by a two-story block that still stands. I have written ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/22/2013 - 9:36am -

Circa 1908. "North Adams, Massachusetts -- Wilson Hotel." With "first-class moving pictures" at the Empire Theatre. 8x10 glass negative. View full size. That Five-Cent CokeAlmost 50 years later I could catch a 5-cent coke at a fountain. For 2 cents more you could get a shot of syrup fired into your glass of Coca Cola and you were working with a Cherry Coke. The expert soda jerk would mix your heavenly refreshment with a long narrow spoon but not so much as to damage the "fizz". Multi-flavor drinksWe drank a modified version of those Cherry Coke concoctions, with one additional squirt each of lemon, lime, cherry, orange and even chocolate. We thought it was heavenly, even though it was named "A Suicide." I later learned it basically tasted like the Dr. Pepper we know today, but it was pretty special back then. What's left?Not a lot: View Larger Map According to a local site: "... just a couple of months after President Teddy Roosevelt visited, it burned nearly to the ground. Most of the first floor was saved. Floor tile-work on the first floor still remains in some of the business establishments located there today." The Wilson: 1908The Wilson burned down in 1912, and was replaced by a two-story block that still stands. I have written two books about the history of North Adams, and once interviewed a 97-year-old woman who witnessed the fire. See this article about the fire, published in the Lowell Sun: http://www3.gendisasters.com/massachusetts/14255/north-adams-ma-business... In reply to "What's left, not a lot" below: The block contains several important social agencies on the second floor. On street level, there are several art galleries, one which displays wonderful work by Jarvis Rockwell, one of Norman's sons. There is a also a great bakery, a very popular restaurant called The Hub, a lovely antique store, and a boutique which carries gifts and toys for children. Amateur workLooks as if the Wilson House Drug Store didn't hire a first-class sign painter for their windows. One of the owner's kids probably did it a lot cheaper than a pro. It just might be...That might be a Drug Store on the corner, if only there was some way to be sure, like a sign, or two, or four. No. Adams Co-op. Ass'n.Could that be the name of the groceries Association on Holden Street? (The Gallery, DPC, Movies)
Ruby, Alaska: 1915
... they had an unclaimed letter at the Ruby post office in 1912. Were they out mining on an area creek or had they moved on? In many cases ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/24/2009 - 9:06pm -

Stern-wheelers Louise and Delta on the Yukon River circa 1915 at the Gold Rush supply center of Ruby, Alaska, which at its peak was home to some 3,000 people. A fire in 1929 and flood two years later obliterated much of the town, which today has fewer than 200 residents. View full size. Lomen Bros. photo. BrrrAh, Ruby. Today it’s a checkpoint on the Iditarod, the northern route, and will be visited during the 2008 edition of the race. The trail is on the (frozen) Yukon River. Denny Gill Chugiak, Alaska Gold Rush DaysIn the gold rush days of Alaska some men would come to a new gold camp and become part of the community while others would do some prospecting and if they didn't make a big strike would move on. Thus some of the names on this list are people who may have only spent a short time in the Ruby mining district. Approximately 250 people are listed here because they had an unclaimed letter at the Ruby post office in 1912. Were they out mining on an area creek or had they moved on? In many cases we may never know. Ruby is my homeWow what a great picture. I was born and raised in Ruby Alaska. Most people who live in Ruby live a Subsistance life of living off the land. Hunting, fishig and trapping. It is a simple life but honest and hard working. I am proud to call Ruby my home. Paul J (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges)
Hotel Winston: 1913
... and sidelamps I tend to think this is an early 1913 or a 1912 with the accessory front doors added. Eternal Imponderables Since ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/08/2014 - 1:23pm -

Washington, D.C., 1913. "Winston Hotel car." Parked, it would seem, in front of the Hotel Winston, First Street and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. View full size. Gilding a LilyIf you must put the fire escape smack dab in the front of your nice hotel, might as well try and make it look nice. I presume the, what was that name again, oh yes, The Winston Hotel is no longer with us. Car BlanketsFrom the leafless trees, it's Winter and cold: keeping the motors' oil warm would make hand-cranking the engines a lot easier. Ah, for the good old daysNothing quite so bracing as the wind in your face in an open car, especially when it's so cold the motor needs a blanket. On second thought, I'd rather walk. The Well Pampered Horse(less) CarriageYou always gave your horse a warm blanket on a cold winter day, so why not your horse(less) carriages? In every photoWe look for a "painless dentist" or the person-in-window in the street scenes. I like to think there's a Model T on every street. Because of the all-brass headlights and sidelamps I tend to think this is an early 1913 or a 1912 with the accessory front doors added. Eternal ImponderablesSince neither car is parked directly opposite the hotel entrance, how is the poor viewer to apprehend which car belongs to the Winston? Many and vexatious are the intellectual challenges faced by the dedicated Shorpy visitor! Is this the Winston?Let's see, an etched W in every ground floor window, a brass plaque on the masonry, a painted sign on the left side wall, a large, lighted "HOTEL WINSTON" over the main entry, a smaller Hotel Winston in the archway and the two Hotel Winstons above each of the smaller front windows. How much 'ya wann'a bet that every day at least one joker doesn't walk up to the desk and ask: "Is this the Hotel Winston?" (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Cozy Cottage: 1910s
From 1912 or later comes "elderly man in rocking chair," watching the world go by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/15/2014 - 8:56pm -

From 1912 or later comes "elderly man in rocking chair," watching the world go by from the vine-covered porch of his cozy cottage (erected "A.D. 1901") at 479 Main Street. 5x7 inch glass negative, photographer unknown. View full size. Look at size of that nettingMust be awfully big mosquitoes in those parts. Three Lanterns, Two Flags.Could be an early David Lynch movie still! Agent Cooper's grandfather. The chicken-wire porch is almost enigmatic. 'Round About Independence Day?Flags abound, and there's summer foliage. This man looks the right age to have "seen the elephant" during the Unpleasantness of 1861-65. Great vignette (double entendre fully intentional) of small-town America a hundred years ago. Front porch chicken wireIs used as lattice for the vines to grow on. That would be a cool hideout for kids once it was totally covered. Cold RoomThe lattice walled structure on the rear porch of this cottage may be for food storage. In this pre-electric-refrigeration era, many houses had what were called California coolers built into or adjoining the kitchens. The helped preserve potatoes, onions. carrots and other vegetables not really requiring icebox storage, usually reserved for leftovers, dairy products, eggs and meat. I once lived in a 1906 house here in San Diego with an intact cold room, by then just used for canned goods storage. The climbing vinesLook to be wisteria and broad leafed ivy. (The Gallery, Found Photos)
Angelo Fusco
... around October 10th or 11th, arrival in NY on October 24, 1912. And from 1912 lived in New York until 1918. Wouldn't it be something... ... 
 
Posted by angelofusco - 02/16/2008 - 10:29am -

Angelo Fusco, my grandfather, was in New York several times. Born in Praiano, on Amalfi Coast, in the province of Salerno, on July 30, 1883. His first trip to New York was on 24 april 1900, departing from Napoli, with S/S the "Victoria", arrival on May 16, 1900. The second trip, with S/S the "Cretic", departure from Napoli on July 17th, 1906 arrival in New York on July 30th, 1906. Third trip, with S/S the "Koenig Albert", departure from Napoli around October 10th or 11th, arrival in NY on October 24, 1912. And from 1912 lived in New York until 1918. Wouldn't it be something......if this San Francisco photographer http://justamomentphoto.com/contact.htm is related to the "Wm. Dobkin" mentioned in your post? Goober Pea Wm. DobkinPraiano, 18 february 2008 Yes, is related to the "Wm. Dobkin..." in my post. I hope to have some news regarding this photographer. Thank you Mr. Goober Pea. Best regards. Angelo Fusco (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Fields Landing
... as the whalers inn. Postmark on this post card is dated 1912. Fields Landing Great to see this picture. I grew up there. I can see the house where I grew up in this 1912 pic. I remember the whaling station! Talk about smell! When a whaling ... 
 
Posted by kevhum - 05/15/2007 - 11:55pm -

This is the town of Fields Landing on north side of Humboldt Bay in Calif. The main road that goes to the foot of the bay leads to a whaling station. The large building to the front is known as the whalers inn. Postmark on this post card is dated 1912. Fields LandingGreat to see this picture. I grew up there. I can see the house where I grew up in this 1912 pic. I remember the whaling station! Talk about smell! When a whaling boat was coming in with a catch, word would spread fast. I would go with older siblings to watch them butcher the whales. We'd put handkerchiefs sprinkled with perfume over our faces to diffuse the smell. That was in the 1940's, maybe early 50's. When I was young the Whaler's Inn was just known as the Fields Landing Hotel. That road running in front of the inn is Highway 101. They put in the new freeway in 1960's. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Inside Track: 1943
... Warehouse, which was built in 1894 with an addition in 1912. Not So Pleasant Street About two blocks west of JellyBelly's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/17/2014 - 6:46pm -

April 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. "Trucks and trains unloading goods underneath elevated trolley." Medium format negative by Marjory Collins. View full size. The Guilord Avenue Elevated RailwayBegan at Guilford Ave. and Chase Street and ended at Guilford Ave. and Saratoga Street. That was a distance of 8 blocks. The line was discontinued in 1947 and razed. The photo is of the intersection of East Pleasant St. and Guilford Ave. Here is a present day street view of that intersection. The building on the left survives and has been converted into storage units. View Larger Map Baltimore Terminal WarehouseThe building on the left that survives is the Baltimore Terminal Warehouse, which was built in 1894 with an addition in 1912. Not So Pleasant StreetAbout two blocks west of JellyBelly's location map is an infamous hill known to many a teenager and adult of mid-century Baltimore. In the 40's and 50's before the Maryland DMV moved to Glen Burnie if you lived in Baltimore the driving tests were taken on the streets of Baltimore with real traffic and not in a fenced in trafficless parking lot. The terror and bane of all aspiring drivers came when the Tester told you to make a left off of Guilford onto Pleasant and go up to St Paul Street and make a right. Sounds simple now but in those days most cars were gear shifts and not automatics. Back then there was a stop sign at the top of Pleasant instead of a light thus you had to come to a complete stop and look for traffic coming your way, change gears while alternately playing with the clutch and gas pedals so you wouldn't stall out or drift back too far or go ahead into the cross traffic. Fortunately DMV had moved when my driving test time came and I didn't have to worry about that hill and it's been so long since I have had to shift gears I'm not sure if I could pass that test now with out a lot of practice. +71Below is the same view from July of 2014. (The Gallery, Baltimore, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Marjory Collins, Railroads)
Standard Equipment: 1920
... Mountains"), manufactured in Butler, Pennsylvania, from 1912 to 1923, was a product of the Standard Steel Car Company, maker of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/23/2017 - 9:54pm -

        There is something about the snug click of the door latch and the clean, windless interior of a closed car that makes you feel at home and comfortable in there. The deep-cushioned seats, the curtains, the glass, the conversation in low tones -- all these things make getting somewhere as pleasant as being there. Getting home is never a problem, and the weather is but an incident. In the Standard Eight Coupe, Sedan or Sedanette, the powerful motor carries the extra burden of a closed body with an effortless ease ... -- "People Don't Regret Buying Closed Cars" (Ad from 1921) San Francisco circa 1920. "Standard Eight sedan at Golden Gate Park." The Standard ("Monarch of the Mountains"), manufactured in Butler, Pennsylvania, from 1912 to 1923, was a product of the Standard Steel Car Company, maker of railroad rolling stock. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. A Very Nice Exampleof "Perpendicular Period" styling. [Early Perpendicular. - Dave] Like Sliced BreadIt's amazing to think that enclosed automobiles came later, even though enclosed carriages had been around for centuries. I have to assume it was a cost issue. Or maybe weight? No regretsYou had me at door latch. The old lady in backShe can remember covered wagons! I often wonder what the 20th century seemed like for people born in the 1830's and 1840's who lived long enough to see all the modern advancements. My mother's grandmother died at 96 in 1927, still living by herself in a gaslit house where she cooked every meal from scratch on a wood stove. "Conversation in low tones"Really a lost art. Closed carsThey were always available, as soon as cars of sufficient size began to replace motorized buggies. Riding in a dry place with no wind was always a strong attraction, but closed cars faced a whole list of barriers that did not really break down until the later 1920s. Almost all early bodies were framed in wood with elaborate joints and much bracing to keep doors functional and joints tight through the racking of driving on mostly bad roads. This the bodies (especially four doors) substantially more expensive than roadsters and touring cars. Also, this type of construction deteriorated rapidly except perhaps in cars used only on city streets, and they soon succumbed to sagging doors, leaks, and general debilitation while their open bodied brothers were still functional. Safety was also a major concern. Safety glass was still in the future, and the worst and commonest closed car crash injuries were caused by big, razor sharp chunks of plate glass flying around, often causing catastrophic bleeding. Changeover to stamped steel construction moved rapidly in the later 1920's and rapidly reduced costs and improved rigidity and durability. Small scale uses of various types of safety glass came along, and at the end of the decade Ford moved to safety glass (driven by glass injuries to a Ford manager, I think) windshields and then as rapidly as production volume caught up to full use of safety glass. Just from observation I would say that our auto fleet moved to a very strong domination by closed cars in maybe 5 years, say 1925-1930. By the way, all those failing wood framed sedans I mentioned had their bodies cut away and became the home-made open trucks preferred by all the folks in Shorpy pictures of migrating Okies. [Mass-produced all-steel bodies made their debut in the mid-1930s, starting with General Motors' "Turret Top" cars of 1935. Up until then, roofs on closed cars were generally made of rubberized fabric stretched over a wooden frame. - Dave] (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Warren Kealoha: 1924
... 100m Freestyle title he won at the previous Olympics... in 1912. The 1924 team also featured Duke Kahanamoku, his younger brother Samuel ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/04/2012 - 12:04pm -

August 7, 1924. "Warren Kealoha, Hawaiian Olympic swimmer, at Tidal Basin bathing pavilion." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size. "Suits Rented""Just wait a few minutes, Sir. I'm sure one in your size will come in." The Pause That RefreshesWarren's friend must not be Hawaiian. He cannot seem to stand the heat. He is struggling to hold up that fencepost. I'll bet he could use one of those sodas being delivered in the rear. Warren KealohaWarren won the 1920 Olympic Gold Medal in the 100m Backstroke in Antwerp and repeated in 1924 in Paris. The 1920 team also included his brother Pua Kealoha and the legendary Duke Kahanamoku who defended the 100m Freestyle title he won at the previous Olympics... in 1912. The 1924 team also featured Duke Kahanamoku, his younger brother Samuel and a haole named Johnny Weismuller who beat Duke in the 100m and won two other gold medals. 1920, 2008At the 1920 Olympics Warren Kealoha swam the 100-meter backstroke with a finishing time of 1:15:20 to win the Gold Medal. At the 2008 Olympics Aaron Peirsol swam the 100m backstroke with a finishing time of 0:52:54 to win the Gold Medal. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
Battle Wagon: 1921
... ambulance in 1906, and their first hearse automobile in 1912. Their only passenger car seems to be the Sayers Six in the picture, built ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/19/2019 - 10:12am -

San Francisco circa 1921. "Sheridan touring car at Palace of Fine Arts." A product of the Sheridan Motor Car Co. of Muncie, Indiana, one of the more obscure entries in the Shorpy Catalog of Discontinued Conveyances. And evidently the buggy of choice for Civil War reenactors. Glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size. Nothing Up His Sleeve It appears the Veteran Has an empty right sleeve. [Except for the white thing coming out the end, which is his arm. - Dave] Not Dead YetSayers and Scovill still exist as S&S Coach Company, outfitters of hearses and funeral limousines. They started building horse-drawn buggies, commercial wagons and funeral vehicles in 1876. They built the first motorized ambulance in 1906, and their first hearse automobile in 1912. Their only passenger car seems to be the Sayers Six in the picture, built from 1914 through 1924, with annual output rarely more than 200 per year. After that, they specialized in funeral vehicles. Although the company was sold several times, the brand remains active today. The real thingI expect that the standup passenger is not re-enacting anything, but is a veteran of the conflict. The last veteran died about 35 years after the date of this picture, so having a live veteran was not unusual at the time. [The fiftyish fellow with the spirit-gummed mustache isn't old enough. Below, actual Civil War veterans at Gettysburg in 1913. - Dave] With Six You Get BedrollI've lived in Cincinnati many decades, but the Sayers Six is a new one on me. Avondale was one of Cincinnati's plushest neighborhoods in the Twenties, so that was likely the source of the car's model name. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, Civil War, San Francisco)
Fenders Fixed: 1920
... fact hosting Studebaker in San Francisco for two weeks in 1912. Weaver was the head of the Studebaker Corporation of America, San ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/27/2016 - 1:55pm -

San Francisco circa 1920. "Day-Elder truck." Latest entry on the Shorpy List of Lapsed Lorries. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Brompton ApartmentsVisible in the background above the radiator, one block east of Van Ness at 1424 Polk St., the 1908 building remains, superficially altered a bit. San Francisco Sidewall AgainOn the right front, from being jammed against the curb when parked on SF's hills. The guy in the bowleris packing a .32 . Is that a pistol in your pocket? No really. Is that a pistol? Good catch on the location tterrace. Chester N. Weaver CompanyThe name of the dealer that sold the truck is on the side of the hood. This was the Chester N. Weaver Company of 1560 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. Weaver is the man standing to the right in the photo. The photo seems to have been taken in the same block as the dealership. Weaver sold Studebaker cars, in addition to the Day-Elder trucks, and he had California Automobile Dealer license plate #1. The Studebaker dealership was the first automobile dealership in the city. Day-Elder trucks are interesting because they used worm drive instead of shaft or chain drive. Weaver personally knew John M. (J.M.) Studebaker, the last surviving of the original five Studebaker brothers, in fact hosting Studebaker in San Francisco for two weeks in 1912. Weaver was the head of the Studebaker Corporation of America, San Francisco Branch. Studebaker went to bat for Weaver when Weaver started selling automobiles on an installment contract basis in 1909. The company wasn't happy with the contracts, but Studebaker said it was okay, and the firm authorized Weaver $100,000 to continue to operate this way. Weaver was told that if this system of selling did not work out the company would not assure his continued employment. In 1913 Weaver was the first person to drive a car to the top of Lone Mountain. At the time Lone Mountain was in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, but the area was cleared of all burials in the 1930s and 1940s. The location is now the University of San Francisco. The photo below is from page 5 of The San Francisco Call and Post, December 20, 1913. Chester Neal Weaver, was born on May 5, 1868 in LaPorte, Indiana, married Elsie Standring in 1890 in the Chicago area, and came west in 1898 to visit his brother who was a manager at a Studebaker branch. On this visit he met J.M. Studebaker who discovered that Chester was an accountant. Studebaker offered him a job which Weaver accepted. By 1905 he was the Branch Manager of the Studebaker Wagon Manufacturing Company in San Francisco. In 1914 Weaver took over the Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose Studebaker franchises, and in 1918 he became the Northern California Distributor for the company. Weaver was appointed the head of the California State Advisory Commission on Motor Legislation, and he helped to draft the California Motor Vehicle Code. He also served as the Director of the Northern California Automobile Dealers' Association. Some newspaper accounts state he retired in 1931, but it appears that he never sold his interests in his dealerships. In 1933 Weaver gave up control of the San Francisco branch but retained control of the Oakland branch. In February, 1935 he purchased the Don Neher Ford and Lincoln agency in Oakland, and Weaver converted his 29th and Broadway Studebaker showroom into a Ford dealership. The transition was not too difficult since Neher's building was next to Weaver's facility. A year later he was the largest Ford dealer in California. Also in 1936 he started to sell the full line of General Electric home appliances. By December 1940 he was selling Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln-Zephyr as well as Ford trucks. The Mercury and Lincoln-Zephyr showroom moved into a new building at 30th and Broadway the same month. Weaver continued to manage his firm through WWII, but he sold his interest to his long-time partner in June 1946 for a reported $290,000. Weaver died on Christmas Eve the same year, aged 78. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Nicollet Avenue: 1904
... that building was constructed in 1890. The occupant in 1912 was the Minneapolis Dry Goods Company. In 1934 the tenant was the Leader ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/10/2017 - 6:41am -

Circa 1904. "Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. New facades on old department storesLike the old Donaldson's building, the building one block further north on Nicollet (between Sixth and Fifth Streets) survived until the 1980s. According to a 2013 City of Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development staff report, that building was constructed in 1890. The occupant in 1912 was the Minneapolis Dry Goods Company. In 1934 the tenant was the Leader Department Store. A 1944 map identifies the occupant as The Baker Company Department Store. J.C. Penney occupied the building from approximately 1955 through 1989. By then, its windows had long been covered by a long wall of modernist dark stone. It was demolished in 1991 to make way for a mixed-use development (that included a Nieman Marcus store that did not endure). Donaldson's Glass BlockThe building to the right, with the dome on the Sixth Street corner, is the old Donaldson's Department store, which burned down on Thanksgiving night 1982. Arson suspected. Donaldson's DomeI believe they had a roof garden up there by the dome, which was dismantled during WWII for the scrap metal. Boarded windowsDoes anyone know why the Donaldson's Department store building at right has so many boarded up windows? Must be a story behind this. Also what was the big dome atop it used for? (The Gallery, Bicycles, DPC, Horses, Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Grand Rapids: 1908
... at 188 Monroe Street NW. Canal was renamed Monroe in 1912. So the current description of the view would be Monroe Street north from ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/17/2014 - 11:34pm -

Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908. "Canal Street from corner of Monroe." Merchants vying for your trade include The Giant, Idlehour and People's Credit Clothing Co. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. It's already colorizedPost card version: Can this be the Idlehour?View Larger Map Home townThat's my home town...one year before my father was born in Cascade, just outside of GR. Thanks! Idle Hour TheatreWhoa, good eye stumpy! Google finds a couple of references to the Idle Hour Theatre at 188 Monroe Street NW. Canal was renamed Monroe in 1912. So the current description of the view would be Monroe Street north from the intersection of Pearl, Monroe and Monroe Center. The building on the left is Sweet's Hotel, on the site of the Pantlind (now Amway Grand Plaza) Hotel built in 1913. (The Gallery, DPC, Stores & Markets)
Tete-a-Tete: 1914
... of the era. He spent several weeks during the summer of 1912 on the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota looking for models for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 10:16pm -

Washington, D.C., 1914. "Frank Mischa, sculptor." Co-star in a sort of meta-diorama. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Who blinked first?My money is on the sculpture. Focus -- That's not a staring contest you're ever going to win. Sculpted from lifeHere's another picture of Frank sculpting an African American child. Lifecast portraitThe extreme lifelike quality of the skin texture indicates these were almost certainly made by molding directly on the model's skin using plaster or other molding materials. Also the fact that 90 of these finely detailed works were created in short order for an exhibition adds to the likelihood they were cast from life. In lifecasting the front part of the head, including face and neck, are molded, and then the back of the head and hair are recreated, either directly in plaster, or modeled in clay and then the entire composite portrait is molded again and cast in plaster. Frank Micka, PreparatorThe artist pictured here was also known as Frank Micka. In 1914 he was an assistant to William H. Egberts, the first exhibitions preparator in the physical anthropology department of the National Museum, as the Smithsonian Institution's Natural History Museum was then called. The exhibitions department created 90 of these plaster portrait busts of tribal peoples from around the world, for Dr. Ales Hrdlicka's physical anthropology exhibit at the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Titled "The Story of Man through the Ages," and displayed in the "Science of Man" exhibit hall, these hyper-lifelike portrait busts were a tremendous popular success, and helped to build support for the founding in 1917 of the San Diego Museum of Man, now an official affiliate of the Smithsonian Institutions. In the National Museum's annual report for the year ending June 30, 1914, Micka was credited with finishing and painting the sculptures, and also with fabricating their exhibition cases. Despite his obvious skill and sensitivities, he does not seem to have had any other artistic career, and his name appears in none of the usual indexes of American sculptors. [The Washington Post refers to him as a "New York sculptor," also as a private in the medical corps of the District National Guard. He is also mentioned a few times (as Frank Mischa) in periodicals of the era. He spent several weeks during the summer of 1912 on the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota looking for models for his marbls busts. Micka and an actor friend, according to the Post, bribed a brave "to visit for several days while he made a study of the characteristics of the young Sioux." - Dave] Master Plaster CasterThis is how Frank would have made this masterful sculpture: 1. He makes an original from clay. 2. He slops a coat of plaster around the clay to create a mold, using metal strips to create two separate halves. 3. The halves are pried off the clay original and rejoined. 4. Plaster is poured or swirled into the empty mold. 5. The mold is once again removed, leaving a plaster replica of the original clay. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
The Silent Army: 1925
... watch: masts for the Navy's wireless station, built in 1912 at Fort Myer. View full size. Notice the spurs "Black Jack ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/25/2015 - 2:26pm -

May 26, 1925. "Gen. Pershing at Arlington National Cemetery." Standing watch: masts for the Navy's wireless station, built in 1912 at Fort Myer. View full size. Notice the spurs"Black Jack Pershing on a dancing horse was waiting in the wings . . ." goes the brilliant Tom Russell song. Orville ThomasWisconson Pvt 343 Infantry 86 Division Died Sept 30 1918 interred 4/23/1920 Section 18 Grave 119 His current gravestone looks different because when they become worn at Arlington headstones are replaced if they are damaged or if the writing on them becomes illegible. At one time, gravestones were discarded in landfills. The cemetery ended that practice because Washington area residents were plucking the stones and using them for patios, driveways and other home improvement projects. Under the current disposal policy, headstones are to be ground up so the names cannot be recognized and then recycled. War of the Worlds?Unbeknownst to Black Jack, it seems that H. G. Well's tripod invaders are marching on Arlington as we watch. Normal AccoutrementsLest the casual viewer think that the General has a horse waiting just off camera, it should be pointed out that breeches, boots, and spurs were normal everyday wear for officers of all branches at that time, although long trousers and low-quarter shoes were optional when not in military formation with troops. Aviators were granted special permission to omit the spurs, since they might catch in a rudder cable and produce an unintended aerobatic result, often with serious consequences. One of the lucky ones...somewhatMy grandfather served in that war as a machine gunner with the 36th Division, 131st Machine Gun Battalion. He came from a little town in southwest Oklahoma (Doxie) that no longer exists. He wouldn't talk about his war experience at all except to say that as soon as they landed in Paris, General Pershing walked right in front of him while reviewing the division. My grandfather survived the war, but later suffered from severe PTSD/alcoholism as a result of his experiences. He later went to a hospital for 2-3 years in Oklahoma City, and when he got out, he never took another drop of alcohol again and slept like a baby. I often wondered if electro-shock therapy was in use by then to treat 'mental' patients. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, WWI)
Elizabeth Susan Baker
... Ohio. The picture was taken in Sandusky Fremont Ohio about 1912. Alive! There's a vibrancy to this photo that makes the gorgeous ... focus, etc. Just my take on it. Looks more like 1972 than 1912. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Larry3952 - 09/18/2015 - 7:04pm -

A distant cousin, Elizabeth Susan Baker: B. 1895 England D. 1987 Ohio. The picture was taken in Sandusky Fremont Ohio about 1912. Alive!There's a vibrancy to this photo that makes the gorgeous young lady pop right out of the screen. And she lived to be 92! ContemporaryThere's something about this photo makes it look like a contemporary attempt at an vintage photo. The hairstyle, the short sleeve dress, being out of focus, etc. Just my take on it. Looks more like 1972 than 1912. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
War Camp: 1918
... New Mexico and Arizona, (47 & 48th) were admitted in 1912. Victrola from 1915 or later According to the Victor-Victrola page ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2008 - 2:10am -

June 22, 1918. "War Camp Canteen." Sailors and Victrola, location unknown. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. bad sailorHowever, if this an EM club...maybe he is just his units answer to the rebel in us all........... the Chief ain't here, so I'm baaadd! 45 star flag?Odd that there is a 45 star flag on the wall if this is supposed to be 1918. That flag was valid up until Nov-1907 when Oklahoma,(46th) was admitted to the union. Then New Mexico and Arizona, (47 & 48th) were admitted in 1912. Victrola from 1915 or laterAccording to the Victor-Victrola page (http://www.victor-victrola.com/IX.htm) this model, VV-IX with feet, wasn't built until 1915. Are you serious?Tell ya what: back in the day, when I was a sailor sportin' the "cracker jack," that neckerchief knot had to be right at the V of the jumper; or else! :) The sailor on the right, in the dress blues, is a bit more squared away. Denny Gill Chugiak, Alaska (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, WWI)
Class Day: 1906
... is not there (the subway came to Harvard Square in 1912 and terminated there for over 70 years.) What a great photo; it brings ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/09/2015 - 10:17am -

1906. "Harvard Square -- Cambridge, Massachusetts." Note the signs advertising "Class Day." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Havahd SqueahThe Coop is still there. The bank is still there. This is 1906, so the T station is not there (the subway came to Harvard Square in 1912 and terminated there for over 70 years.) What a great photo; it brings back a lot of memories. Trustworthy folksWhat a lovely photograph capturing a moment in time at Harvard Square. There is so much going on in this image. And imagine, a fellow could actually leave his bicycle unattended next to the curb and expect it to be there when he returns. No survivorsLooking at Google Street View for September 2014, it appears that every single building shown in the 1906 shot -- outside the gates of Harvard itself, naturally -- was demolished. The entire left side was taken out for the Holyoke Center in 1966, the Cambridge Savings Bank definitely sprouted a new building, and the entire far side of the square, Coop and all, was replaced. Some charm now, but not nearly so much as it had. June 22Was the date of the 1906 Class Day according to this article from the Cambridge Tribune. Also this ticket. (The Gallery, DPC, Streetcars)
Washington Market: 1812-1912
New York, 1912. "Washington Market Centennial. With outside sheds removed by President ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 11:02am -

New York, 1912. "Washington Market Centennial. With outside sheds removed by President McAneny. Also new window fronts affording light and air for interiors and the sidewalk restored to the public." View full size. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Very nice buildingThey don't make markets like this any more, the window fronts are great! Who is McAneny? Tilt-plane cameraYou can tell the camera was a tilt-plane one from the fact that all of the building’s vertical lines — as well as all of the other buildings’, too — are all straight up and down. Here’s an 1893 photo of the Washington Market that gives the location as Washington & West Streets, between Vesey & Fulton Streets, which puts it in the former World Trade Center site. George McanenyGeorge McAneny was the President of the Borough of Manhattan from 1909-1913 and then of the Board of Aldermen for New York, including a stint as acting mayor. He is often referred to as the "father of zoning" which makes sense given the caption of the photo. He ordered up something quite nice. (The Gallery, NYC, Stores & Markets)
Murphy's Hotel: 1905
... by a skywalk . Those buildings were torn down in 1912 and replaced with a new Murphy's Hotel, which was demolished in 2007 . ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/04/2018 - 4:59pm -

Richmond, Virginia, circa 1905. "Broad Street -- Murphy's Hotel." Last seen here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Col. John MurphyAll about the hotel. +106Below is the same view from April of 2011. Started as an oyster shackHere's a page that discusses the history of the hotel. It was opened by an Irish immigrant and CSA vet who added rooms above his oyster shack in the 1870s. Murphy's HotelApparently the Murphy Hotel buildings seen here were connected by a skywalk. Those buildings were torn down in 1912 and replaced with a new Murphy's Hotel, which was demolished in 2007. Island in the StreamThe Gothic granite structure is Old City Hall, which has not changed, unlike nearly everything else around it in this view. (The Gallery, Dogs, DPC, Richmond, Streetcars)
Epiphany: 1920
... construction of a new building in 1902 and additions in 1912, the complex filled much of the block and soon ranked as Washington's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/21/2015 - 6:03pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Epiphany Church." With Star Lunch on the left and a mold invasion on the right. National Photo glass negative. View full size. Wonderful churchThe Church of the Epiphany, on G Street in downtown Washington, is still going strong. Recently, beautifully renovated, and a real gem. And great acoustics, too! I've sung there many times with the Washington Men's Camerata -- it's their favorite concert venue. It seems somewhat modifiedbut basically the same. A positive effectI frequently find Shorpy photographs heartwarming. This one is no exception: even though everything in this photo is likely dead and gone, the negative supports new, if moldy life! Corby's Mother's Bread & CakesIn Bread For The City: Shaw's Historic Bakeries we can read that: the Corby Baking Company, makers of "Mother's Bread," ... had its factory just up the street at 2301 Georgia Avenue NW. Corby's had been founded by Charles I. Corby (1871-1926) and his brother William (1867-1935), who were born in New York and moved to Washington around 1890. Charles started the first small bakeshop on 12th Street NW and was soon joined by his brother. In 1894 they borrowed $500 for a down payment to buy a bakery on Georgia Avenue. After construction of a new building in 1902 and additions in 1912, the complex filled much of the block and soon ranked as Washington's largest bakery. (The Gallery, D.C., News Photo Archive)
Base Ball To-Day: 1908
... is the same down to the "Baseball To-day" sign. Date is 1912. Credit to Detroit's Street Railways, by Kenneth Schramm. (The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/09/2018 - 7:40pm -

Detroit circa 1908. "Woodward Avenue looking north from Opera House corner." Our title is lifted from the streetcar. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size. Not Much Left, Except ...The distinctive arched upper windows of the Elliott Building, built in 1894 and home for decades to the S.S. Kresge store, are a dead giveaway for the handsome building back to to the left. Now home to pricey condos and spacious urban apartments. And today, Base Ball is one word and you would not need the streetcar. It's played close by at Comerica Park, just four blocks away by foot. Bumpy roadOn the left is Fred Sanders' Pavilion of Sweets. Sanders is an institution in Detroit, known for its candy, hot fudge and cream puffs. Although their claim as the inventor of the ice cream soda is unlikely, they did invent the Bumpy Cake - chocolate cake with buttercream ridges, covered in chocolate ganache. Ty Cobb led the league in several categories that year. Doubles, triples, RBI's, insolent people slapped ... Moon Tower?Is that moon tower in the background one of the thirty one that was purchased by Austin and still stand at Zilker and parts of the downtown? [It's a moonlight tower. - Dave] & BlackwellIt's possible that this photo is slightly misdated. All the way to the left you can see the end of a sign for the Pardridge & Blackwell department store. Near the end of 1906 though, Pardridge & Blackwell moved into their brand new store building a block east of this scene. Unfortunately, they soon ran into significant financial trouble and were forced to go out of business and give up that store to new owners, Crowley, Milner & Co. "Crowley's" would remain a core part of downtown Detroit for the next 70 years. Art Not So NouveauBy 1908 that Art Nouveau script in the Wright Kay Jewelers sign on the far right would have been getting a little passe. I'm impressed by the width of the sidewalks! They are roads on their own! And I feel sorry for the two ladies crossing right to left from the corner in front of the Wright Kay Jeweler as they are having to navigate some "deposits" left by the horses while wearing those long skirts. Women of the time must have had to deal with stained and dusty clothes quite a bit, I suppose! No doubt they were relieved when the horses were phased out over the coming 10 years. I often forget how dirty (and foul smelling) cities were at the time. Trolley signI have a book on the Detroit Street Railway system, and in it is a picture of a very similar trolley. The only difference is the destination sign, in this case it is "Third". Otherwise, it is the same down to the "Baseball To-day" sign. Date is 1912. Credit to Detroit's Street Railways, by Kenneth Schramm. (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, Streetcars)
Chickering Hall: 1906
... to Charles Wesley Emerson's School of Oratory. In 1912 it became the St. James Theater, and then finally the Uptown Theater. The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/06/2012 - 1:46pm -

Boston circa 1906. "Chickering Hall, Tremont Street." The grande dame of Piano Row. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Ossip GabrilowitschNow there's a subject line for you. Gabrilowitsch was a renowned 20th century piano virtuoso, and performed in concert in Chickering Hall in March 1903. Earlier this year I unexpectedly came across his grave in Elmira, New York, while visiting that of Mark Twain, who was his father-in-law. How's that for degrees of separation? At the same cemetery, I also discovered the last resting place of movie producer Hal Roach, the guy who joined Laurel to Hardy. So there's another one. Steinway's InspirationThe Chickering Logo is on the window here. Here's Glenn Gould playing a Chickering. Piano RowBeing a big Fred Allen fan, this picture caught my eye. Before Fred (John Florence Sullivan) became the famous radio star, he worked for a time at the Colonial Piano Co. It was located on Boylston Street. According to Fred, it was the first piano store in "Piano Row" coming from Tremont Street. He tells some amusing stories about this store and the whole area in his autobiography. I wonder if there are any existing photos of the Colonial store? I've really enjoyed this site. I just joined a month or so ago and have finally viewed all the photos. I look forward each day for the next installment. Keep up the good work and hopefully I'll find something here at home that will be worthy for inclusion some day soon. Location, location, location?The first Chickering Hall auditorium (circa 1883) was on Piano Row on Tremont Street near West St. Our subject building, the second Chickering Hall, was completed in 1901 at 239 Huntington Ave in the Back Bay section. Sorry I missed the opening perfomance featuring Antoinette Szumowska, Pol Plançon, and the unforgetable Franz Kneisel Quartet. The theater was also home to Charles Wesley Emerson's School of Oratory. In 1912 it became the St. James Theater, and then finally the Uptown Theater. The wrecking ball took its toll in 1963 when the Christian Science Center was built. The rather ornate structure at left is Horticultural Hall also built in 1901. Location: corner of Mass. Ave. Even olderThere was a Chickering Hall even before 1883. Ralph Waldo Emerson gave a series of readings there in 1869. [Officially, though, that was called Chickering's Hall. - tterrace] (The Gallery, Boston, DPC)
Den of Vice: 1900
... shooting death of Ruth Merwin by Stevenson, in December of 1912. (The Gallery, DPC, Politics) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/07/2016 - 1:31pm -

Bloomington, Illinois, 1900. "Adlai Stevenson residence." Home of Grover Cleveland's vice president, congressman and grandfather of the presidential candidate. Also William Jennings Bryan's vice presidential running mate when this photo was taken. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size. Stevenson Home in BloomingtonThe home today. Porch is gone and window above the front door has been shortened. I've been insideIn the mid 1980's I was at this house, interviewing Adlai Stevenson II's sister, Elizabeth. The interview was about the shooting death of Ruth Merwin by Stevenson, in December of 1912. (The Gallery, DPC, Politics)
Machine Shop
... continued this method as the patent must have run out by 1912. The Intertype spring pressure is released by simply unscrewing a rod ... 
 
Posted by John.Debold - 09/21/2011 - 9:15pm -

On close inspection, I see a McKinley political sign. So would that be just before the turn of the century? View full size. "Machine shop"These are linotype operators in a newspaper pressroom. 1896The 45-star flag became official 4 July 1896. Thomas Reed also ran for President in 1896 (losing the nomination to McKinley). The 1896 Republican convention was in June, I would guess flag makers (and the linotype shop) got an early jump on the new flags. [The flag in the photo has 44 stars, not 45. - Dave] LinotypeIn the 1950s my Uncle George Percy Gaskill of Barnegat, New Jersey, was the plant manager for Sleeper Publications in Mount Holly. I visited several times to observe his operation of the Linotype there. It was used to cast molten lead into "slugs," one for each line of type ("linotype")in a newspaper column. I have a couple of inserts that he made for me with my name. Thomas ReedI was curious why this shop displayed both primary candidates, which led me to wikipedia. But I was soon distracted on the political story when I saw this about Thomas Reed... He was known for his acerbic wit (asked if his party might nominate him for President, he noted "They could do worse, and they probably will"; asked if he would attend the funeral of a political opponent, his response was "no — but I approve of it"). On another occasion, when a fellow congressmen declared that he would "rather be right than the president," Reed coolly replied that the congressman needn't worry, since he would never be either. His size -- over 6 feet in height and weight over 300 pounds -- was also a distinguishing factor. Reed was a member of the social circle that included intellectuals and politicians Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Adams, John Hay and Mark Twain. Interesting and funny man with some notable acquaintances. [Reed and McKinley weren't "primary candidates" -- state presidential preference primaries didn't exist in 1896. The two were contenders for the Republican nomination at the party's national convention. - Dave] IntertypeIf you look at the man on the left, closest to the camera, just to left of his head is a shaft inside a large spring. This indicates the these machines were Intertypes a typesetting machine very similar and in someways superior to the Linotype. How do I know? I spent my apprenticeship operating linotypes, and later in Australia spent some time on Intertypes. The shaft was attached to a plunger that pumped molten typemetal that cast the lines of type or slugs.That machine room would have been very noisy! Linotypes, not Intertypes.Sorry, these can't be Intertypes, as the first Intertypes weren't in production until 1917. Both Linotypes (some models, some years) and Intertypes had the vertically mounted spring for the pot plunger, it wasn't until much later that Lintotype moved that spring into the column. The actuation was slightly different as ll, as you can see on my 1922 Intertype. From here: "Original pot plunger spring on Linotype Model I was positioned directly above plunger lever to exert a straight downward action. Intertype continued this method as the patent must have run out by 1912. The Intertype spring pressure is released by simply unscrewing a rod straight up. Linotype "improved" their machine by a system of levers to put this spring inside the column. This worked until a stronger spring was necessary to cast larger slugs and improve faces for reproduction proofs. I remember a time in Santa Rosa, California, when it was a three-man job to put that heavy spring back in place on a Model 8 Linotype." etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj xz (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Signals: 1920
... Two superheated prototypes were built by the Pennsy in 1912, one (#1092, class E6sa) with rotary valves and smaller cylinders. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 7:22pm -

"Union Station tracks, Washington, circa 1920." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. And the engine isThat's a Pennsy E6s on the tracks. PRR Steam LocomotiveThe steam locomotive on the left is a Pennsylvania Railroad E class "Atlantic" type with a 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. These were the 737s of their time. They hauled short distance passenger trains at high speed. These locomotives had 80 inch driving wheels, and were capable of 100 mph. E6s indeed ...... the size of the boiler and the delta trailing truck gives it away. The prototype, #5075, was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at its Altoona shops in 1910. This locomotive was unsuperheated (class E6). Two superheated prototypes were built by the Pennsy in 1912, one (#1092, class E6sa) with rotary valves and smaller cylinders. Following an extensive testing program, the PRR decided prototype #89 (class E6s) was what was wanted and built 80 duplicates in 1914. Prototypes 5075 (now renumbered 1067) and 1092 were converted to E6s in 1913, making 83 of the class in all. They were reported to be the first locomotives anywhere to develop an actual (vs. theoretical) 1,000 horsepower per driving axle. To my knowledge, only one was preserved. #460, the famous "Lindbergh Special" engine, is at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (Strasburg PA). (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Railroads)
Flour Power: 1911
... to divest these steamship lines by the Panama Canal Act of 1912. Aside from their builder and similar service, both vessels shared a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/06/2014 - 10:50am -

The Buffalo River, city ship canal and flour mill elevators circa 1911. "A busy section of the canal -- Buffalo, N.Y." 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size. Freighters' FateToward the end of the 19th century and into the 20th a handful of Eastern railroads established steamboat lines as extensions of their services that carried freight westward and mostly grain eastward. The Bethlehem, launched 29 February 1888 as the E. P. Wilbur by the Globe Iron Works at Cleveland, ran for the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, a subsidiary of that railroad. The Schuylkill, launched 2 July 1892 also by Globe, ran for the Erie & Western Transportation Company, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to connect with the Northern Pacific at Duluth. The railroads were forced to divest these steamship lines by the Panama Canal Act of 1912. Aside from their builder and similar service, both vessels shared a common experience of lake package freighters upon the advent of the United States' entry into the Great War: Requisition or outright sale for wartime service on saltwater. The Bethlehem was cut in half at Ashtabula in 1917 and reassembled at Montreal and slightly enlarged. It survived the war and entered British registry in 1921, and was dismantled two years later. The Schuylkill was halved at Buffalo and reassembled at Quebec. On its first voyage on saltwater the Schuylkill was torpedoed by German submarine U-39 on its delivery voyage to Greece, 21 November 1917, becoming one of the 157 vessels sunk by the U-39 during the war, second largest total among Germany's U-boat fleet. The Blue PeterThe flag on the foremast of the ship on the left is the flag for the letter "P". When it was raised in port it indicated that the ship would be sailing soon and all passengers and crew should make haste to get on board. The flag was called the Blue Peter as it had a white square in the center of a blue flag. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Buffalo NY, DPC)
Grant Park: 1911
... in the cleared space to its right, was completed in 1912. The whole building was converted to condominiums several years ago. With ... 
 
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)
Croix Rouge Americaine: 1919
... staggered 48 flag was produced in pretty fair numbers from 1912 at least up through the end of World War I. My grandfather came home from ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/02/2017 - 6:12pm -

January 20, 1919. "Recreation barracks at the American Red Cross Agricultural Training School for French Mutiles, Le Liege (Indre et Loire)." 5x7 glass negative by Miss Harper for the American National Red Cross. View full size. Croix Rouge AmericaineNice use of icons on the poster. Living in the past!Somebody forgot to change the wall calendar for the new year! Field of StarsThe flag in the picture shows a different arrangement of the 48 stars as 6 offset rows of 8. Most 48 star flags show a uniform alignment. Mustachesmandatory. More on that 48-star flagFrom this interesting page: "The staggered 48 flag was produced in pretty fair numbers from 1912 at least up through the end of World War I. My grandfather came home from France with a 2x3 foot linen staggered 48 attached to a wooden staff, much like what anyone can buy today at your local school supply store in the states." (The Gallery, ANRC, WWI)
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