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
The Colonial: 1901
Circa 1901. "In the gardens -- Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas." Built by Henry M. Flagler on the site of Fort Nassau, the hotel was destroyed by fire in 1922. Its current incarnation is the British Colonial Hilton Nassau, owned by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation. 5x7 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Rabbit hole alert
One of the owners of the follow-on hotel, the British Colonial Hilton Nassau, was Harry Oakes. If you have an hour or four, search out his story. He was a gold miner turned tycoon that owned a big chunk of the Bahamas. He was also murdered in Nassau in 1943, and the murder has never been solved.
The Burn File
It's been far too long since our last entry in the Hotels Which Burned To the Ground series. Beauties, every one of them, and this is certainly a worthy addition.
What has captured the gardener's attention, I wonder. He's just to the right of the "Bicycles" sign.
Does anyone know the name of the wheeled chair behind the three men, just in front of the stairs? It looks as if it might be the kind which could be guided by its occupant, using a center control bar.
[Not quite. - Dave]
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