Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
Photos submitted by Shorpy members!
Print Emporium
Mr. Bojangles: 1938
Summer 1938. "Street scene, New York City." Here's a fellow who looks like he has a story to tell. Medium format negative by Jack Allison. View full size.
Travellin' Man
I don't know where he's headed next with his carry-on bag and flag, but he probably won't like what happens at airport security.
Why do I look at Shorpy
before I go to bed? Need to get up early but I couldn't resist. Per the 1940 NYC phone book, there was a Wm. Finkelstein, plumber located at 109 West 116th Street.
Great resource provided by the NY Public Library: http://directme.nypl.org/
Fresh Killed
Not a term one is likely to see at the local supermarket. I guess, in our modern, sanitized world, we are supposed to believe that poultry, as well as other meats, grow in styrofoam trays at a plant somewhere in the Midwest.
Sink Stopper Next Door
Might the sink stopper noticed by Boots_DE be from next door's William Finkelstein Plumber, 109 West 116 Street, Harlem, NY, UNiversity 4-3833?
Re: Actually
I dunno, Dave. Sure looks like /lb to me.
[The price per pound is 22 cents, not .22 cents. - Dave]
D'oh!!
Of course, you're right; I didn't notice the decimal!
Wow, will you look at that!
Fresh killed Chickens for .22 cents a pound!
[Actually, 22 cents. - Dave]
Ah, yeah, Peter, I think that's enough flair.
That's enough flair to make Stan proud, Brian jealous, and Joanna want to quit.
A very interesting fellow, indeed!
Including a sink stopper, rabbit's foot, and a cow bell. Would love to have heard his story!
Those signs
really caught my eye, the apex of sign painters art, which would continue for another 20 years,now a lost art, OH, and that guy looks like he is really ready to put on a show!
Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.
On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5