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Prairie Pitcher: 1936
... do I miss those prairie skies. Puff, Puff. The pipe is actually used as a sight, for greater accuracy. (The Gallery, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/22/2013 - 3:37pm -

July 1936. "Pitching horseshoes at the Resettlement Administration camp. Madras, Oregon." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. OOOOOHH MY,do I miss those prairie skies. Puff, Puff.The pipe is actually used as a sight, for greater accuracy. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Sports)
Glass Menagerie: 1909
... The cool dude with the cocked cap and the young man with a pipe and artful smile make this picture charming. Why, I wonder, are three in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2012 - 9:58am -

November 15, 1909. Bridgeton, New Jersey. "A few of the workers on night shift at Cumberland Glass Works. One boy is 13 years old." A livelier than usual crowd as far as facial expressions go. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Fascinating pictureThe cool dude with the cocked cap and the young man with a pipe and artful smile make this picture charming. Why, I wonder, are three in the first row standing with one leg in front of the other? (The Gallery, Factories, Lewis Hine)
Congress Street: 1909
... venue of the PSO, and which houses the famous Kotzschmar pipe organ. Still in session. Remarkably unchanged! (The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/26/2015 - 11:57am -

Portland, Maine, circa 1909. "Congress Street south from Market." At right, City Hall in the final stages of construction. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size. Home of the Portand SymphonyThe wing closest to the camera contains the Merrill Auditorium, which is the venue of the PSO, and which houses the famous Kotzschmar pipe organ. Still in session.Remarkably unchanged! (The Gallery, DPC, Streetcars)
Name That Ship!
... Argentina is just south of her. By 1958 I was a pipe welder working on the Eagle Tankers and the destroyers. After suffering ... 
 
Posted by Jim Page - 09/21/2012 - 9:35pm -

Another slide from the past. This ship may be, according to a web history I found, the Argentina, but my recollection from those days was that it was named the Amazon Princess or something similar. My dad worked on the vessel as an electrician during slack periods in his flying, and he took me up in his float plane to watch it being launched. It was 1958 or so at the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. I was in the first grade, so my memory is rather hazy regarding details. Dad had built a little ramp/turntable tiedown for his pontoon-fitted Super Cub on the Pascagoula River not far from the F.B. Walker and Sons Dry Dock. I have several photos of all that if anyone is interested in seeing them. View full size. See more photos?Jim Page, we are Shorpy-ites, so, of course, we want to see more photos! Plus, I grew up in Gulfport, so this is close to home. TwinsThese two ships (the white hulled one on the left and the one to its right that is surrounded by scaffolding and has a crane off its starboard quarter) were the last passenger luxury ocean liners ever built in the United States. Parts for their construction were gathered from all of the (then) 48 states. Bidding $24,444,181 per ship, Ingalls Shipyards—still the largest private employer in Mississippi—had won the contract from Moore-McCormack Lines to build replacements for aging ships of the same names that had been built in 1928. The earlier ships were owned by the United States Federal Maritime Board and operated by Moore-McCormack Lines. As part of a $3,500,000,000 program to rebuild America’s merchant marine fleet, the Federal Maritime Board contributed about $20,000,000 toward the cost of building the two new passenger liners. They were known by many names during their more than 45-year careers. Perhaps some of us sailed on them without knowing their original names. On the left is the S.S. Brasil (correct spelling), which was launched on December 16, 1957. Renamed the Universe for scrapping, she was beached at Alang, India in late 2004. From 1996 to 2004, as the Universe Explorer, she had been part of the Semester at Sea program sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh and administered by the Institute for Shipboard Education. During her career she had been known as: Brasil (1958-72); Volendam (1972-75); Monarch Sun (1975-78); Volendam (again, 1978-84); Island Sun (floating hotel in Quebec, 1984-85); Liberté (1985-87); Canada Star (1987-89); Queen of Bermuda (1989-90);, Enchanted Seas (1990-95); and Universe Explorer (1995-2004). In Hong Kong for extensive refurbishing to return her to cruise ship status, she was instead sold to scrappers in November 2004 and renamed Universe. Later that month the Universe, f/k/a S.S. Brasil sailed for Alang, India, where she was beached at high tide on December 7, 2004. - - - The one to her right is her sister ship, the S.S. Argentina, which was launched on March 12, 1958. Renamed New Orleans for scrapping, she was beached at Alang, India in December 2003. During her career she had been known as: Argentina (1958-72); Veendam (1972-72); Brasil (1974-76); Monarch Star (1976-78); Veendam (again, 1978-84); Bermuda Star (1984-90); Enchanted Isle (1990-94); Hotel Commodore (floating hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1994-95);, Enchanted Isle (again, 1995-2003). On December 30, 2000 the Enchanted Isle docked at Violet, Louisiana after her owner declared bankruptcy. Between December 30, 2000 and September 5, 2003 the Enchanted Isle was sold a number of times, but never left the dock. On September 6 the last buyer renamed her New Orleans and soon began repairs that would allow her to sail under her own power to the breakers in Alang, India. The New Orleans, f/k/a S.S. Argentina, arrived there on December 4, 2003 and was beached five days later. Information on the full careers of both the S.S. Brasil and the S.S. Argentina can be found here on the right side of the list under "The Modern Fleet (1958 to 1969)." Another site with great pictures can be found here. Be sure to follow the "SS Brasil & Argentina to SS Universe Explorer INDEX" links at the bottom of the page. Yes, More PhotosI would love to see what photos you have from that time frame. I was 23 yrs old when I started work at Ingalls in July 1957 as a helper in the Fab Shop. I remember the Brasil and Argentina very well. That is the Brasil on #1 Way, apparently being launched. Argentina is just south of her. By 1958 I was a pipe welder working on the Eagle Tankers and the destroyers. After suffering through a couple of layoffs, like all shipyard workers, I eventually became a piping inspector in the nuclear submarine program and then advanced to a test director. That was the most enjoyable time of my working career. Sea trials with Admiral Hyman Rickover, first dives to test depth, working with ships crews to complete the construction, idiot officers and competent enlisted men, freedom to perform what needed to be done to get the job done and many stories to tell - most of which people would tend not believe. Of all the Boats I worked on, Haddock was my favorite. I left Ingalls in 1974 when they ended their participation in the Submarine program and joined the Bechtel Power Corporation. They were a fine company to work for and took me all over the United States and part of the far east working on nuclear power plants. I have many tales to tell that would probably bore the horns off of a Billy Goat. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Tall Tower
... converted to a hydroelectric facility and a large wooden pipe ran from a dam to a generator downstream. The original wood has since ... 
 
Posted by 3dfoto - 11/04/2016 - 6:00pm -

From the collection of negatives I recently purchased, the upstate New York woman again, this time with a companion and a tower; I hope some Shorpyite can identify it. It's brick, and obviously made as an observation tower, but where? As far as we know nothing like this existed at Trenton Falls, but we know she'd visited Niagara Falls and cruised the Hudson River on the 400 ft. Hendryck Hudson, but we haven't found this curious tower anywhere. View full size. Water towerThanks! I knew someone would come through. I've lived in this area all my life and never knew this thing existed. Surge TowerThat's a surge tower, a vertical tank located at the downstream end of a closed aqueduct or penstock. It acts to relieve sudden pressure surges when a valve is closed and also acts as a reservoir in case of a sudden demand for water. Re: Surge TowerThat makes sense. In 1906, I believe, the park was converted to a hydroelectric facility and a large wooden pipe ran from a dam to a generator downstream. The original wood has since been replaced by steel. There is a large steel tower at the base today. Near Trenton Falls, N.Y.From a vintage postcard. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
His Own Devices: 1900
... a coupling to which is attached a rubber or other flexible pipe or hose.” McCurdy sold or assigned this and his other patents to the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/24/2017 - 1:24pm -

Circa 1900. "A.W. McCurdy machine." The inventor Arthur Williams McCurdy (1856-1923), a contemporary of Alexander Graham Bell. 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size. Film Tank?I believe this is it. Apparatus For Developing Photographic Roll FilmsMr. Arthur W. McCurdy, a Canadian and for a time an employee and photographer of Bell, obtained at least 5 separate patents for equipment related to film and film developing. The photograph illustrates his “apparatus for developing photographic roll-films, patent # 647900 issued April 17, 1900.” “The object of my invention is to provide a compact portable apparatus in which a photographic film may be placed, developed, and treated without the use of a dark room and without the necessity of opening the box closure during the various steps of developing and fixing the film.” The purpose of the hose: “To provide for the introduction of the necessary liquids into the apparatus, a threaded opening is formed in one side near the base and into this threaded opening I screw a coupling to which is attached a rubber or other flexible pipe or hose.” McCurdy sold or assigned this and his other patents to the Eastman Kodak Company and his film developing apparatus became known as the “Kodak Developing Machine.” Taking photographs of devices receiving patents from the US Patent Office in Washington, DC, must have been a prominent part of Mr. Bell’s business (Technology, The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C.)
Resting Comfortably: 1918
... buttons, 16 pins, four safety pins, one handkerchief, one pipe, one pencil, one pad paper, six envelopes. I was slightly surprised at ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/27/2017 - 7:59pm -

        "The goody bag is nice, but I asked for a glass of ROSÉ." June 14, 1918. "Red Cross comfort bag in the American Military Hospital No. 1 at Neuilly, France." 5x7 glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Battle of the MarneAll the Doughboy hospital pictures we've been seeing took place during the last of the German Spring Offensives, the first time that US soldiers engaged in major combat activity (not counting the black division handed over to the French). Up until that time they were assigned to quiet parts of the trenches to familiarize them with WWI combat conditions. The battles the that US soldiers took part in, usually as division level rotations in and out the the line, were Chateau Thierry, the Battle of the Marne, and Belleau Wood. It wasn't until last few months of the war, first with the elimination of the St. Mihiel salient, and then the final Battle of the Argonne, that the US participated at the full army level under full control of General Pershing. 1918 Red Cross Comfort Bags containedOne tube toothpaste, one toothbrush, one cake soap, three shirt studs, one spool black thread, one spool white thread, one package needles, one thimble, six clothes buttons, 16 pins, four safety pins, one handkerchief, one pipe, one pencil, one pad paper, six envelopes. I was slightly surprised at the lack of tobacco or cigarettes. (The Gallery, ANRC, Lewis Hine, Medicine, WWI)
Fronta Italie
... unit? The machine gun mount looks odd, as if it is just a pipe on a stand, instead of a tripod. Is it an aircraft machine gun adapted for ... 
 
Posted by Toyofield - 03/04/2008 - 10:48pm -

This is a mysterious picture we found in my wife's family photos. The prone figure feeding the belt is marked with 2 small x's and is labeled "Franizcek", so he's probably the relative. The image is a photographic postcard (not lithographed) labeled on the reverse "Fronta Italie" and postmarked "K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen Fliegerkompagnie Nr.22" I assume from the K.u.K. that this is the Austro- Hungarian army (or some other army where it was OK to point a rifle at your weapons instructor's head). But does Luftfahrtruppen and Fliegerkompagnie mean that this was an aviation unit? The machine gun mount looks odd, as if it is just a pipe on a stand, instead of a tripod. Is it an aircraft machine gun adapted for training purposes? Let's see those Shorpy experts go to work! Fronta ItalieThe K. u. K Luftfahrtruppen is the abbreviation for Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen which was the Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops. The weapon is an Austrian Schwarzlose MG M.07/12. According to Wikipedia, it was used both by ground troops and on aircraft. Most often it was deployed on a tripod and less frequently on a backpack mount which is shown here. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, WWI)
Christmas Bubbles: c. 1960
... There's also a photo taken the next summer with the bubble pipe. I'll post it as well. View full size. Decoration downside By ... 
 
Posted by Mudhooks - 12/19/2011 - 10:05am -

Christmas morning aftermath. I recognise the loom on the sofa but the other boxes are a mystery. Don't recall them at all. I just found a large box of slides and negatives last week. This was one of the ones I haven't seen in years. There's also a photo taken the next summer with the bubble pipe. I'll post it as well. View full size. Decoration downsideBy any chance, did your mother say, "This is the LAST year with that !*#@*! fake snow!" I also note the very typical for the period Early American decor. Also, fantastic wallpaper. Must have furnitureIn the 60's everyone of my relatives it seemed had an Early American coffee table just like this one. Early American DecorYes, tterrace, the fake snow was relegated to the "never again" category of Xmas decorations, along with the fuschia fake snow that melted onto the hot water radiators and stained them permanently. We had that same couch (through three houses) until at least 1970 when it was replaced with a hideous "Harvest Gold" plaid couch/loveseat/chair set (along with a yellow and gold wall-to-wall shag rug and faux "walnut" wood panelling). The couch in the photo folded down. It finally gave up the ghost fold-wise around the time we got rid of it. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Your Next Car: 1921
... family. Here, In San Diego, we have the Spreckels outdoor pipe organ (the largest in the world) in Balboa Park. They give free concerts ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/01/2018 - 12:42am -

San Francisco circa 1921. "Gardner car at Spreckels Mansion." Photographed by and with Christopher Helin himself. 5x7 glass negative. View full size. Spreckels SugarLots of money in the family. Here, In San Diego, we have the Spreckels outdoor pipe organ (the largest in the world) in Balboa Park. They give free concerts on Sundays. It's a real beauty! MotoMeteredAs a radiator cap on our fine Gardner we see a popular accessory of the day, a "MotoMeter" temperature gauge, which employed a dip-type thermometer into the coolant. Alas, these meters were rather difficult to read whilst driving as they were too far away and the car's bumpy ride made focusing on it quite difficult. MotoMeters were made for most makes of cars of the day and were popular even up until the 1950's, where they were still used in the MG T-Series cars. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Smoking Bull: 1905
... as soon as this creepy image was made, someone lit the pipe and sent this poor taxidermied dog up in dignified smoke. [It's a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 5:34pm -

Circa 1905. "An old sea dog." All that salt water can be hard on the hands! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Got a light?Hopefully, as soon as this creepy image was made, someone lit the pipe and sent this poor taxidermied dog up in dignified smoke. [It's a living dog. - tterrace] (The Gallery, Bizarre, Dogs, DPC)
Upward Bound: 1942
... 1942. "Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Rigging a pipe-setting derrick for a new mill under construction which will make ... the tower will be used to lift concrete rather than set pipe. On the lower left of the tower is a chute commonly used on concrete ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/07/2014 - 3:03pm -

November 1942. "Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Rigging a pipe-setting derrick for a new mill under construction which will make important additions to the vast amounts of steel needed for the war effort." Photo by Andreas Feininger for the Office of War Information.View full size. Concrete SettingI believe that the tower will be used to lift concrete rather than set pipe. On the lower left of the tower is a chute commonly used on concrete transit trucks. That chute is lined up with one of many permanent chutes seen within the tower. At the extreme left it appears that form work and rebar are being readied for a pour. The right side of the tower would guide the concrete bucket to the correct level being used, then dump through the tower into the long chute and into the forms. As the construction reached higher it would be a simple matter of raising the chute to the next higher step on the tower. All this has been replaced by special concrete pumps and large hoses to place concrete. (The Gallery, Andreas Feininger, WW2)
Indian Summer: 1941
... size. Threshing He is standing under the straw pipe of a stationary threshing machine. The straw looks like wheat, but could ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/22/2014 - 7:58pm -

Fall 1941. Jackson, Michigan. "Soldier granted a furlough to help with harvesting on this farm, watching threshing." Photo by Arthur Siegel. View full size. ThreshingHe is standing under the straw pipe of a stationary threshing machine. The straw looks like wheat, but could be barley. In 1941, combines were fairly common, but rigs like this were still in use. A tractor pulled a binder, which cut the grain and tied in into bundles. The bundles were sometimes piled into shocks to dry, or were immediately thrown into a header barge (a wagon lower on one side than the other) and taken to the thresher. That machine normally ran off a tractor pulley by a long flat belt. The bundles were thrown into the thresher, which separated the grain from the chaff/straw. The latter was blown out the rear into a large pile like this one. The whole process was very labor-intensive, as all the transport of the bundles was done by men with pitchforks. The demand for men of WWII ended the practice of harvesting grain this way, as there were not enough men to do it on a massive scale. [Below, the Goodson thresher. Click to enlarge. - Dave] (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Siegel)
Packard Parts: 1950
... plates. On the racks in the center arch there are exhaust pipe sections, and what could be pieces of bright trim or rocker panel ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/29/2018 - 3:06pm -

From around 1950 comes this News Archive snap of the Packard Parts counter, possibly in Columbus, Georgia. (When in doubt, "Ask the Man Who Owns One.") 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size. Parts is partsLots of cool stuff in this picture. On the top two shelves to the left of the center arch I see clutch discs and pressure plates. On the racks in the center arch there are exhaust pipe sections, and what could be pieces of bright trim or rocker panel moldings. Just above and to the left of the telephone looks like rear axle bearings and grease seals. I have a soft spot for Packard, as I had my first ever car ride in my parents' 1952 Packard 200 four-door sedan (bought new for $3800). It wouldn't have needed clutch parts, as it was was equipped with Packard's Ultramatic automatic transmission. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, News Photo Archive)
Workmen at the Family Sawmill
... not resemble any kind of sawmill configuration. Note the pipe in the background and the wooden superstructure. This is likely an oil ... 
 
Posted by Championhilz - 05/18/2010 - 12:22pm -

I think this photo was taken at one of the family sawmills in Mississippi in the early 1900s. I'm not sure what the equipment is for, but it sure looks impressive. View full size. Probably an oil drillThe equipment in this photo does not resemble any kind of sawmill configuration. Note the pipe in the background and the wooden superstructure. This is likely an oil rig. Drilling in the state began in 1903 and resulted in more than 400 dry holes in the 36 years afterward. The first discovery of oil in Mississippi occurred in 1939 near Jackson. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Legal Weed: 1906
... "A tobacco market, Louisville, Kentucky." Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/26/2018 - 12:16pm -

1906. "A tobacco market, Louisville, Kentucky." Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Sixty years later --A friend took me and my mom to a tobacco auction in Sylvester, Georgia, about 1963. Except for the suits and bowler hats, it looked about the same. There was an actual waterboy, carrying a bucket and a dipper, with a Dixie cup dispenser hanging from his belt. My souvenir of the day was a clump of tobacco leaves like the guy here has. (The Gallery, DPC, Louisville, Stores & Markets)
The Sheriff and his Deputy
... like nothing would scare him as long as he clung to his pipe. Ray B. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by D_Chadwick - 09/20/2011 - 11:50pm -

Scanned from the original 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size. The smallest sheriff.Elevation 6619 feet, but the sheriff appears even shorter than Mr. Hackney. Yet he looks like nothing would scare him as long as he clung to his pipe. Ray B. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mardi Gras: 1961
... been a very cold winter that season, as the exposed water pipe is not wrapped! If we had a forecast of a "hard" freeze (mid 20's or ... 
 
Posted by HarahanTim - 02/12/2013 - 9:33pm -

Mardi Gras Day Feb 14, 1961. The holidays are over, the nation settles into a deep freeze, except in New Orleans, where all attention turns to Mardi Gras. For all the people you see costumed on Mardi Gras, it begins at home. I am in the bear costume, at 3 years old. My older brothers are a cowboy, and a circus master riverboat gambler, and my sister is a bunny rabbit. After the family picture, we would head to the parades. It must not have been a very cold winter that season, as the exposed water pipe is not wrapped! If we had a forecast of a "hard" freeze (mid 20's or below), Dad would wrap it for the rest of the season. View full size. Riverboat GamblerA minor correction. My oldest brother, back right, was actually dressed as a Riverboat Gambler. I would have bet he was a circus ring master! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Sophisticate: c. 1951
... in the family living room in Troy, NY. Dad's smoking a pipe (probably my grandfather's) and is wearing an ascot, a robe, striped silk ... 
 
Posted by hillie_bolliday - 01/12/2010 - 8:12am -

This is my dad at age 18, shortly before mustering out for the Army, circa 1951. This shot was taken in the family living room in Troy, NY. Dad's smoking a pipe (probably my grandfather's) and is wearing an ascot, a robe, striped silk socks, and is surrounded by the 'finest' literature at that time - Reader's Digest condensed editions (again, my grandfather's). Just for the record, my family was not wealthy, but was in the apparel business - so everyone was well-dressed and well-shod, if nothing else. It's weird for me to look at this photo, and think of my Dad presently, still sitting in an easy chair, at age 76, still reading books, still wearing his robe. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Great Grandmother
Amanda Farrow Bruce 1930. Hard to see her clay pipe, but tobacco pouch is visible in her lap. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by rbruce - 03/08/2008 - 10:32am -

Amanda Farrow Bruce 1930. Hard to see her clay pipe, but tobacco pouch is visible in her lap. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Larger Than Life (Colorized):1939
... not late 1930s and my Father would have a cigarette, not a pipe. (Colorized Photos) ... 
 
Posted by Don Cawrse - 07/10/2018 - 6:57am -

This reminds me of my Father and I, only it would be the late 1940s, not late 1930s and my Father would have a cigarette, not a pipe. (Colorized Photos)
Slippery Slope: 1912
... attraction. The water was diverted through a pipe to a turbine a mile or so below to generate electricity, and it remains in ... 
 
Posted by 3dfoto - 10/24/2016 - 2:08pm -

From the collection of film and 4x5 glass negatives I recently purchased. We believe that this is the photographer, as well as the boy's father. We are not sure where these photos were taken, but a number of them can be identified as Trenton Falls, although by then the park was in private hands. A dam had been built, choking off the flow to the ravine and eliminating the series of waterfalls that made it an international attraction. The water was diverted through a pipe to a turbine a mile or so below to generate electricity, and it remains in operation. The hotel and all the other amenities were removed, and the area was closed to the public. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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