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Rural Pacification: 1941
... me laugh. Parents never change and neither do babies! Side Buckle The way the fella is wearing his belt is interesting. You'd see more ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/04/2018 - 12:28am -

May 1941. "Farm worker with his wife and their twin babies at the FSA migratory labor camp mobile unit. Wilder, Idaho." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Semi digitalBoy they look young, with a very nice hand-me-down pram. Looks like our young mother is missing a digit. Farming accident? [You are mistaken (see below). Fingers bend! - Dave] Gave me a chuckleSeeing Dave's comment "pacification" I couldn't see the connection of parents and a baby carriage to pacification, then I saw the pacifiers. Ha! Next thought, does Dave lay awake at night thinking up these witty wisdoms or do they just come naturally? In either case, thanks for the extra enjoyment. [Rural Pacification comes from the Vietnam War. - Dave] The happy familyDad seems a little overwhelmed, or maybe unsure about being photographed, but Momma's expression of pride and love is unmistakable. I hope they prospered. Maybe later, Dad will get to enjoy a Grain Belt beer. That SmirkThe smirk on Mom's face and her hand nudging the squinting twin into facing the camera make me laugh. Parents never change and neither do babies! Side BuckleThe way the fella is wearing his belt is interesting. You'd see more of that style of wearing the belt with the greasers/rockabilly guys in a few years from when this photo taken. [Actually the side buckle was a staple of 1930s men's fashion. - Dave] The wearing of the buckleI wore my belt buckle off to one side in the '60s. I didn't want to scratch the paint on the fender of my car when working on it, which was a constant thing. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Kids, Russell Lee)
Crackerbox: 1940
... Home Sweet Home Home is where the Heart is. Buckle alignment It appears that the man, reflected in the mirror, has his belt buckle aligned on his side rather than in front above the zipper. What gives. [It means he was ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/11/2009 - 11:00pm -

January 1940. "Family living in a 'crackerbox' slum tenement in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Geeze...I'm now thoroughly depressed. Can we please get back to those nice scantily clad swimsuit models now? Why be depressed?Hey - at least this was the exception, in the US. "By 1965, 38% of houses in Glasgow had no fixed toilet or shower. "By 1985, 5% of households still did not have a bath or shower." - Glasgow People's Palace (museum) TightAnd I thought those camping trailers were small. ReflectionsThe people reflected in the mirror don't seem like they are very close to being down and out, although looks can be deceiving. At least they seem to have retained their dignity. And what the heck is a "crackerbox slum tenement" anyway? I lived not far from Beaver Falls, at the little river town of Beaver on the north bank of the Ohio, back in the summer of 1956. It was one of the nicest little towns I've ever lived in, although you had to go across the Beaver River on the bridge to Rochester to buy a beer or see a movie. Pillow TalkI remember those embroidered pillowcases. I bet Dad usually woke up with the word "Dad" imprinted on his forehead. A poignant pictureDespite the family's desperate situation there are clues of a happy life framed in this shot. They are safe and warm from the snow storm seen through the window. Their child's dolls are nearby. On the dresser is a treasured portrait of a smiling young couple who are obviously in love. Despite the conditions they find themselves, the mirror reveals them smiling as they look over toward their child in the crib. This is a loving family that will survive their circumstances. [Revised clue: The kid's on the bed, not in the crib. - Dave] Door to where?I'm curious about the door behind the bed. It's latched and nailed shut. The BabyI didn't realize that was a baby until I looked at the photo full sized. The guardian angel on the crib made me choke up. The DoorThis might have been a room for rent. Luz artificial.Por la traza de las sombras se aprecia que la luz procede de un punto interior de la habitación. Probablemente de un foco eléctrico o un flash, quizás de magnesio. La luz natural disponible en el interior, seguramente, habría reflejado una imagen más sombría y aún más deprimente. The DresserThe finial over the mirror is missing. I bought a similar dresser at a yard sale years ago. The top part kept falling off. The lamp on the dresserThese people owned a very nice "collectible of the future" -- an early 20th century Heintz Art Metal lamp, made by Otto Heintz of Buffalo, of dark bronze with sterling onlays. These are very sought after by collectors of Craftsman style furnishings, and nowadays usually sell for several hundred dollars, unless some eager beaver has polished the bronze. Below is a similar lamp. Famous BeaveriteJoe Willie Namath was born there in 1943! Jim and Della - revisitedSomething of this photo reminds me of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi". Here we have Jim and Della, some years later, though bereft of their treasures, still the hopeful parents of innocent babes, and still rich in the love they share for each other... "And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi." Ansel Adams had the Zone System... I'm working on the points system. First I points it here, and then I points it there... Wake up!That is one limp-looking baby. At first I thought it was a big doll. NeighborsThe door likely led to another apartment. A lot of houses were subdivided later into apartments and rather than removing the old doorway, the landlord simply nailed it shut. I used to live in single family home converted into a duplex and a good many once-useful doors to the other half of the house were latched/nailed/boarded shut. My Aching BackYou know that sleeping on that mattress had to be utter torture. Home Sweet HomeHome is where the Heart is. Buckle alignmentIt appears that the man, reflected in the mirror, has his belt buckle aligned on his side rather than in front above the zipper. What gives. [It means he was a former hipster. - Dave] Belt BuckleMy Gramps wore his that way until he died a few years back. My grandmother says it was cool in the 30's. He couldn't let that fad go; maybe he was waiting for it to come back in style. Belt buckle bass playersI am a professional classical musician and have noticed that string bass players shift their belt buckles to the side, in order to avoid scratching the finish on the wood in proximity to their bodies. They may or may not be doing that to be "hip". But it works. MomI guess she's the one taking the shot. I love her little handbag behind the dresser lamp. And the "Dad" pillowcase. Pennies from heavenThis photo is so sweet. I love the little details like the scissors hanging from the dresser, the photo of the happy couple and the purse on the dresser. The detail on the lamp is pretty wonderful too. The baby seems pretty blissful to me. Oh and the "Dad" embroidered on the pillowcase. (The Gallery, Jack Delano)
Port O Call: 1940
... (remember them) would wear their belt buckles on the side to prevent scratching a car as they leaned over it while washing the windshield. The Sideways Belt Buckle! Great photo! Some guitar players still wear belts that way, so ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/15/2012 - 9:28am -

August 1940. "Souvenir shop, Provincetown, Massachusetts." 35mm negative by Edwin Rosskam for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. QuirkOdd way for someone to wear his belt. Was this common back then? [It was the style of the day. - Dave] Time Travel Hunting & GatheringI'd love to have that shiny modernist pitcher (whatever it reflects) for sale in my showcase at the antique mall right now, along with several other of the Port O' Call's then-humble souvenirs: the pair of stylized horses, the frosted-glass art moderne Jesus(?), and, in the left window, the crystal ball. They'd make a composition of distinction, even if they didn't sell right away. How much is that pitcher in the window?It appears that the camera caught the young gentleman right after lighting his pipe and letting out a puff of tobacco smoke. More interesting, is the shiny pitcher in the window three shelves up. I zoomed in as close as possible to use the reflection in it as we did the Christmas tree ornaments. Across the street, it seems to split into two roads, with a building in the center. Alternatively, perhaps a stone wall to shelter a large home with large black metal gates in the center. I'm wondering if anyone has a magic program for closer inspection. And yes, I do have better things to do, but sometimes Shorpy can be addicting. [From the full-size LOC tiff.] In a hurryThis is exactly the kind of bric-a-brac store that I would walk quickly past and pretend I did not see, if I were on vacation with my wife. The beltYes, style of the day. Auto mechanics and gas station attendants (remember them) would wear their belt buckles on the side to prevent scratching a car as they leaned over it while washing the windshield. The Sideways Belt Buckle!Great photo! Some guitar players still wear belts that way, so the buckle won't scrape against the backside of a nice guitar. You'll see used guitars sold that are in great shape except for "slight belt-buckle rash" on the back. --Jim Currently for sale79 Commercial Street is currently for sale for $1,795,000. Other than that the front of this building still looks the same, minus the pitcher & bric-a-brac. Ponte Vecchio of the CapeAs lindbergh previously noted, not much has changed after 72 years. The following description, from 1919, portrays a Commercial Street hardly different than today. Motor Travel, 1919. Over the Highways to Windmill Land. A Trip to Old Cape Cod. Florence M. Pettee. … The one street, as narrow as those of Venice, is edged with quaint houses, closely huddled, between which curious boats poke their interested noses. Hotel and humble fisher-cottage jostle pier and fruit-stand. This commercial street is the Ponte Vecchio of the Cape with its ever-present souvenir shops and food-purveyors. The running-boards nearly scratch the sidewalks, and passing another car has to be charted in advance. Wary pedestrians dodge hither and yon. Still all the rage (for at least one)"Odd way for someone to wear his belt." (Hawk777) My father, born in 1936, grew up on Long Island. Doing the math, he was 15 in 1951 and is now 75. To this day, he still wears his belt with the buckle approximately 45º to port. When I asked about it when I was a kid (born in '62), he replied that when he was in his teens and 20s it was the style in the New York area, mostly for young single guys he thought. He liked it and never dropped it. BeltbuckleMy husband still wears his belt like this. The belt, the pitcher, and other thingsFirst, the belt -- very cool look in those days, but also practical. Back in the 1970s, my husband also wore his buckle to the side because he was both an auto mechanic and a bass guitar player. So there. I love the pitcher -- in fact, I love lots of things in the window -- but most of all, I think, I love the Don Quixote figurine thing in the extreme upper left window. Ceramic maybe? -- can't tell -- but I wish I could hold it in my hands right now. (The Gallery, Edwin Rosskam, Stores & Markets)
Boys and Girls: 1941
... date. Brokeback Mountin' ? Note also the belt buckle moved to the left. This was common in that era, I am told. [How ... my understanding that belt buckles could be worn to the side for a couple of reasons. For musicians, it's so they don't scratch the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 9:29pm -

July 1941. "Boys and girls. Caldwell, Idaho." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. I see the makings here of a double date. Brokeback Mountin' ?Note also the belt buckle moved to the left. This was common in that era, I am told. [How fashion-forward. My own theory is that Ballcap is hauling his buddy around piggyback, maybe practicing for the Fourth of July picnic. Or it could be that his friend is just really, really clingy. - Dave] From Caldwell to EternityThese two high school boys likely either enlisted or were drafted into the military after December 7, 1941. I hope they survived. The girl in the mismatched outfit (stripes and plaid together?) seems to be thinking, "Gee, I wish he would hold me like that." That black boxWhat is that? A radio? A small lunchbox maybe? [It's a Kodak Brownie camera. - Dave] Boys & Girls"He's Just Not That Into You," circa 1941. What, no Onion?"So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time" - Grandpa Simpson Belts, BanksI used to wear my belt buckle a loop or two to the left as a schoolkid in the early 1960s. I like the bank's hours. Closing at 3 p.m. weekdays and noon on Saturdays. Boy, they really had us in those days. That place must have been packed on Saturday mornings! The BoysThose boys have to be brothers, right? Look at their eyes and noses. [And ears. Shaped the same. Attention citizens (especially eightysomethings) of Caldwell, Idaho: Who are these people? - Dave] Signs reflected in the windowThis is a wonderful photo; it captures a reality far from the experience of my family, and yet endearing and easy to imagine. I particularly like the expression on the face of the "huggee." The stores across the street, reflected in the bank's windows, include: * George's Shoes * ??eurer's Cash Store * No?????? & Sons (?) [Meurer's Cash Store. Fascinating! - Dave] Well...You have to admit that's one way to stay out of the Army. Kodak BrownieHey, I have one of those cameras. Great StudyI love the way each pair has a more "serious" member -- the boy hugging the other boy, while ostensibly "goofing around," seems to be looking quite intently at the cute girl holding the camera, who is also the more "serious" of her pair, with her girlfriend looking very diffident with her thumb to mouth gesture. I can easily see a double-date with this quartet, in which plaid skirt girl and cap-boy are awkward and embarrassed, and camera girl and hugger-boy end up going steady, getting engaged and? [I see three possible pairings here. - Dave] Belt buckle to the leftIt's my understanding that belt buckles could be worn to the side for a couple of reasons. For musicians, it's so they don't scratch the backs of their guitars; for guys working on their hot rods, it's to keep the paint on the car from getting scratched if you're bending over to work under the hood. So an old musician/hot rodder/rockabilly boyfriend told me... I love the repetition of all of the stripes, from her shirt, the columns and the reflected awnings, mixed with the squares, like the bricks, plaid skirts, windows and paneling. Brothers?If this is the way "just friends"--or even brothers--interacted in the 1940's, I'm all for bringing back the good old days. Banking HoursSomething in defense of the bank workers in those days: My mother worked at a bank in the Netherlands in those days: after 3 p.m. there was a lot of work to do: All the accounting was done by hand. And on Saturday: if there was one penny of difference between debt and credit sides, they had to work in overtime until the difference was found (1 penny difference could have been caused by the difference of 2 bigger amounts), and the overtime was not paid to the workers! Buckles and BrowniesI remember the older boys with their belt buckles to the side like that. It meant they were "cool." Still have my Brownie camera like that, and the box for it. I haven't seen 620 film for it on sale for decades. It has two viewing windows, the one on top as seen in the picture is for vertical pictures. Another is on the side for horizontal ones. No flash, only one button to take the picture, and a little crank to advance the film. No wonder they were only about $3. But they worked well and were sturdy enough that Mom let me take ours to school sometimes. "You break it and your dad will tan your hide!" Side buckledIn the early 60s I wore my belt buckled at the side after seeing West Side Story, like the guys in the film. I think this is a great photo, very nostalgic, and it would be nice to think that all four of these people were still around. (Nicer still to think that they paired off.) (The Gallery, Bizarre, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
The Polesters: 1928
... like he has no safety belt or harness on the pole. Buckle Up ... Or Out Is the man on the pole wearing his belt buckle off to the side for safety reasons? Memories I used to know my pair colours and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 10:53am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Chesapeake & Potomac telephone school, Georgia Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Safety harness, schmafety harnessJust free climb up the pole, throw a leg over the ladder peg, and go about your business. Oh, and do it in a necktie. One ringy dingyIn our next lesson we turn on the fan to hurricane force and ask where you left your safety harness. Calling Mr. HaneyThe picture reminds me of Oliver Douglas climbing the pole in "Green Acres," except that Oliver was even better-dressed. Dressed For SuccessMy cable guy never wears a shirt and tie! Top StudentMy parents definitely sent me to the wrong school. I would have been a much happier student climbing poles than trying to sit at a desk all day. Blue orange green brownAnd keep those pairs twisted! Leg wrap holdWonder if they used this technique or taught it in recent years. It sure looks like he has no safety belt or harness on the pole. Buckle Up ... Or OutIs the man on the pole wearing his belt buckle off to the side for safety reasons? MemoriesI used to know my pair colours and binder groups colours by heart! SpikesI don't know how long it's been since I saw a telephone pole with spikes for climbing like that. These days you're more likely to see a man up in a bucket truck or occasionally with the spurs that attach to your boots and a belt. (Technology, The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
Tiburon Tommie's: 1969
... nostalgic memories of older Marinites. This is the bay side of the building, which itself no longer exists. Existing was something ... yes? - Dave] Fashion Fad Wearing the belt buckle off center must have been some sort of fashion statement at the time ;) ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 06/14/2015 - 4:39pm -

No, Tommie's not the guy with the anchor up ... well, with the anchor. That's me. Tiburon is a Marin County town on San Francisco Bay, and Tiburon Tommie's was a Chinese restaurant with a decor and cocktail selection that today would be called Tiki. Opened about 1955 by Tommie Cox and former Trader Vic's employee Johnnie Won, it closed around 1997 and today exists only in the warm nostalgic memories of older Marinites. This is the bay side of the building, which itself no longer exists. Existing was something that I didn't know this slide did until a couple days ago, when my friend who took it in 1969 and I were rooting around the spare room of his house and found a bunch of slides he'd forgotten about. This one's a 126 Ektachrome taken with a Kodak Instamatic. I recognized those aluminum sticks in the lower right corner as legs of my tripod, so I must have been taking Super-8 movies that day. View full size. I just happened to be in Tiburon this morningAnd found your is anchor still there. All the buildings in the background have indeed had major makeovers since 1969, but the anchor must have been to unwieldy to move. It sits a new base, and is ever-so-slightly turned on its axis, but otherwise it's the same. Curiously, the telephone pole at left seems to have also survived the decades unscathed. [Excellent, but the dog... where's the dog? The Tiburon Tommie's building was demolished in 2000, I find. -tterrace] Arfchival?That Ektachrome has held up well. You must have stored it properly. [Storage was haphazard, I'm afraid. When found it was covered with dust and musty-smelling. It had also been overexposed originally. What you see here is the result of physical and digital reclamation/restoration. -tterrace] ["Arfchival" would refer to the K9 process, yes? - Dave] Fashion FadWearing the belt buckle off center must have been some sort of fashion statement at the time ;) [If so, I was unaware of it. Mere sloppiness or inattention on my part, no doubt. -tterrace] Least dated image on ShorpyApart from the colour cast of the film, there's nothing I can see in this photo that says that wasn't taken yesterday (change of urban landscape notwithstanding!) Even the colour could be someone using a filter in Instagram! Airedale!Whose Airedale Terrier was that?!! Wonderful nostalgiaThis is a wonderful photo; you are so lucky to have discovered it! In 1969, I had just graduated college across the continent in NY (I'm 67), and dressed very much the same way you are in your photo. Wearing the belt buckle "off center" was very much in vogue here at that time. Two reasons: if you wore your shirt tucked in with the buckle exposed, you ran the risk of scratching someone's car as you leaned over the hood to admire the engine, and if you wore your shirt outside, keeping the buckle to the side made you look just a tad thinner, and you certainly wanted the ladies to think you were slim and trim. I too have a collection of old slides gathering dust in the attic (including hundreds from the '64-'65 NY World's fair), and you have just inspired me to get up there and find them. Happy Memories! Turquoise Tommie's?I remember Tiburon Tommie's well - though only went there once. Today there is no beach there - it is all decks for the various overpriced restaurants. Anyone who hasn't been to Tiburon should be told that San Francisco is the big feature of the view to the right in this photo. One thing about the color - the turquoise in the building roof trim (also on the street side) was bright and striking - one of the most memorable things about the place - so the faded glory in the image is the poor color retention, at least in the blue range. The reds looks great! Belt buckle Wearing the belt buckle off-center may or may not have been a fashion trend at the time, but guitar players did it all the time to keep from it scratching the back of the guitar. In most of the 1960's Monkees episodes, Peter Tork wore his off center because he was so proud of the new guitar Gretsch donated for the show for his use and he didn't want to hurt it. source: DVD commentaries. Same year I moved to TiburonThanks for posting this one, tterrace. June 1969 (exactly 46 years ago) was when my family moved us from the foggy climate of Daly City to sun-swept Tiburon. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. I was 18 that year and spent a lot of time on Main Street, including a few underage evenings in Tiburon Tommie's. More importantly, I also got a part time job working for Tom Nell Photography, located about five doors down Main Street from Tommie's. Tom was my entree to studio portraiture, artificial light photography, and lots of darkroom time. I partly grew up in BelvedereI graduated from high school in 1996, that tiki restaurant was never open that I can remember, for all the years while I was there. We went to Sam's a lot. I used to walk past it and look though. A friend of the family owned the little shop right across the street next to that Ark Row parking lot entrance. -tterraceMay I have the "SKIP" key for this clip? Thank you. [It's under the mat. -Dave] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, tterrapix)
Choking the Chicken: 1943
... flop briefly then bleed out cleanly. Tomatoes on the side Tomato plants in the background are bearing nicely. Except for the ... theme. Dressed for the occasion He wears his belt buckle to the side so it won't catch on the feathers. [Buckling to the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/05/2015 - 6:43pm -

August 1943. "Middle River, Md. Farm Security Administration housing for Glenn L. Martin aircraft plant workers" is the general caption for this group of photos by John Collier. Unfortunately there are no specifics as to what exactly is going on here. Comments now open for alternate-title suggestions. View full size. Rejectedbecause it's just so obvious - "Choking the Chicken" [Since this does indeed seem to be a chicken (of the Barred Rock variety), we are changing the title from "Trussing the Turkey" forthwith. - Dave] Well --What would you do if your turkey got wet? It's what's for dinnerIt looks to me like they are having pheasant for dinner. Or maybe it's a game hen. Bad Day at Barred RockIt appears to me that the gentleman is using a commonly used method to dispatch his Barred Rock hen - secure the feet to a clothesline to immobilize the bird then either slit the throat or cut the head off. The bird will flop briefly then bleed out cleanly. Tomatoes on the sideTomato plants in the background are bearing nicely. Except for the trailers, this could be my Grandmother’s West Virginia back yard in the 1930s-40s. Loser, Winner, Chicken DinnerThe days when "fresh" was not signage over an aisle of the grocery store. Any trailer aficionados?My guess is they are Curtis, but it is just a guess based on the aircraft factory theme. Dressed for the occasionHe wears his belt buckle to the side so it won't catch on the feathers. [Buckling to the side was evidently a thing back in the 1930s and '40s -- See 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. - Dave] Fashion Follows FormMy dad always wore his buckle to the side, and explained to me that he wore it that way so as not to scratch the fender when working on his car. (fenders were big obstacles to engine access in the 30's and 40's) So; to paraphrase jimboylan's comment below - which inspired mine - "Dad wore his belt buckle to the side so it wouldn't scratch the fenders."(!) Standard operating procedureHe isn't "choking" the chicken, he is in process of cutting its head off! This was a standard way of butchering chickens in the South while I was growing up. I can recall many times that my mother butchered a half dozen chickens by tying their feet together, hanging them from the clothesline, taking their heads off with a very sharp butcher knife, and running like hell to keep from getting spattered with the blood that flew around while the chicken flapped as it bled out. Basically it was/is a very clean way of butchering chickens, as they bleed out quickly. Twist-OffMy mother used to tell me of a slightly more gruesome method her mother (Grandma) had of just picking up the chicken by the head and spinning it around a couple of times until the head twisted off. Of course the chicken would run around a bit without its head. This story terrified me as a kid. More on Buckle PlacementBuckle to the side keeps him from scratching the back of his guitar while playing in local rockabilly band. Buckles to the sideMy contemporaries and I in our pre-teen and early teen years were wearing our buckles this way, especially for what we called "garrison belts", in the 1950s. This for some of the same reasons cited, but we thought it was just being "cool", like rolling up the bottom of our dungarees six inches. Mom always bought 'em too long so we could grow into them. Pumping gasBack in the 50's I had a part time job at a Marathon gas station and the boss made me wear my belt on the side or tuck a shop rag over it to eliminate scratches on customer cars when checking oil or cleaning windshields. Yeah,,,,we really did that folks! Killing the ChickenOne of the most interesting things my brother and I were privileged to behold when we spent a few weeks with Grandma in small-town Southern Illinois in the late 1950's, was the killing of chickens in precisely this way. The lady across the street raised chickens in her back yard and about once a week would dispatch a fair number of them all at once, probably to sell. She would tie up about 3 hens per bunch and then hang up 4 or 5 bunches on her clothes line. Then she would take a big knife, grab the heads and cut them off. We were very impressed since we lived in a medium-sized town in Michigan where no such thing could be imagined. Chickens for us were wrapped in plastic - nice and neat. This picture brought back a wonderful memory. What's the matter with me? Were these the good old daysAs mentioned by PopCollector I have often seen my Mother kill a chicken by wringing its neck and letting it flop on the ground to bleed out. In the 40's ( maybe early 50's ) our local grocery store bought live chickens from local farmers. The store would truss the chickens up by their feet and have them hanging upside down on a rack in the storeroom. A customer could go back to the storeroom and pick out a chicken to take home where the chicken would be dispatched, dipped in very hot water, plucked, gutted, dismembered, and cooked. Mom could sure cook up some good fried chicken but I sure wouldn't want to go that route myself. Give me something already cut up in a plastic wrap to cook. Killing humanelyFried chicken on the dinner table requires several preliminary steps. Hanging the chicken upside down calms it considerably before the incision as blood rushes to its head, and allows it to bleed out as quickly as possible. In the hands of a skilled butcher the death of the chicken is humane because it is virtually instantaneous. No Irony HereI like tommydo's sense of humor, but those are not Curtiss trailers. Each one is a 1941 Silvermoon Model 7000 (later Model 70) made by the Alma Trailer Company in Alma, Michigan. Their color was olive drab green and gray, and both the two and the four-person versions rented for $6.50 a week The company started in 1930 when two brothers and an engineer built a hunting trailer for themselves, which attracted the attention of other hunters. Soon after a company was formed and they became busy enough to move into an abandoned Republic Truck factory. When an investor gained a majority of the stock in 1937, the original three left and started the Redman Trailer Company (named after the two brothers). They called their competing product the New Moon, and they set up shop directly across the street in an old Libby's pickle canning plant. Sales took off when they began offering a trailer that was significantly longer than others in the market. Both Alma and Redman (along with others) supplied the Farm Services Administration with housing (Silvermoons and New Moons, respectively) during the military build-up before the United States entered WWII. Redman also supplied military trailers and hospital units during the war. By 1944 the Redman Company had completed their war contracts and were being allowed to once again build and sell a few of their trailers—but only to workers engaged in the war effort. After the war both companies experienced a sales boom, with Alma Trailer Company peaking a few years later. In 1952 Alma began to lose money and continued to do so until production ceased around 1960, while Redman went on to greater fame and fortune by switching from trailers to mobile homes. In 1953 The Long, Long Trailer hit the big screen and became MGM's biggest comedy up to that time, while the New Moon Mobile Home featured in the movie became a best seller. Now headquartered in Dallas and known as Redman Homes, they are the second largest builder of manufactured housing in the country. (The Gallery, John Collier)
Navy Man: 1942
... have been the late 80s/early 90s. Same looking leather, buckle, everything, and it was used aboard ship to support carrying heavy ... talking about having a safety belt that attached to either side of the hatch. I think if you look close enough, you can see D-rings on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/22/2012 - 12:47pm -

August 1942. Corpus Christi, Texas. "After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information. Where can I get a back belt like that?Now THAT'S a supportive back belt he's wearing. A belt like that could turn any of us into Superman. Consolidated PBYI'm going to go out on a limb here and surmise that J.D. is holding a .30 MG that goes in the the big blue Consolidated PBY patrol plane behind him. Back BeltMy long-ago boyfriend was a Navy reserve signalman, and he had a belt similar to the one in the picture. This would have been the late 80s/early 90s. Same looking leather, buckle, everything, and it was used aboard ship to support carrying heavy loads. I'd check around some Army-Navy surplus stores or similar online--bet they're available someplace like that. 1919That's most likely a Browning M1919 caliber .30-06 machinegun. Can't quite make out the data plate on the mount. BeltsMy father served as Radio/Radar/Waist Hatch Gunner on a Martin PBM patrol plane from '42-'46. I can remember him talking about having a safety belt that attached to either side of the hatch. I think if you look close enough, you can see D-rings on the side that would have been used for this purpose. [Both J.D. and Jesse Rhodes Waller, ordnance mates at Corpus Christi who spent their day lifting heavy equipment into planes, wore these support belts. - Dave] BMG IDBrowning is the standard AN (Army-Navy) M2 .30-06 aircooled aricraft gun. It is an MG specifically made for aircraft use with considerable lightening of internals and reduction in size of receiver components and internals. It also had a very high rate of fire, 900-1000 RPM and used disintegrating metal link cartridge belts. It was made by four different manufacturers in large numbers and used as defensive firepower on many different types of aircraft. It did not serve well as an offensive weapon due to the light caliber. Many of these BMGs in privat ehands. Bob Naess Black River Militaria CII BMG ID CorrectionI believe that the weapon is an M2, yes. However, that is a .50 caliber weapon. The M1919 was chambered in 30-06 and has a pistol grip. The butterfly trigger on this one is a good visual give-away that we are looking at the M1919's big brother. Is that shirt regulation?Those are unusual pockets for a USN chambray shirt, no? (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Aviation, Howard Hollem, WW2)
Fringe Festival: 1923
... image? All three long guns have the lock on the LEFT side, either the picture is reversed, or they were expensive, custom made ... belts are wrong! If you look at the Fathers belt the buckle pin is pointing to his left side, it should be towards his right side ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/29/2012 - 2:11pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1923. "Daniel Boone group." When I was a kid I had all their albums. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. I agreeWith Scottiam. The youngest definitely looks like a girl. There is a lot of hair tucked up under that cap she is wearing. Is the "son" really a daughter?On the full-size picture, you can clearly see long hair emerging from the bottom of the cap on the "boy." I've hardly ever seen long hair on males of the early 20th century except for pre-school-age children. Could this be a girl portraying a boy? Or perhaps girls wore boys' clothing in the back woods as a matter of convenience? The woman of the "group"is beautiful. With a Mona Lisa smile. Polyamory?Husband, wife, lover and son? Those wilderness families were quite progressive! My GodThat is the most beautiful young woman. My heart is skipping a beat. Daniel Boone GroupBig Dan could really rock on that powder horn, couldn't he? Thinking outside the boxShe looks a lot like the 1927 Betty Crocker. RE: Reversed Image?While I might believe one left-handed rifle, the odds of all three being left-handed are astronomical. It has to be a reversed image. [They're not very rare, and probably cost less than right-hand ones. Google results for left hand flintlock: 115,000 - Dave] Fashion statementsApparently Mom refused to partake in the coonskin cap and buckskins, but her daughter had to. There appears to be some long hair tucked under the youngest's cap. Reversed image? All three long guns have the lock on the LEFT side, either the picture is reversed, or they were expensive, custom made rifles. I wouldn't want to shoot one right-handed. "Mom, this studio Is like a sauna." Big brother on the left is starting to melt. Looks like a young June Lockhart.As seen here. Authentic FootwearWhile the men's footwear seems authentic to the period, the lady's shoes seem downright modern. BTW, I know it's probably a crime to view the full sized images on anything other than a full sized monitor. However, on my Kindle Fire the full sized images seem to be much clearer with the new display method. I for one embrace the change. Coonskin capsOne of the big misconceptions about D. Boone is that coonskin cap. He hated coonskin caps. Thought they were barbaric. He always sported a wide brimmed fur felt hat. The coonskin was really a Davey Crockett thing, and he wore it mainly for PR. Pretty sure this one is reversedOf course I was pretty sure about the one with the eye charts too and I was wrong. But I agree with the original poster on this one, it has a very high probability of being reversed. [If it is, those belts are on backward. - Dave] It looks to me like it is a tossup on the direction of the belts. Look at the metal piece that goes through the holes in the belts one is facing to the right and the other is facing to the left. Girls belt vs boys belt maybe? Kinda like they each button shirts on opposite sides. I have never seen a flintlock with the hammer and lock on the left side. Second edit.... Thanks tterrace for solving the image flip issue. I did a very unscientific survey of several women and they all said that they thread their belts the opposite direction from what a man usually does. One commented that the only time they don't do it that way is if the belt has a design that has a logical top and bottom and by putting it on in the ladies direction would have it be upside down. Colorized Re reversed: Once again, to Dave's rescue, sort ofHere ya go, and it's a Pennsylvania rifle (the Kentucky rifle industry lobbyists were oh so good) made in Lancaster. That is pronounced LANCaster, not LanCASTer, btw, in those parts. For candy trivia buffs and I know you're out there, the founder of Hershey Chocolate, Milton Hershey, began his career in Lancaster making caramels. Had he gone with firearms instead of candy, would his life had been (here it comes) as sweet? About the hats: I think Walt Disney had as much to do with upping the coonskin cap's profile as anybody (cf. Fess Parker). No one has mentioned the fotog assistant's hand on the right border. I guess that destroys the illusion of these furred-up folks being out on the frontier, posing on an iceberg. This isthe most beautiful woman I've ever seen. The belts are wrong!If you look at the Fathers belt the buckle pin is pointing to his left side, it should be towards his right side (unless I'm wearing a Woman's belt right now?). The young girls belt is also reversed if you follow the convention of male vs female clothing being opposite. The mysterious handI think I'll have to agree with those who believe this image has been reversed. The hand we see at the right has the thumb at the top and we are seeing the palm, meaning it is the right hand. But there is a ring on the ring finger. If the photo is reversed the hand would be a left hand with the ring on the appropriate finger for a married person. Not conclusive, I know, but the man's belt buckle would also be correct if we flip the photo; if the boy is really a girl then her belt buckle would also be correct. Just a minuteI know all about girl side/boy side shirt buttons, and I support that. When did belt direction become gender specific? I've been a bouncer for 30 years and I'm left handed; I thread my belt on right to left so I can put my ASP and flashlight holsters on without needing to take my belt all the way off. BeltwiseEven if you buy into the notion that women wear belts "backward," that wouldn't make any difference here -- the kid is dressed as a boy. Also note that Dan's belt is arranged the same as in the painting. This is a tough oneOkay, the belts probably mean nothing. This would be easier if one or more of them was wearing a wedding ring but nooo, we aren't even sure of the relationships here, they might just be friends, or siblings, or Swingers. I think the young girl has the eyes of the man on the right so he would be my guess for Daddy, whether or not he's the Husband is another story -- maybe he's the brother-in-aw. Reverse picture or notI don't know how common left handed rifles were. A larger number would astonish me, though, considering how right-hand-minded people used to be in the western hemisphere. I would point out the ribbon cross (or whatever it is) sewn to the chest of the gentleman on the left. I feel that such a device would likely be worn on the left side of the chest, over the heart, even if its wearer was a genuine lefty with a left-handed rifle. I would take that as a sign that the exposure is the other way round. I've Got ItI've read with great interest the back-and-forth regarding the reversal/non-reversal of the image. I'm surprised that no one has referred to the hand holding the backdrop taut. I can clearly see a wedding band on the ring finger of the hand. Wedding band=left hand. The owner of the hand would be facing the camera to remain as much out of the frame as possible. In an unreversed image, the hand would be the right hand. I have proved with geometric logic that the strawberries, er, the key, that is, the left hand is part of a reversed image. Final Fringe AnswerThis is one of five associated photos in the Harris & Ewing collection all taken at the same spot. The other four all show the small molding, seen at the lower right in this shot, at the left; to the right is a shelf-type structure that would prevent anyone from standing there. In fact, in the one below, you can see the assistant standing at the left. Therefore, ipso facto, the Daniel Boone group shot is reversed. Or all four of the others are. [tterrace has solved the mystery! Another clue is that the label on the negative is backward. - Dave] Canvas rippleOne can also see the backdrop has a slight deformity rising to the upper corner which appears either on the left or the right, depending on which photo you look at. (The Gallery, Harris + Ewing, Portraits)
Strangers on a Bus: 1943
... I notice someone's left hand holding the flash at the left side of the image ... Ms. Bubley must have enlisted a passenger to hold the ... issue does arise when you have been given a belt with a buckle which has an inscription on it. Although when the writing is upside ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2009 - 4:18am -

September 1943. "Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee. Passengers on the Memphis-Chattanooga bus." Medium-format nitrate negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information. View full size. That surreal qualityI notice someone's left hand holding the flash at the left side of the image ... Ms. Bubley must have enlisted a passenger to hold the flash and aim it rearwards. Either that or she had an assistant traveling with her. Either way, that's a very tight situation going on there, and sort of creates that surreal quality of contrasts. I can also imagine that she and her camera might have displaced at least two of those persons standing in the aisle? Not a natural-looking scene! [Esther seems to have made frequent use of floodlights and assistants. - Dave] TypesWe've got a wonderful array of character types here: a sailor, a maiden aunt, a housewife, some businessmen, an elderly gentleman farmer, and people snoring comfortably in the back. This reminds me of the wonderful scene from It Happened One Night when all the bus passengers sing "The Man on the Flying Trapeze." It's a real slice of life, and I absolutely love this picture. Ellen!Grandma Walton has a front row seat. Alfred Hitchcock Presents"South by Southwest." Act 1It really looks like the promotional still for a movie. Talk about life imitating art. DiscomfitureI don't know who's more distressed, the sailor or the woman sitting next to him. [They're in different rows. - Dave] Cast of CharactersThis is a very disturbing photo. Very Hitchcock or Twilight Zone. SouthpawReversed negative or the dude in the vest has a left handed belt. [So where would s Southpaw go to buy a "left-handed belt"? - Dave] Re: "Southpaw" Time for one of your quarters, Dave... [Done. - Dave] Left-handed belt storeGot him on that one. But, as a bonafide left-hander, I can say the issue does arise when you have been given a belt with a buckle which has an inscription on it. Although when the writing is upside down, I can read it a lot more easily. Yet this trivial belt direction humor does show we left-handers learn quickly to adapt to a right-hand world. The upside is we end up somewhat ambidextrous. The Night Porter"All the lonely people. Where do they all come from?" FunhouseThis is no joyride. Look at the misery! Bubley Spot OnEsther had a nice eye for framing. More Hitch than CapraThese are not the cheery travelers in "It Happened One Night." They're more like the sinister bunch in "The Lady Vanishes." ChivalryIf you will notice there are no women standing. If a woman came on a bus a man would rise and give her his seat. It was a kinder and gentler time. [These are ticketed passengers on a trip that will take many hours on a route covering hundreds of miles. Everyone had a seat -- nobody stood. - Dave] Yay! Another Esther BubleyYay! Another Esther Bubley pic! I wish there was an Esther Bubley link under "Photographers" in the sidebar... (The Gallery, Esther Bubley)
Ordnance Mate Waller: 1942
... ... or they'll photoshop "the new fragrance by XYZ" on the side ;-( That's one hell of a cool picture, right there! White socks? ... these are not penny loafers. He is wearing a pair of black buckle strap oxfords similar to an optional shoe that could be worn by army air ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/22/2012 - 12:43pm -

August 1942, Corpus Christi, Texas: "It's an intricate operation, installing a 30-caliber machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy 5-1/2 years. At the Naval Air Base he sees that the flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an aviation ordnance mate." View full size. Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem. Possibly..This may be Jesse R. Waller born 22 Sep 1918 and died 16 Sep 1983 in Virginia. If so, he worked on railroads after the service. hide that one from the marketers...... or they'll photoshop "the new fragrance by XYZ" on the side ;-( That's one hell of a cool picture, right there! White socks?White socks, penny loafers, flying helmet and goggles just to install a gun? Me thinks the photographer didn't know what the military worn when he dressed the "model". [Jesse Waller was a Navy ordnance mate stationed at the Corpus Christi naval air base. The photo was posed as a study for a recruiting poster. - Dave] Why is Jessie wearing pennieWhy is Jessie wearing pennie loafers? [We might also ask why Jesse is wearing penny loafers.] penny loafersActually these are not penny loafers. He is wearing a pair of black buckle strap oxfords similar to an optional shoe that could be worn by army air force officers. I have not seen this shoe in black before but its probably something a naval aviator could have worn. Jesse is also wearing standard navy issue blue denim trousers and chambray work shirt along with a load carrying equipment belt. However... The M-450 navy summer flight helmet(with added electric headphone receivers) and 6530 flying goggles is certainly not something he would be wearing to maintain an aircraft. -bgb Jesse Rhodes WallerWhen I first looked at this picture I couldn't believe Jesse looked old enough to have been in the Navy 5-1/2 years by 1942. But I have known guys who kept their boyish faces well into the 30s, including a former college roommate who looked essentially the same 16 yrs after we got out of college. So, the suggested birth date of September 1918 would have made Jesse almost 24 at the time this picture was taken and as he'd turned 18 in 1936, he'd have had time for 5-1/2 years in the Navy as well as the Great Depression to motivate him to join. Remember, that to most people in the US, WWII was not yet seen as inevitable in 1936. In fact, most in the US in the late 1930s strongly hoped to stay out of another war even if one did occur. We have a believable age and a youthful model--great for an enlistment poster. As for the shoes, they are indeed buckle strap--I took the photo into my photo program and blew it up and lightened it enough to see the buckle on the foot that's still on the concrete. Likewise the toe area of the other shoe is too tapered to be a penny loafer. As for the white socks, perhaps they were the absorbent type as we wear today, a real boon for an active man in hot leather shoes in the steamy August climate of Corpus Christi, TX. While the goggles and helmet would not have been worn by a maintenance mechanic, there is an explanation for that, also. There are two companion pictures to this one showing Jesse "trying out" the newly installed machine gun and he has both the helmet and goggles on as you would expect. Here and here. There's no evidence he actually fired the gun but he's got the right "look" for it in this other photo, I think. There were many other photos taken of the base, other military and civilian personnel, and of Corpus Christi generally at the same time. Most are not color, but a surprising number for that time are. One other item about him turned up in the small search I did: Two months after this picture was taken young Jesse and his wife had a baby girl they named Beverly Carolyn (or perhaps the other way around.) She could well be living today, as she'd only be about 66. So the Jesse R Waller mentioned by another poster who passed away in Virginia in 1983 may very well be this man. The dates certainly fit. Excellent photo and it could have made a powerful recruiting poster indeed. High caliber photo but low caliber gunBy the time of this photo it was quite obvious to the U.S. military that a .30 caliber machine gun was inadequate for attacking enemy aircraft or, in the case of this PBY, for defense. Japanese fighters had guns as large as 20 millimeter (and sometimes bigger than that), and Japanese machine guns that fired .51 caliber (by our measure) came along during World War Two. Equipping U.S. fighters with as many as eight "fifties" created a fearsome opponent; other Allied aircraft were fitted with multiple guns of that size and cannon, too. Among heavy bombers, the aptly-named B-17 Flying Fortress eventually had thirteen .50 caliber guns. (My Uncle Andrew was a B-17 tail gunner.) Here's a comparison of ammunition sizes. Stylish Safety That heavy belt he's wearing has straps on either side for attaching to his gun mount, kept the gunner from being tossed around by the pilot's evasive maneuvers and steep banked turns. There were an awful lot of sharp and pointy parts on those highly functional military aircraft, I've got the scars to prove it. (The Gallery, Aviation, Howard Hollem, WW2)
Making Babies: 1936
... at, it would never fly today. It looks like his belt buckle is off to the side. Do you suppose the buckle interfered with the molds? [Back in the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/26/2013 - 12:13pm -

1936. "Mt. Holyoke, Mass. - Paragon Rubber Co. and American Character Doll. Pressing rubber bodies (French)." With "Old Sadie." Continuing our guys-and-dolls series. Large format negative by Lewis Hine. View full size. We Are Paragon, We Are Buff!This and its predecessor photo suggest that one of Paragon's fringe benefits was a well-attended bodybuilding club. [There's also the possibility that the job involves lifting heavy things - like molds - for many hours each day. - tterrace] Temperature's rising!Phew! It's getting warm in here! Wanted: Workers for Toy FactoryMust be ripped & willing to work shirtless. Paragon Rubber CompanyIf they were still in business I'll bet they'd have cross-over photo advertising connections to Ambercrombie's and their rubber doll sales would be soaring to dizzying heights. Old Lady?What does the chalked inscription say on the machine? [It's in the caption! - Dave] DOH! Missed that first time around. Sorry, Dave. Dippers and StrippersI certainly am no expert in the art of making molded rubber toys, etc. but years ago I had a good friend who worked in a rubber glove factory. The ceramic molds had to be dipped in liquid latex, hardened and/or dried and then stripped off the molds in just the correct time period which was a very difficult and precise job The people who removed the rubber gloves from the molds were called strippers and those who dipped them into the liquid were called dippers. Needless to say, the molds were very heavy, often very hot and it was tricky to remove the finished product without tearing or damaging it. I believe my friend mentioned that the strippers had the most difficult job stripping the molds and I believe the built up biceps probably came from long term work of that type. This was over 25 years ago, so it may be much more modernized today. No one has mentionedthe unbelievable smell of hot steaming rubber wafting throughout the workplace, Yikes !! What a DollAs nice as that is to look at, it would never fly today. It looks like his belt buckle is off to the side. Do you suppose the buckle interfered with the molds? [Back in the day, it was evidently a thing. Exhibits A, B, C, D, E. - Dave] I find that very interesting. Thanks Dave. Best caption of 2013 Game over. This one won't be topped. Fit as a fiddleThe young man is very fit and handsome too! (The Gallery, Factories, Handsome Rakes, Lewis Hine)
F Battery: 1918
... cards Poster About the poster on the lower left side of the bulletin board, on closer examination it appears that a bear has ... is prior to 1918. The soldier in uniform has a belt buckle that looks like a snaffle bit and his hat is creased in a manner ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/04/2014 - 2:35am -

"Lithnan & Latham, F Baltcry. 12 Peduri [?]" is the Library of Congress's uncertain transcription of the handwriting on this circa WWI negative. Which seems to say "F Battery," not Baltcry. "Lithnan" and "12 Peduri" are also iffy. Who can help us sort it out? National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Bear and LadyA performing bear (see the chain?) is being led by his itinerant showman-master (see the pack?) past a young woman who has tried to climb a stile or fence in fright, and in the process has her skirt caught, exposing what shouldn't be exposed. Somewhere there is undoubtedly a caption with a double-entendre in it. Barracks ArtI'd be interested in getting a better look at the pictures on the wall behind these guys. The one at top center looks like a woman with some exposed decolletage. Nothing too racy today, but basically the same subject matter that you would still see in a barracks today. [Click the image to enlarge, then click a second time to expand. - Dave] Could it beCould that be John Latham? http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/worldwari.html http://www.medalofhonor.com/JohnLatham.htm 9:25I love close-ups. We have (from left to right): - the time (9:25 - presumably in the morning) - baseball cards - WWI photos - presumably family photos - a group photo (likely the company from WWI) - more baseball cards - photos of various buildings - and yes, more baseball cards PosterAbout the poster on the lower left side of the bulletin board, on closer examination it appears that a bear has the lady stump trained and is lifting up her dress. Baseball cardsThey all look like tobacco cards. The top right card is of Jean Dubuc, from 1914. Others are from 1909-11. Baseball cardsNever mind the cheesecake...look at all those baseball cards! Wish I had them on my wall. War Camp CanteenReminds me a little of this one. Except there's no drooling. Or maybe this one, with the pool table and Victrola. 12 PeduriLooks like "12 Picture(s)"? LOVE this site simply outstanding. More Baseball Cards This photo: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.30803 [Entitled "Young man in dormitory room"] from the same collection has similar material hanging on the wall. Could it be the same barracks? [This looks like a dorm room at a military school or service academy. And strikes me as more boudoir than barracks. There are tens of thousands of negatives in the National Photo collection. Two pictures with baseball cards doesn't mean they were taken at the same place. It's a neat photo regardless. - Dave] Arlie LathamThe numerous baseball mementos suggest the possibility of an alternate Latham: Arlie Latham, a famed baseball player, served as umpire to Army-Navy baseball matches in the 1910s. Incidentally, I can see the "12 Pictures" but not so sure about "Lithnan" as first name. How about "Littrinan"? With my little eye I spyHere's what I think about this photo: This is the barracks day room of Battery F or an unknown horse-drawn Field Artillery Regiment. I think this is prior to 1918. The soldier in uniform has a belt buckle that looks like a snaffle bit and his hat is creased in a manner discontinued in 1911 when the Army adopted the Montana Peak look. The leggings look pre-WWI. See the illustration of 1906 uniform at http://www.militarymuseum.org/Resources/thanks.jpg Also in this illustration is an example of the the cap seen above the alarm clock. The large drawing on the wall is for a field gun...75mm? To the left of the drawing is a tanatlizing order or memo, with signatures, and most likely a headquarters designation. Any chance of a closer look at these two, Dave? Among the picture collection is a photo of a mounted unit in the field. Gas light fixture above the pool table has been refitted for electricity. The girlie photos all have a gay-90s look, not at all WW1 era. The picture at the top has an imprint top left...photographer? If the baseball cards are all from the 1910-11 timeframe then I think I am on the right track. Knew What They LikedThey might not have known much about art, but they didn't seem to be too single-minded. A variety of subjects, not just the cheesecake one might expect. But the one on the left with the bear is certainly the strangest/kinkiest. (The Gallery, Natl Photo, WWI)
Dazey Boy: 1939
... go It took about 30 years for that wide belt with the buckle worn to the side to come back in style, but it most certainly did. You just know ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 7:10pm -

October 1939. "Dazey farm. Seventeen year old boy going to feed the pigs. Homedale district, Malheur County, Oregon." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Styles come and goIt took about 30 years for that wide belt with the buckle worn to the side to come back in style, but it most certainly did. You just knowThat WW2 is right around the corner, and insert tediously predictable comment here. Okay Shorpy GalsIt's your turn to comment. That must have hurtAlready lost half a thumbnail. Carrying PostureI'm not sure why, but when I was a 17 year old farm boy, I too carried heavy buckets the way this young man did. The bucket would rest against the back of my left leg and my right arm would be extended as a counterbalance. Unfortunately, I was not as photogenic as this fellow. Twenty years later:Kookie, Kookie (Lend me your comb) This would be Eugene Richard DazeyHe was my second cousin once removed. Born Feb. 21, 1922. It looks like he joined the Navy during WW2. He probably has living children. I wonder what they have to say about this picture. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange)
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