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USS Arizona Memorial
... it is from approximately the same angle (non-military tour boat docked) today: (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by bhappel - 05/29/2009 - 1:50pm -

Kodachrome 35mm slide taken in Pearl Harbor by my Aunt Lee in 1984. The slide was not photoshopped other than dust removal. View full size. The USS Arizona Memorial is a continual manifestation of the original Memorial Day Order: The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but Posts and comrades will, in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit. We are organized, Comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose among other things, "of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers sailors and Marines, who united to suppress the late rebellion." What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead? We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security, is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic. If other eyes grow dull and other hinds slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain in us. Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains, and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledge to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon the Nation's gratitude—the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan. —General Orders No. 11, Grand Army of the Republic Headquarters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day Thank youSince it's Memorial Day weekend, what more appropriate time to thank all the of the veterans who make our way of life possible? RIP, all of those who paid the ultimate price. You are NOT forgotten. Pearl Harbor TodayI was just there a couple weeks ago. If you can, get on the "military only" tour of the harbor (we went and stayed with a friend of mine who has a marine hubby) - you get to go around the whole harbor and see some off-limits places, plus you get an appointment and don't have to wait in line! here it is from approximately the same angle (non-military tour boat docked) today: (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Musical Family: c. 1902
... final scene of the 1929 part-talkie film version of Show Boat and recorded by more than one hundred artists, including Louis Armstrong, ... 
 
Posted by Mike-76NYSV - 09/20/2011 - 12:35am -

This picture shows three members of the Shilkret family - Jack, his father Wulf (William) and brother Harry - probably around 1902. Jack, my grandfather, was born in 1896, and he appears to be about six in this photo, hence the date. He was an orchestra leader in the 20's through the 40's, and had several radio shows during the 30's. He composed popular songs and, among other things, did the background music for a number of the Fitzpatrick Travel Talks ("as the sun sinks slowly in the west..."). In addition to his work under his own name, Jack and Uncle Harry both recorded many records with their older brother Nat's RCA Victor orchestra, with Jack on piano and Harry on trumpet. View full size. Amazing family talent !! Nathaniel Shilkret (25 December 1889 – 18 February 1982) was born in New York, to an Austrian immigrant family. He was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive (A&R man), and music director (Victor, RKO and MGM). He was a child prodigy, touring the country with the New York Boys' Orchestra from the ages of seven to thirteen as their clarinet soloist. From his late teens to mid-twenties he was a clarinetist in the best New York music organizations, including the New York Philharmonic Society (under Vassily Safanov and Gustav Mahler), the New York Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, the Russian Symphony Orchestra, Victor Herbert's Orchestra, Arnold Volpe's Orchestra, Sousa's Grand Concert Band, Arthur Pryor's Band, and Edwin Franko Goldman's Band. He was also a rehearsal pianist for Walter Damrosch, playing for stars that included dancer Isadora Duncan. He joined the Foreign Department of the Victor Talking Machine Company (later to become RCA Victor) around 1915, and soon was made manager of the department. In 1926 he became "director of light music." He made many thousands of recordings, possibly more than anyone in recording history. His son Arthur estimated the sales of these records was of the order of 50 million copies. He was the conductor of choice for many of Victor's innovative recordings. He conducted the first record made by the "electric method," the first commercial Victor LP (in 1931!) and was the first conductor to successfully dub an electrically recorded orchestra background over the recordings of Enrico Caruso, Victor's star artist, who died before the vastly superior electrical recording method was developed. He conducted the orchestra for the premiere recording of George Gershwin's symphonic poem An American in Paris, in 1929. This recording was one of five recordings conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret that eventually earned Grammy Awards. Radio and the recording studio He was also one of radio's earliest stars, estimating that he made over 3000 broadcasts between 1925 and 1941, including being the conductor for The Eveready Hour, regarded as the first major commercial broadcast and the first major variety show. His sponsors included Camel, Carnation, Chesterfield, Esso (now Exxon), Eveready, General Electric, General Motors, Hires Root Beer, Knickerbocker, Lysol, Maxwell House, Mobil Oil, Palmolive, RCA Victor, Salada tea and Smith Brothers' Cough Drops. Between his conducting for records and for radio, virtually every musical star of the day performed under the baton of Nathaniel Shilkret. His orchestra members included Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Mike Mosiello and Del Staigers. George Gershwin, Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman and Andrés Segovia all played under his direction. Opera stars Rose Bampton, Lucrezia Bori, Feodor Chaliapin, Jon Crain, Richard Crooks, Miguel Fleta, Emilio de Gogorza, Amelita Galli-Curci, Mary Garden, Beniamino Gigli, Helen Jepson, Maria Jeritza, Giovanni Martinelli, Nino Martini, John McCormack, James Melton, Grace Moore, Jan Peerce, Lily Pons, Rosa Ponselle, Elisabeth Rethberg, Gladys Rice, Tito Schipa, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas, and Lawrence Tibbett were all conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret. The lists of popular singers and foreign artists that played under his direction are just as impressive. [edit] Compositions African Serenade, a 1930 issue of a Nat Shilkret composition recorded by his own band. He composed and arranged thousands of pieces. His best-known popular composition was The Lonesome Road, first sung by co-writer Gene Austin and later by Jules Bledsoe (dubbing Stepin Fetchit) in the final scene of the 1929 part-talkie film version of Show Boat and recorded by more than one hundred artists, including Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Paul Robeson. His composition Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time sold almost two million copies of sheet music and was also recorded by over a hundred top artists, including Louis Armstrong, Skitch Henderson, Guy Lombardo, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, John McCormack, Mitch Miller, Hugo Montenegro, The Platters, and Lawrence Welk. His composition Concerto for Trombone was premiered in 1945 by Tommy Dorsey, playing with the New York Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. The piece was unavailable to the public from the mid-1950s until Scottish trombonist Bryan Free rescued it from anonymity in the beginning of this century. It was re-premiered at Carnegie Hall by the New York Pops, under the direction of Skitch Henderson, with Jim Pugh as soloist. Since its revival, the Concerto for Trombone has been performed about forty times (with more performances scheduled) in the United States, Canada and several European countries. Later career Shilkret moved to Los Angeles in 1935 and there contributed music scores and musical direction for a string of Hollywood films for RKO (as musical director from 1935--1937) and MGM (as a musical director from 1942--1946). His films included Mary of Scotland (1936), Swing Time (1936), The Plough and the Stars, and Shall We Dance? (1937) and several films of Laurel and Hardy. He also received an Oscar nomination for his work scoring the film version of Maxwell Anderson's stage drama Winterset (1936). In 1939, he conducted a group of soloists (including tenor Jan Peerce) and the Victor Symphony Orchestra for RCA Victor's multi-disc tribute to Victor Herbert, which were recorded following a special NBC radio broadcast, and he recorded a number of other albums in 1939 and 1940. Due to a serious abdominal operation for cancer removal, he did not conduct for most of 1941. He worked at RKO-Pathe, making short films from 1946 through the mid-1950s. He was the pit orchestra conductor for the Broadway show Paris '90 in 1952. He lived in his son's home in Franklin Square, NY, from the mid-1950s until his death in 1982. He was part of a very musically inclined family. His father played almost every instrument, and made certain that Nat and his three brothers were all accomplished musicians at an early age. Older brother Lew Shilkret was a fine pianist, but also worked in the insurance industry. Younger brother Jack Shilkret has a career that paralleled Nathaniel's career: he played clarinet and piano, recorded extensively, and conducted and played piano on the radio and in motion pictures. The youngest brother Harry Shilkret was a medical doctor, who worked his way through school playing trumpet, and continued to play trumpet frequently in Nathaniel's orchestras, particularly for radio broadcasts, long after he was a practicing allergist. Nathaniel Shilkret's brother-in-law, Nathaniel Finston, was violinist in many organizations in his youth and was musical director for Paramount and later for MGM, at one time being Nathaniel Shilkret's boss. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Southern Pacific blacksmith shop. In Oakland?
... States. I can't imagine he was too many years off the boat when this photo was taken, a new immigrant settling into life in ... 
 
Posted by bowdidge - 09/20/2011 - 8:22pm -

As far as I know, this is a photo of the crew at the Blacksmith Shops for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Oakland, California. My grandfather (front and center with the rakishly tilted hat) worked for the railroad for some small portion of his life. His draft card for World War I listed him at the railroad in the blacksmith shop. By the '30's, he'd started a laundry business elsewhere in Oakland. He'd emigrated from the Azore Islands to California in around 1915, following other brothers and sisters who'd already left the impoverished islands for the opportunity of the United States. I can't imagine he was too many years off the boat when this photo was taken, a new immigrant settling into life in California. I've always liked this, both as a cool posed shot of an industrial shop and by the tools of the trade each worker carries (especially the welder to the far left). Unlike all the school photos that got saved, it's like every guy in the photo has some emotion on his face, and some story behind it. Why's the big guy at the right side in the front row look like a superhero, so sure and happy? What's the Richard Gere look-alike (the welder) thinking? What's the guy second from the left in the front row staring at off in the distance? View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Railroads)
Maine Bog Flood
... cars on the other side of the bog and be ferried over by boat or dump truck to their cars to get back into town. Sometimes if there was ... 
 
Posted by twaits - 01/08/2016 - 8:11pm -

This is the Pushaw Road in Old Town, Maine (the official name is Poplar Street but we always called it the Pushaw Road). It's the road we would take (and still do) out to my family's camp on Pushaw Lake. There are two bogs on the way out and every spring the road would flood over. The people who lived on the lake would have to park their cars on the other side of the bog and be ferried over by boat or dump truck to their cars to get back into town. Sometimes if there was a thaw in the winter and a lot of rain it would also flood and freeze in the winter making it a real mess. The road has since been built up quite a bit so it doesn't usually flood this bad anymore. The fella standing by the Dodge is my grandfather Harold Winter. This picture was probably taken in the late 1960s (that appears to be a '65 Dodge behind the VW). A slide my Dad took with his old Leica camera. View full size. Similar StableIn 1968, our SoCal garage held a '64 Bug and a '68 Coronet Wagon. FWIW (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mom's Life: 1979
... can for later meals. Looks like Brim this week. Dad's boat can be seen through the kitchen window. View full size. Very Nice ... 
 
Posted by fixj - 05/14/2017 - 9:42am -

Here is my mother in her retirement home kitchen in Naples, Florida circa 1979. She always loved to cook the fish my dad caught in the gulf. If there was more fresh fish than they could eat, she froze them in a coffee can for later meals. Looks like Brim this week. Dad's boat can be seen through the kitchen window. View full size. Very NiceYour mom reminds me of my grandma in her younger days. Very nice shot. And check out the can of Brim coffee! "Fill it to the rim with Brim!" Thanks for sharing the photo! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Boating in the 50's
... subjects, apparently shot by my dad's brother on his boat, perhaps on Bass Lake, Indiana. Kodachrome slide. The hair in the upper ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 06/29/2008 - 1:25pm -

Unknown subjects, apparently shot by my dad's brother on his boat, perhaps on Bass Lake, Indiana. Kodachrome slide. The hair in the upper right was not on the slide. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Five O'Clock Sailors: 1960
... Ferry Wilkes-Barre with its patrons anxiously awaiting the boat to dock. Not long after I took the photo, a similar shot appeared as ... 
 
Posted by prrvet - 09/24/2019 - 11:44am -

On the afternoon of March 29, 1960 I had occasion to ride the Jersey Central Railroad car ferry across the Hudson River into Manhattan. Soon after departing the Jersey City terminal I snapped this photo of the Ferry Wilkes-Barre with its patrons anxiously awaiting the boat to dock. Not long after I took the photo, a similar shot appeared as the centerfold in the Saturday Evening Post magazine. The post captioned their photo as the "Five O'Clock Sailors," which I thought was totally appropriate. This ferry operation is, of course, long gone from the scene. The slow ASA 10 speed of the Kodachrome film of the day seems to have taken its toll on the camera's ability to stop moving objects. 35mm Kodachrome Retina IIIc folding camera. William D. Volkmer (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Detroit Skyline: 1952
Detroit skyline, 1952. Photo taken by Shegoi from boat on the Detroit River. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Shegoi - 01/30/2015 - 8:23pm -

Detroit skyline, 1952. Photo taken by Shegoi from boat on the Detroit River. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
River Cruise (Colorized): 1906
... River Cruise, 1906 . "Steamer New York on the Hudson. Boat landing at Kingston Point." Detroit Publishing Company, circa 1906. ... 
 
Posted by Alexandr Khulio - 04/15/2019 - 12:15pm -

Colorized version of River Cruise, 1906. "Steamer New York on the Hudson. Boat landing at Kingston Point." Detroit Publishing Company, circa 1906. Colorized by Alexandr Khulio (Alex Wolf). (Colorized Photos)
Dewey Beach: 1916
... automobile excursions, Dewey Beach in Peoria, Illinois, boat rides and vacation trips to California and Colorado. Louise Boettger ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 02/07/2019 - 10:10am -

Dewey Beach, Peoria, Illinois, 1916. From the photo albums of Louise Boettger (Sluser) dated from 1915 to 1917 and a few others from the mid-1920s. Fun and whimsical snapshots and poses, Bradley University students, automobile excursions, Dewey Beach in Peoria, Illinois, boat rides and vacation trips to California and Colorado. Louise Boettger Sluser (Nov. 2, 1897 - March 5, 1994). Born Nov. 2, 1897, in Peoria to Robert and Anna Vonachen Boettger, she married Miles B. “Bert” Sluser on Feb. 22, 1923, in Peoria, Illinois. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Toot, Toot: c. 1932
My mother and my grandfather in a paddle boat. I'm not sure which seaside resort this is. I haven't been able to ... 
 
Posted by Mudhooks - 09/18/2011 - 10:39pm -

My mother and my grandfather in a paddle boat. I'm not sure which seaside resort this is. I haven't been able to pinpoint it and Mom doesn't remember. About 1932. My mother would have been 8 or so. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Detroit Skyline No. 2: 1952
Detroit skyline, 1952. Photo taken by Shegoi from boat on the Detroit River. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Shegoi - 01/30/2015 - 8:23pm -

Detroit skyline, 1952. Photo taken by Shegoi from boat on the Detroit River. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dewey Beach: 1930s
A boat outing to Dewey Beach near the Al Fresco Amusement Park in Peoria, ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 10/09/2018 - 10:45am -

A boat outing to Dewey Beach near the Al Fresco Amusement Park in Peoria, Illinois. Circa 1930s. The outing was organized by the Neighborhood House social service organization. Neighborhood House Association, 1020 S. Matthew, Peoria IL, established in 1896, is dedicated to providing a Safe Haven with comprehensive services that meet the social, emotional and material needs of individuals and families from infancy to the elderly. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Work at Subic Bay: 1945
... to be in full uniform. Among the supplies they have are boat paddles, which don’t look real useful for them. Photographed by my ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 06/13/2018 - 8:52am -

It must have been hot and sticky at Subic Bay, Philippines because these sailors, who are loading or unloading a truck, seem not to be in full uniform. Among the supplies they have are boat paddles, which don’t look real useful for them. Photographed by my father, a fellow sailor. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Louise Boettger: 1916
... automobile excursions, Dewey Beach in Peoria, Illinois, boat rides and vacation trips to California and Colorado. Louise Boettger ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 02/07/2019 - 11:25am -

Louise Boettger, Dewey Beach docks, 1916. From the photo albums of Louise Boettger (Sluser) dated from 1915 to 1917 and a few others from the mid-1920s. Fun and whimsical snapshots and poses, Bradley University students, automobile excursions, Dewey Beach in Peoria, Illinois, boat rides and vacation trips to California and Colorado. Louise Boettger Sluser (Nov. 2, 1897 - March 5, 1994). Born Nov. 2, 1897, in Peoria to Robert and Anna Vonachen Boettger, she married Miles B. “Bert” Sluser on Feb. 22, 1923, in Peoria, Illinois. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Howie Joined the Navy: 1944
... (he later said) he thought there would be fewer guns on a boat. The Navy decided to station their new engineering graduate in Chicago for ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 05/26/2017 - 7:15pm -

My (future) father, then 20 years old, stands in his new uniform for a photo with his father Max in 1944 in the Bronx, NYC. Though he received his induction letter at the start of the war he requested a deferment to complete his college degree in electrical engineering, which the government granted. After graduation, he chose the Navy because (he later said) he thought there would be fewer guns on a boat. The Navy decided to station their new engineering graduate in Chicago for radar antenna training, rather than assign him to a ship. While he was in Chicago the war ended and they deployed him to the Philippines to relieve service members who had maintained the Subic Bay radar during combat days. Because his enlistment was made during WWII he was a veteran, though the heaviest action he actually saw during his deployment was learning how to say “I think you are a beautiful girl” in Tagalog. He could recite that line in Tagalog, and several other dating lines he learned, for the rest of his life. Photographer is unknown. It might have been his older sister. Scan was made from a print. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Port of Teepookana: 1898
... his great-great-grandchildren. Behind is the steam from a boat that linked the river port of Teepookana to the sea port of Strahan. ... 
 
Posted by 1dodge950 - 04/13/2018 - 6:58pm -

Frederick O. Henry, the short and bearded Scotsman standing fourth from left, made a fortune in the early mining days of the Tasmanian West Coast. My children are his great-great-grandchildren. Behind is the steam from a boat that linked the river port of Teepookana to the sea port of Strahan. Strahan flourishes today as a tourist destination. Teepookana is overgrown by the forest. This professional photograph by J. Mills of Zeehan comes from the F. O. Henry family archive. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Fish Harbor: 1933
Los Angeles, October 1933. "Boat repair ship at Fish Harbor." View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by Vintagetvs - 01/15/2016 - 7:26pm -

Los Angeles, October 1933. "Boat repair ship at Fish Harbor." View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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