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Princeton Hockey: 1910
The Princeton hockey team circa 1910. View full size. G.G. Bain Collection. Princeton Tough looking dudes. Very cool team logo. Wow! That guy in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/07/2008 - 5:49pm -

The Princeton hockey team circa 1910. View full size. G.G. Bain Collection. PrincetonTough looking dudes. Very cool team logo. Wow!That guy in the middle is awesome. I love the interesting faces that always pop up in these old photos. Hmmm...No helmets, few pads and they all seemed to have most of their teeth. Was hockey that much genteel back then? Hobey Baker?Isn't the player second from the left the great Hobey Baker? He is probably the most famous amateur player of his time and had his life not been cut short during WWI there may have been a greater legacy left behind. The Hobey Baker Award keeps his name and legend alive. [Hobey (below) isn't in this photo. - Dave] (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Sports)
The Fake: 1957
... Oklahoma State University? Unless It's a Fake Princeton. Rah! Rah! Sis boom bah! Syracuse it is. My Guess Dear old UVa? Princeton -- Ivy League Champs in 1957 Fred Tiley? Go Tigers! I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/24/2014 - 4:16pm -

"Athletes from various colleges demonstrating a variety of football moves." Who'll be the first to name that team? 35mm Kodachrome by Marvin E. Newman for the Look magazine assignment "1957 Football Forecast." View full size. rr3Syracuse ? I'll have a go The University of Illinois? Could It Be?Oklahoma State University? Unless It's a FakePrinceton. Rah! Rah! Sis boom bah!Syracuse it is. My GuessDear old UVa? Princeton -- Ivy League Champs in 1957Fred Tiley? Go Tigers!I agree, looks like Princeton to me. Rah! Rah!Princeton Tigers! More from PrincetonTiley in 1959--fullback Princeton Orange and BlackMany universities that use Orange and Black as their color scheme had a Princeton Grad running the early football program. For example, the Oklahoma State Cowboys were at one time the Tigers (thus leading to the long term Tiger Drug Store in Stillwater). Rah! Rah! IIOregon State Beavers! (Kodachromes, LOOK, Sports)
Brown of Princeton: 1915
"Brown of Princeton" circa 1915-1920. View full size. G.G. Bain Collection. Wet ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/26/2008 - 9:00pm -

"Brown of Princeton" circa 1915-1920. View full size. G.G. Bain Collection. Wet & WoollyWhat is this guy doing? Coming back from a swim? Three levels of wool, the first showing that guys back then had some nice bods. College AthletesWe are USA Track&Field Officials, and thus around NCAA athletes a lot. Little has changed in the demeanor of college-level athletes:they still show the determination and grit shown by young Mr Brown, but now they come in both sexes and all imaginable skin tones. They were America's future 100 years ago, and they still are. BrownThis brawny and handsome athlete with chiseled features could still turn heads if he walked down the street today, almost a hundred years later. If he were still around he would probably be doing endorsements and gracing the covers of magazines. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Sports)
Penfield of Princeton: 1911
Sept. 25, 1911. Princeton tackle (and later noted brain surgeon) Wilder Graves Penfield. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/03/2008 - 6:34pm -

Sept. 25, 1911. Princeton tackle (and later noted brain surgeon) Wilder Graves Penfield. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Amazing!What a pleasant surprise! Wilder Penfield was a genius -- one of the first to map areas of the brain in the 1950s -- he worked with patients who had uncontrollable epileptic seizures. Also allowed behind the Iron Curtain to treat bigwigs. One scientist who had a stroke led Penfield to theorize that people in comas are actually "there" but unable to communicate until the damaged areas of the brain clear. Sorry to ramble on -- but what a treat to find out he was a footballer and quite handsome as well. Dang! Penfield and CanadaPenfield was the founder and first director of the world famous Montreal Neurological Institute. That's where he developed the Montreal Procedure used in treating severe epilepsy. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Sports)
Driveway Stroll: 1963
... early 1963, around six months after we moved into our new Princeton, New Jersey house. Like in Levittown, my family were the original ... in my family’s vocabulary. Sleepy brother / sleepy Princeton Back when it was still pretty rural around those parts...but ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 04/06/2018 - 7:09pm -

My mother thought it was funny how my baby brother fell asleep in his stroller, so she posed me with it and took this picture. The date is early 1963, around six months after we moved into our new Princeton, New Jersey house. Like in Levittown, my family were the original owners, though unlike Levittown, these were custom-built homes. You selected your lot, then selected a blueprint from the library of blueprints that the builder had. The blueprint was just a starting point. You then edited those basic plans. In our case we added footage to the garage to fit our 1960 Edsel, because the garage, as drawn in the plans, was shorter than the car. Closet configurations were another thing my mother totally customized. The just-completed, though not yet occupied house across the street stands starkly in the background with its not-yet-grown landscape and bare lawn area. As for me, I seem to be stoically putting up with my mother’s photography.”Say cheese” was not a phrase in my family’s vocabulary. Sleepy brother / sleepy PrincetonBack when it was still pretty rural around those parts...but growing. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hobey Baker: 1913
September 11, 1913. "Hobart Baker, Princeton football captain." Hobey Baker, better known as captain of the Princeton Tigers hockey team, was a World War I Army pilot who was killed when ... Fitzgerald's Idol F. Scott Fitzgerald and other Princeton underclassmen idolized Baker. Fitzgerald was supposed to have based ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/11/2008 - 2:21pm -

September 11, 1913. "Hobart Baker, Princeton football captain." Hobey Baker, better known as captain of the Princeton Tigers hockey team, was a World War I Army pilot who was killed when his plane crashed in France shortly after the signing of the Armistice. View full size. G.G. Bain Collection. Three Sport ManHobey Baker not only played football and hockey, but in his freshman year was also on the baseball team. In these days of athletes specializing in single sports, it's hard to remember that there was a time when it wasn't at all uncommon for athletes to play multiple sports. The legendary Lionel Conacher played as a pro in five sports (Canadian Football, Hockey, minor league Baseball, Boxing and Lacrosse). Holy Hobey.What a hunk...and a hero, to boot. Fitzgerald's IdolF. Scott Fitzgerald and other Princeton underclassmen idolized Baker. Fitzgerald was supposed to have based one of his heroes in "This Side of Paradise" on him. Hobey wowed not only Princeton but NYC as well. Society Swells in evening clothes would watch his Tigers hockey games at Madison Square Garden where the marquee read "Hobey Baker vs. Yale". Games there sold out! After college, Hobey eschewed going pro (after all, "gentlemen" didn't play for pay) but continued with amateur hockey. As an idealised and idealistic young Yank, he signed up as a pilot for the nascent Army Air Corp in WWI. When the war ended, the troops were readying equipment to be shipped back. Reportedly, he never asked his men to do anything he wouldn't do, so rather than allow his mechanics to test a repaired plane, he took it up only to crash and die in France. His tragically young death stunned so many of his generation. The NCAA Men's College Hockey annual trophy (think Heisman Trophy) is named the Hobey Baker in his honor. If they made a movie about Hobey, nobody would believe what an absolutely perfect gentlemen, scholar, athlete, and patriot the man was... ___________________________ This is all from memory, having read Michael McKinley's excellent "Putting A Roof On Winter". My goodness!Hobey sure was a looker wasn't he? Sounds like he was a class act too. Very cool. NamesakeBaker Rink at Princeton University is named after Hobey. You can see his skates and stick there. Skates look more like figure skates than today's hockey skates. A young Robert Redford would have been a good movie version of Hobey Baker. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Sports, WWI)
Home Sweet Home Home Home
... of Columbia, 1919 or 1920. "Washington Times, 609 to 637 Princeton Street." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass ... $445k According to zillow.com the current value of 639 Princeton Place is $445,000 . 637 Princeton Place Northwest, Washington, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 4:13pm -

District of Columbia, 1919 or 1920. "Washington Times, 609 to 637 Princeton Street." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. Thanks to Stanton SquareI would like to thank Stanton Square for the articles and pictures he provides to add to our knowledge of places like this. RowhousesCould be from a current brochure!! Very contemporary. [Nowadays you'd most likely see brick on the front and vinyl siding left, right and rear. - Dave] Still thereStill there (click image to enlarge): TodayNot to mention that you could very well pay as much for one house as the original builder spent to build the whole street. This Old HouseYou got that right, Brent. My parents' first home, a new rowhouse in the Sunset District of San Francisco, cost $5,000 in about 1939. Last I heard that same house would cost close to $400,000! $445kAccording to zillow.com the current value of 639 Princeton Place is $445,000. 637 Princeton Place Northwest, Washington, DC Public Facts: * Single family * 4 beds * 3.0 bath * 1,928 sqft * Lot 1,844 sqft * Built in 1920 Popular Colonial Design.Herman R. Howenstein was another active builder in early 20th century Washington. According to his brief bio at the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, he was also the builder and owner of the Potomac Park Apartments. Washington Post, May 25, 1919 With plans completed for the erection of 135 new homes of various types in the northwest section at a cost of nearly $500,000, the firm of H.R. Howenstein Company have undertaken on of the largest building enterprises of the year. The firm now has almost completed the 50 homes which have been under construction several months. Preliminary to the construction work was the purchase last week by this firm from the Kennedy Brothers, Inc., of all the vacant ground fronting on five squares between Park place, Warder street, Georgia avenue, Otis, Princeton, Quebec streets and Rock Creek Church road. The tract comprises 135 building lots. The new homes to be erected on this tract will be of five different types and of popular colonial design. A new idea will be followed in building a fireproof garage under each rear porch, with heat and light from the house. The homes will be placed on the market as rapidly as they are completed. Washington Post, Feb 29, 1920: Advertisement 609 to 637 Princeton street N.W. Open and Lighted Until 8 o'Clock P.M. Daily A Large, Light Fire-Proof Garage goes with each house. Take Ninth Street Car to Quebec Street and Walk One Square East, or Phone Us for Auto. H.R. Howenstein Co. 1314 F St. N.W. - 7th and H Sts. N.E. $3,000 each609-637 were all built for $45,000, or $3,000 each. H.R. Howerstein, owner and builder, got his permit on June 21, 1919. W.E. Howser was the architect. He also built the 16 on the even side for $48,000. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
The Unknown Scrummers: 1920
... in 1920, compared to just one road game (a 14-0 loss at Princeton) and their traditional neutral-site game against Army at the Polo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/04/2012 - 3:11am -

Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1920. The caption just says "football." Who can identify the venue? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Mother BIsn't that Bancroft Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis? Narrowing it downNavy played six home games in 1920, compared to just one road game (a 14-0 loss at Princeton) and their traditional neutral-site game against Army at the Polo Grounds in New York (a 7-0 victory.) These six home games were: October 2: 14-7 loss to North Carolina State October 9: 12-7 defeat of Lafayette October 16: 7-2 defeat of Bucknell October 30: 47-0 defeat of Western Reserve November 6: 21-6 defeat of Georgetown November 13: 63-0 defeat of South Carolina [This could have been taken anytime from 1910 to the early 1920s. - Dave] Next to BancroftOn the left it's either the Seamanship Building or the Armory on the Naval Academy campus. As this 1919 panorama shows, they were already bookends of Bancroft Hall and its yards. They're now known as MacDonough and Dahlgren Halls. Go Navy!It's Bancroft, indeed. The shot is taken from the football field (now basically just a track), looking back at the "T" section of the rear wing of the dorm in the upper-left (which now has a 2-story walkway connecting it to the main building). http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qgxdyn8mssvt&scene=25283264&lvl=1&sty=b Beat Army!Swein is close, but I think you're on the wrong side of Bancroft. This shot is at Thompson Field, where Navy played their football games before the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium was built in 1959. It was situated where LeJeune Hall (the pool) and the 8th Wing of Bancroft stand today. The buildings seen in this picture are, I believe, the 6th Wing of Bancroft and, to the left, just the corner of Dahlgren Hall. Love the stitched-on number patches. Would be interesting if anyone could figure out which game this was. The helmet "technology" seems to place it somewhere in the teens or '20s. Back in the dayPeople talk about how violent the sport is today, but the 1909 football season saw 26 deaths on both college and professional teams during the regular season. This was more than double that of the 1908 season. Navigation, please!!The photo is of Bancroft Hall at Annapolis but it's taken from due south of the campus. The corner of Dahlgren Hall is just showing to the far left and the sixth wing of Bancroft Hall is in the immediate background. The fifth wing is in the far background. The photo is taken from near what is today the site of Lejeune Hall. Action!The wonderful depth of field, the slightly skewed horizon and the players frozen in various athletic postures make this a superb action shot. A great sports picture! 1922Based on a comparison to pictures in the Naval Academy's 1923 yearbook, this would appear to be Navy vs. Georgia Tech, 10/21/1922. http://media.scout.com/media/image/78/780837.jpg Note #27 in both pictures. 1922, Georgia TechMike, thanks for determining the opponent! You made my day! Perhaps Georgetown?Georgia Tech isn't listed as an opponent, but Georgetown is. And Georgetown wore uniforms similar to those shown in this photo. Examples here and here. BTW, I love this site and have been working my way forward from the original photo of Shorpy Higgnbotham. I can't seem to get enough! (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Sports)
Cranbury-Bound: 1940
... refer to Cranbury, a nice little town a few miles east of Princeton. That Tie! This young man is barefoot, but still rocking a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/30/2021 - 8:30pm -

July 1940. "Near Shawboro, North Carolina. Group of Florida migrants on their way to Cranberry [i.e., Cranbury], New Jersey, to pick potatoes." Some of the folks last seen here -- 12 years ago! Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Original caption writer nodsI believe the original caption was intended to refer to Cranbury, a nice little town a few miles east of Princeton. That Tie!This young man is barefoot, but still rocking a tie! Looks ready for a fight to protect everything they have strapped to that car. Amazing photo. Tag10 = Broward County Boxer PoseThe young man is giving his all to his inner Joe Lewis. Rough RoadsThe collision damage may have helped get it started, but that crack on the front fender is a stress crack from the constant shaking and bouncing of the rough ride. Car ID1935 Studebaker Dictator. [1934, not 1935. - Dave] Solution to a knotty problemMy son's solution: "If you can't tie a knot, tie a lot." (He resisted my instruction in this matter.) American BeautyI highly recommend to everybody to follow Dave’s “last seen here” link to see one of the all-star Shorpy photos of all time. If there are any more with that amazing woman in them, I would love to see them, please. Unfortunate NameThe rise of Adolf Hitler prompted Studebaker to abruptly discontinue the name "Dictator" in 1937, resurrecting the Commander name, which had been dropped in 1935. For that reason, maybe you could get these newish cars cheap. Still, asking 1,300 hard miles from it was a risky proposition. The Pep Boys lost their case In 1938 The Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack tried to prevent Pure Oil from using the term "Pep" in their advertisements, unfortunately for them they lost their case. The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office reports: THE PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE AND JACK v. AMERICAN OIL COMPANY, Cancellation No. 2870. In a decision rendered April 21, 1938 ( 163 Ms. Dec. 24 ), Assistant Commissioner Frazer held that American Oil Company, of Peoria, Ill., was entitled to register the term “ Pep ” as a trade - mark for gasoline and fuel oil for combustion motors, and that the registration which it had obtained should not be cancelled. The ground of the decision is that the petitioner for cancellation has not shown itself to be damaged with the registration and that the word is not descriptive of the goods. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano, Kids)
Big Bill Edwards: 1915
... internal revenue for the Wall Street district and former Princeton football star, delivering a speech circa 1915. View full size. ... be sure: "People who called Edwards the Peter Pan of Princeton, who were bored by his after-dinner speeches, who declared that he ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 10:03pm -

William Edwards, a.k.a. Big Bill Edwards, collector of internal revenue for the Wall Street district and former Princeton football star, delivering a speech circa 1915. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Hats!Wow. I think everybody is wearing a hat ... times sure have changed. Big Billthe Edwards Boy mystery solved! Nice hat...no, not you, you.Nice hat...no, not you, you. Nope, next to him - oh, forget it. re: Big BillNow I read that Big Bill was unmarried, so that must be someone else's "Edwards Boy". But "Big Bill" was a character, to be sure: "People who called Edwards the Peter Pan of Princeton, who were bored by his after-dinner speeches, who declared that he was at heart a schoolboy who blustered his way through life seeking the loud worship of some irrecoverable football game, such people ate their words the day he stood next Mayor Gaynor. For a maniac, jerking out a pistol, emptied it at New York's good Mayor. "Big Bill" Edwards, for one moment of splendor, got back the glory of the greatest game that he had ever played as with a mechanical impulse he leaped for the murderer. There were detectives in the group that day, men trained for just such moments. "Big Bill" Edwards acted quicker than any of them. Straight as a bullet he launched his enormous bulk forward in a flying tackle that had in it all that nerve and muscle remembered of wild times on ringing fields. The gunman, still firing, crumpled backward; powder burned the sleeve of "Big Bill" Edwards; a bullet seared his arm. For a while after that he was cheered wherever he went. " - Time Magazine, Oct. 4, 1926 [The Edwards boy pics were taken by National Photo in Washington; this Bain News Service photo was taken in New York. - Dave] With a piano?I'd be curious to know in what capacity that piano was used to augment Big Bill's speech. Big BillIf there was ever a movie of Big Bill it would have to be John Goodman that played him... (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Public Figures)
85 Leabrook Lane: 1964
... Along with making us matching RCA Picnic shirts in Princeton, she made matching red dresses for her, me, and a tiny one that was ... milk to our house, using it. Milksicle, Anyone? Princeton NJ probably wasn't as cold as Winnipeg, and the box had thick ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 04/20/2018 - 8:01pm -

As I have said before, my mother was decidedly Mrs. Sewandsew. Along with making us matching RCA Picnic shirts in Princeton, she made matching red dresses for her, me, and a tiny one that was an exact replica of ours for my Barbie doll. These were not special occasion clothes. They had great big pockets with pointed tops (since she knew I would wear, and wear, and wear anything with a big pocket for me to stash stuff in) and were of a pattern she designed which she identified as princess line. And yes, the faux pearl beads, and medium heels were the way she dressed on a regular day. She did not have house dresses or cleaning house clothes. Baby boomers will recognize the square object on the steps that you can see between me and my brother as a milk box. Each morning a man from a local dairy company delivered fresh milk to our house, using it. Milksicle, Anyone?Princeton NJ probably wasn't as cold as Winnipeg, and the box had thick thermos-like walls. Plus, the just before breakfast time the milkman came, meant that only the empty bottles we were returning sat in the box very long. Many times I would meet our milkman at the door and he would give me a stick of Juicy Fruit gum in response. And yes, it WAS an expensive custom built house for its time, in a high priced location. Despite starting out in blue collar Levittown PA, we were never lower middle class. The first house my parents had when I was born, was their newlywed cottage. This house was supposed to be the real house, a home that our family would live in, into old age. It did not work out that way. We lived there less than five years. Even in that short time, my father doubled what he had paid for it, when it sold. Frozen milkI don't suppose it got quite as cold in the winter in Princeton as it did in Winnipeg where I grew up. Our milk, delivered to the side door, would freeze if not taken in quickly during the dead of winter. The bottles very rarely broke. Instead, a column of icy milk would rise from the bottle, topped by the cardboard tab and foil wrapper. A marvellous sight, made all the more nostalgic by the sad fact that it's not as cold these days and milkmen no longer exist. By the way, I see the house sold for just under a million bucks a year ago. You can take a tour on the Redfin site. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Now Playing: 1920
... on Georgia avenue, occupying the entire area between Princeton and Quebec streets. The newest of the Crandall theaters will have a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:16pm -

"York Theater, night." Washington, D.C., circa 1920. Among the cinematic offerings: Jack Pickford in "In Wrong." National Photo Co. View full size. HackI love the sidecar rig, and thinking that that was once a reasonable mode of transportation! New Photoplay House Builds Eighth 'Movie' Harry M. Crandall Constructs the York in Petworth The York Theater, eighth link in the chain of photoplay houses operated in the Capital by Harry M. Crandall, is now in course of construction on Georgia avenue, occupying the entire area between Princeton and Quebec streets. The newest of the Crandall theaters will have a seating capacity of 1,000 on one floor, no provision having been made for a balcony. The total floor area will be 10,000 square feet. Entrance on Georgia Avenue Entrance to the York will be from Georgia avenue into a foyer fifty feet long and twenty feet wide, with a ceiling height of twenty-five feet. The lobby walls will be of marble with inset, self-lighted poster panes. Lighting will be of the indirect, self-diffusing type. The exterior of the theater will be golden brown brick laid in white mortar, with cornice, coping and clerestory walls trimmed in gold. Silk Canopy Inside The entrance will be surmounted by a marquee of wrought iron, copper and Tiffany glass, to harmonize with the color treatment of the building, which will extend to the curb line and be fitted with brilliant flood lights, bathing the entire front of the structure in bright light. The decorative scheme utilized throughout the interior will be in silver, black and gold. One interior feature deserving mention is the treatment of the proscenium, which will be built in three arches under a silk canopy extending over the audience beyond the orchestra platform. The screen and side curtains, as well as the overhanging canopy, will be of gold silk, further beautified by concealed colored lighting making possible many extraordinary effects. There will also be elaborate balloon fixtures hanging from the ceiling. Of special interests will be the ventilating and heating system specially designed for the theater. The unique feature of the new system will be that heat will be blown in from the ceiling. The same system will serve to introduce cooled air during hot weather and is capably of completely changing the atmosphere of the theater every thirty seconds. Crandall's York Theater was designed by, and is built under the personal supervision of Reginald E. Geare, who also planned and supervised construction of Crandall's Metropolitan and Knickerbocker theaters. The York will open about October 15, and will be devoted to exclusive showings of photoplays of the highest grade. The completion of the York will give Mr. Crandall three houses of the first rank in the northwest residential portion of Washington, the Knickerbocker and the Savoy being the other two. Washington Post, Jun 1, 1919 Wow! It is still there! View Larger Map Beautiful Photo!What a nice photograph. You can really appreciate the sense of the photographer in love with his craft. It completely transcends the typical yet fascinating National Photo fare. It just reeks of atmosphere and ambiance! RecyclingIt is no big surprise that the building is still there virtually intact. Old movie houses are easily converted to other uses -- supermarkets, warehouses and the most common, as in this case, churches. It is remarkably well preserved with the exception of the storm canopy and the poster cases. Old YorkHeadley reports that the York was in service as a theater until at least May, 1954. In 1957 it was sold to the National Evangelistic Center and converted to its current use. He also notes that newspaper coverage for Harry Crandall's theaters was generous. While newspaper accounts claimed that $100,000 was spent building the York, the actual cost was only $50,000. Petworth MemoriesThis is very close to where I grew up, and is the first place I ever saw a movie, when in 1955 my grandmother took me to see an Abbott and Costello picture there. I hope you'll find other pictures from Petworth, preferably the residential neighborhood around 5th & Quincy Street NW. As someone who lived there for 44 years, I am most curious. The rowhouse development seems to have begun near the end of WWI. (The Gallery, D.C., Movies, Natl Photo)
Miss Cleveland: 1918
... on the day of the wedding, as the ceremony was held in Princeton. That again would have been very common in this time period - ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 12:07pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. In the inimitable stylings of Harris & Ewing: "Cleveland, Esther, Miss. Group." Esther Cleveland at right, daughter of Grover Cleveland, the only presidential child born in the White House. View full size. Could that possibly bean antimacassar protecting those pillows behind her? I never thought I would have the opportunity to actually use that word. [Technically it's a crocheted pillow sham. An antimacassar, though also usually crochetted, is in the form of a doily. I can't fault you for trying to use one of my favorite words, though. - tterrace] [The Cleveland administration was on record as being strongly pro-macassar. -Dave] Not crochetThat topmost pillow sham is actually Battenburg lace, made by cutting fabric (usually cotton muslin) into intricate shapes and filling the gaps with linen braid. It's nothing like crochet, and requires different skills and tools. Also, most antimacassars in the age of macassar oil were of thick woven fabric embellished with embroidery. Lace antimacassars only became more popular after men stopped using the oil - cleaning lace is a real pain in the behind, so why place a lace item where it's expected to get dirty constantly? The bodice of her dress is also lace; I'm not certain whether it's crocheted, knitted, or woven, but I'd put my money on woven if only due to the gossamer thinness of the fabric. I knit and crochet lace, and it looks to me to be too fine to hand-produce. now that's class...both of the dresses are absolutely beautiful! The Trolley ProblemEsther's daughter was the philosopher, Philipa Foot, the originator of the trolley problem - should you throw the switch and kill the innocent pedestrian but save everyone on the trolley? Oil paintingThis reminds me of a Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema painting. Might be late 1917This appears to be a formal pre-wedding portrait of the woman on the left, Marion Cleveland, and her younger sister Esther. Marion's wearing a wedding dress without a veil, which is common for this kind of portrait at this time period. Also, their hairstyles would have been completely out of date by 1918. Marion Cleveland was married on November 28, 1917. Had the photo been taken after her marriage, she would have been Mrs. William Dell. Before her marriage, however, she would have been referred to simply as "Miss Cleveland", which may explain the caption: Miss Cleveland and Esther Cleveland. I suspect the photograph was not taken on the day of the wedding, as the ceremony was held in Princeton. That again would have been very common in this time period - pre-wedding photos would be taken days or weeks in advance. Just say no to Macassar?It would have made my work easier if they'd actually used the oil! But nevertheless, here they are in color. The larger color version is here. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Pretty Girls)
Fast Learners: 1908
... meets it participated in during the year (Annapolis and Princeton). The meets consisted of the following events: 100 and 220 yard ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/09/2013 - 8:58pm -

New York. "Columbia Relay Team, 1908. Capt. A. Zink, G.W. Hoyns, B. Sanders, K.M. Boorman." 8x10 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size. Strict coach?Looks like the lads spent some time shining their plimsolls... somehow, my Keds never achieved that high lustre. Which one was the fastest?My money is on the young man on the far right. He looks a bit more bow-legged. What was the significance of the.." T T" inside the C on Boorman's shirt? No Spandex......no endorsements, no sponsors and no sox! These guys are nothing but lean and mean. Model T@jeholt525: Maybe TT stands for Track Team? The guy on the left is the fastesthe's so fast he's just a blur. Then and NowI'm a track official at the NCAA Div. 1 level, and I seldom wish to go back in time. But, I would surely like to see the differences in the young men in this photo and today's amazing student athletes. The GuysAccording to the 1908 Columbia Yearbook, B. Sanders was actually the team captain and competed in the 880 yard run as well as the two mile relay team. He was awarded a letter in trck in 1906, 1907, and 1908. He graduated in 1909. Kitchell Boorman competed in the 440 yard run, and as part of the class of 1908, but he appears to have stayed on as he is shown on the 1910 tennis team. He was a civil engineer. Hoynes also contested in both the 880 and 2 mile relay events. Hoynes is listed as being in the Class of 1908. Antony Zink ran the 440, 880 and two mile relay events. He also lettered in track in 1906, 1907, and 1908. He was a member of the class of 1909. He was an architecture major. Looking at other sports teams in the 1908 Columbia yearbook shows the swim team with "ST" in the middle of their uniform, the lacrosse team with "LT," etc. So the "TT" undoubtably stands for "Track Team." Despite the caption on this photo, the yearbook does not show Boorman as a part of the two mile relay team. The final member listed was G. Hutchinson. The Columbia Team did not fair well during the season. It lost both meets it participated in during the year (Annapolis and Princeton). The meets consisted of the following events: 100 and 220 yard dashes; 440 and 880 yard runs; 1 and 2 mile runs; hammer throw; 16 lb shot put; broad jump; 120 and 220 yard hurdles; high jump; and finally the pole vault. The team photo is below. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, NYC, Sports)
The Ink Spot: 1922
... administration. Though many regard the former president of Princeton University as a liberal and forward thinker, he brought with him to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/27/2012 - 3:19pm -

Washington circa 1922. "Government Printing Office, restaurant on top floor." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. Mystery LineAnyone know what that is running through the loops that look like a long fishing pole on the right? Hummmm!No relation to the singing group, but what a great name for a restaurant at the GPO! Messenger CableThe upper line (with the loops) is a messenger cable. They are used to provide support for less robust cabling. These are probably telephone cables. Count ye columns while ye may. . .Amazing! Even in 1922 the Feds labeled every column in a room. I work in a federal building now and every column is numbered. The number is used for navigation for work on the mechanicals and for guiding lost guests. The "stuff" running through the loops appears to be an electrical line or it could be a phone line. Telephone cableThat's what's running through the loops. It's the same suspension method they used between poles outside. Curious that they used that indoors. Nowadays they would lay it in the trough that all the conduits use. Black and WhiteIt looks to be segregated. Black folks seem to be all on the right side of the room. Does anyone know the government's policy back then? I don't think the Army was integrated until after the second world war. Got that rightDoninva is absolutely correct about Wilson and the segregation of the Federal Civil Service. Its probably difficult for some folks to realize, but the Republicans were the party of racial justice (if not equality) up to and including the modern era. It was Eisenhower who sent up the first Civil Rights Act since Reconstruction, who sent troops into Little Rock to enforce integration, appointed Earl Warren to the Supreme Court that in turn caused the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education. One can see the evidence of Wilson's segregation in the photos that Dave puts up on Shorpy. Amazing. Separated at BrunchUntil 1913 there was some level of integration within the civil service. After a stream of Republicans in the White House, Woodrow Wilson, Democrat and native Virginian, at the urging of the Southern members of his cabinet, segregated the civil service upon taking office in 1913. The Southerners were appalled that a black man could be a supervisor of white men or, even more appallingly, of white women. Whether or not they ate at the same tables prior to 1913, segregation made a giant leap under Wilson's administration. Though many regard the former president of Princeton University as a liberal and forward thinker, he brought with him to the White House segregationist and racist baggage. (The Gallery, D.C., Eateries & Bars, Harris + Ewing)
Beam Me Up: 1940
... Floor, the Twilight Zone The branch of Bambergers in Princeton New Jersey that my family took me shopping at, in the mid 1960's, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2013 - 12:33pm -

1940. "L. Bamberger & Co., Newark, New Jersey. Quality Dress Salon. Interior view. Raymond Loewy Corp., architect." Eljay Photo Service. View full size. Quality Dress SalonWhile there's no date on this store directory, the reference to a "Status Jeans" department means it's probably not from any earlier than the late 1960's. It appears that the Quality Dress Salon is gone. The Bamberger's name disappeared in the 1980's when Macy's, which had owned the company for decades, decided to put its own name on the stores including the Newark flagship store shown here. Although the Newark store closed around 1990, the huge building still stands, though except on the ground floor it's used for offices and other non-retail uses. The Original Star TrekKirk, where can I get some 'a 'dem heaters? Another creditShoulders courtesy Joan Crawford. Next Floor, the Twilight ZoneThe branch of Bambergers in Princeton New Jersey that my family took me shopping at, in the mid 1960's, never had anything as luxe as this. The only locations where they placed a couch would have been in furniture sales. This display really makes me think of the Twilight Zone episode where the mannikins come to life after hours. ResemblesA small stage set for the merchandise. The customers could walk behind the 'set', perhaps to lounges? That would be an interesting way to provide them and avoid ugly signage. EljaySamuel Gottscho didn’t answer the phone when Raymond Loewy called on that particular day? Faux MarbleI like the marbleized paint job on the back of the mannequin's stage. (The Gallery, Stores & Markets)
Fuld House: 1944
... were to be what became the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. The IAS was, among other things, Einstein's employer. The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/07/2015 - 8:03pm -

August 30, 1944. "Felix Fuld Houses. Newark Housing Authority, 57 Sussex Avenue, Newark, New Jersey." Gottscho-Schleisner photo. View full size. 6 Degrees of Albert EinsteinFelix Fuld was Louis Bamberger's sister's husband. Together, they owned Bambergers, which was THE New Jersey department store. They all lived together on a large estate in South Orange NJ which was beautifully landscaped by the Olmsted firm. (If Shorpy ever runs out of Library Of Congress pictures, they'd do well to raid the National Park Service Olmsted archives.). Right before the market crash, Bambergers was sold to Macy's. The Bambergers and Fulds proceeded to give away gigantic sums of money. Originally, they wanted their estate to become a think tank of sorts, but were later convinced it would be better if it were to be what became the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. The IAS was, among other things, Einstein's employer. The Bamberger estate ended up as a Veterans hospital, and Bambergers in Newark is a server farm. Apt. Building 851Is this photo flipped/reversed? [evaD - .ylbissoP] Clever, Dave! LOL Me TooNoticed picture got flipped. Maybe someone saw the apartment number was backwards. Not flippedThe photo isn't flipped because the push panel on the top of the trashcan still says "PUSH" the right way round! [It was flipped, until we fixed it. Capisce? - Dave] Now a ParkTorn down to become Nat Turner Park. Demolished in 2007Article here. (The Gallery, Gottscho-Schleisner, Kids)
The Big Game: 1912
... 12th. (The Top 5 were Harvard, Wisconsin, Chicago, Princeton and Minnesota.) (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Sports) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/27/2012 - 1:19pm -

Washington, 1912. "Football. Georgetown-Carlisle game; Glenn Warner." (Not pictured: Five bare-chested rowdies with H-O-Y-A-S spelled out in lipstick across their ribs.) Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Public IndecencyRight smack in the middle of this photo sits a man without a hat. Has he no shame? I wonder if he was arrested for streaking. CarlisleThat would of course be the famous Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indians coached by Pop Warner and featuring the running back (and defensive back, punter, and placekicker) Jim Thorpe. Between 1911 and 1913, the team won 38 games and lost 3. I'm betting (because I can't find the result online) that Georgetown was one of the 38. Carlisle 34, Georgetown 20 (F)Soren Sorensen shows Carlisle defeating Georgetown 34-20 on October 26, 1912. Sorensen's rating system has Carlisle the 7th best team that year and Georgetown 12th. (The Top 5 were Harvard, Wisconsin, Chicago, Princeton and Minnesota.) (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Sports)
Freddie the Newsie: 1915
... went on to have a wonderful life after he graduated from Princeton in '34! See http://tinyurl.com/ywdhee ! The time frame ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/15/2008 - 3:22am -

May 1915. Sacramento, California. "Freddie Kafer, a very immature little newsie selling Saturday Evening Posts and newspapers at the entrance to the State Capitol. He did not know his age, nor much of anything else. He was said to be 5 or 6 years old. Nearby I found Jack, who said he was 8 years old, and who was carrying a bag full of Saturday Evening Posts, which weighed nearly half of his own weight. The bag weighed 24 pounds, and he weighed only 55. He carried this bag for several blocks to the [street]car. Said he was taking them home." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Freddie the NewsieLittle Freddie appears to be wearing a child-size version of carpenter's bib overalls. The slim vertical pocket is to hold a carpenter's flat pencil. I wonder how high these very young children could count. Probably they rarely if ever had to make change for a purchase. But they would have to trust an adult to settle their accounts and pay them their meager earnings. That Bagis almost as big as he. Possible good news about Freddie!If his obit is on this page, he went on to have a wonderful life after he graduated from Princeton in '34! See http://tinyurl.com/ywdhee ! The time frame works...if he turned 87 in Jan. of '98, he was born in 1911 and would have been 4 at the time of the picture...a little younger than Mr. Hine's estimated 5 or 6. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Picnic Shirts: 1966
... me with my five-year-old brother in front of the Princeton house wearing my (former) Picnic Shirt. In the background is my ... was a rental car. This would be our last full year in Princeton. Though it was built for us to be our permanent home, it is the house ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/08/2017 - 8:32pm -

My brother did not get a Picnic Shirt originally because he had been a toddler when they were made. Whether this photo was taken on Memorial Day, Labor Day, 4th of July, or just some summer weekend, I do not know. I only remember that it was a family gathering where my father’s relatives came to visit. Here you see twelve-year-old me with my five-year-old brother in front of the Princeton house wearing my (former) Picnic Shirt. In the background is my father, wearing his Picnic Shirt, talking to his brother-in-law Abe. The 1966 Dodge Polara in the driveway was not ours. My best guess is that it either belonged to one of the uncles, or was a rental car. This would be our last full year in Princeton. Though it was built for us to be our permanent home, it is the house we lived in the shortest: less than five years. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Five o'Clock Shadows: 1939
... of Listerine, but worked hard to make a name for himself. Princeton Magazine has a great article about him. (The Gallery, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/30/2019 - 10:33pm -

April 1939. "Miami Beach home of former Gillette Razor Blade Company president." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Those Palm TreesNeed a shave and a haircut. For two cents I would give them one. FSA subject matter?What was Wolcott trying to tell us with this photo? The FSA was created to assist poverty-stricken farmers and its photographers were tasked to document the lives of those who endured an impoverished rural lifestyle. Neither Miami Beach nor its residents would seem to qualify as subject matter. [The mandate of the FSA photography project, as distinct from the Farm Security Administration itself, evolved after the Dust Bowl years to include the documentation of American life in general, as well as Resettlement Administration activities. Three years after this, it became the Office of War Information photography project. - Dave] Sharp looking house!Bet a lot of cutting edge technology went into the construction. Gerard LambertHe was the son of the founder of Listerine, but worked hard to make a name for himself. Princeton Magazine has a great article about him. (The Gallery, Florida, M.P. Wolcott, Miami)
Suburban Dreams: Winter 1963
We moved into the new house at 85 Leabrook Lane, Princeton, NJ, on July 30, 1962. After we moved in a lawn was planted and the ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/06/2013 - 7:06pm -

We moved into the new house at 85 Leabrook Lane, Princeton, NJ, on July 30, 1962. After we moved in a lawn was planted and the street paved. I watched with fascination as they completed both those tasks. You can also see the completed chimney and the electric line to the house. Being one of the first houses in a neighborhood gave me lots of chances to see and hear how homes were built, and lots of dirt piles to play in and house frames to use as my personal monkey bars. I am quite sure if any adults really knew what I did and where I climbed after the workmen went home they would have been horrified. But I never got any injury more serious than a splinter in all my shimmying up and down the wooden beams of the houses that came after ours. I am the eight-year-old girl in the winter coat. My mother is the adult closest to me and her sister next to her. My one-year-old brother's stroller is on the driveway. On the front step is a milk box; the man who delivered milk and eggs to it also left me a stick of Juicy Fruit gum every day. My father took the picture. View full size. Added OntoI looked on Google Streetview, and I see they've built a one-story addition on the right side. Does anyone from your family live there today? 85 Leabrook Lane TodayNo. We lived there the shortest time of any of our homes. We moved away in the summer of 1967. A few of the original home owners still lived on the street the last time I visited it in August 2012. Several others had stayed there for the rest of their lives, gotten old, and died. I believe that addition (which is another room beyond the original formal living room) was added in the 1990's. The front steps are also entirely different. We had slate steps with fossils of ferns in them. They were gorgeous. People used to knock on the door and ask to buy our steps. I am guessing some later homeowner either took the fossils with them when they moved, or somebody finally sold the stones, because the front steps on the house now are entirely new. No fossils. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
TV and Me: 1955
... RCA TVs because my father worked at RCA Laboratories, in Princeton New Jersey, where he was involved in the development of color ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 02/17/2018 - 12:32pm -

In a previous picture I mentioned our family TV. But in that picture, the doors to it were closed, making it into a piece of blonde wood, mid-century modern furniture. It was a 1951 model RCA Kendall 17T174. We only had RCA TVs because my father worked at RCA Laboratories, in Princeton New Jersey, where he was involved in the development of color television. His slippers are on the floor behind me. To the right of them is a wheeled piece of blonde wood furniture that my mother called a tea wagon. Behind them all is a closer look at the very fifties fabric of the curtains my mother sewed for that living room. View full size. Curtain MysteryYour observations give me another theory. Those curtains ran the whole length of that room. There is a wall (the white "object" you are seeing) a floor to ceiling window, and a door behind them. You are absolutely right that the curtains of the linked picture bulge. If either the window, or door were open, the curtains could be blowing from a breeze. A theory re: drapesPutting this photo together with the one you link to (Naptime for Daddy: 1957), I think I can see what the deal is with the drapes and the chair in that shot of your father sleeping on the floor. Judging by the sloping down and bulging out of the drapes, it seems the drapes have been pulled around an object that is between them and the window, perhaps to provide a better and less distracting backdrop for sleeping dad. Maybe it's the tea wagon being covered up? Whatever the mystery object is, it's sitting on a white pad that can be seen peeking out from under the drapes in that later shot. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Picnic Shirts: 1963
... There were basically two groups of people who lived in Princeton, New Jersey during the 1960s: people connected to the University and ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/08/2017 - 8:33pm -

There were basically two groups of people who lived in Princeton, New Jersey during the 1960s: people connected to the University and related educational companies, and RCA kids. My father worked at RCA’s David Sarnoff Research Center on Route 1, so I was an RCA kid. Every spring RCA rented carnival rides and brought over acts from NBC (RCA owned that network) for an event called The RCA Picnic. All the RCA kids got to go, and the University kids did not. (Of course we RCA kids made sure they felt terrible about what they were missing.) For the 1963 event my mother made us matching plaid shirts, which we also wore to have a family picture taken on the front steps of our new “forever” home. Matching plaid shirtsI can't get over how your mom made three shirts specifically for a single event, the picnic. I wonder if there's any mother today who would or could still perform such a task, something that would be a small domestic miracle. Also, I'm delighted to see the reflection of the back of Arlene's head in the glass of the front door. In a previous thread, in response to various questions by my wife and me, you used the phrase "1950's poodles" with regard to her hair. The reflection bears out those words. Big Deal PicnicCalling the RCA Picnic a single day event doesn't quite grasp the significance of the day. In addition to being a large party, this was a chance for all of the executives and employees of the Laboratories to show off their families to the people they spent 300 days a year with. Everyone dressed up for it (in a casual way--not ball gowns, but not old jeans either). More than what kind of car you drove, the look of each family had a status element. Each family tried to impress. Though the shirts were made to be debuted at the RCA Picnic, we also wore them as regular shirts for years after that. I suspect this picture was taken when some relative came to see our new house, not on picnic day. My mother made almost all of her clothes, and most of mine in this era. And she made many matching sets including a set of three identical red dresses--one for her, one for me, and one for my Barbie doll. It was her creative joy, not a domestic chore for her. She loved to design clothes and sew. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Beat It: 1963
A third look at our 1962 Princeton, New Jersey kitchen. This time, instead of bathing my brother, my ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 01/05/2018 - 7:32pm -

A third look at our 1962 Princeton, New Jersey kitchen. This time, instead of bathing my brother, my mother is baking a cake, and in family tradition, my brother gets to lick the beaters. But he seems to have gotten more cake dough on his face than in his mouth, which is probably why my mother went and got the camera. In the foreground is the Caloric gas range and a Sunbeam Mixmaster electric mixer. Every mid-century house had one of those. You can see the knotty pine finish of the cabinets behind my brother. And in the background is the space-age Caloric oven. What I liked best about the oven was that it was exactly the same model as in the Petrie kitchen on the Dick Van Dyke show set, (which was built in 1961). Laura's CaloricLaura Petrie's Caloric range from the Dick Van Dyke Show. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
A Great Hiding Place: 1962
... of the Levittown era of my childhood. Our next home in Princeton, New Jersey was being built for us by this time. Since one of my ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 08/25/2017 - 7:33pm -

Eight-year-old me clutches my one-year-old brother in the space above the giant fireplace of our Dogwood Drive Levittown home. How I got up there is simple. I climbed using a combination of a kitchen step stool and those shelves you see below me. How I got my baby brother up there was probably my parents’ worst nightmare. My best guess is that I stood on the step stool and put him there before I climbed up. The dark angle you see above my head is not a room corner. This shelf was open air on both sides. My mother had the ceiling of the white kitchen painted bright red. That is the edge of the kitchen ceiling paint transitioning to the white of the living room ceiling. The kitchen/living room wall is across the right center of the frame. This was at the very end of the Levittown era of my childhood. Our next home in Princeton, New Jersey was being built for us by this time. Since one of my parents took the picture, they clearly found out what I had done. I suspect they found out after I had done it, not before. I was not punished in any way, but they might have suggested that I play up by the ceiling myself, and leave my living doll brother for more floor-based hiding places and games. That's great!Love seeing slices of life from Levittown homes. What a cutie. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Suburban Dreams: Spring 1962
... a builder to create their dream home at 85 Leabrook Lane, Princeton, New Jersey. As it was getting close to completion, we drove over ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/06/2013 - 9:56pm -

With the birth of my brother in June 1961, the one bathroom, three bedroom mini ranch house in Levittown, Pennsylvania became too small. So my parents hired a builder to create their dream home at 85 Leabrook Lane, Princeton, New Jersey. As it was getting close to completion, we drove over each weekend to see how it was taking shape. My father took this photo as workers were starting on the chimney; the square pipes in the front yard will become its inner walls. At this time there was no Leabrook Lane in front of it yet; there was just a dirt path for the construction trucks. There was also no electricity, but the basic house was complete. It just needed things like drywall, a front door, bathroom and kitchen fixtures and, of course, the electric company to come and put in a few more power poles. Based on the full leaves on the trees in the back yard, I am guessing this is May 1962. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Bathtime For Baby: 1962
Our Princeton, New Jersey house was built for us in the spring of 1962. On the ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 01/05/2018 - 7:32pm -

Our Princeton, New Jersey house was built for us in the spring of 1962. On the weekends we made trips to see the progress of the build (seen here) and finally moved into it on July 30, 1962. As in our Levittown house, my brother was bathed in the kitchen sink. (You have to get down on your hands and knees to wash a baby in a bath tub. It is much nicer to be able to stand up for that task.) Here he sits, in a towel, ready for that bath. The kitchen was decorated in pseudo-rustic farmhouse style. It was yellow with brown fixtures. You can see the front panel of the brown dish washer at lower left. The kitchen cabinets were knotty pine with brass faux-hammered handles. My mother made window shades from a yellow chicken-and-nest fabric with a brown pom-pom border on the bottom. My mother loved home decorating as much as she loved designing and making clothes. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Space-Age Kitchen: 1963
A second look at the 1962 kitchen of our Princeton, New Jersey house, featuring the chicken-and-nest window shades my ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 01/05/2018 - 7:32pm -

A second look at the 1962 kitchen of our Princeton, New Jersey house, featuring the chicken-and-nest window shades my mother made for it, a Caloric gas range and hood, pseudo-rustic knotty pine cabinets, a Sunbeam mixer, and my brother, sitting on the Formica counter, licking cake batter off the mixer beaters. My mother was the photographer and she seems to be documenting her home decor as much as photographing my brother. The reason I think that is another shot from minutes earlier does not have the shade pulled down. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Sewing Room: 1963
... mother’s sister Harriet came to visit our new house in Princeton, New Jersey and took a whole roll of 35mm film featuring our family ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 11/24/2017 - 7:17pm -

My mother’s sister Harriet came to visit our new house in Princeton, New Jersey and took a whole roll of 35mm film featuring our family and the new rooms we had. In this portrait of the sewing room my mother placed me in front of her to show off the jumper and blouse she had designed and made. The strange looking pocket on it was apparently a concession to my taste. I liked having pockets, so she knew that if she designed outfits with big pockets I would wear them. The jumper was tan velveteen and it looks like there were dinosaurs on the shirt. On her lapel is a gold-tone scatter pin that I loved. I do not remember if it was a cat or mouse, but it had a jointed tail that hung down and would swing. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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