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Par Two: 1865
... Va." Wet plate glass negative, Civil War collection, Library of Congress. View full size. Shame on you ... ... but your ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/31/2016 - 5:08pm -

1865. "Earthwork fortifications and bomb-proofs in front of Petersburg, Va." Wet plate glass negative, Civil War collection, Library of Congress. View full size. Shame on you ...... but your title is funny! AmazingThis photograph is virtually barren, and yet somehow absolutely fascinating. (The Gallery, Civil War)
Guys Gone Wild: 1915
... camera. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. The Age of Innocence I've heard ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/27/2012 - 1:20pm -

1915. "National Guard of D.C. -- Field tactics." Nothing like a blanket toss to confuse the enemy. Note the Hollywood type behind the movie camera. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. The Age of InnocenceI've heard my older relatives talk about the "good, clean fun" they had in their youth and I suppose this is what they meant. I am sure that if a bunch of National Guardsmen decided to "go out tonight and have some fun," this would not be what they meant. The cameraman is very cool, especially his hat. Thanks again for the great photos and can you tell me if Shorpy has a twelve step program to break the addiction to this website. No matter how hard I try, I cannot stay away. Dad checks inUpon showing him this photo, my father immediately tried to convince me that blanket tossing was the prescribed way to check over the lip of the trench for enemy activity. "No really! You try and shoot that kind of moving target!" Insufficient LiftHere we see the nascent US Air Force making the case for purchasing flying machines. "Imagine the heights we could reach with an aeroplane!" (The Gallery, Harris + Ewing)
Atlantic House: 1907
... hotel. Before the Fire The photo below, from the Library of Congress, shows the hotel in 1882. The Queen Anne style building ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/08/2016 - 7:06pm -

        "The 175 room hotel burned to the ground during a blizzard on January 7, 1927." Circa 1907. "Atlantic House, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. January 7, 1927Sadly, the Atlantic House conflagration has apparently been relegated to a minor footnote in history by other events occurring on the same day (as often happens), such as the beginning of regular commercial transatlantic telephone service and the Harlem Globetrotters playing their first basketball game (in Hinckley, Illinois). The same spot todayHere's what that same spot looked like in 2010. I prefer the old hotel. Before the FireThe photo below, from the Library of Congress, shows the hotel in 1882. The Queen Anne style building was built in 1877 by John L. Damon. There were multiple dining rooms, as well as private dining rooms, an immense ballroom, game rooms, roulette parlor, as well as several bars and lounges. Damon's son took over the establishment, but he sold the hotel in 1924. Several sources mentioned the hotel was on the verge of bankruptcy when the fire took place. After the fire multiple houses were built on the property, but eventually the land was turned into seaside condominiums. Famous guests included President William McKinley, presidential candidate William Jennings Bryon who gave a speech in the ballroom, and Enrico Caruso who performed at the hotel. The Detroit Publishing Company photo here shows the same building and beach in 1920. In this photo the photographers shack is gone, and the bathhouse has been moderately modernized. The beach in this photo looks much larger, but this photo may have been taken at low tide. The newspaper article about the fire below is from the Lowell [Massachusetts] Sun on January 8, 1927, Page 4. (The Gallery, DPC, Swimming)
Christmas Tree (Colorized): 1922
Colorized from the Library of Congress, National Photo Company, 1922. Title unverified as "Dorsey ... 
 
Posted by Dennis Klassen - 12/13/2011 - 11:40am -

Colorized from the Library of Congress, National Photo Company, 1922. Title unverified as "Dorsey Christmas Tree." View full size. "Oh, come on...""Timmy wasn't THAT good this year!!!!" (Colorized Photos)
Indian: Porcupine (Colorized)
... Indian: Porcupine. From Harris & Ewing Glass Negative, Library of Congress, Published between 1905 and 1945. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dennis Klassen - 12/17/2010 - 1:10pm -

Indian: Porcupine. From Harris & Ewing Glass Negative, Library of Congress, Published between 1905 and 1945. View full size. This is breathtaking Dennis, this is amazing, simply amazing. Where in the world can I find some sort of guides to help me how to make mine look more like yours? I’ve just been fumbling along with trial and error (mostly the latter). (Colorized Photos)
Eminence Noir: 1880
... Wet plate stereograph negative, Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress. View full size. First Impression At first ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2019 - 10:41am -

        "Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice." -- President Trump, 2/1/2017 Washington, D.C., circa 1880. "Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), African-American abolitionist, seated, three-quarters length portrait." Wet plate stereograph negative, Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress. View full size. First ImpressionAt first glance I would have sworn it was James Dean, especially around his eyes. [They say he had to spend hours in Hair and Makeup. - Dave] Keep up the good workOur leader has also been following the progress of that Edison fellow and admires his innovative mind. Please don't go thereShorpy WAS my escape from the outside's ugly political rhetoric and partisan innuendo. [Calm down and have some of this delicious lemonade. -Dave] (The Gallery, Portraits, Public Figures)
Official Ouray: 1940
September 1940. "Walsh Library and City Hall. Ouray, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/25/2020 - 4:35pm -

September 1940. "Walsh Library and City Hall. Ouray, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Still therebut the fire department has moved. Ouray City Hall: 1974City Hall was rebuilt after it burned down in January 1950, and looked quite different in 1974! According to Wikipedia a restoration effort in 1976 as part of the city of Ouray Centennial failed, but another restoration effort succeeded in 1988. So the 1988 building is still there, but not the 1900 building. [The frame and foundation of the 1900 building are the basis of the current structure with its restored facade. - Dave] (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Anniston: 1914
... of public existence is planned for this summer. (The local library is a repository for glass-negative images detailing life and residents ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/23/2008 - 7:46am -

October 1914. Anniston, Alabama. "Housing conditions at Adelaide Mill. The village is run down and greatly in need of sanitary improvements." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Company TownAnniston was begun in 1872 by Samuel Noble (of England) and Gen. Daniel Tyler (of Connecticut) as a company town supporting Woodstock Iron Co. Incorporated through the state of Alabama in 1879, the town was opened to the public on July 3, 1883, with great fanfare. The mill mentioned here made cotton yarn — representing a diversification of industry as well as employment for the laboring class women — and was built on the site of a former Woodstock furnace. It's deplorable that sanitary improvements were noted as lacking, since the city had then and still has a bountiful source of fresh water in the form of a great spring. The city is currently developing its mostly-abandoned Army base and an observance of its 125th year of public existence is planned for this summer. (The local library is a repository for glass-negative images detailing life and residents in the city's middle decades.) (The Gallery, Lewis Hine, Rural America)
Game Over: 1902
... on an equally spurious plate. This was found on the Library of Congress site. (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Portraits) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/21/2019 - 8:55pm -

Washington, D.C., between February 1901 and December 1903. "Emerson, Mrs. R.B." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size. Game IS OverIt's over for that negative. Must not have had careful storage. I have an old daguerreotype that is almost that old. Has held up real well. Only her hairdresser knows for sureAt first glance it looks as though she is wearing a black hat with a six-foot wingspan, with about eighty-five pounds of luxuriously thick, curly hair billowing out from the top of that, like Marie Antoinette's outrageous coiffure minus the birdcage. Then you catch sight of her woebegone expression and know that even then, she knew: Time is undefeated. I hope her preternaturally long thumb indicated a lengthy life. Dangerous DabblingsLast known photo of Mrs. Emerson before she disappeared mysteriously, consumed by the living darkness. Another ShotHere is another image of Mrs. Emerson on an equally spurious plate. This was found on the Library of Congress site. (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Portraits)
Grace Alley: 1901
... comprising the D.C. Street Survey Collection at the Library of Congress. View full size. Ironically What you will find ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/22/2020 - 11:00pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1901. "View of Grace Alley S.W., between D & E and 8th & 9th streets, looking west." Our first look at some of the approximately 200 circa 1900-05 glass negatives comprising the D.C. Street Survey Collection at the Library of Congress. View full size. IronicallyWhat you will find there now is the backside of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters, designed by Marcel Breuer in the "brutalist" style. Salad DaysLooks like someone has a nice crop of porch tomatoes going on. PotsI love all those potted plants on the balcony. I wonder what was in them. [Chlorophyll? - Dave] (The Gallery, D.C., D.C. Street Survey)
Federal National: 1924
... "The Young Men's Shop": Forever young, courtesy of Library of Congress, National Photo Company and Shorpy (oldest to youngest). ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/23/2017 - 7:47pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Federal American National Bank building, 1315 F Street N.W." National Photo Company glass negative. View full size. Forever Young"The Young Men's Shop": Forever young, courtesy of Library of Congress, National Photo Company and Shorpy (oldest to youngest). LookoutThere's a driver sitting in the getaway car, two lookouts at the storefront up ahead and a bank in the rear. I smell a hit on the Federal American National Bank while Ness's men are manning the camera. Saving a few dollarsThree open touring cars and one sedan. Back in the the teens and twenties closed cars sold at a premium compared to today. National Photo Co.Was probably spying on Harris and Ewing. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Punching Bag: 1918
... around 2002. Frank R. Scheer Railway Mail Service Library [Below, an exterior view. - Dave] (The Gallery, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/23/2012 - 11:36am -

Washington circa 1918. "P.O. Dept., mail bags." Harris & Ewing. View full size. Bag manHe's making a No. 1 sack, the largest, used to transport parcel post. Second and third in size were, appropriately enough, No. 2 and No. 3 sacks. Canvas sacks were extremely durable. They had the month and year of manufacture stenciled on them, and it wasn't unusual to see up to 20-year-old ones. They were also filthy. They've been mostly phased out in favor of nylon or disposable plastic sacks, or entirely different methods of containerization. Another belt-powered operation, I note. HolesThe metal back of that chair was hard on his vest. I suppose his jacket would have covered up the damage, though I'm surprised he hasn't had it patched. I noticed his work shirt has built-in elbow patches. Nanny would be horrifiedHere in the UK in the 21st century he'd be out of a job because his employer wouldn't be able to afford all the guards, safety devices and cutouts that machine would have to have. The machine would be done away with and shipped to India to be melted down; he'd retrain to work in a call centre and they'd outsource the mailbag work way, way East of here . . . Punching holesThese holes in the canvas are where grommets are inserted. Hooks on racks slipped into the grommets to hold a sack or pouch open so that mail could be thrown into them by a distribution clerk. This view is within the Mail Equipment Shops at 2135 Fifth Street N.E. Mail pouch and sack production at the building was discontinued around 2002. Frank R. Scheer Railway Mail Service Library [Below, an exterior view. - Dave] (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Bat-Man 1.0
... c. 1800-1830. View full size. Tissandier Collection, Library of Congress. Stealth Not exactly the stealthiest Batman costume. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/28/2007 - 8:24pm -

Ornithopter. Hand-colored lithograph c. 1800-1830. View full size. Tissandier Collection, Library of Congress. StealthNot exactly the stealthiest Batman costume. Nice ShoesBatman best take the stairs down as landings could be difficult in those heels. OrnithopterLooks like something Wile E. Coyote bought from Acme. (The Gallery, Curiosities)
Hotel Chamberlin: 1905
... by the firm of Smithmeyer and Pelz, architects of the Library of Congress, opened in 1894 and was destroyed by fire in 1920. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/18/2015 - 12:25pm -

        The Chamberlin, a gigantic Queen Anne-style hotel designed by the firm of Smithmeyer and Pelz, architects of the Library of Congress, opened in 1894 and was destroyed by fire in 1920. 1905. "Hotel Chamberlin and government dock, Old Point Comfort, Virginia." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Pictures of the fireYou can find many pics of the hotel, the fire and the ruins here. March 7th 1920 Full story here. Auto-CompleteJust wondered if Shorpy Software is set to automatically fill in the phrase "destroyed by fire" when posting pictures of huge wooden hotels? (The Gallery, DPC)
Road & Tracks: 1938
... photographer." Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. View full size. And now, class -- we will ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/02/2016 - 11:52am -

January 20, 1938. "San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge under construction. View of track and roadway, lower deck, East Bay. Caltrans, photographer." Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. View full size. And now, class -- we will begin to discuss the word "perspective." Long goneThe tracks were replaced with roadway in the late 1950s, after the transbay train service ended. That entire Oakland side of the bridge has recently been replaced with a new structure, since the 1989 earthquake exposed its hazardous condition. One of the most famous film images of that event was a car plunging from the upper deck to the lower, because a section of roadway had topped at one end. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, HABS, Railroads, San Francisco)
Baton Noir: 1910
... stacked like that. Revised date? Looks like the Library of Congress puts this at 1880 . (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/07/2019 - 11:23am -

The Mississippi River circa 1910. "The levee at Baton Rouge -- sternwheeler Paul Tulane." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Updated date.The Paul Tulane sank and was a total loss, July 22, 1896 near Donaldsonville, LA. AmazedWhenever I see the old photos of the riverboats I am amazed at the short freeboard of these vessels. It amazing they did not lose a lot of freight. Interesting to see the cotton bales stacked like that. Revised date?Looks like the Library of Congress puts this at 1880. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC)
Ear Buds: 1924
... the history of Washington's hospitals, visit the National Library of Medicine at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/list.html ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/21/2013 - 12:39pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1924. "Radio at Garfield Hospital." Someday, fellows, they'll make a telegraph you can carry around in your pocket! View full size. The Sound of the OceanWithout an antenna and ground wire, they're hearing the same program you receive holding a seashell to your ear. Garfield HospitalJohn Kelly of the Washington Post wrote on 1/14/07: Garfield Hospital was envisioned as a memorial to President James A. Garfield, who died from an assassin's bullet in 1881. "The hospital is designed to be as wide in its scope of beneficence as was the kindly heart of the dead President in its outstretch of human sympathies," read an early appeal for donations. The hospital opened in 1884 on Florida Avenue NW between 10th and 11th streets and from the start treated all races. It eventually grew to a sprawling and somewhat ramshackle campus of more than a dozen buildings. Garfield closed in 1958, along with Emergency Hospital and the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Those three merged to become Washington Hospital Center. (For more on the history of Washington's hospitals, visit the National Library of Medicine at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/list.html TuningEvidently you tune it by moving a tap on the coil, changing inductance rather than capacitance. (Technology, The Gallery, D.C., Medicine, Natl Photo)
Mr. Habudashu: 1926
... 1926 or 1927. "Mr. Tabber Raleigh Habudashu," says the Library of Congress. What we see written on the negative is "Tabber of Raleigh, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:23pm -

1926 or 1927. "Mr. Tabber Raleigh Habudashu," says the Library of Congress. What we see written on the negative is "Tabber of Raleigh, Haberdasher." 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size. Perhaps -This fellow might be named Tabber, and have been employed at the Raleigh Haberdashery in D.C. HabudashuYou just can't find a decent habudashu around town anymore. Love the collarMr. Tabber may be wearing a detachable collar, held in place by a button in the back of the shirt. Whatever it is, it looks stiff enough to use as a shovel. (The Gallery, Natl Photo, Portraits)
Department of Justice: 1917
... staff, and another for the very extensive department library. It is built entirely of reinforced concrete, with two-story facade ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:21pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "U.S. Department of Justice, exterior, Vermont and K streets N.W." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. I have to say...I like Vermont Avenue better in 1917 than the way it is today. Looking at Google Street View, the DOJ building is still there, but improved into something ugly, and the lovely old buildings behind it are gone, replaced by sterile blah. Oh, 1917, where are you?! Buildings and View CamerasFirst, I have to say I just discovered Shorpy's and it's absolutely marvelous! I could - and will - spend days looking through it. In the Department of Justice shot, the odd skewing of the windows would indicate that the photographer has used the tilting front of the view camera to make sure the external edges of the buildings are vertical, which they are. Not all lenses had enough coverage to allow you to do this to any great extent, and the result was a darkening of the upper corners ("vignetting"), which has happened here. For the next 92 years, photographers often darkened the upper corners during printing. Sometimes it did a nice job of framing a print, but it's interesting to speculate how often they were imitating the older shots. The same thing happened in landscapes - the slow glass plates meant slow shutter speeds, which turned waterfalls and rapids into a misty vapor. To this day landscape photographers duplicate that effect, even though it doesn't look anything like moving water. DOJ Building HistoryThis was the long-waited for replacement of the temporary offices located half a block away at 1435 K street. Congress first authorized construction of new offices for the Department of Justice in 1889. After sixteen years of inaction on this project it was eventually built amazingly quickly once a site was finally chosen. The Federal Housing Administration took occupancy in 1934. Sold in 1953 to GEICO, the Government Employees Insurance Co. moved in in 1956. GEICO moved out in 1967. Not sure when the structure was razed/refaced to make way for current building Washington Post, Dec 17, 1916 Built In Record Time New Home Ready for Department of Justice January 1. Receiving the finishing touches now, the Department of Justice building, at the corner of Fifteenth and Vermont avenue, will be ready to turn over to its future occupants before January 1, having been completed in the record time of five months from the pouring of the first concrete. It is eight stories in height, each story being laid out for the convenience of one of the six divisions of the department, with one floor for the Attorney General, and his immediate staff, and another for the very extensive department library. It is built entirely of reinforced concrete, with two-story facade of limestone, and the balance faced with hytex brick trimmed with stone. The floors are steel beams and concrete, the whole completely fireproof. It is equipped with smokeless boilers, [central] vacuum cleaners, and running refrigerated water, and is finished in mahogany throughout. Three elevators give service from basement to roof. The building was started July 27 under penalty of $500 a day for overtime in delivery after January 1, has been pushed to completion under the personal supervision of Harry Wardman, who at times has had over 600 men at work on day and night shifts. Great difficulties had to be overcome in obtaining the necessary material, owing to the existing car shortage and the demands made upon the steel companies by munitions manufacturers and for railroad and structural material by warring nations of Europe. The investment is reported at approximately $600,000, and the lease to the government is at $26,000 per year for five years from July 1, 1917. View Larger Map Some architectgot paid good money to turn those clean, classic lines into a monstrosity. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
The Examining Room: 1917
... 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Library of Congress. I See Spots What caused the damage that looks like ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 12:22pm -

New York. February 27, 1917. "Examining naval volunteers." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Library of Congress. I See SpotsWhat caused the damage that looks like black spots? [Mold on the emulsion. - Dave] Examining RoomTsk, tsk. The proper response should have been "Spots? What spots?" (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, NYC, WWI)
Gotcha: 1920
... 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. (The Gallery, Animals, Curiosities, G.G. Bain, NYC) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 8:27pm -

Rat meets rat catcher in New York circa 1920. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. (The Gallery, Animals, Curiosities, G.G. Bain, NYC)
Buster and Eldridge: 1912
... at 4 p.m." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. Library of Congress. View full size. Whoa! Those boys look like my ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/18/2008 - 7:33pm -

Newark, New Jersey. December 1912. "Eldridge Bernard, 11 years old. Buster Smith, 6 years old. Colored route boys of Newark. Taken at 4 p.m." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. Library of Congress. View full size. Whoa!Those boys look like my brothers Bill and John! (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Flyboy: 1924
... National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. Hats Off Hats off to the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 10:43am -

Another shot from that 1924 grade-school track meet in Washington. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. Hats OffHats off to the unknown cameraman who managed to catch that athletic youth so well despite a quite narrow depth of focus and a subject running pell-mell straight at the camera. (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Natl Photo, Sports)
Canoe Rental: 1925
... size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. Great Advice! I like the sign over the entrance to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/18/2008 - 11:10am -

"Yocum canoe house, Arlington Beach Park, Virginia, 1925." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. Great Advice!I like the sign over the entrance to the shop - simple, effective advice! Found ItArlington Beach lay in the thin strip along the river just north of where Boundary Channel Drive hits the Shirley Highway today. I found a fairly lousy aerial photograph of it on page 184 of ths PDF from the Corps of Engineers. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Natl Photo, Sports)
Eagle Hut: 1918
... without fear or reproach. Wish it hung in my house or library! (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, NYC, WWI) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 10:10pm -

The YMCA "Eagle Hut" canteen for enlisted men in Bryant Park, New York City. June 12, 1918. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. The painting above the mantel......is of a knight named Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, the knight without fear or reproach. Wish it hung in my house or library! (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, NYC, WWI)
Cleared for Landing: 1924
... size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. Well Dressed From this blog I know that kids, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 10:43am -

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Grade school track meet." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. Well DressedFrom this blog I know that kids, including elementary school children, dressed more formally in the 1920s, still I find it hard to accept someone competing in the Long Jump (or did they still call it the Broad Jump then) wearing a tie. Well at least he's not wearing a hat (though some did). Sharp dresserI was about to post the same thing, Brent. I'm surprised to see someone doing track and field wearing shirt, tie, and knickerbockers. On the other hand, some of the young lads are decidedly not overdressed: tank top, shorts and what look remarkably like sneakers, as on the fellow with the "G" shirt. [They look like sneakers because they are sneakers. - Dave] (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Natl Photo, Sports)
Roosevelt Repository: 1941
May 2, 1941. "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Exhibition hall." Large-format negative by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/21/2014 - 5:16pm -

May 2, 1941. "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Exhibition hall." Large-format negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size. VOTPOTUSVases of the President of the United States. Great place to visitFDR was the only child of a doting mother and she saved many, many artifacts from his childhood on. It's all there and makes for a very interesting trip. Cacophony DefinedCould you imagine the racket you would hear if a bus load of grade-school kids on field trip busted through those doors ? Now if I only had a bag of marbles... (The Gallery, Gottscho-Schleisner, Public Figures)
Ruins of the Fire: 1865
... plate negative from the Civil War photographs collection, Library of Congress. View full size. (The Gallery, Charleston, Civil ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/23/2014 - 4:32pm -

1865. Charleston, S.C. "Broad Street, looking east with the ruins of Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar." Aftermath of the Great Fire of 1861. Wet plate negative from the Civil War photographs collection, Library of Congress. View full size. (The Gallery, Charleston, Civil War, Fires, Floods etc.)
A Distant Shore: 1925
... house . National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. Stuck Good thing the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/18/2008 - 12:23pm -

"Arlington Beach Park, 1925." At left is the Yocum canoe house. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. StuckGood thing the photographer snapped the photo when he did. He prevented that guy from diving into into the rowboat. Of course, the downside is that he got stuck in mid-air like that for eternity. LocationIt appears that the beach was located along Boundary Channel with Columbia Island in the immediate background and Foggy Bottom across the main channel of the Potomac. (The Gallery, Natl Photo, Sports)
Jack Barrett: 1910
... 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. View full size, eh? Apropos (The Gallery, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 10:54am -

New York circa 1910. "Jack Barrett, Barnum's. 28 inches tall." View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. View full size, eh?Apropos (The Gallery, Curiosities, D.C., G.G. Bain)
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