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Vroom: 1949
... in an Austin pedal car circa 1949. From a set of 35mm Kodachromes I acquired in northern New Jersey. Here is another view. View ... 
 
Posted by historic52 - 12/16/2012 - 8:10am -

Young motorist in an Austin pedal car circa 1949. From a set of 35mm Kodachromes I acquired in northern New Jersey. Here is another view. View full size. BeautifulAnd, if I remember correctly, the full size Austin was just a tad larger. That is a dandy and one very lucky kid. Lucky Kid!What a beauty. Looks like the trunk lid is operational too. The tires look pneumatic, almost real car like. You can never be too carefulI see they blacked out the license plate for privacy protection. Just like the one Dad drives!Wow, that kid must have been on cloud 9 to get something like that! All metal, real tires, real paint and chrome, compare that to the all plastic, no sharp edges boring junk today. Downside is it must have weighed a ton. Any Pedal Car collectors out there who can give us a ballpark value on that car today? Beyond my folks' budgetThis looks like an expensive toy and sure enough, according to the pedal cars page at austinworks.com: "The J40 sold for 27 pounds plus 6 pounds added purchase tax, while the Pathfinder cost 20 pounds plus 5 pounds purchase tax. At the time the average working man would have to save 2 or 3 weeks full wages to buy a J40." [Prior to the 1949 devaluation of the Pound Sterling the exchange rate was approximately £1 = $4; after devaluation, £1 = $2.80. - tterrace] The J40 StoryThe J40 was manufactured in the UK by the Austin company. There is a full history here. Austin J40 carsThe Austin J40 is something of a British motoring institution. The pedal car was built at the Austin Junior Car Factory in Bargoed, South Wales. This dedicated factory began Austin pedal car production in 1949, with the plant funded by the British Government. It was run on a not-for-profit basis, purely for the employment of disabled coal miners, with 250 men assembling both the J40 pedal car, plus the racy Pathfinder, loosely based around a single-seater competition Austin Seven. Production ended in 1971. Values vary depending on condition, between 1 and 3,000 pounds sterling. WowI remember as a kid looking through JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, and Sears catalogs dreaming of owning a pedal car. Being one of seven children I knew the closest I would ever get was whatever my mind could dream about. That was in the 60's and I don't think I ever saw one this beautiful. Heck I would have easily traded away 2 of my sisters for this beauty. Wow SecondedThat kid grew up in a completely different world than what I knew. I too looked through the Sears and Wards Christmas Edition Catalogs and dreamed of having a cool pedal car. Tonka was as close as I would ever get. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Jackson Four: 1904
... of his I read that stated that late in life he had shot Kodachromes. He had started with a portable darkroom and wet plates in the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/09/2011 - 8:06am -

Circa 1904. "W.H. Jackson and family. William Henry Jackson with mother Harriet and probably daughter-in-law (wife of Clarence S. Jackson) and grandson Billy (b. 1902)." 11x14 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Mona Lisa smile.Wow, that woman in the middle sure knows how to pose for a photo. She just has a certain air about her that has reached across time and space. Must. resist. urge.to draw a mustache on that baby. His mother is beautiful, she reminds me of Alma Mahler. A handsome familyCaptured by a good photographer. I particularly like the juxtaposition between grandmother's seams and wrinkles and the baby's smooth skin. Stuffy, Not FluffyAnd doesn't old W.H. look comfortable in that starched collar? PossibilitiesDo we think Clarence took the picture? [Photographer William Henry Jackson was one of the Detroit Publishing Company's founding partners. - Dave] GenerationsNot a costume historian, but I find it interesting that (to my eye, at least) the grandmother's dress looks MUCH older-fashioned than the daughter-in-law's-- in fact, the closely fitted black silk sleeves and bodice, the lace at the neck, and the obviously wide skirt read as very mid-nineteenth-century to me, vs. the daughter's lace and fuller up-top silhouette. Ditto the grandma's hairstyle (parted in the middle, smooth wings over the ears) vs. the daughter's pompadour. It's somehow refreshing to think that even Back In The Day there were older people who stubbornly stuck with the personal style that worked for them in their 30s. Portrait with a differenceNatural light, I suspect, probably from overhead skylight in the studio, plus a high shutter speed, otherwise the baby would show motion blur - note how that hand is frozen in mid-air. Natural expressions result from not having to freeze in place like zombies for the exposure. William Henry Jackson He would have been 60 or 61 here. He lived another 38 years and died in 1942, at 99. I was always struck by a biography of his I read that stated that late in life he had shot Kodachromes. He had started with a portable darkroom and wet plates in the early 1870s. In any format, he is one of the greatest photographers of all time. (The Gallery, DPC, Portraits, W.H. Jackson)
How to Stand on Your Head
... any of those, make use of your big sister. A pair of Kodachromes shot by my brother on our lawn in 1955. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 06/24/2009 - 5:03pm -

Method 1: Make use of your poise, balance and coordination. Method 2: Lacking any of those, make use of your big sister. A pair of Kodachromes shot by my brother on our lawn in 1955. View full size. Thanks tterrace!tterrace, I've really enjoyed the pictures you've submitted. Thanks so much for sharing! Standing on your headThis actually was one of the two things I learned in Gymnastics class (which I hated. Couldn't do cartwheels for the life of me. Or the balance bars.) The other was a backwards somersault. --Girl in the checkered shirt. CaprisExcept for that particular Kodachrome glow, these could have been taken yesterday, not 53 years ago. I saw a young lady in an almost identical capri pants/no sleeve blouse outfit in the mall last night. Eventually everything comes around again I suppose. Except, let's hope, those alternative pants we saw you and your brother in. Capri pants = pedal pushersThe term I grew up with (my sister wore them a lot) was pedal pushers. ShakedownGreat pics! The second pic could be titled "How to shake down your little brother for his lunch money". Pay up, squirt! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids, tterrapix)
World's Fair: 1940
... at the New York World's Fair in 1940. One of a series of Kodachromes taken by my great-grandfather, who was a photofinisher in ... 
 
Posted by jskirsch - 04/11/2015 - 2:19pm -

The General Motors Pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1940. One of a series of Kodachromes taken by my great-grandfather, who was a photofinisher in Washington, D.C. View full size. Visitor from the UK?Looks a lot like Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced boo-KAY) at far left. Changing Millinery and HaberdasheryTen years earlier, all the men would have been wearing straw hats and all the women fashionable millinery. Twenty to twenty-five years later, it would all be a memory. But weren't the women's hats neat? Next to the Ford PavilionLove the 39-40 Worlds Fair. My dad's family visted there and the Golden Gate International Expo. Hope your GGF took slides of the Ford building with the crazy V-8 scupture out front. For a diesel, that's a beautyThe cutaway locomotive is a GM Electro-Motive division early E model (I'm guessing an E-4). A steam loco fan like me doesn't give most diesels the time of day, but I have to admit the E-1 through E-6 (nicknamed "slantnoses" for the obvious reason) are a darned pretty sight on the head end of a streamliner. It's an E6I'm sure a little digging would confirm this, but it happens to be the A Unit of an Electromotive E6 A/B lash-up. The trailing B Unit extended into the pavilion. EMD's E6 model was a twin-engine 12-wheel passenger locomotive available in both an A Unit which included a cab, and a booster B Unit which had no cab but was controlled from the A Unit. Each unit was rated at 2000 hp, and any combination of A and B units could be "lashed up" according to a railroad's needs. Each six-wheel truck had two motors, each geared to one of the two outside axles, the middle set of wheels being used only for weight distribution. EMC 1940Guy has it nailed, it's an E6A, Electro-Motive Corporation 1940 (built 11/39, EMC serial number 974). EMC and Winton Engine became the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors in 1941. After the World's Fair, the locomotive was sold to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as their 3014 - in later years she looked like this: (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
String Section: c. 1939
... The original is fairly typical of how the earliest Kodachromes faded before processing changes resulted in the kind of color ... 
 
Posted by Ken - 09/08/2011 - 6:33pm -

The orchestra at a square dance in McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Photograph by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration Office of War Information, c. 1939. View full size. Red And GreenThis series of photos reminds me of old Warner Brothers cartoons from the early 30s, when Disney owned the exclusive rights to the tri-color process. Other cartoon makers either had to just use black and white, or the ugly duo-color process where everything was either green or red, with no blues or purples. Click HERE to view an example. AgreedThese colors do look a bit washed out, eh? I wonder what type of flash Mr. Lee used to light these particular scenes. Denny Gill Chugiak, Alaska Nice Socks...... on the guitar girl. RealityWell the colors have just aged poorly. It happens to the best of us. What I like about this picture is the reality of it. There's nothing fake about it. Kodachrome correctedThe original is fairly typical of how the earliest Kodachromes faded before processing changes resulted in the kind of color stability we've come to expect from the film. There's no way of knowing if my correction represents the original colors accurately, but it does seem a bit more life-like. (The Gallery, Music, Rural America, Russell Lee)
Godchild: 1963
... along with a later Retina I don't recognize. I've got his Kodachromes from the '40s on, along with some earlier Autocolor and, I think, ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 8:06pm -

We broke out the slides when my father was near death this past Winter. By the time of his funeral I had pared it down to a select hundred or so and entertained Mom, my siblings, and our kids a couple of times. Not that Dad missed out. He got one last show when I visited earlier in 2007 and brought them down from the upstairs closet along with the old Graflex Constellation projector. The smell of a warm projector! I love that smell. Having kids of our own allows us to recognize the sweet and delicate and vulnerable embrace my brother's godfather is relishing in this shot and it ties us to the past more strongly than we could have expected when as kids we were squirming in front of the screen waiting for the next slide and hoping yourself was in the shot. Dad used his trusty Kodak Retina in the smooth brown leather case. My older sisters always complained that he shot on slide film instead of prints that they could more readily enjoy or share with friends. Dad preferred the clarity of Kodachrome and I didn't know that about him until after I cultivated my own preference for quality, which in my time means preferring film to digital. Sure we didn't have the same Dad?I've still got Dad's original Retina, along with a later Retina I don't recognize. I've got his Kodachromes from the '40s on, along with some earlier Autocolor and, I think, DuFay (?) Color. It was only in the last few years that he succumbed to color prints, largely because of the 8 x 10s of his grandson that he like to show off. (And by that, I mean both the grandson and the photos!) Steve Miller Someplace near the crossroads of America Oh, what a godfather!I just LOVE the tender vulnerability here! I was born in the last weeks of 1963 and wish I had a photo of someone, ANYONE cuddling me this tenderly...what a family treasure! Thanks for the touching story to accompany such a warm photo. The Times of Your LifeI think anyone of any era wishes they had a photo like this of him or herself as a baby. I was born in 1980 and it would have been nice. Retina Reflex IIIMy dad used Kodachrome religiously in his Kodak Retina Reflex III in the early '60's. When I got into photography in the '70's, I used the Retina with both Kodachrome and Ektachrome, and I still prefer the slides for color. I don't understand the objection about prints versus slides. Just get the slides made into prints. I used to cull through hundreds of slides and take only the best to be printed, and only by Kodak labs too. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids)
1951 Mercury
... Yum! Thank you delworthio for this batch of car Kodachromes! You notice how boring most car colors are these days? White, black ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 3:40pm -

My Uncle took pictures of everything dear to him. Kodachrome slide. View full size. Yum!Thank you delworthio for this batch of car Kodachromes! You notice how boring most car colors are these days? White, black or some variation of silver. If it is a color, it's with a metallic finish. I think we're long overdue for a fashion pendulum swing back to brightly-colored, creamy-finished cars. Two-tone would be good, too. Merc convertibleActually, it's a 1953 Mercury. Back to car colors: in my observations, the only non-metallic factory colors commonly available these days seem to be white, black, red and yellow. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses)
Crown Restaurant: 1904
... Monochrome is an interesting contrast to the Minnesota Kodachromes. Thank you, Dave, tterrace, and all the Shorpyites for another ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/22/2014 - 11:09am -

"Superior Street, Duluth, 1904." Last glimpsed here, five years in the future. The latest installment of Minnesota Monochromes. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. The Lyceum Theater of DuluthThe "Lyceum" was built in 1892 for live theater shows, then later converted into a movie-theater. The original interior, shown in this old photograph, had 3 balconies. It was demolished in 1963. (High resolution version of this photograph is available here.) Trapahagen & Fitzpatrick -- architects of The LyceumBy the way... the architectural firm of Trapahagen & Fitpatrick designed The Lyceum. (Their name is visible in this photograph -- high on a building about a block away). Traphagen & FitzpatrickIt amazing what you can learn if you do a little poking around in Shorpy images. I would have never known that Mr. Traphagen designed the Moana Hotel on Waikiki Beach, and they he hailed from Duluth. I have strolled past that hotel and had a few drinks on its veranda overlooking the beach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_G._Traphagen "Minnesota Monochromes"Oh, Dave, you are too funny! This Minnesota Monochrome is an interesting contrast to the Minnesota Kodachromes. Thank you, Dave, tterrace, and all the Shorpyites for another year of outstanding photos, in-depth commentary and research, clever captions, great groaning puns, and good spirits! Happy holidays! (The Gallery, DPC, Duluth, Eateries & Bars, Stores & Markets)
Having an Ice Time: 1951
... Nice shot Although it is great to see these old Kodachromes, it is bit sad that no one cared enough to retain their family ... 
 
Posted by Vintagetvs - 12/09/2016 - 1:39pm -

This is Rauleigh, previously seen in the colorful kitchen. He's almost 10 (Edit: I made a mistake, he is about 8 in these 1951 photos) in this Kodachrome taken at the "south porch" door of a cabin in Running Springs, California in 1951. From a set found in a thrift store. View full size. Nice shotAlthough it is great to see these old Kodachromes, it is bit sad that no one cared enough to retain their family photos and they ended up in a thrift shop. Running SpringsRunning Springs CA is located in the mountains about 15 miles (as the crow flies) E.N.E. from San Bernardino at an average elevation of 6,100 feet. It may have been a community of vacation cabins in 1951 it is now a town with a population of 5,000. The weather service reported 4.85 inches of precipitation for January 1951. It also figures about 1 foot of snow for 1 inch of precipitation so the snow level shown in the open door would be about average. I like the Jenga style bench leg. Ho Ho HoI think it's the day after Christmas and he's proudly showing off his new wristwatch. And that is some DEEP snow! Rauleigh of Running SpringsI was able to identify this boy, and posted it, but subsequently, the person who posted the photo asked me to remove the last name for privacy reasons. So I have respectfully complied. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
TV Time: 1961
... of that TV or the cloth on the sofas in the Minnesota Kodachromes? Old style TV remote Nice picture of the old style TV remote ... 
 
Posted by rsyung - 01/23/2015 - 7:42pm -

My sister and me watching TV; College Station, Texas, September, 1961. Sure wish I knew what it was we were watching. The ghostly image is tantalizing but probably not clear enough for a guess. View full size. Odd entertainmentIt sure doesn't look like the kind of program that would enthrall two youngsters. No cartoons or cowboy movies in your town? No Little Rascals, Three Stooges or Mickey Mouse Club? [The guy on the left, who's holding a microphone, looks sort of like Ed Sullivan. -tterrace] Speaker fabricTough call: which was scratchier? The fabric covering the circular speaker at the bottom of that TV or the cloth on the sofas in the Minnesota Kodachromes? Old style TV remoteNice picture of the old style TV remote on the coffee table - "Johnny, go change the program to Channel 8." Sullivan?I agree it might be Sullivan. Odds are my mom is out of frame and she pretty much determined what was on the tube in the evenings... What's My Line?I think this shows Dorothy Kilgallen and Bennett Cerf on What's My Line. [Kilgallen and Cerf sat on opposite ends of the panel. -tterrace] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Peaches, mid-1940's
... masterpieces represented by the 4x5 government-sponsored Kodachromes we've been seeing here, everyday amateur examples like this can ... 
 
Posted by bhappel - 07/26/2009 - 6:53pm -

Anderson, Indiana - mid-1940's. This Kodachrome shows my father (Anton "Tony" Happel) with a basket of freshly picked peaches. From his appearance I'm guessing at the date (he graduated from high school in 1947 and he looks a bit younger than his senior photo in this image). The setting is the back yard of my grandparents' home. The peaches likely came from the fruit nursery that was across the street. The fruit grove was one of the reasons my Grandfather purchased that particular lot and built the house there in 1939/40. I think that this image was taken by my Aunt Lee (Dad's sister who was 10 years older than he). View full size. Mid-Century ColorWell, I'm endlessly fascinated by 1930s-1940s color photography. Not taking anything away from the artistic and technical masterpieces represented by the 4x5 government-sponsored Kodachromes we've been seeing here, everyday amateur examples like this can have a special you-are-there quality every bit as compelling for the glimpses they provide into the lives of ordinary folk. This chap certainly has a modern-day look about him. It's also a good example of the benefit of shooting during the golden hour. Our own earliest color photos are from 1948, on Kodacolor negative film, like this one. The negatives from those have all become impenetrably dense, and I've had to restore the images from period prints, which themselves have faded and turned very yellow. The color rendition here makes me suspect this is a Kodachrome. The bluish edge fogging? Light leak? We're used to 35mm still film being packaged in light-proof cassettes - was that the case in the earlier days? Or was it spooled like regular roll film that could get edge-fogged if you weren't careful when loading and unloading? 35mm cassettesThe 135 (ISO 1007) cassette for 35mm film was introduced by Kodak in 1934. Early non-standard cassettesPrior to Kodak's creation of the standardized size 135 cassette various camera manufacturers created their own cassettes specifically for their cameras. Leica is one such camera manufacturer. The Kodak 135 cassette was designed to be compatible with the Leica cameras. The thick base 35mm film we use today evolved from the 35mm motion picture film that dates to around the turn of the previous century. It was never packaged as a paper backed roll film. Kodak did market two different roll film formats that used 35mm wide film. These were both on a thinner base like other roll films. The first was 828, aka "Bantam," which was on a simple spool, had one sprocket per frame, and a standard image size of 28x40mm. Most 828 cameras used the numbers on the paper for manual indexing of the frames. A few fancy models used the sprocket. The second format was the popular 126 "Instamatic" cartridge. It was much like 828 in that it had both printed numbers and one sprocket per frame. It was a square format 28x28mm, the same width as the Bantam image. Re: Mid-Century ColorYes, this was from a Kodachrome slide. The mount is tan cardboard with a red border on the emulsion side. The only labeling other than the slide number are the words "Kodachrome Transparency" on the emulsion side and "Made in U.S.A." on the other side. The bluish edge fogging - I'd guess a light leak involving the camera. This image was taken in the era when processing by Kodak was included with the cost of the film. And while doing some research I found this on Wikipedia: "On June 22, 2009 Eastman Kodak Co. announced the end of Kodachrome production, citing declining demand. Many Kodak and independent laboratories once processed Kodachrome, but only one Kodak certified facility remained: Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas." (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dapper 40s Couple
Grandpa Grimme traveled a lot, and took a lot of Kodachromes with his Argus C3. This was in a slide tray that included a lot of ... 
 
Posted by dboynton - 04/06/2013 - 4:19pm -

Grandpa Grimme traveled a lot, and took a lot of Kodachromes with his Argus C3. This was in a slide tray that included a lot of friends, and clearly the photos were taken all over the country. I've tried to fashion a triangulation on "Sherwood Place," along with "Pineview Apartments" and an amusement park, to no avail. Time frame appears to be late 40s, based on the cars, and the slide frames, manufactured between 1939 and 1949. But I love the photo. Hope y'all do, too - and maybe there's a better detective out there than I have been. View full size. Norfolk VA PerhapsThis might be the corner of Sherwood Place and Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk VA. Nothing looks the same, except for the location of the fire hydrant. Ocean View Amusement Park was located just down the road at Granby Street and Ocean View Avenue, about where the park appears to be in the background. It is NorfolkWayne Johnston has nailed it. Here's a post card of Ocean View Amusement Park showing the Casino Theater building seen in dboynton's slide. Thanks!Thanks, guys. That must be it, as the Grimmes lived on East Ocean View Avenue during World War II. Pineview Apartments must have been their home. Mom always said Grandpa helped design a church in Norfolk; I wonder if it was one of the churches nearby. Ocean View site..There used to be a very nice hotel and apartment building on that site.. the PINE CREST. By the 1960s it was more of a transient hotel. Torn down in the 1970s. Still a vacant lot at this point. Attached is a post card of the building. They would have been standing just to the right of the building... the part that you can't see. There are several editions of the Post cards avail. on ebay if you need one. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Family Tree: 1895
... you provide to me one of the great cars in the Las Vegas Kodachromes as a reward? I realize that you might need to contact Jay Leno ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/28/2015 - 1:05pm -

Takoma Park, Md., circa 1895. Another look at Willard and Helen Douglas and their 90-degree tree. 5x7 glass negative by Edward M. Douglas. View full size. Let's Make a Deal!!!Dave, I live only four miles or so from Takoma Park. If I can find the exact tree shown in this photo, will you provide to me one of the great cars in the Las Vegas Kodachromes as a reward? I realize that you might need to contact Jay Leno in order to fulfill this request, but you two should hit it off great! Trail markerNative Americans would tie down a branch or sapling pointing in the direction the trail went, and as the tree grew would leave a permanent marker pointing where to go. There are still a few left if you know where to look. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_marker_trees (E.M. Douglas, Kids)
Mother, Stone Faced
... went on a road trip with his mother sometime in the '50s. Kodachromes always follow. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 4:32pm -

My uncle went on a road trip with his mother sometime in the '50s. Kodachromes always follow. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
My Book House: 1949
From my dad's old Kodachromes comes this one of my mom, Dorothy Porter, in 1949, reading a ... 
 
Posted by Roachmotel - 01/13/2017 - 8:23pm -

From my dad's old Kodachromes comes this one of my mom, Dorothy Porter, in 1949, reading a bedtime story to my two sisters, June and Madge, at our home in Greenville, S.C.. She is reading from a collection of children's stories that were contained in twelve volumes, called "My Book House". These sets were sold by door to door salesmen in the 30's, 40's and 50's. I loved it when Mom read to me from this set of beautifully written and lavishly illustrated stories, but alas, they fell victim to our evolving culture. Some of the entertaining stories they contained, such as "Little Black Sambo", and Uncle Remus (Joel Chandler Harris) tales came to be regarded as politically insensitive and so were deleted from the American lexicon of acceptable children's literature. View full size. Books for childrenOur family didn't have those books, but in 1961 my mom and dad got us a set of World Books with the 15-volume Childcraft set. They were wonderful and I read them over and over. Many of the Childcraft books had lovely color illustrations in a wide range of styles. Editorially brilliant. I remember being puzzled at the time that the World Book entry on John F. Kennedy was that he was a current U.S. senator and that the entry was rather short. But the Yearbooks remedied that sort of thing, as best they could, with articles and updates. This was likely the best money my folks ever spent on their kids. The 1961 World Books didn't survive my kids, but a later set is still in the house and the original Childcraft volumes are also still with us. Wonderful memory; wonderful photoWhat a lovely photo, and what a wonderful memory of your mother! My Book HouseAn excellent series of books complied by Olive Beaupré Miller. They were in print from 1919 thru 1971. My mom bought my set in 1960 or so. They originally came in a specially made bookshelf that was shaped like a house. Each book was geared for a specific level of reader and contained a specific subject. Book One contained nursery rhymes, Book Three was fairy stories and rhymes, Book Eight was sailing and sea stories. Thee were stories from around the world. By the 70s they had removed the more unfortunate stories like Little Black Sambo and The Tar Baby and replaced them with modern stories. I still have most of mine. The smell of the pages takes me back 50+ years. Your mother is reading Book Two, Story Time. Fox -- 1949 VintageYour mom was one attractive lady. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Downtown Fort Myers, Florida, 1956
Another in a series of Kodachromes taken by my dad in the late 1950s as he traversed the country with ... 
 
Posted by rsyung - 08/22/2014 - 6:59pm -

Another in a series of Kodachromes taken by my dad in the late 1950s as he traversed the country with wife and daughter in tow. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
California Redwoods
One of many Kodachromes taken by Ruth Cooper. Behind the wheel is Lewis Cooper. View ... 
 
Posted by d4xycrq - 02/07/2014 - 7:57pm -

One of many Kodachromes taken by Ruth Cooper. Behind the wheel is Lewis Cooper. View full size. BreezewayI was always intrigued by the reverse-slanted, powered rear window on these cars. I'd say a 1965 Mercury Monterey Breezeway, V8 390, average gas consumption of just over 10 mpg. Kudos to Ruth and Lewis Cooper for posing and photographing their car this way. Beautiful Car and SettingSome friends of my mom and dad--I believe it was Rose and Charlie Tomlinson--had one of those Mercurys in black when we lived in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Our beach house got washed away in a hurricane in September, 1964, so theirs must have been the model from a year earlier. I thought that rear window rolling down was the coolest thing I had ever seen on a car. Whether it was of any practical value was beside the point; it was awesome. Extra clean breezeWhile the Mercury "Breezeway" series was the most common use of the powered rear window, it was not the only car model that had it. We had a 1960 Lincoln with the feature, which was (I was told) the biggest domestic American car ever made. Other manufacturers experimented with the concept, including some in the 1920s and 1930s and the Packard Balboa in 1953, but Packard decided not to use the retractable feature and sold the rights to Ford. The option was used on the Lincoln Continental from 1958-1960. Sure wish I had that 1960 Lincoln still (and our 1966 Mustang). (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Noisy: 1955
... I show this picture to your friends when you're 13." Great Kodachromes, Hank, all of them! Ow Did you pinch him and then look ... 
 
Posted by HankHardisty - 09/19/2011 - 9:16pm -

Either brother George did not like what I had to say, or this was the beginning of my teasing years. Or, perhaps, I was wanting to count his tonsils or see where that noise coming from. Someone thought this shot was cute. This is a 35mm Kodachrome slide taken in the living room of my grandparent's farm house near Blandinsville, Ill. View full size. Words to brother George"You think those booties are cute now, but wait until I show this picture to your friends when you're 13." Great Kodachromes, Hank, all of them! OwDid you pinch him and then look innocent? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids)
Newsy Parker (Colorized): 1935
... with my use of color after looking at all the Minnesota Kodachromes. View full size. Nice Job Especially skin tones, in my ... 
 
Posted by motobean - 01/13/2017 - 8:25pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. I want to colorize almost every black and white picture, and I finally broke down and colorized this one. It took somewhere around 5 hours. I am a little more free with my use of color after looking at all the Minnesota Kodachromes. View full size. Nice JobEspecially skin tones, in my estimation hard to come by in most BW photos. (Colorized Photos)
Austin Pedal Car
... car circa 1949, also seen here . From a set of found Kodachromes I acquired in northern New Jersey. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by historic52 - 12/16/2012 - 8:10am -

Austin pedal car circa 1949, also seen here. From a set of found Kodachromes I acquired in northern New Jersey. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dad Miller
Another of my Father's Kodachromes, this a portrait of his father, Steve Miller. (We've shared that ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 05/11/2009 - 10:10am -

Another of my Father's Kodachromes, this a portrait of his father, Steve Miller. (We've shared that name for at least 6 generations now... and he also had a sister named Stefanie. Go figure.) Probably about 1945. View full size. Steve Miller Someplace near the crossroads of America Stephanie Mueller CrowleyHi Steve, Stephanie was my grandmother. I've never seen a photo of any of her siblings so I was happy to come across this one of her brother. As you probably know, Stephanie was born in February 1884 in Austria and died in March 1967 in New York. She's buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside (Queens), New York. I'm anxious to get in touch with you! Maureen Crowley Cirnitski (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Portraits)
Watch the Birdie: 1957
Another of my father's 1957 Kodachromes. Taken in my grandparents' yard, Hamburg, New York (south of ... 
 
Posted by MarkN - 01/25/2013 - 8:08pm -

Another of my father's 1957 Kodachromes. Taken in my grandparents' yard, Hamburg, New York (south of Buffalo). My grandfather owned a lot of land and had to mow a huge yard--hence the impressive mowing machine. Behind the badminton area is the clay tennis court, and behind that, the "rock garden" with a Japanese maple. Summer picnics there were an event. View full size. Somebody went to MexicoAnd all we got were these lousy sombreros. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
California Western Railroad
... the "Skunk Train" in Fort Bragg, California. One of many Kodachromes taken by Ruth Cooper, Pocasset, MA. View full size. 1965 ... 
 
Posted by d4xycrq - 02/07/2014 - 7:57pm -

The station for the "Skunk Train" in Fort Bragg, California. One of many Kodachromes taken by Ruth Cooper, Pocasset, MA. View full size. 1965The lovely little passenger depot (in Colonial Revival style) at Fort Bragg, California is so familiar to me. This view was taken circa 1965, or slightly after. Before '65 it was painted white with black sash and gray trim, the "colors" it wore since its construction in 1923-24. The soft yellow with added "Skunk" train emblem and railroad name on the crest of the roofline came with the re-introduction of summer-season steam passenger excursion trains, a.k.a. the "Super Skunk." Man, does, this photo take me back. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Straw Hat: 1956
... that family farm near Blandinville, Ill., where these 35mm Kodachromes were taken. I am examining the inside of my grandfather's straw ... 
 
Posted by HankHardisty - 08/09/2010 - 8:17am -

There are a lot of memories from that family farm near Blandinville, Ill., where these 35mm Kodachromes were taken. I am examining the inside of my grandfather's straw hat while my mother looks on. We are seated on the approach to the scale, where Grandfather could weigh a load of grain before taking it to the elevator. The fence was typical in that area at a time when farmers rotated crops and allowed the animals to forage after harvest. Those practices sure have changed. Now it is border to border crop, forget the fence and the animals, wear the soil out and dump some chemical fertilizer to bring things to right again. View full size. Fifties FotosHank, I love all your photos. The people's clothes and homes so familiar to this 50s gal. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
North State St., Chicago: 1949
Another in the group of found Kodachromes. Great representation of a busy city street. The El in the far ... 
 
Posted by Deborah - 02/28/2014 - 8:31pm -

Another in the group of found Kodachromes. Great representation of a busy city street. The El in the far distance, the Chicago Theatre marquee in the near distance. The Butler building is now known as The Gene Siskel Film Center, and is a part of the Art Institute of Chicago. A school that coincidentally, my mother was studying at in 1949. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Swinging: 1956
... as being from that back yard. Another of many 35mm Kodachromes. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by HankHardisty - 06/01/2010 - 10:27am -

I was dressed nicely for this activity. We must have had important visitors. This was in Clinton, Iowa, 1956 or 1957. I remember the red and green swing set and the fencing material seen near the teeter-totter, as being from that back yard. Another of many 35mm Kodachromes. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Cape Cod Canal
... Cod Canal, Bourne, Massachusetts. One of many Ruth Cooper Kodachromes. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by d4xycrq - 02/07/2014 - 7:57pm -

Railroad Bridge, Cape Cod Canal, Bourne, Massachusetts. One of many Ruth Cooper Kodachromes. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
First Steps: 1949
Such a sweetie pie. Part of a set of Kodachromes (dated 1949-50) recovered and scanned. Location is near the Jersey ... 
 
Posted by Deborah - 02/21/2014 - 8:21pm -

Such a sweetie pie. Part of a set of Kodachromes (dated 1949-50) recovered and scanned. Location is near the Jersey Shore. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Sittin' at the Ritz: 195x
One of my grandfather's Kodachromes from the 1950s while he was in Atlantic City for a convention. This ... 
 
Posted by KAP - 03/09/2018 - 7:33pm -

One of my grandfather's Kodachromes from the 1950s while he was in Atlantic City for a convention. This is the Ritz Carlton and you can see a few people lounging on the balcony overlooking the ocean and the drop-off area. There appears to be a valet parking area with some very important looking black sedans. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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