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- Plane Crash: 1938
- ... Aerial Gunnery School at St. Jean de Monts, France.
In 1920 he was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and held ... until 1930 when he came to Washington in Plans Division, Office of Chief of Air Corps. After attending the Army and Naval War Colleges, ...
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 1:02pm -
- Teeth Without Plates: 1905
- ... circa 1905. "Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad office, Woodward & Jefferson Aves." A number of familiar Shorpy standbys ... is Uneeda Biscuit!
Northwest Corner Circa 1920. ( Wayne State University Virtual Library )
Hello Operator, give me ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2013 - 3:35pm -
- Miss Louise Johnson: 1920
- Miss Louise Johnson, from 1920. Her somewhat damaged appearance is maybe appropriate since the Shorpy Mid-Atlantic office is just coming back online after an agonizingly long Internet outage. ...
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 1:37pm -
- El Paso: 1903
- ... see it in newspaper ads of the 1800's as well.
By the 1920's this usage is just about extinct, you never see it today unless intended ... sheets. The use of a period in single-word signs such as "Office." or "Coalyard." also renders the word into a declarative sentence, as ...
Posted by Dave - 08/20/2012 - 9:55am -
- Vanderbilt Hotel: 1913
- ... the early 20th Century. Singer Enrico Caruso lived here in 1920 and 1921, his last U.S. home.
To be or not to be a gargoyle That's ... Guard Armory. It was replaced in 1975 by a high rise office building known as 3 Park Avenue. Its lower floors are occupied by the ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 1:17pm -
- Freshman Chemistry: 1925
- ... Open The Windows... What!? I once worked in a basement office in Manhattan, not unlike this one (but it was a bit more recently). The ... on these specific dresses, for instance, is very much in 1920's style. They also actually fit each student gracefully, which ...
Posted by Dave - 08/22/2012 - 9:32pm -
- The Committee: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Red Cross group, Government Hotels." National Photo Company Collection ... on the roof--is the north facade of the Russell Senate Office Building.
(The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo) ...
Posted by Dave - 04/14/2017 - 2:33pm -
- New Amsterdam Theatre: 1905
- ... represented an Upper East Side district in Congress from 1920 until his death in 1949, for ten of those years as chairman of the House ... the only place you could get weighed was at the doctor's office or at one of these penny scales. Even into the 1960s they were common ...
Posted by Dave - 07/18/2012 - 3:41pm -
- Chi-Town Bus: 1938
- ... in names which exists about the buses built in the 1920's and 1930's
This PDF file from busmag.com:
... were indeed a great part of the Greyhound Fleet in the 1920's, but Greyhound developed an interest in Yellow Coach which expanded into ... location on New York Avenue (now incorporated into an office building).
Shocking The front shock absorbers are actually air ...
Posted by Dave - 08/17/2012 - 6:26pm -
- Whistle Bottling Works: 1925
- ... from 1934 to 1980.
Now this entire block is high-end office space.
Whiskey Bottling Works... ...is how I originally read the ... Club Interestingly, Prohibition had been in place since 1920 and continued until 1933. Yet, the building has an advertising sign for ...
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2012 - 2:22am -
- Sleeping Beauty: 1910
- ... I always think of silent movies as something out of the 1920's - and then "talkies" from the late 20's and 30's. So much change going ... tights. I love that the king has that elaborate chain of office, but his crown is rather simple.
Jack and Jill I am struck by ...
Posted by Dave - 08/22/2012 - 8:39pm -
- Modern Receptionist: 1948
- ... 27, 1948. "Russel Wright, 221 E. 48th St., New York City. Office with secretary." Large-format negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View ... design ideas came from after the lovely interiors of the 1920's--I think it started with Art Deco.
[Those are something like ...
Posted by Dave - 11/08/2015 - 1:53pm -
- National Benefit Life: 1921
- ... details in this picture which contrast with a modern office scene. For example, some of the desks do not have a telephone.
The ... supply was less reliable than the gas supply. By the 1920's these must have been seen as "dated"
If you look at the bottom of ...
Posted by Dave - 07/08/2016 - 12:58am -
- Wood Jeweler: 1900
- ... his brother? From the "Jeweler's Circular", March 10, 1920. I poked around on Central St. in Lowell, MA, hoping I might get lucky and ... Edison light bulb price list from 1893 or this 1894 office with electric lights .
No Cabots, but probably Lowell G.H. Wood ...
Posted by Dave - 11/20/2014 - 5:09pm -
- Ofty's: 1926
- ... address as 508 Ninth Street in 1912. However, in 1920 the Washington Post reported the sale of their building at 504 9th Street ... reeked of tobacco-mouth.
One day, I was sitting in his office and I answered the phone. Looking for a pen to write a message down for ...
Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 1:15pm -
- Nitro Express: 1939
- October 1939. "Post office in the general store. Lamoille, Iowa." Let's see now. Stamps, ammo, and ... No. 218!
Real P.O. Would not be an official Post Office if it did not have that wanted poster.
Desperado: 1898-1942 A ... an age That Eclipse #218 "Frost Killer" stove predates 1920, the year that the Tappan family of Mansfield, Ohio, changed the name of ...
Posted by Dave - 01/14/2018 - 7:31pm -
- Apparatus: 1929
- ... of Standards was often involved in work for the patent office resolving patient claims and disputes, so testing parameters of an ... reducer on the end of the engine crankshaft.
In the 1920,s numerous methods were tried in an effort to make talking pictures. One ...
Posted by Dave - 09/03/2012 - 3:33pm -
- There Was a Crooked House: 1962
- ... below the front porch. I set up the camera (an old c. 1920 folding job) in the cactus garden, opened the shutter, ran down to the ... an old favorite of mine that is now a paperweight in my office: A Minolta 110-cartridge zoomer that we used to call a "Big Mac" camera. ...
Posted by tterrace - 07/11/2019 - 1:26pm -
- A Case of the Mondays: 1925
- ... no caption for this yellowing print of a lady at an office desk with postage stamps (quite possibly on October 19, 1925). Yet there ... Political Philosophy of Robert M. LaFollette (published 1920).
Oak Flooring The second letter down in the in box is from the Oak ...
Posted by Dave - 06/25/2014 - 9:00am -
- Pontiac Palace: 1948
- ... There was a Pontiac Hupmobile dealership there before 1920.
The photo is beautiful The cars? Maybe not so much, even for the ... Auto Row structures published by the S.F. planning office.
Oh wow! More like this, please.
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Posted by Dave - 09/26/2014 - 2:10pm -
- The New Olds: 1919
- ... Washington, D.C. "Oldsmobile Sales Co. interior, 1919 or 1920." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. ... full size.
Accessories Wow! Look at that classic office furniture! Oh, yeah; nice car, too.
Catch Pan I guess leaks came ...
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 7:24pm -
- Ashepoo P.O.: 1938
- December 1938. "General store and post office, sawmill town. Ashepoo, South Carolina." Medium format negative by ... Allendale County. Up until he appears in Ashepoo in the 1920 census, he stayed put in the Sycamore/Ulmers/Bardwell area.
He appears ...
Posted by Dave - 12/25/2017 - 10:40am -
- Moses and Sons: 1923
- ... W.B. Moses & Son at Eleventh and F has been leased as office space. A few ads in early 1936 announce the auction of oriental rugs: ... this cloth to China and back to the U.S. somewhere around 1920. I can’t imagine the price it would bring today. It would have been ...
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 4:28pm -
- Scenic Petoskey: 1908
- ... named Ali came up with removable wheels between 1914 and 1920 but there is no proof and no patent listed. Best bet is Bernard Sadow in ... of Bay and Lewis and, unfortunately, has been converted to office space and is currently the home of Andrew Kan Travel. The covered ...
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 6:12pm -
- Bonus Tracks: 1906
- ... light and hot water.
Washington Post, Jan 5, 1920
Penhurst Apartments Burn
Lives of dwellers in the 22 ... Monument poking its head over the Government Printing Office on the right side of the frame. At the time of this photo, the ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 11:14am -
- Open Carry: 1929
- ... are a nice touch. Too bad they can't be included in the office Christmas party.
Fashion Forward Although the vibe of this ... hiking knickers, a breakthrough style for women in the 1920's. A decade earlier she would have been expected to face the great ...
Posted by Vintagetvs - 01/23/2016 - 9:54am -
- Make Yourself Comfortable
- Washington, D.C., 1920. "National Photo Company, front room." View full size. Glass negative: ... and I cannot believe it is the waiting room of a business office!! I don't think I would leave for hours - just looking at all of the ... furniture.
[This is the reception area of a business office. And that may well be Herbert E. French himself on the couch. - Dave] ...
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 4:10pm -
- Youngest Lawyer: 1922
- ... High School Class of 1915 was characterized in a July 1920 news story as a divorce specialist who was about to relocate from ...
(The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Portraits, The Office) ...
Posted by Dave - 08/23/2012 - 6:17pm -
- Minute Service No. 1: 1925
- ... brands. Just look in the Shorpy archives at other 1920's filling stations and you will see many stations with various "brands" at ... station and garage were razed in 1960 to make way for office space.
Washington Post, Apr 9. 1922
Open ...
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 6:03pm -
- Willie of Montgomery: 1914
- ... much of a double entendre... reminds me of the "Car Talk" office located in the fake law firm of "Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe."
... like in Ward 1 of Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1900 and 1920 censuses there's a Willie D. Cheathem, born c. 1897/98. (I couldn't find ...
Posted by Dave - 09/14/2011 - 6:25pm -