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Milestone
... Hmmm, Ansel Adams, Arthur Rothstein, Dorothea Lange, Jack Delano, Lewis Hine, Russell Lee, Walker Evans ... and tterrace. You move in ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 06/24/2009 - 4:14pm -

It was one year ago, June 23, 2008, that I uploaded my first photos to Shorpy. Ironic that on that date, exactly one year less a day before Kodak discontinued the film, one of them was a Kodachrome. This is me, in Kodachrome, shooting Kodachrome with my Kodak Retinette, in July 1967. View full size. Styling!This reminds me of the way I typically dress and comb my hair. Nobody my age tucks their shirt in so I'm trying to bring it back. Happy anniversary, Tterrace!We're glad you're here and we love your photos. Keep 'em coming! Thanks, TterraceYour photos and comments are part of what make Shorpy the best photo website I've seen. Thank you so muchI like your photos, they are a big part of SHORPYs side. Thank you for every photo, keep on! Photographers listI think tterace deserves to be included in the list in the right sidebar. Thanks, tterrace. [Good idea. I've created a gallery for his posts called tterrapix. Now all he needs to do is to go back and "tag" his previous posts to make them appear in the gallery. - Dave] Thanks a millionTo Erzsi for suggesting my gallery, to Dave for creating it and also to Dave for tackling the lion's share of the tagging, which I was bollixing up on my first attempt. Also to all the people who've said nice things about my photos. Viva Shorpy! One of the ImmortalsHmmm, Ansel Adams, Arthur Rothstein, Dorothea Lange, Jack Delano, Lewis Hine, Russell Lee, Walker Evans ... and tterrace. You move in some pretty good company, buddy! McNear's BeachI'm going to take a stab here, and say this was taken near McNear's Beach in San Rafael California. That is the Richmond-San Rafael bridge for sure in the background. I'll even say that it's a hill that you can climb and look down upon the Peacock Gap Golf Course. Milestone locationThis is a section of this shot, so you're right about the bridge, rgraham, but it's actually on the hill overlooking downtown San Rafael, up Robert Dollar Drive in Boyd Park. Ah hah!I think I know that location now. It's the hill that seems to get a fire going on at least once each summer. There used to be a cross on top of it, but I'm sure it's been taken down by now. I can see 101 running off into the distance, heading over into Corte Madera, and Larkspur. I did in fact just cross that bridge twice this morning. re: Ah hahActually, that's the approach to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, then State 17, now I-580. You can see the old westbound overpass from 101 near the right edge. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, tterrapix)
Night on Catherine: 1954
... you, but I'm heading right over to the Indian Room to meet Jack Delano for cocktails. Public Works Garbage bucket style "C", eh? Much ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/09/2008 - 3:07pm -

"Montreal July 1954. Night on Catherine and Peel Streets." From Set 3 of found 35mm Kodachrome slides. View full size. I don't know about you, but I'm heading right over to the Indian Room to meet Jack Delano for cocktails. Public WorksGarbage bucket style "C", eh? Much better than those style "A" or "B" ones, I presume. Garrett Dash Nelson Sainte CatherineSainte Catherine is the main drag in Montreal, now a one-way street running through the heart of downtown Montreal from upper class boutiques on the west side to lower class red light districts in the east end. It was the scene of the famous "Rocket Richard" hockey riots of 1957, and more recently the Stanley Cup riot of 1993. And a 1953 FordThe ghost of one anyhow, zooming by... Sainte-Catherine and PeelThere is a webcam run by Tourism Montreal at that location: http://www.montrealcam.com/en-visitation.html Unfortunately it doesn't look as "swinging" as it once did. All that neon......would be thrown away by government decree in the 1970's thanks to Quebec's French-only laws. Streetcar GhostsThere are also at least two streetcar ghosts in the picture as well: the more visible one is eastbound and you can see its illuminated dash lights a third of the way from the Indian Room to the Players signs. The windows of the westbound one are clearly shown above the Players Please sign. The unmistakable notice that every Montreal streetcar carried announcing a $40 fine for spitting appears at the upper left corner of the United Cigar Stores clock. Strictly speaking this is the corner of St. Catherine and Windsor since till about 1962. Peel only applied from Pine to Burnside (de Maisonneuve). (Cars, Trucks, Buses, Kodachromes 3, Travel & Vacation)
Baby Barkhoefer: 1942
... 70 pictures in Hamilton, Montana. But he admitted that Jack Delano would have shot many more. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/22/2021 - 12:37pm -

April 1942. "Hamilton, Montana. Ted Barkhoefer and family." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size. The Tree of TeddyA glimpse of the trajectories of Ted (who served as a U.S. Navy Reserve Seaman 1st Class during WWII), wife Dorothy, and son William (who may well have been known as "Billy" at the time of the above photo). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/325000/edwin-henry-barkhoefer A View from the Outside (?)This may well be the house in which our current photo was captured (if they were within the updated address listed on Ted's WWII draft card): Shooting in HamiltonOn April 11 1942, Vachon wrote to his wife that he had taken at least 70 pictures in Hamilton, Montana. But he admitted that Jack Delano would have shot many more. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids)
Trunk Show: 1936
... to be dismissive of the other 10 FSA photographers. I find Jack Delano's railroad photos to be awe inspiring at times. And Russel Lee and John ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/14/2013 - 6:17pm -

Feb. 1936. "Drought refugees in California." Dust Bowl migrants photographed by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Brave peopleYeah, they look down, but they don't look out. Dorothea Lange had a genius for finding the heart and soul of Depression America. Depressing DepressionFrom what I can tell, the baby is clinging to her mother who appears to have another one on the way. The Grandmother and the younger sister don't seem to be enjoying themselves either. If they stayed in California, their lives probably improved. Master of CompositionWhenever I look at the examples of the FSA photographers that appear here on Shorpy, I am always struck by Dorothea Lange's mastery of composition. Her photographs draw the eye in immediately, and deliver an emotional response in the viewer that all of today's digital magic cannot reproduce. I certainly don't mean to be dismissive of the other 10 FSA photographers. I find Jack Delano's railroad photos to be awe inspiring at times. And Russel Lee and John Vachon have created memorable images as well. But when it came to photographing people, Lange seemed to have an eye for composition and exposure that was above the others. Depression yearsI've been in my own depression years both emotionally and financially so I know the look on those faces. My heart goes out to them and I hope they found a way out eventually as I did. Times like that are hard on a man but more so on a women who has the natural desire to have a home and keep it warm and cozy for her family. Living in dirt is hard and uncomfortable in a lot of ways. Constantly traveling to find work is discouraging and maybe a place to put down roots again would be a deep longing for them. On the other side of the story, my mother lived through the great depression but it didn't leave much of an impression on her. Not everyone was affected with dirt and poverty even though she lived through some serious dust storms. My dad's experience was a bit different. He was a farm boy and told me they lived off the land, my grandfather lucky to have two nickles to rub together for 9 children and a wife. My grandmother had small pox over her entire body while she was delivering her 10th child. I can't even begin to imagine what life was like back then nor do I try to. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Dorothea Lange, Dust Bowl)
Infinite West: 1941
... seen elsewhere on Shorpy. The Sub I guess Jack Delano was somewhere else that day. Spelling Wouldn't that be Wasatch? ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/12/2015 - 9:48am -

September 1941. "Buena Vista, Colorado (vicinity). The Sawatch mountains." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size. VistaSuch a view is why we need the word: "vista". Yet, even this vastness has been conquered three ways: the railroad tracks, the telegraph lines, and the barbed-wire fences on both sides on the rail line. What do you suppose was the photographer's vantage point -- a water tower, perhaps? [Her car window. - Dave] Western entropy: The posting by Shorpyite, "swaool", gives us today's view of this vista; showing the deterioration of the conquering elements: an abandoned rail line, vanished telegraph lines, and the infamous barbed wire fences, installed in such straight lines are gone or lost in the weeds. Even the vantage point, a highway bridge, is in an aged condition. But Nature survives. Vantage PointTo me it is quite easy to discern. The photo was taken from the right side forward looking window of a train engine. [Yes, if your locomotive is 40 feet tall and you are waaay above the top of the telephone poles. Below, an actual cab view. - Dave] IMHOThe vantage point can't be her car window unless her car window is higher than those power lines. [What a puzzler. Maybe she chartered a balloon. - Dave] lol. But I see that others have cleared it up by pointing out that she was on a bridge. I should have thought of that lol. BYOONA-vistaThat's how they pronounce it there -- "byoonie" for short. Through the Rockies, not around them This is the route of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad from Pueblo to Dotsero, Colorado. Built to compete with the Union Pacific, it was downgraded after a more direct route was built from Denver to Dotsero though the long Moffat Tunnel and on to Salt Lake City. Being duplicative and containing some significantly steep grades it has been out of service since 1997. Part of the line includes the scenic Royal Gorge, seen elsewhere on Shorpy. The SubI guess Jack Delano was somewhere else that day. SpellingWouldn't that be Wasatch? [Too bad you don't have the Internet. - Dave] Vantage PointShe was most likely on the US 24 highway overpass about a mile south of Buena Vista. The view is to the SSE, and the railroad is the former Denver and Rio Grande Western's original mainline via Tennessee Pass, no longer used by present owner Union Pacific. [The 1937 bridge Ms. Wolcott was on was scheduled for replacement in 2014, but is still in this Street View image from 2012. -tterrace] View Larger Map (The Gallery, Landscapes, M.P. Wolcott, Railroads)
Greyhound Garage: 1943
... of the motorcoach, whose hundreds of bus images rival Jack Delano's train photos in their breadth and number. View full size. Re: ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/02/2014 - 12:56pm -

September 1943. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Removing a tire from a bus at the Greyhound garage." Office of War Information photo by Esther Bubley, that amanuensis of the motorcoach, whose hundreds of bus images rival Jack Delano's train photos in their breadth and number. View full size. Re: Monumental jobNot really. Tire spoons, long metal bars used to manually pry tires off/on the rims, also come in handy for levering heavy wheels off the axle as well as getting them upright from flat on the floor. Not a job for a weakling, but not very difficult for an average man. Monumental jobNot getting the wheel nuts off, but picking the tire up off the floor! World War 2 tire rationingI did a little research and found that commercial vehicles were exempt from rationing. No one would appreciate a bus, such as the one shown, carrying passengers on tires that had long since worn out. The average civilian had to make 5 automobile tires last for the duration of the war. This included recapping as necessary. Some thoughtful planning was necessary for this to be accomplished, no doubt. Streamline Moderne at its finestMy best guess is this bus is a Yellow Coach Model 745. It appears to match this 1939 New York World's Fair souvenir. Popeye armsHammering ten stud, twenty inch, Budd wheels off and on all day with a one inch drive impact will give you arms like that. Doesn't do much for your hearing though. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Esther Bubley, Pittsburgh)
The Potato Farmer's Daughter: 1940
... their house near Wallagrass, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. All the world's a stage What with the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/07/2019 - 5:03pm -

October 1940. "The daughter of Mr. Dave Labbee, French-Canadian potato farmer, outside their house near Wallagrass, Maine." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. All the world's a stageWhat with the girl's beauty and that pose -- not to mention that skirt length and those hose -- hey! that rhymes! -- I am inclined to believe our little miss was enjoying the attention of the photographer. Must've been a warm October in Maine for her to strut her stuff "onstage" dressed like that. But then maybe she was merely walking across the porch and glanced over at the opportune moment. Either way, the young girl peeking through the screen door wants in on it. [That's Mother. - Dave] However ... when I was eight or nine, I used the long front walk of a big fancy house where we lived one summer rent-free -- true story; my "stepfather" was a con-man -- as a runway of sorts. With a parasol as my prop, I pranced up and down singing a song I'd made up. Presumably this was for the benefit of neighbors and passers-by, although I don't remember attracting any notice. I do know that there was no applause and certainly no photographer, and I have no idea what I wore. Probably shorts and a sleeveless top. But then that was Florida, where it's always warm. Wood!So much to love about this photo, beginning with the wood: shingles on the roof, shakes on the wall, lap siding, rough-hewn boards for the stairs and deck, logs for the porch. I can smell it from here, across the border from French Canada where I live, almost 80 years away. Also love the plants in the cans (incl. Jewel shortening). But what’s that item standing up in front of the window on the right, beside the classic barrel? (The girl is great, too!) Well, well, well?Could the thing in front of the window be a wellhead? It looks like it has a crank handle and rope around a spindle, and below the porch there is a structure that appears to be corrugated pipe... The wooden panel leaning against it looks as if it could be a cover, with a notch for a rope. But I'm just guessing. Going to guessThat the item to the right in front of the window is a crank attached to a rope to draw water in a bucket from the well below. Fragrant woodThe object standing in front of the window on the right looks like a well with a crank and chain. A thick pipe is visible under the porch - but why is the well standing on the porch? And the girl was very bold and even provocative. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Kids)
Cafeteria Style: 1949
... refreshing the site, seeing the new image, and calling out Jack Delano! or Another of those San Francisco cars!) But there's the clinical ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/03/2015 - 3:47pm -

July 6, 1949. "Johns-Manville Research Laboratory, Finderne, New Jersey. Cafeteria. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects." Continuing the tour begun here. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size. Gottscho-SchleisnerWhy do I love G-S so much? Part of it is the instant recognizability. (Although I do also love refreshing the site, seeing the new image, and calling out Jack Delano! or Another of those San Francisco cars!) But there's the clinical recording in B & W of the essence of a place, somewhere in or near NYC, sometimes of the amazing Manhattan skyline (e.g. Gotham Noir: 1933 or Midcentury Manhattan: 1950), at a time within living memory of some of us, and of objects and rooms and layouts which we younger oldsters recognize from our youths. G-S's clean photos also manage to exude a humanity and warmth, most of the time (all of the time?) without any humans present. Some of the images (e.g. 30 Rock: 1933 or Gotham: 1931) are so mythic and luminous that I wonder if they're actually photographs of real things. Everything neat and tidy... and ashtrays properly placed. Kudos to the cafeteria crew. Pardon MeThe above phrase had to be said anytime someone wanted to leave a table in the center or left sides of this room. Hard Chairs ...... not designed for lingering. [You don't see the rather thick seat cushions? The seatbacks are padded, also. -tterrace] (The Gallery, Eateries & Bars, Gottscho-Schleisner)
Red Delicious: 1940
A colorized version of this 1940 photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Very nice Nicely done! It looks very ... 
 
Posted by Fredric Falcon - 06/26/2009 - 12:26pm -

A colorized version of this 1940 photo by Jack Delano. View full size. Very niceNicely done! It looks very natural. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Colorized Photos)
The Planters (Colorized): 1941
... Moncks Corner, South Carolina." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. Wow Great work, Kenny. ... 
 
Posted by Kenny - 12/14/2011 - 2:08pm -

Colorized from Shorpy's files. March 1941. "Planting corn on a plantation near Moncks Corner, South Carolina." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. WowGreat work, Kenny. BeautyThanks for colorizing this image. I was struck by the dignity and beauty of the woman in the foreground in the original B&W, and you've done a marvelous job accenting the best of the image. (Colorized Photos)
Airport Newsstand (Colorized): 1941
... newsstand in the waiting room, with some "real" covers. By Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. Colorized version of this Shorpy ... 
 
Posted by Alex - 01/24/2020 - 12:26pm -

July 1941. Virginia, Arlington, Washington National Airport. The newsstand in the waiting room, with some "real" covers. By Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. Colorized version of this Shorpy photo. Found issues Aero Digest Amazing Stories Aviation Bazaar Better Homes & Gardens Blue Book Click Crime Detective Daring Detective Esquire Famous Fantastic Mysteries Flying and Popular Aviation Front Page Detective Look Master Detective Outdoor Life Photoplay Physical Culture Popular Mechanics Popular Photography Popular Science Reader's Digest Real Detective The Saturday Evening Post Screenland Screen Life Sports Afield Startling Detective True Confessions True Detective True Story United States News Vogue The Woman (Colorized Photos)
School is in Session (Colorized)
... Heard County, Georgia." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. (Colorized Photos) ... 
 
Posted by dougkess - 07/21/2020 - 2:18pm -

April 1941. "Schoolchildren in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. (Colorized Photos)
Crossroads of America: 1963
... defunct Campbell's Soup factory, kind of in the spirit of Jack Delano many years before. Over the years I have come to realize that crossings ... 
 
Posted by prrvet - 12/18/2019 - 3:03pm -

Chicago's status as the crossroads of commerce in America is well known. This busy railroad crossing on the city's South side served to personify that fact. I took this photo at the Ash Street crossing adjacent to the now defunct Campbell's Soup factory, kind of in the spirit of Jack Delano many years before. Over the years I have come to realize that crossings such as these are a maintenance nightmare for their owners because the constant pounding of heavy rail cars tends to wear out the rail heads. Today the various railroads are engaged in a gradual replacement of crossings like this with "flying junctions" similar to expressway interchanges. It is known as "Operation Create." The first of these was completed at Englewood just last year. 35 mm Kodachrome transparency taken September 2, 1963 by William D. Volkmer. (ShorpyBlog)
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