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Temple of Beauty: 1908
... 25¢"); William E. Metzger, dealer in "Motorcycles Bicycles Phonographs"; an outpost of the Singer Sewing Machine Co.; Tuomy Bros. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/23/2017 - 11:03pm -

Detroit circa 1908. "Mather Block, Woodward Avenue." Where merchants vying for your trade include Madame Mattlar's Temple of Beauty ("Corns removed, 25¢"); William E. Metzger, dealer in "Motorcycles Bicycles Phonographs"; an outpost of the Singer Sewing Machine Co.; Tuomy Bros. (suits and cloaks) and the eyeball-bedizened offices of L. Kaplan Optician ("I Glassed Detroit"). 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. AG Spalding storeThe most interesting to me is the first store on the left, the AG Spalding Sporting Goods. The Spalding trademark sign which caught my eye, is right there. That logo goes back to 1876 and their baseballs were used by the National League for 100 years. As a kid I can recall getting a signed Spalding ball from Dusty Rhodes, who, during the off season, worked as salesman at the brokerage firm that my dad managed. Almost new 1908 CadillacThe first car I see is unmistakably a 1908 Cadillac Model S Runabout, the last year for their simple and high quality single cylinder automobile. This photo has to be at least 1908. The 1907 Cadillac single cylinder is distinctive enough to tell apart from the 1908. I have a complete but unrestored 1906 Cadillac runabout. Still standing (sort of)Looks like parts of that block are still there. Detroit addresses were renumbered in 1921 so these businesses correlate approximately with the addresses on The Mather Block. Woodward looking southThis appears to be the first block south of Grand Circus, on the east side of Woodward. In the distance is the original Pontchartrain Hotel. AG Spalding!Those merchants vying for your trade also includes an A G Spalding sporting goods store! Spalding - one of the founders of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs and of the company that made the some of the gear I (and millions of others) used for years as a young ball player. LOVE the baseball sign he's got hanging there! 1905? Maybe not.The Hotel Ponchatrain opened October 29, 1907 and since we can see folk in Summer frocks I suggest the earliest this photo could be taken would have been the summer of 1908. I know Shorpy isn't really worried about carbon dating every photo but thought a revised date might help other Shorpyites (shorpyologists?) identity those vehicles. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Detroit Photos, DPC, Stores & Markets)
The Home Team: 1941
... right also has a pant leg turned up, but the wrong side. Bicycles, to the best of my knowledge, all had their chain drive on the right ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/10/2019 - 6:35pm -

April 1941. "Schoolchildren in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Red Headed LeagueA whole passel of freckle-faced redheaded boys on the left! I wonder if they're all brothers or cousins? UnshodNary a shoe to be seen! No Doubt All CousinsEveryone in that county is related to everyone else, and that was probably the entire male population under 15 years old for the whole county in 1941. Heard County has always been one of the least populated counties in Georgia and is still desolate. Heard County and Greene County (which we have seen in earlier photos) are also two of the least prosperous counties in the state. Rolled Pant legOn the boy in front. When I went to school in the 1950s, that was the sign of someone who rode his bike to school. Rolling your pant leg up made it less likely to get caught in the chain, if you were missing the chainguard. What's in a Name?Overalls, coveralls, dungarees -- regardless of the what they were called in this neck of the woods, there is a charming uniqueness to each boys' "make and model." The different styles remind me of a comment about Norman Rockwell observing and painting what was called "the expressive vocabulary of shoes." I'll call this the expressive vocabulary of bib overalls as well as a study in practical pencil placement. Two (?) bicycle riders?The youngster nearest to the front (4th in from the left) is an obvious bike rider with his pant leg turned up to lessen the chance of catching it in the chain. However, the youngster to the far right also has a pant leg turned up, but the wrong side. Bicycles, to the best of my knowledge, all had their chain drive on the right side of the frame, not the left. Curious! (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids, Rural America)
Sweet Six: 1919
... earlier company had some connection to the famous Columbia bicycles (still made, I believe), in that both were originally part of A.A. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2015 - 9:05pm -

San Francisco circa 1919. "Columbia Six touring car." Note the rakishly tilted windshield. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Hail Columbia!Built by Columbia Motors, not related to the Columbia Motor Car Company that produced its own Columbia car from 1899-1910; I wonder how the trademark lawyers handled that? The earlier company had some connection to the famous Columbia bicycles (still made, I believe), in that both were originally part of A.A. Pope's Pope Manufacturing Company. The later Columbia's name was apparently just another attempt to "wrap the brand in the flag." Looks likeIzzy and Moe, on the verge of stardom? Tick...tick...tick....You sure about the motive power? I see a wind-up key! Edit: Actually, what is that thing? "That Thing"Looks like a support for the top framework when the top is folded down. Body curves in and the top braces are outside the body line. Closed With the two gents comfortable without topcoats, it would seem the automobile has not been running prior to this photo being made --- the thermostat controlled radiator shutters are in a closed configuration. (A touted feature by Columbia.) (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Weld Noir: 1943
... There are more handlebars in this photo than there are bicycles. [Looking for the house across the street ? - Dave] ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/18/2014 - 11:32am -

May 1943. "Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Liberty ship construction. Welding on a hatch assembly at night." Medium format negative by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size. There are more handlebars in this photothan there are bicycles. [Looking for the house across the street? - Dave] Nautical TermsA hatch is an opening between decks. A door is an opening in a bulkhead. The welder is working on a door. [It's a hatch subassembly. There is no ship yet. - Dave] (The Gallery, Arthur Siegel, Baltimore, Industry & Public Works, WW2)
Merchants of Manchester: 1910
... Elm Manchester Hardware Co. hardware, iron, steel, bicycles & agri implements 932-940 Elm Magoon Charles S. auctioneer ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/09/2020 - 4:01pm -

Manchester, New Hampshire, circa 1910. "Elm Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Elm Street TodayFrom Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9914005,-71.4630468,3a,88.6y,8.35h,86.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOuCcXVEUf8SW67_YRzR3kA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 The corner business on Spring and Elm is now a Ben and Jerry's. The building is the same. It has lost a bit of its charm, though. [This might be a good time to learn how to embed a Google Street View! - Dave] Then and NowWith the assistance of the ever-so-helpful Sampson & Murdock city directory for 1906, found at the ever-so-helpful Internet Archive, I was able to work out that we’re looking at the 900 block of Elm facing north; the photographer is standing in front of City Hall (908-920 Elm). On the west side of the street and walking away from the photographer, we find: Citizen Shoe Co. (L A and H M D Trull) boots and shoes 930 Elm Manchester Hardware Co. hardware, iron, steel, bicycles & agri implements 932-940 Elm Magoon Charles S. auctioneer appraiser 936 Elm room 10 {C. S. Magoon Real Estate and Loans, Auctioneer and Appraiser; Short loans made on Real Estate, Furniture and Pianos, Special Terms for Selling Property at Auction; Mileage Books and Trip Tickets to Boston ... Notary Public - Telephone Connection} Robie Consolidated Concrete Co. 936 Elm, room 5 {Concrete and Asphalt Pavers - Street Work a Specialty - Manufacturers of Robie’s Concrete Pavements - Dealers in Coal Tar, Pitch and Cementing Gravel} Dudley Arthur W. civil hydraulic consulting engineer 936 Elm Room 13 {Steam and Electric Railroads, Water Works, Sewerage, Highways, Etc., Located and Construction Superintended, Examinations and Reports, Plans and Specifications at Short Notice - Municipal Water Supply and Water Power Development a Specialty - N. E. Telephone Connection} Brown & Burpee (Geo H Brown, W.E. Burpee) consulting opticians 940 Elm cor. Stark {Ten thousand satisfied patrons recommend our glasses, also 30 North Main St., Concord, N. H.} Chamberlin Susan A Mrs boarding house 944 Elm Goodwin Elmer D. mortician 946 Elm and 4 and 5 Stark Moving over to the right (east) side of the street, again moving away from the phographer: Rosenblum Samuel clothing 917 Elm [presumably women’s clothing; nine women listed as milliners work at this address] Manchester Tea Co provisions 923 Elm Barton William H baker 925 Elm Dodge George W Shoe Co boots and shoes 931 Elm Bee Hive, Clark Bros props millinery fancy goods etc 937 and 941 Elm Clark Bros (George M and Charles C) fancy goods 937 and 941 Elm Wingate Charles B boots and shoes 947 Elm Wathen A T clothing 951 Elm corner Amherst {Custom Clothing, Full Dress Suits to Let, Repairing and Pressing Neatly Done, Mileage Books to Let, Corner Elm and Amherst Streets Telephone 251-4} Most of the buildings are still there and relatively undisturbed today. To the northwest, Manchester Hardware is now Pearson’s Jewelry; upstairs offices have been converted to apartments. Someone slathered a tedious stucco façade over the original brick front. The optician’s has become a Ben & Jerry’s. Mrs. Chamberlin’s boarding house rooms are walk-up offices. Goodwin’s undertakers is now a pizza joint. Looking northeast, it’s observable that the tea company has turned into a copy shop; Dodge’s Shoes is a bar, Clark Brothers has morphed into a board-game pub and bar, with a perfectly hideous façade cover-up that all right-thinking people should assault with pitchforks and billhooks. Wathen’s Clothing (which I believe to be the source of the “Everything Must Go” sign barely visible) has decided it likes being an Indian restaurant. Manchester is thirstier today.Citizen Shoe -- I think that's a bar now. Manchester Hardware Co., probably a bar. Magoon, Charles S. -- if it's not a bar, Magoon's is a pretty good name for one. You get my drift. Better than it was in 1996 when I moved there, when everything was "For Rent." (The Gallery, DPC, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
Rice Rocket: 1938
... his tank? So was there a purpose for the "gas tank" on bicycles like this, or were they just supposed to make it look more like a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/03/2008 - 4:53pm -

October 1938. Preparations for the National Rice Festival in Crowley, Louisiana. View full size. 35mm negative by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. Tiger in his tank?So was there a purpose for the "gas tank" on bicycles like this, or were they just supposed to make it look more like a motorcycle? Did they double as a canteen for long rides? My sister's bike has a "tank" of sorts, only the top/front end of it has 2 small lights in it. It's hard to tell from the lighting, but I guess the one above might be wider at the front than it is in the back, so it could hold lights. (The Gallery, Kids, Russell Lee)
The Powers: 1905
... entrance? We've become accustomed to seeing unoccupied bicycles balanced just-so curbside in previous photos. Can You Top This ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 11:53am -

Rochester, New York, circa 1905. "Powers Hotel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Early Adopters?Does this mark the first, or earliest, Shorpy appearance of a bicycle rack, there to the left of the hotel entrance? We've become accustomed to seeing unoccupied bicycles balanced just-so curbside in previous photos. Can You Top ThisOn Main St. Between State and Fitzhugh Streets, you had the Powers Hotel and the Powers Building. The Powers Building, which is to the right of the hotel, has an interesting history. When originally built, it was the tallest building in Rochester. However, for several years, when someone would build a taller building. Mr. Powers, not to be outdone, would add a Mansard roof, to keep the tallest building title. That is why you see those three additional stories atop the main building. Another thing, that is the Baker Theater behind the hotel on Fitzhugh St. The film advertised is "Under Two Flags." The earliest version of this film listed at IMDB is 1912. Two other versions were released in 1915 & 1916. That information dates this photo to that time span. (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC)
Plumber's Helpers: 1942
... picture. I’ll bet the kids didn’t have much fun riding bicycles on the sidewalks. (The Gallery, Kids, Marjory Collins, WW2) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/09/2017 - 10:15am -

November 1942. Lititz, Pennsylvania. "Scrap collection drive. Each household placed its contribution on the sidewalk. It was then picked up by local trucks whose owners had volunteered their services for civilian defense. The scrap outside a plumber's house consists of pipes." (Kids not included.) Medium format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size. 46 Center StreetLittle has changed -- kids still live here and the dip in the curb remains: Squash 'em flat!One of my earliest memories is of pulling my very little red wagon down the carpeted hallway of our apartment building, accompanying my grandmother as she collected people's tin cans for the scrap drive. Along with that is the image of her rinsing our cans, removing the bottoms with the can opener, and standing on each to squash it, presumably conserving space during its transportation to the salvage yard. In that she was a "stately" woman, around 5'10" and 200 lbs., the can was never crafted that she could not flatten in one step. DrainsThe dips in the sidewalks are to channel the water from the roof drains into the street. The one for the house to the left is just visible in this picture. I’ll bet the kids didn’t have much fun riding bicycles on the sidewalks. (The Gallery, Kids, Marjory Collins, WW2)
Sunshine State: 1901
... Does the sign leaning against the tree say: "Wheelchair bicycles NOT allowed on the sidewalk"? (The Gallery, DPC, Florida) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/08/2014 - 10:25am -

Palm Beach circa 1901. "A glimpse of the Royal Poinciana." An entrance to Henry Flagler's immense resort hotel, back when Florida was starting to be a thing. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Caught in the act?Does the sign leaning against the tree say: "Wheelchair bicycles NOT allowed on the sidewalk"? (The Gallery, DPC, Florida)
Perry on Parade
... The sign reads "Buy Your Wagons, Harnesses, Blankets, Bicycles and Sundries at James L. Perry & Co. Vernon St." James Perry was ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 05/04/2008 - 5:33pm -

The sign reads "Buy Your Wagons, Harnesses, Blankets, Bicycles and Sundries at James L. Perry & Co. Vernon St." James Perry was the father of John Perry and husband of Mabel (Carpenter) Perry, both seen in other pictures I've posted. That's the Cheshire House behind the wagon. (Wonder if the bicycle came from Perry's store.) Keene, NH, July 4, 1911. Cyko RPPC. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hotel Seminole (Colorized): 1910
... from inside the empty dining attachment. The half dozen bicycles, the colored Native American / Eagle friezes, and lots of horse poop; ... 
 
Posted by Lamyflute1 - 04/18/2014 - 7:15pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. I may not achieve the level to Dennis Klassen's Hotel Astor (Colorized): 1909, but I've been inspired by his perfection. I also liked the small details. My favorite here is the African American looking out, from inside the empty dining attachment. The half dozen bicycles, the colored Native American / Eagle friezes, and lots of horse poop; a sign of the times. View full size. (Colorized Photos)
Some of our Girls: 1901
... of A. & O. Hucke's Booth, hardware, stoves, paints, bicycles and sporting goods, 17 and 19 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois. ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 02/28/2019 - 4:30pm -

In front of A. & O. Hucke's Booth, hardware, stoves, paints, bicycles and sporting goods, 17 and 19 East Main Street, Belleville, Illinois. Photo taken by Samuel Peake Hyde, b. Feb 17, 1850, St. Francisville, Clark, Missouri; d. April 28, 1921, Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois., son of Edwin C. Hyde and Elizabeth Hyde. Samuel was a clerk for J. G. Green Company, 1867, and then worked with his father at E.C. Hyde & Co., Storage and Commission, 4 South Commercial Street, Belleville, IL. Sam resided at 37 North Douglas, Belleville. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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