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Parade in Port Huron: 1906
... taken. Based upon the flags, bunting, and foliage on the trees I'd hazard a guess that the parade was celebrating Decoration Day (now ... 
 
Posted by Rick - 11/15/2013 - 9:07pm -

Parade in Port Huron Michigan, 1906 The woman smiling from the rear seat of the lead car is my great-grandmother, Katherine Saety Kaumeier. Her only child and my grandfather Erwin Louis Kaumeier is the young lad occupying the rear seat of the second car, a 1906 REO Model A. Born in August 1899, ELK would have been six years old when the shutter was tripped on that holiday early in the 20th century. The lap he's sitting on belongs to my great-grandfather, John Christian Kaumeier. JCK was an architect whose career in the building trades started when he was just 13 years old. Katherine's uncle Benjamin J. Karrer is also in the rear seat, wearing a dark hat and a serious expression. Lt. Karrer was a veteran of the American Civil War who served the Union in the 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. The identity of the other individuals in the photo is unknown, as is the precise date when this shot was taken. Based upon the flags, bunting, and foliage on the trees I'd hazard a guess that the parade was celebrating Decoration Day (now known as Memorial Day) or the Fourth of July. View full size. Warning, Falling PeopleIf that guy falls off of that "high wire" he is going to wipe out one or more of the occupants of the car. Is he going to blame the driver's erratic diving or the street light that he clipped with his balance pole when he falls. Probably the FourthMy guess is that it's the Fourth of July. Aside from the incongruous frivolity of tightrope-walkers on cars on what would then have been a fairly solemn holiday for decorating the graves of soldiers killed within the memory of some of those present, I would have expected the Union veterans to have been in uniform on a Decoration Day parade. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Beech Street: 1910
... View full size. Just Askin' So those trees would be ... beeches? (The Gallery, DPC, Horses) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/05/2014 - 11:10am -

Circa 1910. "Beech Street -- Manchester, New Hampshire." Note the carbon arc lamp and its elaborate rigging. 8x10 glass negative. View full size. Just Askin'So those trees would be ... beeches? (The Gallery, DPC, Horses)
Surfside One: 1908
Miami circa 1908. "Cocoanut trees along the docks." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/01/2014 - 11:47pm -

Miami circa 1908. "Cocoanut trees along the docks." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Florida, Miami)
Flagler Memorial: 1897
... Color enhancement The view is blocked by the trees now, but the color highlights the details. The name is Memorial ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/30/2019 - 3:47pm -

Florida circa 1897. "Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size. Color enhancementThe view is blocked by the trees now, but the color highlights the details. The name is Memorial Presbyterian Church; Flagler built it in memory of his daughter, who died from complications from childbirth. Flagler and his family are buried there. (The Gallery, DPC, Florida, W.H. Jackson)
Biscayne Bay: 1912
... "Biscayne Bay, Miami." Back when the highrises were mostly trees. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2017 - 7:33pm -

Florida circa 1912. "Biscayne Bay, Miami." Back when the highrises were mostly trees. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Florida, Miami)
Red Bud Planting: 1944
... Airport in 1944. The back of the picture reads: "Red bud trees being planted in memory of dead soldiers by Pilot's wives club." Nola ... 
 
Posted by Jim Carpenter - 12/08/2010 - 2:04pm -

This is Nola A. Higdon and two lady helpers planting a tree at Tulsa Municipal Airport in 1944. The back of the picture reads: "Red bud trees being planted in memory of dead soldiers by Pilot's wives club." Nola Higdon was my wife's father. View full size. Tulsa Municipal AirportApparently was the busiest in the nation after its opening in 1928. This wonderful Art Deco/Moderne building was torn town in 1969. All that remains is the cornerstone, now on display at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum. Interesting stuff Time WarpHow did Jim Carpenter submit the photo on 12/16/2010 so that tterrace could leave a comment on 12/07/2010. What have I misread? [The date. - Dave] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Christmas: 1962
... served well for decades, and we still use some to decorate trees today. Sadly, my grandfather can no longer join in the Yuletide ... 
 
Posted by Flababo - 09/18/2011 - 10:52pm -

It's Christmas 1962 in the suburban Pennsylvania household of the Bader family, the aftermath of that morning's gift-giving recorded by my grandfather and his trusty Brownie 127. Despite his relatively modest salary from the Burroughs Corporation, my grandfather did his best to make his children happy each Christmas. That year, my uncles would each receive a set of Lincoln Logs and a generous helping of war toys, including a toy mortar and helmet, plastic grenades, and a toy tank. The younger of the two would also get, as seen at right, a set of toy trucks -- two excavators and a fire truck -- and a toy Dairy Delivery set; the elder brother got a set of Play-Doh and a couple of board games. His daughter -- my mother -- received a Chatty Cathy doll (which she always hated, Barbie being her preferred doll), a set of Play-Doh, and several play tea and homemaking sets. The disco-ball like Christmas balls seen decorating the tree have served well for decades, and we still use some to decorate trees today. Sadly, my grandfather can no longer join in the Yuletide celebrations, having passed away in 2009. His spirit lives on, though, in the memories of his children and grandchildren, his life having so enriched our own. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
The Babe: 1964
A visit to Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California July, 1964. Babe, Paul Bunyan's better ... 
 
Posted by rsyung - 07/24/2015 - 8:17pm -

A visit to Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California July, 1964. Babe, Paul Bunyan's better half. Kodachrome slide taken by my dad. That's me in the shocking red sweater, with my mom and little bro. View full size. I was thereI was there a few years earlier with my family. I cherish the memories of the road trips we took. We headed for Northern California and Oregon often, because Dad was in charge of that big old '59 Chevy Nomad wagon! Chevy II wagonMvsman, my dad loaded the family and tons of luggage into a Chevy II wagon! Still don't know how we survived some of those road trips! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Western Onion: 1939
... in the field, hot as Hell, and deciding to plant a few trees (right there) so in the future, someone will have some shade from the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/19/2018 - 1:28pm -

October 1939. "Harvesting onions in field of Farm Security Administration client. Western Slope Farms, Colorado." Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. "One Day, Someone will have Shade, Here"I can only imagine the conversation over a lunch sitting in the field, hot as Hell, and deciding to plant a few trees (right there) so in the future, someone will have some shade from the brutal, but beautiful sun. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein, Landscapes)
Palenville Hotel (Colorized): 1902
... from this Shorpy original using Gimp. So many trees. So many rocks in the wall. Took me about 6 hours. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Popeyelegs - 12/06/2016 - 1:37pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original using Gimp. So many trees. So many rocks in the wall. Took me about 6 hours. View full size. Finessed the ColorExcellent. The time you took shows. Even the little ash tree waving to the right of the camera has extra hints of color that fit late summer. I can almost smell the horses. (Colorized Photos)
Big Red Riding Hood (Colorized): 1941
... Colorized from this Shorpy original. Forests and trees are a challenge to colorize realistically, but I loved this picture so ... 
 
Posted by tedturner - 01/09/2015 - 7:56pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. Forests and trees are a challenge to colorize realistically, but I loved this picture so much that I was up to the challenge. View full size. Nice workI love your color selection on the bark of the tree. The greenery is still good work. Nicely done [Baxado] (Colorized Photos)
Little Red Caboose: 1967
... had once seen a brand-new "reefer" truck full of Christmas trees that had wedged and split wide open here. In the 1980's the track grade ... 
 
Posted by ctyankeeinma - 09/22/2017 - 6:57pm -

The "Canal Line" railroad bridge in Milldale, Connecticut carried rail traffic over U. S. Route 6-a, the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike. The highway was excavated in 1914 to permit trolleys of the Waterbury & Milldale Tramway to pass under the rails, that track coming by only a few feet from where this was taken. The "Canal Line" railroad approximately followed the course of the old Farmington Canal (1828-1847) from New Haven, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts, and opened in 1848. It has had a number of owners, but was still in the "New Haven" system when I took this picture on June 4, 1967, when I was 16. Kodachrome, of course! The bridge clearance was marked adequate for most big trucks, but was not. The road-bed angles upward on both sides, and drivers unfamiliar with the easy work-around sometimes got seriously stuck under it. I had once seen a brand-new "reefer" truck full of Christmas trees that had wedged and split wide open here. In the 1980's the track grade was raised about two feet as part of the Interstate 691 project, and all rail traffic ceased on the line a couple of years later. Today the bridge is part of a popular rail-trail, which (hopefully) will span the entire 72 miles of the original route, eventually. The self-service Ice House (just right of the packy) endures to this day! View full size. CNI don't know what excites me more: the little red caboose or the sight of two Canadian National freight cars rolling through the USA. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Disney Slide #5
... when visiting Disneyland now, with all of the mature trees, that at one time it was so new that the landscape was still juvenile- I ... 
 
Posted by Vintagetvs - 09/06/2011 - 9:53am -

More early Disneyland, from a ancient suitcase found next to a freeway on ramp. View full size. Great Pic!It's great to see these early photos. We forget when visiting Disneyland now, with all of the mature trees, that at one time it was so new that the landscape was still juvenile- I wonder if that took away from the fantasy? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Christmas: 1961
... suffering from a tree blight which had affected all the trees in the area. My mother started a trend in the village that year when she ... 
 
Posted by Mudhooks - 12/16/2009 - 12:14am -

Me (age 5 in my Santa jammies), Christmas morning, Kemptville, Ontario. I noticed the paper cut-out Nativity scene under the tree which I am about to take out with my new pram. I still remember the tree. It was so wide the boy (one of the students from the high school where my mother taught) who brought it into the house could barely get it in the door. It was also suffering from a tree blight which had affected all the trees in the area. My mother started a trend in the village that year when she painted the brown tips of the branches with silver spray-paint. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
California Bound: 1920
... Looking in the background of the photo, you have Joshua trees, which reside in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada, etc. So it ... 
 
Posted by BLPhillips - 11/03/2010 - 8:56am -

This was taken somewhere in the Great Plains, moving to the West Coast. My grandparents moved from New York state to California in 1920. My grandfather snapped the photo: My grandmother (far right) standing next to her mother. Grandmother's sister is at far left, next to my grandfather's mother. What a fun trip. View full size. In the desertLooking in the background of the photo, you have Joshua trees, which reside in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada, etc. So it looks like they are closer to their destination here. Dressed like that I am hoping it's winter. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Family: c. 1970
... chest! Was this taken in a rural community? Lots of trees. [Switzerland, I think. - Dave] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by SLK - 10/15/2010 - 10:48am -

My Mom, my brother and my uncle with me circa 1970. View full size. InterestingLoved those VW Wagons. That one appears to be customized with the side view mirrors, luggage rack and wheels. Like so many family pictures,things look a bit posed.The kid on the left is really puffing out his chest! Was this taken in a rural community? Lots of trees. [Switzerland, I think. - Dave] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
First Church, Keene, a bit later
... in 2008, it's now the First Church of Christ and the trees in Central Square are a bit larger. Steve Miller Back home, ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 09/20/2011 - 12:56pm -

When we last saw Keene's First Congregational Church, it was as the backdrop for a fire fighters' hose practice (https://www.shorpy.com/node/3335) about 1913. Time changes things -- for instance, in 2008, it's now the First Church of Christ and the trees in Central Square are a bit larger. Steve Miller Back home, someplace near the crossroads of America P.S. Found no substantial doughnuts, nor any Moxie... (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Independence Hall
... no road that close to the hall on that side. Just lots of trees and a few statues. (I would have attached an old postcard from the 1930s ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 08/09/2013 - 6:37pm -

Another from my collection. Independence Hall I figure in the 1930's. From another source, this is the south side of the building. View full size. Not Independence Hall...Nice photo but it's not THE Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It looks like one of the replicas -- maybe the one at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan? The real hall doesn't have so many side buildings, and on that side of the building is a full block-sized park that has been there since way before the 1930s. There is also no road that close to the hall on that side. Just lots of trees and a few statues. (I would have attached an old postcard from the 1930s but it wouldn't load to the email.) Anyway, just for what it's worth! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Lumberjacks
... Dostie, on the left, and his brother cutting down a few trees. Photo likely taken in the 1910's up in Quebec before they found their ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 04/17/2009 - 6:48am -

My wife's great-grandfather Albert Dostie, on the left, and his brother cutting down a few trees. Photo likely taken in the 1910's up in Quebec before they found their way to Maine. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
East Front, U.S. Capitol
... Smithsonian in 1908 can be seen at right center among the trees. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by edition_of_one - 03/23/2010 - 7:19am -

Found at a flea market. Date unknown, but buggies are the only wheeled vehicles in the picture. A statue of a seated George Washington that was removed to the Smithsonian in 1908 can be seen at right center among the trees. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Brothers: 1947
... got a modern brake water now, but still has lots of rocks, trees and picnic tables. Last visited there in the early 1980's, so thanks for ... 
 
Posted by Fathead - 10/09/2013 - 12:54pm -

Big brother watching out for little one. Lake Hopatcong State Park, New Jersey, 1947. Grew up there!Grew up in Hopatcong, and visited the State Park a thousand times. I know that spot, it's got a modern brake water now, but still has lots of rocks, trees and picnic tables. Last visited there in the early 1980's, so thanks for reviving the memories. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dostie Christmas 1967
... on the far right in the checkered shirt. Love the skimpy trees back in the day. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 09/20/2011 - 12:39pm -

Christmas in the Dostie household, Week's Mill, Maine. My wife's father Richard is on the far right in the checkered shirt. Love the skimpy trees back in the day. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
Central Park, New York 1999
... come out so cool looking, the buildings looming over the trees. (Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 01/04/2009 - 9:27am -

I took this on my first trip to New York City in May 1999. A lot of photos were taken in my 4 days I was there, but this was my favorite, I don't know why but the photo seemed to come out so cool looking, the buildings looming over the trees. (Member Gallery)
My Friends and I: 1953
... anyway, so the Swede saw was the usual means of cutting trees down and into usable lengths for firewood. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by Spooky - 02/13/2008 - 10:02pm -

Back in the '50s we didn't have too much indoor entertainment. Electricity was just being introduced where we lived and only for lighting. Before that, kerosene lanterns were the only reading lights after dark. So daytime was spent hanging out with the neighbour kids. Money was tight, clothes didn't match. Nobobdy cared. I'm in the back, the oldest kid. If you look to the left you'll see a man sharpening his Swede saw on his porch. At this time, power saws were two man machines. The carburetor was primitive and so those heavy powered saws required a tiltable bar as the saw would not run on its side. Very few people could afford one anyway, so the Swede saw was the usual means of cutting trees down and into usable lengths for firewood. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Farm Children, 1915
... Anna and Carl Schwendt, in a field of daisies at Maple Trees Farm in Skippack, Pennsylvania. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by harpsichordgal - 04/07/2008 - 9:32pm -

Catharine Carofalo, and her cousins Anna and Carl Schwendt, in a field of daisies at Maple Trees Farm in Skippack, Pennsylvania. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Suburban Dreams: Spring 1962
... in a few more power poles. Based on the full leaves on the trees in the back yard, I am guessing this is May 1962. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/06/2013 - 9:56pm -

With the birth of my brother in June 1961, the one bathroom, three bedroom mini ranch house in Levittown, Pennsylvania became too small. So my parents hired a builder to create their dream home at 85 Leabrook Lane, Princeton, New Jersey. As it was getting close to completion, we drove over each weekend to see how it was taking shape. My father took this photo as workers were starting on the chimney; the square pipes in the front yard will become its inner walls. At this time there was no Leabrook Lane in front of it yet; there was just a dirt path for the construction trucks. There was also no electricity, but the basic house was complete. It just needed things like drywall, a front door, bathroom and kitchen fixtures and, of course, the electric company to come and put in a few more power poles. Based on the full leaves on the trees in the back yard, I am guessing this is May 1962. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Early Levittown, PA: 1954
... the same twigs for landscaping, which included two fruit trees, two pines, and a sycamore. He is standing by the apple tree. In the ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 06/16/2017 - 6:50pm -

The great post-World War Two social phenomenon of suburbia is demonstrated in this 1954 photo of my father Howard standing behind the first home he ever bought, which was in the Dogwood section of Levittown, Pennsylvania. At the time my parents chose the house only the mid-century modern Levittowner ranch model was being built. He qualified for the $12,500 home by having a GI Bill guarantee for the 3.75% mortgage, and by being Caucasian (Levitt would not sell to any other race). As an original Levittowner owner he had three choices to make: first was which lot your house would be on; second was which color the accent sands in the asbestos sheet siding would be; and third was whether your house would be built with air conditioning. (My mother said red for the sands, my father said yes for the AC). The houses in Dogwood were built in 1953. Though there was an electric dryer, my mother liked the smell of line-dried sheets, so the clothesline (which did not come with the house) was added to the back yard. Every house got the same twigs for landscaping, which included two fruit trees, two pines, and a sycamore. He is standing by the apple tree. In the background are the neighbor’s pines. Photo was taken by my mother on a camera she had brought with her from before they were married. Scan was made from a negative. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Cowpunchers
... Street, Freeport, Illinois, circa 1951. The house and trees are gone now. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by burmashave - 11/09/2009 - 9:08am -

My sister, little cousin and I play cowboys in the yard on Washington Street, Freeport, Illinois, circa 1951. The house and trees are gone now. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Bumper Crop of Beauty
... telling me to get down from something: kitchen counters, trees and even rooftops. Image courtesy of the Box of Curly Photos from ... 
 
Posted by Hoople365 - 06/01/2012 - 10:14pm -

My mother, at age 23, Wayne County, Michigan, 1942. When I was growing up, it seemed like she was always telling me to get down from something: kitchen counters, trees and even rooftops. Image courtesy of the Box of Curly Photos from my parents. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Peanut Butter TV Time: 1957
... was high fidelity. Above the 45 player is a watercolor of trees that my mother painted. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 06/02/2018 - 2:25pm -

One of the things my mother did to give herself some child-free time was park me in front of the television with a shot glass of Skippy peanut butter and a spoon. On this day she seems to have given me the whole jar (which might have been nearly empty). She would then pick an appropriate program to keep me interested, and go about cooking, painting watercolor or whatever she wanted to do. Here you see, in addition to our RCA TV, the RCA 6JM2 45 player that my father gave me for my third birthday. Unlike the typical children’s 45 player (such as the Ding Dong Schoolhouse edition), which had a built in speaker, my father chose a non-speaker version, and hooked it up using the TV’s sound system. To turn it on you turned the power knob for the television in the opposite direction from the way you turned on the TV to watch the picture. All of the other children had horrible sound from their record players, but mine was high fidelity. Above the 45 player is a watercolor of trees that my mother painted. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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