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High Voltage: 1942
... View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information. Power lines These are telephone or ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 9:27am -

June 1942. Working on power transmission and utility lines near the TVA hydro- electric plant at Chickamauga Dam or Douglas Dam, Tennessee. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information. Power linesThese are telephone or telegraph lines not power lines. [There two power lines at the top of the picture. - Dave] Re: Power linesThe power lines (two of them) are at the top of the picture. Amateur hourI used to be in charge of live line standards at a professional electrical utility. This nonsense wouldn't be countenanced even for de-energized conductors. These bozos have lashed a delimbed minor tree or big limb to the telephone pole, and the guy on top is doing something silly or another, I cannot imagine what, while belted to the lashed limb! So safe. Hard hat? What's that? Even in 1942, normal utility work standards were far in advance of this horror show, photographed for all posterity to gaze at. (Technology, The Gallery, Kodachromes, WW2)
Junior League: 1954
... Mullin was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Palmer Mullin of Columbus, Georgia. Numerous stories about her childhood ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/12/2017 - 6:56pm -

Columbus, Georgia, circa 1954. "Louise Mullin" is all it says here. Regardless, we seem to have a quorum. Let the meeting come to order! 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size. From Columbus To OrlandoLouise Scarborough Mullin was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Palmer Mullin of Columbus, Georgia. Numerous stories about her childhood appeared in the local newspaper, for example, “Little Louise Mullin Celebrates Her Seventh Birthday Entertaining Her Friends At ‘Doll Wedding‘” (Columbus, October 6, 1938). Her February 1954 wedding to David Yergey, an Army Officer, was described in a very lengthy newspaper article. She and her husband eventually relocated to Orlando, Florida. Her obituary, September 13, 2015, notes her 20 years of activity with the Junior League of Orlando. White Shoes and BagsIn addition to Louise’s name, we know this shot was taken between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Bride to Be?Photo perhaps from the warmer months of '53, if she was wed Feb. 11, 1954: [The photo is probably from a bridal shower or some such. Click below to enlarge the obit. - Dave] Putt it outThe ashtray on the right might suggest a golf course clubhouse for a location. The one on the *right*The period photo from her junior college yearbook clears things up (then 1329 Wynnton Drive, Columbus GA, for the curious): Hennery HandbagThe wire-cage purse on the floor would sure make my job of gathering eggs from the henhouse a lot more fun! (Columbus, Ga., News Photo Archive, Pretty Girls)
Tin and Bones: 1920
... Atterbury Plant Buffalo Here's a snip from Palmer's Views of Buffalo Past and Present, copyright 1911 Unusual drive ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/13/2015 - 4:18am -

San Francisco, 1920. "Atterbury truck at City Hall." Looking somewhat skeletal if you ask us. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Muffler BearingI believe the muffler and header pipe are seen rather than a driveshaft center support bearing as mentioned by Born40YearsTooLate. The muffler is being supported on the street side frame rail by hangers from the two sets of four rivets and therefore hiding most of the forward portion of driveshaft. Atterbury Plant BuffaloHere's a snip from Palmer's Views of Buffalo Past and Present, copyright 1911 Unusual driveThe differential at the rear axle is oriented so that the pinion runs vertically, with another type of gear setup (bevel gears?) transferring the horizontal rotation of the driveshaft to the vertical rotation of the pinion. It's overly complicated, but improves the ground clearance under the driveshaft. They also use a very interesting center support for the driveshaft. This looks like it could be the three-and-a-half-ton model (Model 7D). In 1919 they were priced at $3875 for the standard length chassis, or $3975 for the "long chassis". Atterbury trucks were built in Buffalo, New York. Let Our Experts HelpYour local distributor (from the San Francisco Chronicle February 1, 1920): DifferentialThe gearing in the differential is a worm screw drive. A very compact system for high wheel torque but the downside was the fact that the vehicle didn't 'coast' well and was difficult to move if the engine wasn't running and the back wheels were on the ground. Cab & ChassisIndeed it is 'skeletal'. This is a "Cab & Chassis". They are sold to companies that will add a box, flatbed, tank or whatever to it and then put it on the retail market. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Highland Park: 1942
... the improvement." Medium format safety negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size. How things ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 12:36pm -

1942. Chrysler Corporation plant at Highland Park, Detroit. "Applying automobile production methods to machining of 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels in a former automobile plant. Five cutting instruments work at the same time. Under the old single-operation methods of gunmaking, only one of these could work at one time. Automobile workers are proud of the improvement." Medium format safety negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size. How things changeI have been a machinist/tool and die maker my whole life. This is how we used to do things. Now it is done with computer numerical controlled (CNC) tools. I am still in the business and own my own shop equipped with several CNC machines. People that call themselves machinists today wouldn't have a clue how to operate anything like this. This is a dying skill. Of note... the coolant that is flowing onto the tools looks like milk. It is actually a soluble oil. Mixed with water in the right ratio served the purpose quite well back then. It had an unmistakable odor. Not at all offensive until bacteria started growing in it. Then it got quite rancid. Now the coolants are synthetic chemicals. The smell of soluble oil on a hot tool can bring back a lot of memories to me. I must askwhere is the operator's safety goggles and ear protection? CNCActually rather far along on the road to CNC. The cutters are being guided by the thick template bar running across the front of the machine. You can see a roller follower contacting the template in front of each cutter. The next step was the optical photocell tracer, then NC, then CNC. The photo also raises an odd question: how precise does the *outside* of a gun barrel need to be, other than at the mounting points? Looking at late-war Japanese weapons, the answer is "not very," although they were also compromised by poor metallurgy that made them a danger to their users. In all likelihood, the Allied requirement was that it looked good enough to encourage sailors to maintain them, and that paint would go on well enough to protect from salt accumulation. (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, Factories, WW2)
Army Elbow: 1942
... them around a die." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. View full size. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Factories, WW2) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 7:49pm -

January 1942. Louisville, Kentucky. "Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed at Tube Turns Inc., by heating lengths of pipe with gas flames and forcing them around a die." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. View full size. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Factories, WW2)
Hollingsworth Family Portrait 1893
... After some research in my family tree, D.P. (David Palmer) is my third cousin, five times removed. My grandmother descended from ... You and I share Elias Hollingsworth and Hester Ann Palmer as grandparents. I'm looking for information about Elias and Hester. ... 
 
Posted by HRKittredge - 06/28/2009 - 10:28pm -

This is a portrait of my great, great grandparents D.P. & Sarah Hollingsworth with their children Hester (standing on the right) and Richard (on the lap). Richard is my great grandfather. View full size. Hello CousinAfter some research in my family tree, D.P. (David Palmer) is my third cousin, five times removed. My grandmother descended from George Hollingsworth (1712-1786) as well, but via different children. Send me an email and we can trade info! TK tk42one@gmail.com Love your hollingsworth photoYour GG Grandfather, Richard, is a cousin. You and I share Elias Hollingsworth and Hester Ann Palmer as grandparents. I'm looking for information about Elias and Hester. I lose track of them after 1885. I think I've discovered Hester's family and am now trying to confirm my theories. Any info you have of the family would be terrific. I have photos of Augusta - David P's sister, my great grandmother. I do love your photo, though. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Incubators of Doom: 1942
... is kept secret." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. View full size. Secret Ya wouldn't want anyone to know we ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 2:02pm -

February 1942. Cincinnati, Ohio. "A battery of 1,000- and 2,000-pound furnaces roaring threats to the Axis. These are rotary oil-fired melting furnaces at Aluminum Industries Inc. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer. View full size. SecretYa wouldn't want anyone to know we used this stuff on airplanes. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Cincinnati Photos, WW2)
Stuff It: 1922
... School, Detroit Malcomson, Higginbotham & Palmer, Architects This is one of the recent Detroit schools to be planned ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/21/2012 - 11:19am -

Detroit, Michigan, circa 1922. "Balch School students." Note the bin at left marked "STUFF ME with waste paper." Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size. Higginbotham DesignNote that one of the architects of this school was William E. Higginbotham (1858-1922), perhaps a distant relative of Shorpy Higginbotham. Architectural Forum, 1922 Recent Developments in the Detroit School System The necessity of making intensive use of all available school space in Detroit, for a rapidly increasing number of children of school age, led to the adoption of a school administration system of the "platoon" type which has in late months been receiving careful study by school authorities from many parts of the country. It was seen to be necessary that classrooms be made to provide for more than one set of pupils and that the idea of individual, permanent desk and seat be abandoned. To dovetail into this plan was the well recognized importance of varying the work of the school day, and as finally worked out the "platoon system" provides for two entirely separate sets of pupils, one set using the classrooms while the others are engaged with other school work, this latter set using the classrooms when the first set has begun its out-of classroom session. The intermediate school consists of six 60-minute periods, with an hour for lunch. Each period provides both the recitation and the study activities under the teacher who gives instruction in the subject. Every one of the boys and girls takes an hour daily for exercise and shower bath. An auditorium is in use each period. From 70 to 200 or 300 students assemble each period to listen to lectures on social and civic affairs. George M. Balch Intermediate School, Detroit Malcomson, Higginbotham & Palmer, Architects This is one of the recent Detroit schools to be planned for operation on the "platoon system." It is of fireproof construction, with concrete and hollow tile floors. The exterior is of mingled shades of mat face brick with Indiana limestone trimmings. The building accommodates 1,080 pupils and was erected in 1920, when the cost of building was at its height, for $608 per pupil, or 55 ½ cents per cubic foot. +89 Still Pretty Much The Same (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC, Education, Schools)
The New Chrysler: 1942
... finest of tolerances." Medium format negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size. Chrysler ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 12:37pm -

1942. Chrysler Corporation plant at Highland Park, Detroit. "Conversion. Here, in a former automobile plant, 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels are machined and made ready for front-line duty. Since they must shoot fast-moving objects at great distances, they must be finished to the very finest of tolerances." Medium format negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information. View full size. Chrysler EngineeringMy uncle, who worked for Chrysler for many decades, had four small volumes published by Chrysler explaining what that corporation did during World War 2. It has been more than 20 years since I read the same. However, I think I remember something about these guns. They were the Bofors gun, a Swedish design licensed and used by all the belligerents of that war. They were a 40 mm, rapid fire, repeating anti-aircraft canon which required many hours of work by highly skilled machinists to produce all the intricate parts of the repeating mechanism. Chrysler received a large contract from the US Army to produce approximately 40,000 guns, each with a spare barrel and mounted singly on a trailer (probably not the correct term for this mounting system). After producing about 30,000 guns, the contract was cancelled in 1944 because the guns were not wearing-out as expected. The barrels in particular lasted for many more rounds than were originally specified. Chrysler also sped up delivery of the guns by using their newly developed powdered metal technology for fabricating the intricate parts, which avoided the necessity of time consuming machining. Early on, one part of the automatic mechanism failed after too few rounds were fired. The engineers solved this problem not by beefing up the part to make it stronger, but by thinning it to allow it to be more flexible. Ingenious! (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, Factories, WW2)
Mystery Photo of a Class
... of the location of the school. An historical society near Palmer, Mass., may be able to pinpoint which school this was. Palmer is just off the Mass. Turnpike (I-90), east of Springfield. Perhaps the ... 
 
Posted by elsje - 05/11/2007 - 11:56am -

Found this photo at a tag sale and bought and scanned it. It appears to be very early 1900s. School Photo by WoodheadThis isn't really such a mystery: the photographer's blindstamped logo at lower right identifies the location in which he worked -- which likely is within a few miles of the location of the school. An historical society near Palmer, Mass., may be able to pinpoint which school this was. Palmer is just off the Mass. Turnpike (I-90), east of Springfield. Perhaps the Quaboag Historical Society in nearby West Brookfield could direct you. Their secretary's email address is: Mlmerr@mail.ccsinet.net. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Bon Marche: 1908
... Quite a few buildings are still standing Thanks to the Palmer Street sign, an easy find. View Larger Map My ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 4:25pm -

Lowell, Massachusetts, circa 1908. "Merrimack Street looking east." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Bon Marche(d) into OblivionGoogle Map of this district shows that between then and now a faithfully reproduced extension was added to the building on the left side of the street after the Bon Marche building had been razed. Quite a few buildings are still standingThanks to the Palmer Street sign, an easy find. View Larger Map My HometownI grew up in Lowell. The Bon Marche lasted until at least the late 80's when I was in High School. Their main competitor was Jordan Marsh right next door. One of the two was slightly snootier than the other but I don't remember which anymore. We bought all of our school clothes, appliances, gifts, furniture etc at these two stores until the late 70's when a shopping mall with a Sears and a Caldor (and more importantly a giant parking lot) were built just outside town. Somehow, these two stores managed to keep the lights on for years after the rest of downtown died. (The Gallery, DPC, Stores & Markets)
Delicious Cakes: 1922
... Food Co. (Jell-O) Wilkins & Rogers (butter) Palmer Harvey & Co. Walker Hill Dairy C.F. Mueller Co. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 6:47pm -

Washington circa 1922. "Food show. Ward exhibit." Among the tempting varieties of Ward's Cakes on display here: Silver Queen, Devils Dream, Kukuno, Creamy Spice, Sunkist Gold and Southern Pride. Plus Paradise Fruit Cake and something called "Homelike." View full size. National Photo Company glass negative. What, no penathalenoleum?Store-bought cakes that actually look like they taste good, rather than the weird aftertaste and bloating you get from today's preservative-laden science projects. This is the first Shorpy photo that made me hungry. Well, OK, the second… after the possum gloop splattered into the gutter. Food Show Exhibitors Washington Post, Feb 4, 1923 60 Exhibits Prepared for Pure Food Show Convention Hall Converted Into Dazzling Picture for Opening Tomorrow Sixty exhibits and practical demonstrations of pure food products and labor-saving devices for the home are scheduled for the national food show and household exposition, which opens at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night in Convention Hall, Fifth and L streets northwest, and continues for two weeks. The hall has been converted into a veritable fairyland with rows and rows of dazzling booths and yards and yards of artistically draped bunting. Salesmen and demonstrators will gather at the hall tomorrow morning to receive final instructions. After the opening tomorrow night, the show will be open daily, except Sunday, from 3 to 5:30 and 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Everyone will be given plenty to eat free -- coffee, tea, milk, soft drinks, "hot dogs," pancakes, salads, gelatine, cheese, salad dressing and other things. The list of exhibitors follows: France Milling Co. (Gold Medal Pancake Flour) Joseph Tetley & Co. Gelfand Manufacturing Co. Browning & Bains Coffee Co. Steuart Sons & Co. (sirup [sic] and molasses) Foulds Milling Co. (macaroni and spaghetti) Carry Ice Cream Co. Noxzema Chemical Co. Johnn B Heppe & Co. E.J. Agee (Economy Darner) Cheek Neal Coffee Co. (Maxwell House Coffee) J.L. Kraft & Bros., Inc. (cheese) Akin Manufacturing Co. (Shi-Nall) Brewer Snyder Co. A. Loffler Provision Co. Corn Products Refining Co. (Parko) O.J. DeMoll & Co. (pianos and talking machines) Nelson Refrigerator Co. Refrigerator Pan Alarm Co. Rosslyn Packing Co. Golden & Co. National Furniture Co. Corby Baking Co. Hacker Cereal Co. Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. S. & S. Water Co Genesee Pure Food Co. (Jell-O) Wilkins & Rogers (butter) Palmer Harvey & Co. Walker Hill Dairy C.F. Mueller Co. Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co. McCormick & Co. Martin Gillet & Co. (House of Lords Tea) P.B. Davis Co. (Davis Baking Powder) S. Kann Sons Co. (modern kitchen utensils) Hub Furniture Co. Chapin Sacks Inc. Mutual Service Bureau (electrical devices) Kirkman & Son Carroll Erwin Co. (electrical household goods) Columbia Bottling Works William Conradis & Co. (model bath room) New Era Gas Stove Co. Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. King Electric Washer Co. Ward Baking Co. Doubleday Hill Electric Co. (radio receiving station) Cook's Quality Cakery Harry Chapel (broker) Troco Nut Butter Co. William T. Leahey & Co. (vegetable cutters) Havenner Baking Co. Ridgewood Orchards (apple) and several additional exhibitors to be definitely announced tomorrow. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
Sioux Falls Municipal Band
... Weber, Richardson, Wagner, Morgan, Griffith, Lias. 1) Palmer, Tyler (my grandfather), Olsen, Foss. Tietjen (Standing at right?) Cor. ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 09/20/2011 - 1:29am -

I've established that music was a life-long pursuit for my grandfather, from his youth in New Hampshire to his final days in North Carolina. But someplace in the middle, he and my grandmother spent a number of summers in South Dakota. This picture of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band dates from 1949 or 1950. Here's the line-up for the band, by tier: 4) Ed Paul (standing), Gossman, Smith, Hoover, Branch, Susede (?), RIchardson. Ellis, Jackson, Friedhoff, Alger, Pruner, Marker, Niblic (?), Kittleson, Miller, Henegar. 3) Madeck, Littlehang, Barnett, Askew, Little, Anderson, Lorenson (?), Brooks, Krumrai, Ewing. 2) Larson, Pace, Colwell, Hanson, Hoyt, Weber, Richardson, Wagner, Morgan, Griffith, Lias. 1) Palmer, Tyler (my grandfather), Olsen, Foss. Tietjen (Standing at right?) Cor. not in picture. View full size. Sioux City is in IowaSioux Falls is in South Dakota. The residents of Sioux Falls would be thoroughly upset if their city was confused with Sioux City. Sioux City residents would probably be flattered. Mea CulpaThanks, anonymous. It's right there in the photo -- Sioux Falls! If I'd only thought to trust my eyes... but my fingers often seem to have a mind of their own. Bandshell still in useSioux Falls still maintains and uses this bandshell, in Terrace Park on the near north side of the city. A beautiful park with Japanese Gardens. If you visit Sioux Falls, be sure to find this little gem. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
McWhinnie Christmas 1943
... Mary Alice & the plaque dedicating a bio lab to her at Palmer Station: http://www.antarctica.uab.edu/blog/401/ McWhinnie ... 
 
Posted by hbmcreynolds - 09/22/2011 - 11:13pm -

The McWhinnie family Christmas in 1943 with my maternal Grandmother Vivina Ortner, her siblings, and parents. Top row L to R: Ruth, David Jr., Mary Alice, Vivina Bottom row L to R: parents Ruth & David, and baby of the family Dolores. Dr. Mary Alice McWhinnie was a famous pioneer as a female scientist in Antarctica. Read a neat blog entry here, including another picture of Mary Alice & the plaque dedicating a bio lab to her at Palmer Station: http://www.antarctica.uab.edu/blog/401/ McWhinnie cousinMary Alice was my cousin. I am Barbara Ann Hendricks-Healey. My mother was Barbara Pauline McWhinnie. Her father (my grandfather) was Edward McWhinnie (birth certificate states McWhinney) was born 8/29/1868 in Bolton, Lancs., England. Father's name: Patrick McWhinney. Mother: Johanna Cunningham McWhinney. My grandparents were married 2/18/1915 in Boston & lists Edward residing in Waltham,MA-age 45, Steam Engineer, & Barbara A. Joyce of Boston, age 27, Housework. They settles in Fall River, MA. As a child, we use to get the "family" letters that Mary Alica would write regarding her time in Antarctica and being on the research ship. I also remember once we saw her on the show, "To Tell the Truth. Would like to learn more regarding our other McWhinnie cousins. You can reach me at Barbara3821@aol.com (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
Jack and Brooks: c. 1930
... sitting in front of Brooks' sister Fanny and Barber C. Palmer's house at 836 Gist Ave Silver Spring, MD, c. 1930. The back of the ... 
 
Posted by southdcx - 01/08/2010 - 9:25am -

Jack Culp and Brooks Minter sitting in front of Brooks' sister Fanny and Barber C. Palmer's house at 836 Gist Ave Silver Spring, MD, c. 1930. The back of the house in the background is on the 800 block of Sligo across from the county police station. Houses have since sprung up on the other side of Gist. Nice HatThat's a very nice fedora.They should never have gone out of fashion. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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