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The Loaves of Summer: 1923
... aperture. Shooting in high-contrast dappled shade under trees is extremely hard for correct exposure. This one's very successful. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2012 - 2:58am -

Summer 1923. Vicinity of Washington, D.C. "Boys carrying loaves of bread from wagons near beach." View full size. National Photo Company Collection. Déjeuner sur la plageI love the depth of focus in the picture- or is it shallow focus? The busy scene of bathers is a soft blur as backdrop, and the lighted, sharp focus of the boys are a nice visual effect. Lightly 3D to my eyes. Nicely composed scene. Loafers...Kind of painterly, reminds me of something by Bruegel the Elder. And yes, shallow focus, low depth of field, wide aperture. Shooting in high-contrast dappled shade under trees is extremely hard for correct exposure. This one's very successful. (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Natl Photo, Sports)
Forest Coupe: 1926
... nineteenth at Lincoln. I've lost many a ball among those trees. Four-Wheel Brakes The Rickenbacker was the first car to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/18/2015 - 11:57am -

San Francisco, 1926. "Rickenbacker in woods." Another automotive marque not long for this world. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. A car worthy of its nameWas the motto of this company founded by Eddie Rickenbacker, a hero in both World Wars. He used his World War I 94th Fighter Squadron emblem depicting a top hat inside a ring on both the front and rear of his cars and the radiator cap ornament is a plane. He was a man of uncompromisable integrity and when his company failed he saw to it that the investors were repaid out of his own pockets. In 1942, a B-17 in which he was flying was forced to ditch in the ocean where the crew tooks to life rafts. They were adrift for 24 days, being reported lost, when they were spotted by a float plane and rescued. Fore!That looks a lot like the nineteenth at Lincoln. I've lost many a ball among those trees. Four-Wheel BrakesThe Rickenbacker was the first car to standardize 4-wheel brakes (in 1923), which the competition then claimed (and much of the public believed) could cause a vehicle to flip over if applied during a turn. One can't help but wonder what any four-legged critter that could talk would have to say about that theory. Twilight ZoneMr. Bevis drove a late 1924 Rickenbacker in the Twilight Zone Season 1, Episode 33 "Mr. Bevis" (aired 3 June 1960). Car appears at this point: https://youtu.be/gGQze3s2S08?t=158 (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
More Apple Candy: 1940
... retired, Campus culture The white columns and trees to the left give the station's precise location away, as 819 S. Braddock ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/25/2018 - 6:14pm -

        An alternate view of the Apple Candy Texaco last seen here, along with a double exposure of what would have been the right edge of that photo if not for a film-loading glitch. February 1940. "Gas station along Highway U.S. 50. Winchester, Virginia." Medium format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size. One possibilityThe photographer was probably using a film pack of 16 sheets. After each exposure a tab was pulled, moving the sheet that had just been shot to the back of the pack. It looks like a sheet broke toward the middle instead of at the end where it should have separated. Kodak made film packs as late as the 1980s, when they were discontinued since the only person who knew how to load them finally retired, Campus cultureThe white columns and trees to the left give the station's precise location away, as 819 S. Braddock Street in Winchester - across the street from the glorious campus of the public but endowed John Handley High School. Cryptic RThe shield sign below the US 50 sign denotes State Highway 3N, which must certainly have been an alternate to the main VA 3, which passed to the south. It seems that 3N was superseded by US 50 with the interstate numbering plan of 1926, and I'm not sure whether the routes were co-located as of 1940, or if the state just hadn't gotten around to removing the old signs. But as to the "R" sign directly below: It means make a right turn to stay on 3N. It boggles my mind that nobody in the 1920s hit on arrows as the superior solution. I suppose that's the sort of thing that's obvious in hindsight. As a side note, it's fascinating to see clock-face, visible register, and odometer-style pumps on the same pump island. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Gas Stations)
High Bridge: 1905
... self-taught engineer, he started out as an axeman(clearing trees and brush) on the Erie Canal, and advanced to one of the lead engineers. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/05/2015 - 11:45am -

New York circa 1905. "High Bridge and the Speedway looking south." The 1840s aqueduct over the Harlem River, closed since 1970, is reopening next week after a $60 million restoration. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size. Sic TransitIt's generally a long, uncertain road in the United States from the merely out-of-date to the venerable, and in 1927 the High Bridge barely escaped demolition, losing its magnificent river-spanning center arches to a single, uninspiring steel span, to allow larger ships to pass beneath. John B.John B. Jervis, who engineered the Croton Aqueduct (and thus the High Bridge) was a remarkable guy. A largely self-taught engineer, he started out as an axeman(clearing trees and brush) on the Erie Canal, and advanced to one of the lead engineers. The water supply system of NYC had become a morass of political inaction and infighting when he took over the Croton construction, and he was in large part personally responsible for its successful completion. Port Jervis, NY is named for him. His autobiography is an inspiring read. Major landmarks remain (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, NYC)
Woodies Annex: 1926
... On Capitol Hill Don't miss the U.S. Capitol behind the trees on the right. Anyone know the address? Likely Address Based on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 7:34pm -

Circa 1926. "Woodward & Lothrop warehouse." Manufacturing plant for the long-gone D.C. department store. National Photo glass negative. View full size. South Capitol, Canal and DThis 1924 ad in the corner gives the address as South Capitol, Canal and D street SW, so maybe below the Rayburn/Longworth office buildings? [Below we see the reason the photo was taken: To illustrate this newspaper ad from April 1926. Click to enlarge. - Dave] We need Clint EastwoodTo say "Get off my lawn" instead of having a boring little "Keep off the grass" sign. On Capitol HillDon't miss the U.S. Capitol behind the trees on the right. Anyone know the address? Likely AddressBased on South Capital, D, and Canal Sts, and reviewing historical aerials of the area, it appears that the likely address would have been either 400 S Capitol St or 1 D St SE. Until sometime between 1957 and 1963 it looks like the building was still there, and it was cleared with the building of the Interstate 395. The original block was bounded by S Cap, D, Canal Sts, and NJ Ave SE. Today a a highway ramp and Ivy Pl SE bisect the block. http://goo.gl/maps/xgOeA (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo, Stores & Markets)
Meet the Marmon: 1925
... Re: 275 Santa Clara Ave. Could those be the same trees in front of the house 91 years later? [Looks like the big one at ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/05/2016 - 2:36pm -

San Francisco circa 1925. "Marmon '74' Sedan." Advertised as "a luxurious closed car at practically the cost of an open car." Latest exhibit in the Shorpy Pantheon of Posthumous Phaetons. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Re: Re: 275 Santa Clara Ave.I doubt that the tree is the same one. The eucalyptus in the original photo is right on the edge of the slope, and the tree in question behind it is significantly further back and closer to the house. In the current street view, the big conifer in question is on the slope's edge where the original eucalyptus stood. But more importantly, tterrace, how the heck did you find the house?!? [I think it's the conifer's trunk growth. I'd long thought some of these big houses in the Bygone Buggy series were in San Francisco's ritzy St. Francis Wood neighborhood, so my process was to search Bing Map's bird's eye views then check out likely prospects in Google Street View. Oh, the first step was having plenty of time on my hands. -tterrace] Meh. I remain unconvinced about the tree, but I'm over that. I'm still just incredulous on your house find, no matter how much free time you have! I know I spent too much time last summer looking for this one without success. And now you'll probably show it to us after 5 minutes of effort... 275 Santa Clara Ave.In the elegant St. Francis Wood neighborhood. Re: 275 Santa Clara Ave.Could those be the same trees in front of the house 91 years later? [Looks like the big one at right in the street view is there behind the eucalyptus in our photo. -tterrace] Gone but not goneAutomobile production ceased years ago but Marmon continued on and, after several mutations, is now part of Bershire Hathaway. (The Gallery, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
The 4 Percent: 1923
... the same angle via Google Maps street view, as there are trees that block the front of the building. Casing the Joint The 'Little ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2017 - 6:08pm -

Prince George's County, Maryland, circa 1923. "First National Bank, Mount Rainier." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. 2007 viewThis view from the first 2007 Street View is a little clearer. Still there, but now a fixer-upperThat nifty building is on Route One, right at the DC/Maryland line. I couldn't get the same angle via Google Maps street view, as there are trees that block the front of the building. Casing the JointThe 'Little Rascals' appear to be planning a heist. 4%?Four percent? As in 4% interest? I think I'll get into my Way Back machine and make a deposit! Just gotta make sure I withdraw it prior to October 29, 1929. (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Natl Photo)
Texas Drought: 1936
... View full size. I'll meet you by the the two trees in the panhandle, you know, one has a birds nest. Looks like a ten ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/18/2018 - 1:19pm -

Summer 1936. "President's Report. Dr. Tugwell and farmer of dust bowl area in Texas Panhandle." Resettlement Administration head, New Deal "Brain Trust" strategist and future Puerto Rico governor Rexford Tugwell in the field. Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. I'll meet youby the the two trees in the panhandle, you know, one has a birds nest. Looks like a ten gallon hat.On a five gallon head. Golden EagleBy the size of that nest in the foreground tree I'd say it was home to a golden eagle.... Goober Pea (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Dust Bowl)
Tumblr: 1906
... before and after photo. Only problem is, there are trees in the way now that might make it difficult to pull off. Fire damage ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/24/2014 - 1:24pm -

"Union Square with Naval Monument and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco." Aftermath of the April 18, 1906, earthquake and fire. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. 108 yearsWow. Aside from the Dewey Monument, Union Square sure has changed quite a lot since this photo was taken! All attempts at understatement comedic effect aside, this would make for a fabulous high-quality before and after photo. Only problem is, there are trees in the way now that might make it difficult to pull off. Fire damage to the (partially completed) Westin St Francis is clearly evident, and it's amazing to me that they just "cleaned her up" and she's still going strong today. Stunning and timely photo. [There wasn't any "Westin" back in 1906, although the marketing department for that particular lodging conglomerate is probably thrilled to see people referring to it that way! - Dave] Scorch marks at every windowof the still-standing St. Francis Hotel. The fire must have been horrible. While across the street, the buildings have toppled. The amazing column dead centre, standing. The foreground a battlefield of bricks. What an incredibly dramatic photo. And so poignant, with today's quake in the region. +103Below is the same perspective from September of 2009. (The Gallery, DPC, Fires, Floods etc., San Francisco)
Hangin' on the Porch: 1937
... size. Still there But hard to see for all the trees. It's had some modifications to the stairs and there are no more porches. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/08/2013 - 6:28pm -

1937. Charleston, South Carolina. "18 & 20 Wentworth Street." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. Still thereBut hard to see for all the trees. It's had some modifications to the stairs and there are no more porches. View Larger Map Here's a recent pictureThis area, Ansonborough, while originally settled very early in the 18th century, was nearly completely burned in a fire in the mid 1830s, and the row houses that you see represent a different architecture than is present in a lot of the surrounding area of town. It later went through a horrible downfall to full fledged slum status and, in the 60-70s and the Historical Charleston Foundation actually ended up buying most of the properties and renovating them, later selling them to people interested in the revitalization of the area. Like so many homes in downtown Charleston, both still exist in relatively unchanged appearance. 18 Wentworth just sold for $1.3 million a month ago, so as you can see, the area boomeranged in a relatively short time and is now considered a little jewel of a neighborhood next to the tourist district. The parking is horrible though! Here's a sharper picture. (The Gallery, Charleston, F.B. Johnston)
Out to Lunch: 1908
... to have a comparable shot, I think there would still be trees in the way. For once I like the current view better! View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/19/2012 - 3:20pm -

1908. The East Front of the U.S. Capitol, with the Washington Monument at left. View full size. 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Out to LunchWhat a great shot, amazing there's no cars or people in the shot except for the carriage on the left. Wonder if you could do the same today. LandscapingWhat surprises me in this photo is the lack of landscaping near the building. It's just a sea of concrete. Even if you could drive close enough to the building for Google Street View to have a comparable shot, I think there would still be trees in the way. For once I like the current view better! View Larger Map (The Gallery, D.C., G.G. Bain)
Getting Hitched: 1925
... the current "Book Depot" station still standing today. Trees have obscured much of the background in this contemporary photo of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/11/2014 - 4:14pm -

Mill Valley, Calif., circa 1925. "Nash touring car with trailer." Outfitted with a patriotic profusion of flags. 5x7 glassneg by Christopher Helin. View full size. Auto-KampersThe car is towing an Auto-Kamp Trailer, one of the first fold-out campers made. Mill Valley, that's my homeThis view shows the old Mill Valley train depot at the corner of Miller and Throckmorton Avenues. This depot was torn down in 1928 and replaced with the current "Book Depot" station still standing today. Trees have obscured much of the background in this contemporary photo of today's Depot (bottom photo below), but the Bank of America in the background of the circa 1925 photo is still standing strong. [Excellent detective work! I've updated the caption. - Dave] Mill Valley Fuel CompanyIn the background at right, just where it should be at what is today 71 Throckmorton Ave., though the old building is long gone. You could, however, have bought one of these there, according to the Sausalito News of October 19, 1918. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, On the Road)
New House: 1968
... posted previously. The front yard had two tall eucalyptus trees that had been poorly topped several years before we moved in and the trees would snap large limbs that would come crashing down in storms. That ... 
 
Posted by Cerrito68 - 11/23/2012 - 10:18pm -

We lived in three different homes in the San Francisco East Bay hills between early 1963 and summer 1988 and this is the third house. (The first can be seen in the 1964 photos I posted with the '58 Cadillac in them.) 1967 and '68 were big years for my family as my dad came into an inheritance and bought this house and a new Austin-Healey 3000 Mk. III, also posted previously. The front yard had two tall eucalyptus trees that had been poorly topped several years before we moved in and the trees would snap large limbs that would come crashing down in storms. That drooping limb in the photo came down one windy and rainy Saturday in 1980 and just missed my buddy's '66 Chevelle that was parked in the driveway. I do miss the sound of acorns dropping on the flat tar-paper roof and the smell of eucalyptus oil. That's me and my two older sisters posing by the garage. Mom's '66 Falcon next to dad's Healey and my aunt's '65 Mustang coupe there in the driveway. View full size. The Luke LookDoes George Lucas know you invented the Luke Skywalker look 9 years earlier? SO not fair!Your mom got stuck with a lousy Falcon while your dad got the Healy? If my husband tried this, he'd be a dead man! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Cherry Street Bridge: 1909
... at the Western Mfg Co.; the moodiness of the outlines of trees and buildings disappearing into the smoke/haze; the grand church; the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/18/2016 - 4:13pm -

Circa 1909. "Water front -- Toledo, O." The Cherry Street Bridge over the Maumee River. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. The vessel on the left is the Warrington, built 1868 at Detroit by J. H. Jones for the Prindiville interests of Chicago and named for a Chicago investor allied with Prindiville. It served the lumber trade until sold to the United States Lighthouse Service in 1870 and renamed simply Warrington. Its duty then was to carry building materials and other supplies to lighthouse installations on the lakes. It is undoubtedly shown loading such goods at Peoples Building Supplies. Sold to Chicago's Hines Lumber Company in early 1911 it would not last long. It sprung a leak in heavy weather August 21, 1911, and stranded a total loss near Charlevoix, Michigan, with no loss of life. The vessel ahead of it is the O. E. Parks, built 1891 at Saugatuck, Michigan, by James Elliott for Captain R. C. Brittain and others and named for Captain Oscar Parks who would be its first master as well as one of its owners. It also ran in the Lake Michigan lumber trade. Its steeple compound steam engine and boiler removed in 1928, its life as a powered vessel was resurrected the next year when Samuel Shields of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, dropped a 4-cylinder Kahlenberg Diesel into it and the vessel resumed the freight trade, but not for long. While off Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron, on May 3, 1929, on its first trip as a motor ship the Parks encountered a storm that, reportedly, shifted the new engine's bed, opening the vessel's seams. It sank rapidly, its crew rescued by the local Coast Guard. The new Kahlenberg engine was salvaged and placed into the tug Betty D. in 1930. Holy ToledoWow, so much to see here: the stacked-up lumber across the river at the Western Mfg Co.; the moodiness of the outlines of trees and buildings disappearing into the smoke/haze; the grand church; the numerous trades and products exhibited on the signs (saddler, hardware, foundry, seeds, blacksmithing, doors, stone, tiles, piano, lumber, marine gas engines); the lengths of pipe in different sizes piled up at both ends of the bridge; the gentle traffic on the bridge itself; the group of men with the horse cart attending to something going on with that shallow boat by the shore at the bottom of the photograph; and so much more to be revealed upon further scrutiny. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Toledo)
Runaway: 1916
... a rather impressive double-deck grandstand. The stand of trees to the right in the posting and left here gives the spot away. Maybe the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/21/2016 - 6:02pm -

        Runaways -- real ones, calculated to make your hair stand on end -- will be caught by members of the Traffic Squad. -- N.Y. Times June 24, 1916. "Police show at Sheepshead Bay Speedway -- rescuing woman from runaway horse." A benefit for "widows and orphans of the men whose names are carried on the Honor Roll." 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size. Run run run run runawayOlde Buck's comment reminded me of an incident I saw when I was in the ninth grade in Marathon, Florida. For some event, one of the female students was posing on a horse in front of the school when the horse just took off. The young woman was screaming as she disappeared down the road, and we were all standing around stunned. I believe a police car finally caught up with and stopped the horse somehow and the student was unharmed, but we didn't learn that until the following day. The horse had run three or four miles with the student hanging on for dear life. Reversing the ViewTo give you an idea of the size of the former horse track and current (in the photo) auto speedway, this shot is from the infield looking back at a rather impressive double-deck grandstand. The stand of trees to the right in the posting and left here gives the spot away. Maybe the horses wanted one final fling before giving way to four-wheeled horsepower. Didn't matter. By 1919 the speedway was at its end, four-legged or wheeled, and replaced by housing by 1923. Not a stitch of the former Sheepshead track, one of four that once thrived near Coney Island, remains. No laughing matterThis was serious business. My grandmother (b.1896) used to recount seeing such an incident at age 6. A man riding horseback lost control of his horse which was spooked by the gong of a passing streetcar. The crazed critter ran out of Barclay Street full-tilt across North Avenue and only stopped after crashing into the massive stone wall of Greenmount Cemetery. Both were killed. Grandma clearly recalled the event seventy-five years later. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Horses, NYC)
Levittown PA: 1958
... after it was built in 1953. Every house got two fruit trees and two pine trees that were basically single stalk sticks. With no landscaping the lots ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 08/30/2013 - 7:04pm -

My mother designed and sewed this dress for herself in the late 1950's. I am guessing, based on the hem length, around 1958. She then had my father take her picture. Her intention was to show off her design and dress-making skills. But what this picture really shows is the mid century modern and still new world of Levittown, Pennsylvania during the first few years after it was built in 1953. Every house got two fruit trees and two pine trees that were basically single stalk sticks. With no landscaping the lots look huge, but they are only a quarter acre. Brick patio was an owner added modification. (In other words my father laid those bricks out in a bed of sand). She is standing at 110 Dogwood Drive, and you are looking diagonally northwest at the homes with lower street numbers. View full size. Nice view!A pretty woman, your mother, in a dress with a daring plunging back! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
On the Stump: 1939
... "new" growth, he remarks about how all of the old "big" trees are long gone. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Kids, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/05/2017 - 4:03am -

August 1939. "Western Washington subsistence farm, whittled out of the stumps." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Mixed productsLooking at all those flowers they obviously planted "for pretty". Trunks for the MemoryMy grandmother's family were loggers in the Pacific Northwest. When my dad was a kid, he would visit his grandparents, aunts, and uncles and sometimes go out to their worksites. He said back then, one tree would take up an entire truck -- they were huge. Now, he watches those logging shows on tv and sees the trucks carrying away the thin "new" growth, he remarks about how all of the old "big" trees are long gone. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Kids, Landscapes)
Out for a Drive
... to the Santa Clara Valley to see all the acres of fruit trees in bloom. (This was in the 1940s before it became Silicon Valley.) Notice ... 
 
Posted by woodwardave - 09/21/2011 - 9:20pm -

From a turn-of-the-century family photo album. Probably taken in Michigan. Can someone identify the automobile? View full size. Sunday ExcursionI love these old family cars. Back from the times when a Sunday Drive was a leisurely thing. Our father was into Sunday Drives. Sometimes a drive to Sacramento, sometimes to Santa Cruz. Sometimes to the Santa Clara Valley to see all the acres of fruit trees in bloom. (This was in the 1940s before it became Silicon Valley.) Notice the two spare tires. Even in the 1940s a flat tire was a worry on these drives. Hi-res version?Dave, if you could post a higher-resolution version of the photo, I could try to identify the car. The shape of the grille shell looks slightly familiar, but a higher-res image would help. [There already is a hi-res version. Click above where it says "View full size." - Dave] 1909 SeldenI found it! It's a 1909 Model 29 Selden touring car; Price $2,000; cape top, $137 extra. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses)
Ruinas el Carmen: 1915
... nearly a mile above sea level and is surrounded by pine trees and volcanoes--decidedly not the typical image one has of a standard ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/02/2014 - 4:39pm -

        Seventeenth-century church remodeled by a series of earthquakes into picturesque ruination. Circa 1915. "Travel views of Guatemala. View from northeast of Iglesia el Carmen, Antigua." 4x5 nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe. View full size. BreathtakingThe upper columns are incredible and the lady carrying her burden is dressed so lovely. This is a wonderful scene that we couldn't behold in our time. I'm just enthralled. Dos Filigrana I almost missed the ancient "ruined" watermark. AntiguaMy wife is from Antigua, Guatemala, and these ruins look virtually identical 100 years later. Antigua is located nearly a mile above sea level and is surrounded by pine trees and volcanoes--decidedly not the typical image one has of a standard Central American city--and it served as Spain's capital at one point for the entire region from Panama up through the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Virtually every cobblestone block of Antigua is marked by a hulking, 400-year-old church in an arrested state of decay. (The Gallery, Arnold Genthe)
Shady Lane: 1953
... side of the dirt road. It's now completely grown over by trees, but you can still see it on old versions of Google Earth. Another ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/01/2015 - 7:07pm -

Columbus, Georgia, circa 1953. "Housing." Visited by the Snow Laundry truck. 4x5 acetate negative from the News Archive. View full size. I don't careThe setting might be an inspiration for a depressing Tennessee Williams play, but I don't care. The shady lane looks inviting. Schatulga?This looks very familiar to the tiny community of Schatulga (Shu-taw-ga), that existed up until the late 1990's in Columbus. It was located on Schatulga Road, just north of the railroad crossing on the east side. I passed here every day for years and would marvel that it looked like it was right out of the 1930s South. One day it just disappeared, except for one house on the left side of the dirt road. It's now completely grown over by trees, but you can still see it on old versions of Google Earth. Another Story AwaitingIt was a photo very similar to this that got me interested in Lewis Hine's "Mornings On Maple Street" and led me to Shorpy. [Lewis Hine has been gone for a while. Mornings on Maple Street is the website of Joe Manning. - Dave] (The Gallery, Columbus, Ga., News Photo Archive)
Gaiety Camp: 1910
... who will be doing the actual camp work. Hidden in the trees is the road which leads to the young ladies equivalent of Camp Gaiety. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/11/2013 - 11:28pm -

New Zealand circa 1910. "Group men outside a tent with a sign reading 'The Gaiety Camp,' showing each man performing domestic duties. Probably Christchurch district." It would be interesting to know something about the history of these elaborate camps (note the geranium flower beds), and how long the custom lasted. Photo by Adam Maclay, who made hundreds of these portraits. View full size. Cleanest campers ever.Starched shirts, shiny boots, and sea shell flower beds. Lets just say these guys are "persnickety". I Suspect a Pastor in the BackgroundCleancut, serious youth, neatness, the word "Gaiety"... there is something seriously 'churchy' about this to anyone old enough to remember church youth groups. Hello Muddha Hello FaddahThe photos are a scam sent to overindulgent parents who paid outrageous prices so their spoiled sons could commune with nature and learn how to fend for themselves. Hidden in the tents are cases of beer, cartons of cigarettes, boxes of cigars, decks of cards and reels of stag films. Hidden behind the tents are camp employees who will be doing the actual camp work. Hidden in the trees is the road which leads to the young ladies equivalent of Camp Gaiety. Gentlmen start your engines and let the games commense. (The Gallery, Adam Maclay, Camping, New Zealand)
Veepstakes: 1960
... view. You have to stroll a ways up Vermilion to clear the trees, but many of the architectural details on the buildings still match those ... 
 
Posted by epaulmiller - 07/16/2016 - 12:57pm -

A 1960 parade welcoming Republican vice presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to Danville, Illinois. 35mm slide given to me by a friend. View full size. It's main street, of courseBetween Hazel and Vermillion, looking west. Dramatic change has befallen Danville's Main Street since this photo was taken. The only building remaining that's obvious to me is the courthouse in the foreground to the right, although in the current street view there's a building in the background just past Vermillion that certainly appears easily old enough to have been there in 1960. Hey look, there's another one.Had to chuckle. Through the many decades of Shorpy photos we can depend upon one constant - a Chop Suey sign. Actually, we're just around the corner--on Vermilion Street, looking north from the courthouse. The courthouse's south face is similar but not identical to the west face, which matches the current street view. You have to stroll a ways up Vermilion to clear the trees, but many of the architectural details on the buildings still match those of the 1960 view. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Well Connected: 1922
... towers rated as much attention as the monuments and cherry trees in those halcyon days of unrestricted airspace. (Technology, The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/24/2013 - 9:05am -

December 19, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Rep. Vincent M. Brennan of Michigan listening in at his office to the debates on the floor of the House. Mr. Brennan has introduced a resolution providing for broadcasting to the country of the proceedings and debates of Congress through the Navy Air Station at Arlington." This is Harris & Ewing's version of the scene first glimpsed here four years ago in a National Photo glass plate. View full size. The Arlington (Virginia) stationhas also been on Shorpy before: https://www.shorpy.com/node/5457 a.k.a. NAA Arlington, Radio Fort Myer, Radio Virginia, The Three Sisters. The towers were dismantled in 1941 to clear the airspace around the then new Washington National Airport, but the base of one, up to the first "platform" was left standing for several more years. The land they occupied is now the "Towers Park", a doggy park. At least that's what he tells people-But he's probably really listening to Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Tourist AttractionBased on this brochure, the towers rated as much attention as the monuments and cherry trees in those halcyon days of unrestricted airspace. (Technology, The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, The Office)
Apple Story: 1925
... Forty thousand persons, exultant because a million apple trees are in bloom, marched through the streets today with rejoicing for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/09/2012 - 10:56am -

April 25, 1925. "Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester, Virginia." Our second glimpse at these curious goings-on. National Photo Co. View full size. Just a wild guess hereI think this depicts a re-enactment of the marriage of Pocahontas (1595-1617) to John Rolfe, widower and tobacco grower, in colonial Virginia in 1614. [Actually, the kneeling girl is the Queen of the festival, in this case, Miss Eleanor Chiles. She's being greeted by, apparently, the "Minister of the Crown," one Richard H.G. Gray. Those offices are still in use at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. - tterrace] Celebrating Dispossession Washington Post, April 19, 1925. Winchester Ready to Greet Hosts at Blossom Festival. “Prince Shenandoah” to Crown Miss Eleanor Chiles, Queen of Fete. … A colorful festival parade will be held early Friday Afternoon, marching through the gaily decorated streets to the fair grounds, where the pageant, symbolizing the routing of the Indians from the Valley by the white men, will take place. Miss Eleanor Chiles, brunette, daughter of S.M. Chiles, will be crowned by “Prince Shenandoah” on a dais in front of the grandstand. A rythmic dance will follow. Washington Post, April 25, 1925. Apple-Blossom Fete Ends With Fireworks Crown Festival Queen. Forty thousand persons, exultant because a million apple trees are in bloom, marched through the streets today with rejoicing for nature's promise of a rich harvest. … Just as a valley, rich and fragrant, with a myriad of blooms scenting the air, never seemed more beautiful, so the skies, glorious and blue, never seemed more far. Of the 40,000 persons, some rode in gorgeous floats and other marched; but all were attired in costumes of pink, red, green and white—the colors of the blossoms. … They marched to the fair grounds, there to crown a queen, Miss Eleanor Chiles, of Frederick county, whose radiant charm personified the unrivaled beauty of the apple blossom. She was attend by twenty princesses, the fairest of the Shenandoah. Another photo of Ms. ChilesShe appears to be quite the stunner and I think, was representative of an American Indian woman. (The Gallery, Natl Photo)
Verily, a Velie: 1919
... which had a wonderful hill for winter sledding, as well as trees for climbing. No front brakes Yet another fancy car with no ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/10/2015 - 10:07pm -

San Francisco circa 1919. "Velie roadster at Golden Gate Park." Latest entrant in the Shorpy Concours of Kaput Konveyances. 5x7 glass negative. View full size. Velie memoriesVelie automobiles were made in my hometown, Moline, Illinois, which is more famous for being the the birthplace of John Deere's first plow factory. Velie was a maternal grandson of John Deere. The Velie was produced from 1908 to 1928. The company made trucks and airplanes, too. There are only about 200 cars still existing. I lived only a few blocks from Velie Park, which had a wonderful hill for winter sledding, as well as trees for climbing. No front brakesYet another fancy car with no front brakes, hope the rear are enough. Even the family's '36 Ford had front brakes -- and Ford hadn't adopted hydraulic brakes until a number of years after '36. Press & PrayMy '27 Chevy has two wheel only brakes. They're external contracting mechanical-style which means that the linings are on the outside of the rear drums. Stopping distance is already long in the dry so you DON'T want to be caught in the rain or run through standing water with these. The parking brake (on the inside of the rear drums) works better in the rain. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Gloria Victis: 1903
... View full size. 114 Years Later All the trees make it hard to see what the surrounding area looks like. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/26/2017 - 2:24pm -

Baltimore circa 1903. "Confederate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Mount Royal Avenue." Sculptor Frederic Ruckstull's allegorical bronze "Spirit of the Confederacy," whose Latin inscription means "Glory to the Vanquished." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. 114 Years LaterAll the trees make it hard to see what the surrounding area looks like. Odd railing systemThis looks like kind of an inappropriate railing around, what I would think, was an important monument. It looks like it was sloppily enlarged. [It's a temporary enclosure to protect the freshly-laid sod around the new statue. -Dave] (The Gallery, Baltimore, Civil War, DPC)
Pioneer Park: 1929
... View full size. View-blocking lives But now it's trees that have unaccountably been allowed to obscure much of the view from up ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/23/2015 - 8:27pm -

San Francisco, 1929. "Franklin sedan at Pioneer Park, Telegraph Hill." The view-blocking "funeral urn" balustrade, like the Franklin, proved unpopular with motorists and soon vanished. 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size. View-blocking livesBut now it's trees that have unaccountably been allowed to obscure much of the view from up there. Don't just sit thereIf you were a Velie you would climb those stairs. Victoria BroughamThat great car is a 1929 Franklin Victoria Brougham. A 2 door close coupled sedan. I restored an exact copy in 1972 after pulling it out of a Long Beach N.Y. garage. Considered a full classic today, back then it could only be purchased by the very wealthy, as the depression got under way. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Maine Woodsmen: 1943
... driving...and driving...and all we could see was trees! This might have been around 1968? I'm not sure if Brown's still owns ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/13/2018 - 9:11pm -

May 1943. "Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen's bunkhouse radio provides the only direct contact between the woods and the outside world. Evenings in the bunkhouse, the woodsmen can hear the news, mend ripped pants, rest their feet after 13 hours in wet or stiff working boots." Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size. A Trio of PipesThe three pipes being smoked in a row are of the Canadian type, with a straight stem and a tapered bit, although one is a corncob, which are almost always straight. Care for a Walnetto?A brand of candy that became part of a recurring gag on the Laugh In TV show. Brown's Timberland!So said the signs along the road when my parents made a wrong turn on a vacation trip to Maine and we found ourselves driving...and driving...and driving...and all we could see was trees! This might have been around 1968? I'm not sure if Brown's still owns that vast tract of forest but it impressed teenage me greatly. (The Gallery, John Collier)
Humboldt Bay
... That area is more formally known as Arcata Bay. Redwood trees in the surrounding hills were logged and rivers and streams carried silt ... 
 
Posted by kevhum - 05/18/2007 - 12:48am -

The Alta ferry on Humboldt Bay in California ran between Arcata and Eureka and was owned by the railroad. Taken around turn of century. Photographer unknown. Arcata BayThat area is more formally known as Arcata Bay. Redwood trees in the surrounding hills were logged and rivers and streams carried silt down to the bay. A hundred years ago the bay was a deep water port. Today it is a mud flat at low tide. BothThe Humboldt Bay is off of Eureka and the Arcata Bay is off of Arcata. The ferry must have gone through both, right? Ferry RangeThe Alta did travel in both parts of the bay. In the book Sail and Steam on the Northern Calif. Coast 1850-1900 there is more than one reference made about the Alta traveling as far as the Bendixen Shipyard in Fairhaven to attend ship launchings - ironically the same place it was built in 1878. The steamer was built for the Arcata transportation company. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Big Reveal: 1907
... it looks today. Couldn't quite get the same angle due to trees obstructing the view. (The Gallery, DPC) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/27/2016 - 1:40pm -

1907. "Unveiling tablet commemorating first settlement of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Stage Fort Park, Gloucester." 8x10 glass negative. View full size. You can helpThe restoration project. The RockA rock about this size is what I was expecting to see the first time I went to Plymouth Rock. Wow, was I in for a surprise. How it looks todayThis rock is about 10 minutes from my house, so I took a drive over to take the same photo as it looks today. Couldn't quite get the same angle due to trees obstructing the view. (The Gallery, DPC)
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