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Black Lads in Hyattsville
... full size. JD Tower This view is looking towards Baltimore. The tracks at far right is the B&O Washington Branch. JD Tower ... 
 
Posted by Atomiclady - 06/27/2014 - 7:25pm -

Somewhere between Hyattsville proper, and Riverdale Park just off U.S. # One. A happy looking bunch. Taken by my Uncle, Nolan Miller of Beltsville, Maryland. View full size. JD TowerThis view is looking towards Baltimore. The tracks at far right is the B&O Washington Branch. JD Tower in the background, controlled the junction here for the line down through Bladensburg to Sheppards Point and connections to Potomac Yard. The boys are standing on the double track Capitol Traction line [note the poles with crossarms supporting trolley wire...] that came out Rhode Island Ave. and entered private right of way just south of here. This line originally ran to Laurel, Md., but was cut back to Branchville, and finally to Beltsville before it was removed in the late 50's/early 60's. Much of the right of way is still quite visible. JD Tower looked very much like this until it was removed in the 1980's. This is still a very busy junction on what is now CSX, and is controlled from many miles from here. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Father circa 1901
... My father circa 1901 taken at a photography studio in Baltimore. Yes, baby boys in the Victorian era did wear dresses. Also, the ... 
 
Posted by LouK - 04/06/2012 - 10:10pm -

My father circa 1901 taken at a photography studio in Baltimore. Yes, baby boys in the Victorian era did wear dresses. Also, the Victorian age lasted in the US well into the Edwardian age in the UK. View full size. EvocativeWhenever my Mother got her hands on a baby, she would give their hair that curl on the center of their head; pretty awkward in the 90s. (1990s, that is) Thanks for the memory. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
My Father December 1918
... campus was located there. This was before the City of Baltimore expanded its borders to include the campus. He was a member of the ... 
 
Posted by LouK - 04/21/2012 - 7:16am -

My Father taken December 1918 in Homewood, Maryland. The Johns Hopkins campus was located there. This was before the City of Baltimore expanded its borders to include the campus. He was a member of the Student Army Training Corps (a cross between ROTC and a 90 day wonder). He was a corporal in this picture (they didn't wear the chevrons on the great coat), but was mustered out within a few weeks of this picture.I have been told that he is holding an Enfield riffle. He graduated Hopkins with the Class of 1921 (Mo Udall was a classmate of his). Type of RifleThe rifle your father is holding is not an Enfield. Although the name Enfield is often used for that rifle but it is not an accurate description. It is a M1917 using the US nomenclature. The history of the rifle is this. Prior to WWI,the British were thinking of introducting a newly designed rifle to replace their Enfield SMLE. Tests were done and they settled on the Enfield Pattern 14 rifle. But then the war broke out in 1914 and it made no sense for them rearm during war and they went full capacity to make the SMLE. But they were short of rifles, so they took the P14 design to America and had several companies start to make it in 303 caliber for shipment to Britain. But when the US became involved in the war they too discovered they were short on rifles so the instructed the companies making the P14 to stop, retool it for the 30-06 cartridge and that rifle became known as the M1917. There were more M1917's used in WWI than the 1903 Springfield rifle. So, calling it an Enfield is a reflection of its origins but not its proper Model name. I hope that helps. More info can be found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1914_Enfield (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Richards Family, 1908
... that still stands on Homeland Avenue in Govans, now a Baltimore neighborhood, but in 1908, a town on the road to Towson. Sitting in ... 
 
Posted by Olde Buck - 03/19/2012 - 4:45pm -

This is my great grandfather's family at the house that still stands on Homeland Avenue in Govans, now a Baltimore neighborhood, but in 1908, a town on the road to Towson. Sitting in front are William Thomas Richards (1860-1927) and Anna McCall Richards (1855-1912). Standing l-r: Dorothy Irene [Thomas] (1894-1975); Frances Alberta [Entered Convent, Sr.M. St.John of the Cross, V.J.M.] (1891-1965); Annie Frohmeyer, a family friend; Helen Gertrude [Williams] (1892-1970); Mabel Antonia [Hiser, Hooper] (1898-1953). View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dad and His Easter Basket
... on Easter Sunday in 1949 at his home on Noble Street in Baltimore. My father passed away in 2006 at the age of 58. There's not a day ... 
 
Posted by Son Of Highlandt... - 07/12/2011 - 3:55pm -

This is my father Anthony Wehrman. The picture was taken on Easter Sunday in 1949 at his home on Noble Street in Baltimore. My father passed away in 2006 at the age of 58. There's not a day that goes by that I don't miss him. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Pearl Virginia Domm
... husband, Harry, was the premier roofing contractor of Baltimore for decades before passing away in 1947 at age 60. At age 57 Pearl ... 
 
Posted by hippo - 07/18/2011 - 8:23am -

Pearl "dolled up" for church and travel. Pearl's husband, Harry, was the premier roofing contractor of Baltimore for decades before passing away in 1947 at age 60. At age 57 Pearl ran the business until my father could take over. This was one of her "going visiting" set of clothes and coat, heading to NYC's Radio City for a premier. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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