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Come Fly With Me: 1952
... Ava is buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Smithfield, North Carolina. We'll be driving through there early next week on our way to points ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/26/2019 - 6:12pm -

September 12, 1952. "A bit of the husbandly touch is applied by Frankie Sinatra as he greets the missus, sultry Ava Gardner, on her arrival at Idlewild from Hollywood aboard Trans World Airlines' king-sized 'Ambassador' Constellation. Miss Gardner is visiting New York for the premier of her latest production, The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Aviation photo by Enell, Inc., N.Y. International Airport, Jamaica 20, N.Y." View full size. Fish got to swim, birds got to flyAva is buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Smithfield, North Carolina. We'll be driving through there early next week on our way to points north. I may stop and pay my respects. I enjoyed her performance in Showboat. For a momentI thought she had a pirate hook on her right arm. Those rings are no jokeThat really is a sweet moment captured well. Obviously they knew that many pictures were being taken, but it still appears to be a genuine moment in time. Wife 2, Husband 3He seems so much older than her, even relatively toady compared with her youthful freshness, but there’s only a seven year difference (he’s 36, she’s 29). And while he’d been married once before, she’d been wed twice already (Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw). (Aviation, Movies, News Photo Archive, NYC)
Sign of the Cross: 1940
... and a glass of milk) at the railroad crossing at Camden, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/30/2021 - 1:23pm -

July 1940. "Negroes from Florida and Georgia who travel by car and truck, following the potato crop northward. Migratory agricultural worker has his supper (a nickel pie and a glass of milk) at the railroad crossing at Camden, North Carolina." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Pie the wayThe young fellow in the foreground looks as if he's posing for an advertisement. His pose, his face, the pie and the milk - - they combine to look as if they are tempting the viewer to indulge, although I'm unsure if the ad would be for milk or pie. By the way, that's a generous slice of pie for a nickel. [A "nickel pie" is an entire small pie, not a slice. - Dave] Locomotive TireThat heavy ring protecting the crossing signal is a worn out steam locomotive tire. Locomotive tires were heated with a circular gas burner to expand them, then shrunk onto the cast driver center. They tended to wear to a hollow tread contour rather than the correct slightly conical surface, which should have a specific fillet radius to the flange. Every time a locomotive spun its wheels, the tires were wearing out of contour. The tires could be turned a couple times, like brake disks or brake drums, but then were discarded to be melted down. This one escaped the furnace, and makes a nice seat, although usually too hot or too cold. Also interesting how little grade crossing signals have changed in 81 years. Model railroaders, take note! (The Gallery, Agriculture, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Shoofly Tobacco: 1939
July 1939. Shoofly, North Carolina. "Tobacco field in early morning where white sharecropper and wage ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/06/2008 - 10:32pm -

July 1939. Shoofly, North Carolina. "Tobacco field in early morning where white sharecropper and wage laborer are priming tobacco." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. Priming? Is this a reference to the picking of the largest leaves and leaving the smaller ones to mature? We called it 'fanning' or 'topping', but I guess the terms were very regionally biased. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Horses)
Nate Greene: 1918
... of General Nathanael Greene in my hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina (named for General Greene). The image of Greene on his horse has been ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 8:54pm -

"Greene statue circa 1918." Henry Kirke Brown's bronze of the Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, in a Washington, D.C., park or square whose name we can't quite remember. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size. Ssss ..... Stimson Squeegee? Staunton Circle? Steno School? It's on the tip of my tongue. Stanton SquareOh, I am swooning! A genuine historical photo in Stanton Square. Our heart is all aflutter. The chap monopolizing the photo, however, is Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene. Congress appropriated $40,000 for statue on June 24, 1875 and commissioned sculptor Henry K. Brown. An additional $10,000 was appropriated for the granite pedestal. The statue erected in 1877 stood proud for many years until June 6th, 1930 when fatigue weakened the bolts holding the statue and ... "the courageous general zoomed so precipitously that he was buried right up to his neck in the dry soil of Stanton Park. ... Men from the National Capital Park and Planning Commission were sent to the scene immediately to render such first aid as might be possible and to estimate the damage. They found the general's noble brow inextricably buried in the soil, and indeed his chin and shoulders, but, although they have not yet made their official report, it was apparent that the only actual damage done was to the greensward, and the only monetary loss involved is that of the labor of hoisting the general back up on his perch and replacing the six shattered bolts." Washington Post, June 7, 1930 The statue has had detractors over the years.... "We all know the intelligence of the horse; how carefully he crosses a bridge, or picks his way upon our concrete streets during a rain, always looking where he is going.... always careful to place his feet on solid ground, and yet the designer of the mounted statue of Gen. Greene in Stanton square, has one of the horse's hoofs resting on a cannon ball, as if it was a trick animal in a circus, instead of a steed of war, bestrode by a general. This glaring fault belittles the whole appearance of the statue, from a military view, as the horse's head is held high, mane and tail tossing in the air, eyes wide and staring, nostrils dilated, as if 'he scents the battle from afar.' -Disgustingly yours, Samuel H. Jacobson" Washington Post, Jan 17 1895 Given the historic occasion of this post, I will once again, bashfully plug my growing mashup of Shorpy photos and Google Maps: View Larger Map Steeds of WarSo the deal is a live horse will bolt, but a bronze horse will unbolt. I think I get it. Stanton Park, nowadays...I live a few blocks from this statue, and people in the neighborhood really only refer to it as Stanton Park lately. It's also the name of the area around it until it becomes either the Union Station area or Lincoln Park neighborhood. Going GreeneThis statue is similar to another statue of General Nathanael Greene in my hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina (named for General Greene). The image of Greene on his horse has been a local cultral icon for many years in Greensboro. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse took place there in 1781, and while the Americans lost, the British under Cornwallis were severly hampered in their fighting ability and never regained their prior strength. The statue was erected in 1915 and is the central monument to the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. You can see it at http://www.nps.gov/guco/ (The Gallery, D.C., Horses, Natl Photo)
Johnnie and His Friend: 1908
... Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street, Salisbury, North Carolina. Has worked at in Salisbury Mills for 8 years. Began at 7 years old. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/14/2007 - 2:19am -

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street, Salisbury, North Carolina. Has worked at in Salisbury Mills for 8 years. Began at 7 years old. When can he get any education? Other boy one year in mill. December 1908. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. [At least they could afford nice clothes - Dave] JohnnieI dare say we're educating children for 13+ years now only to discover they don't have the basic skills...like reading and math. We've missed the boat somehow. Not wrong, Johnnie! TheNot wrong, Johnnie! The Commies said they'd do it. My grandmother & her sistersMy grandmother & her sisters only went to school to about the 6th grade. One sister was very smart, so she was skipped up a grade in school. My mom says that was about all the education girls were given then (early 1900s) unless they planned to teach school. Usually if you taught school, you only taught until you married or shortly after marriage as schools wouldn't employ a visibly pregnant woman. My grandmother and one sister died before I was born, but I remember her other sister Essie (the smart one) who could read and write as well as anyone I know. (The Gallery, Lewis Hine, Railroads)
Monster Mash: 1936
... Creek recreational demonstration area near Raleigh, North Carolina." This old-timer is leveraging his assets. Photo by Carl Mydans for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/04/2013 - 6:09am -

March 1936. "Cider mill at Crabtree Creek recreational demonstration area near Raleigh, North Carolina." This old-timer is leveraging his assets. Photo by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. A poem from my youthThe cider mill runs merrily as the juicy apples fall and the lazy farmer chuckles as he grinds them... worms and all. Umstead State ParkThis is not far from where I work in Raleigh, NC. The Crabtree Creek Recreational Demonstration area is now William B. Umstead State Park, located on U.S. 70 near Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). Pressing businessThere's an orchard close to us that makes its own cider, which is sold straight from the press through the winter. The equipment is steel now, but a cider press is still pretty much the same. Recreational demonstration areaInteresting that there were recreational demonstration areas even then, when the real thing was probably going on not very far away. (The Gallery, Carl Mydans, Rural America)
Drink a Bite to Eat: 1938
April 1938. Store in Halifax, North Carolina, with signs advertising carbonated beverages and patent medicines. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/28/2007 - 1:55pm -

April 1938. Store in Halifax, North Carolina, with signs advertising carbonated beverages and patent medicines. View full size. Photograph by John Vachon. Ah......The good old days. (Can't say much, this pic is some 25 years before my time.) 666Colds, fever, Armageddon. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Rural America, Stores & Markets)
Portrait of Caroline: 1939
... this week, in the doorway of her kitchen in Orange County, North Carolina. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 11:49am -

A closeup of Caroline Atwater, seen earlier this week, in the doorway of her kitchen in Orange County, North Carolina. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. Portrait of Caroline: 1939Beautiful portrait of a lovely woman. The world would be a lesser place without the photographs of Dorothea Lange and the people who agreed to be photographed. Thanks for posting this bit of our country's history. Portrait of Caroline: 1939I don't know what it is about this lovely photograph that speaks to me. It's just so...real. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Rural America)
Home Office: 1938
1938. "Smith Furnace, office, Lincoln County, North Carolina." A relic of the charcoal-iron industry, with its forges and furnaces, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/12/2014 - 1:41pm -

1938. "Smith Furnace, office, Lincoln County, North Carolina." A relic of the charcoal-iron industry, with its forges and furnaces, that grew up in the years after the Revolutionary War. Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. Smith Furnace AKA Vesuvius FurnaceHome to General Joseph Graham of the Revolutionary War, and located on Vesuvius Furnace Road, in Denver, North Carolina. Today its an event center known as Vesuvius Vineyards. (The Gallery, F.B. Johnston, The Office)
Crime Museum: 1941
... an old, shell-shocked World War veteran. Near Fort Bragg, North Carolina." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Outlaws ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/28/2018 - 7:08pm -

March 1941. "A traveling side-show. 'Crime Museum,' consisting of dilapidated effigies of famous criminals run by an old, shell-shocked World War veteran. Near Fort Bragg, North Carolina." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. OutlawsBill Tillman wasn't an outlaw--he was a marshal. And I don't think Wild Bill Hickok was an outlaw either. And, as pointed out above, Leo Frank was an innocent victim. Electric meter IDIt's a General Electric I-14, produced from 1914 to 1927. This one has been converted to the socket type still used today, using a kit offered by Westinghouse for the purpose beginning in 1934. Here's another GE meter from my collection, an I-16 from 1929, converted using a similar kit. Wonder What Exhibits are InsideA very strange hastily set up montage of names and displays. Why George Washington was considered is beyond me. I'd pay 10 centsjust to see the Trailor Space. Outlaws from start to finishThat "outlaw" list increases the creepiness, including as it does Sitting Bull, killed during an arbitrary arrest, and Leo Frank, innocent victim of a notorious lynching. Joe Louis at least is separated from the outlaw group, though it's a mystery how somebody could "see" the reigning heavyweight champ in this conglomeration. (The Gallery, Bizarre, Jack Delano)
Boys With Brooms: 1908
November 1908. "Some Sweepers in a North Carolina cotton mill." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2012 - 9:50am -

November 1908. "Some Sweepers in a North Carolina cotton mill." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View full size. DistractionsLewis Hine must have had an assistant with him for all his group shots -- there are always a few people looking to the photographer's right (especially the women in groups). Having started out as an assistant "holding the light," I had to keep quiet so as not to attract someone's eyes! [Or it might have been Hine himself. - Dave] (The Gallery, Factories, Lewis Hine)
Avenue of Oaks: 1938
... trees, Mount Pleasant vicinity, Charleston County, South Carolina." 8x10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. ... mentioned above, the hugely popular mini series "North & South" was filmed at Boone Hall as well as "Queen", an Alex Haley ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/08/2014 - 11:39am -

1938. "Boone Hall, avenue of trees, Mount Pleasant vicinity, Charleston County, South Carolina." 8x10 negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. Boone Hall Plantation & GardensA lovely place for anyone to visit, nowadays. View Larger Map It's got moss appealThe trees to seem to be saying "Hurry, this way out!" Not much has changedNot too much has changed in 75 years. Many young women will recognize Boone Hall as the location where "The Notebook" was filmed. Beautiful Boone HallIn addition to "The Notebook", mentioned above, the hugely popular mini series "North & South" was filmed at Boone Hall as well as "Queen", an Alex Haley work starring Halle Berry. Here's a shot from the same spot as the 1938 photo 74 years later. (The Gallery, F.B. Johnston, Landscapes)
Bare Beach: 1939
... truck to go to market, from small truck farm of man from North Carolina. Near Belle Glade, Florida." Bare Beach was an agricultural outpost on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/18/2014 - 2:44pm -

January 1939. "Packing cabbages in truck to go to market, from small truck farm of man from North Carolina. Near Belle Glade, Florida." Bare Beach was an agricultural outpost on the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. WatermarkedLove the placing of the Shorpy logo here. Only the best!Shorpy cabbages Depression isn't over yetLook at the spare tire for the truck on the left, attached to its rear stake panel, resting at the left side of the truck. The cords are showing. And it's an artillery wheel. Someone's living on a shoestring. FordThe Joe Jones truck shown is a 1938 Ford 1/2 ton Commercial Car Platform-Stake body. This style of stake truck was introduced in 1937 on the same drop-center chassis as Ford cars. Notice how they had to build up the height of the stake bed in order to be at the same height as most loading docks. Standard features included the rear fenders, the gas fuel filler pipe integrated into the left rear fender, and the metal sign panels which were incorporated into the stake sides. The hinged sides of the stake bed were 29.5 inches high while the bed itself was 80 inches long and 62 inches wide. There were also steel skid strips on the wooden bed floor. When equipped with the 60 horsepower V-8 engine, the truck weighed 2,655 lbs and cost $615. If the truck came with the 85 hp V-8 it weighed 2,842 lbs and cost $625. With just a platform bed each model cost $15 less and weighed about 150 lbs less. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Florida, M.P. Wolcott)
Warping Boy: 1908
... "Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill. Newton, North Carolina." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/26/2014 - 1:24pm -

December 1908. "Boy at warping machine, Catawba Cotton Mill. Newton, North Carolina." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Oversupervision?I think we may assume that the management-to-worker ratio depicted here is atypical. As opposed towefting boy. Good pay.In textile mills, the warping crew (of which this boy is one) were actually the second highest paid employees outside of management. The others were the weavers themselves, who were paid on a production scale. Job wise, this boy is helping prepare the warp (yarn) as it is about to be wound on the warp roll itself. He has to make sure there are as few tangles as possible, and as few breaks of the strands. Given the man looking over him, I'd say that he's likely in training, with the man serving as his mentor/trainer. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
A Drink for Baby: 1943
... putting water in his radiator along U.S. Highway 29 in North Carolina en route to Charlotte." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/31/2017 - 7:45pm -

March 1943. "Melvin Cash, truck driver, putting water in his radiator along U.S. Highway 29 in North Carolina en route to Charlotte." Medium format negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size. Easy Peasy Nice and EasyI'll take the jacket, the hat and the water bucket. I'd take the truck too but parking could be a challenge. I love SHORPY -- it never fails to deliver. Truck IDBrown; in house make of Associated Transport. [The tractor is a circa 1938 Corbitt in Horton Trucking livery. Some of these were rebadged as Browns after Horton entered into the Associated Transport merger. - Dave] Sealed beam conversion?Hayslip, looking at the size of the headlight buckets versus the headlights, I'm wondering if it has been fitted with a sealed beam conversion. One big advantage that came with the advent of sealed beams was that the lamps were a universal 7-inch size that would fit anything. It was much easier to replace the lamp after it burned out, and replacing one after taking a hit from a stone meant you didn't have to try to find parts specific to your vehicle - especially important for over-the-road trucks. The REAL movers and shakersThis comment may seem off-topic, but I'd like to acknowledge all the truckers and railroad workers that often provided a bright spot to the day for many youngsters, me included, at least in the 1940's and 50's since we walked everywhere including to school, church, movies, the park, etc. It was such a kick for a kid to see a big rig coming down the road and know that if he just put up his arm and pretended to pull a rope, that the congenial trucker would blast on his air horn just for us. Likewise, if a train was passing by and we could see the engineer or the caboose man, they would wave and blow their whistle and make one feel important. Yes, I was a sometimes lonely, small town kid, usually walking alone everywhere, but these men made me feel like I had some influence in the world. It was a feeling of mutual respect on both sides and I salute and thank them all for taking the time to acknowledge the requests of all the powerless children everywhere who enjoyed immensely causing the instant reaction from the vehicle's operator. I know the work of truckers and railroaders is grueling and often taken for granted but they made the day for many kids and brought everything people needed to remote villages and towns across the country and they still do. Thanks guys. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, John Vachon)
Stinson 10A: 1943
... an old friend that flew his Fairchild 24 off the coast of North Carolina until one day his engine quit at sea and he was later picked up by a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/10/2007 - 6:13am -

Ground crew making a routine overhaul of a Civil Air Patrol plane (Stinson 10A) at base headquarters of Coastal Patrol #20, Bar Harbor, Maine. June 1943. View full size. Kodachrome transparency by John Collier. "Pesky yellow airplanes"General aviation was prohibited during the war except for the Civil Air Patrol. Many private aircraft owners volunteered their aircraft and their services to patrol the coast for submarines. If one was spotted, they would report it to the Navy. I had an old friend that flew his Fairchild 24 off the coast of North Carolina until one day his engine quit at sea and he was later picked up by a boat. After the war, one of the German sub commanders responded that it was those "pesky little yellow airplanes' that worried him the most as they could rarely be seen or heard. (Aviation, John Collier, WW2)
Got a Light?
July 1939. Person County, North Carolina. A tobacco curing barn ready for "putting in," with fuel stacked on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/20/2008 - 2:01am -

July 1939. Person County, North Carolina. A tobacco curing barn ready for "putting in," with fuel stacked on either side. The sticks are fed in through the small openings at the base. Piece of sheet iron on the left is used to cover the opening of the furnace when starting the fire. View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. Curing TimeI really love these old tobacco barn scenes. I was there except about 10 years later and in Wilson County, NC. Harvest and curing times were exciting because kids knew the really hard work was ending and trips to the auction warehouses would start soon. Many farmers used mules and wagons for the trip to town.Tobacco would be unloaded the first day and the sale was the next. The trip home with money in hand kept us looking for next year. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange, Rural America)
Store Noir: 1940
May 1940. "Corner store at 11 p.m. Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/06/2018 - 4:12pm -

May 1940. "Corner store at 11 p.m. Durham, North Carolina." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. SpiritsThere seem to be a couple of Ghosts hanging out on the front steps. Shorpy on filmI'm watching the 1940 movie "Primrose Path" with Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea, and every shot looks like a still from Depression-era Shorpy photos. I can only conclude that the set dresser and art director knew what they were doing. The diners and stores look just like photos we see here, interiors and exteriors alike. Time exposure with someone coming or goingThe blurriness of the photo (and being at night) suggests a long exposure, so the "ghosts" on the front step are probably one or more people walking in or out of the place during the exposure. But a nice change, because we don't get a lot of night shots here. The shadow on the streetis classic, you couldn't devise a shot like this. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Rural America, Stores & Markets)
Remain Calm: 1943
July 1943. "Greenville, South Carolina. Men of the medical unit of the 25th Service Group simulating the ... on 1 May 1943, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and was initially manned by Marines from throughout the Northeast. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/09/2018 - 1:47pm -

July 1943. "Greenville, South Carolina. Men of the medical unit of the 25th Service Group simulating the treatment of a gas casualty." Medium format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. Waiting to InhaleI noticed the USMC belt buckle and the web belt tab just past the first belt loop. A Google search for "25th Service Group" finds "The 25th Marines was activated on 1 May 1943, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and was initially manned by Marines from throughout the Northeast. The regiment was subsequently assigned to the 4th Marine Division for service in World War II." (The Gallery, Bizarre, Jack Delano, WW2)
Testing Their Wings: 1902
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. "Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/14/2007 - 9:16pm -

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. "Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right." October 10, 1902. 5x7 dry-plate glass negative attributed to the Wright Brothers. View full size. I am loving these WrightI am loving these Wright brothers pictures. History in the making, and it's like I'm standing on the dunes with them. (The Gallery, Aviation, Wright Brothers)
Bonus Points: 1928
... of girl archers at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina." Gelatin silver print. View full size. Still there, still ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/27/2020 - 7:06pm -

        "Girl archers from Camp Greystone, Tuxedo, N.C., demonstrate fancy shooting attired in latest fashion for the bow and arrow sport -- 'shorts' and sox." August 23, 1928. "A perfect miss with every shot -- Miss Isabel Bonsack of St. Louis, Mo., has a right to feel happy that her fellow members of the Camp Greystone archery team are skillful markswomen. Miss Bonsack volunteered to act as a target during an exhibition of girl archers at the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina." Gelatin silver print. View full size. Still there, still girls, still archeryCelebrating 100 years: https://www.campgreystone.com/100-years/greystone-s-history/timeline At a mere $2000 per week. To the pointThe girl second from left looks like she normally wears a pair of those spiffy argyle knee socks for all outdoor activities, hence the nut-brown knees and thighs with bone-white calves and shins. Sainte SebastienneThere's a tradition depicting women as St. Sebastian shot with arrows. I chose this example in the interest of keeping Shorpy PG-rated. It's Leon Bakst's illustration from the 1904 musical version by D'Annunzio and Debussy. Later, wilder takes on the idea are not difficult to find. (The Gallery, Bizarre, News Photo Archive, Sports)
New River: 1942
May 1942. Marine transport driver at New River, North Carolina. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 9:37pm -

May 1942. Marine transport driver at New River, North Carolina. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information. Dog tagsIs it possible to blow up the dog tags on the Marine on the left enough to get a name or serial number off of them? [Not much to see. - Dave] (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Alfred Palmer, Cars, Trucks, Buses, WW2)
Le Petit Theatre: 1937
... books resulted from this venture, "Early Architecture of North Carolina" and "Early Architecture of Georgia." In 1945 she was awarded an ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 3:52pm -

New Orleans circa 1937. "Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, Chartres and St. Peter streets." 8x10 acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. A Bourbon Street RetirementThere's a excellent short biography of Frances Benjamin Johnston here. Her amazing life included, among many other things, White House Photographer to Presidents. If I may, quoting the last three paragraphs from Johnston's Clio profile. She went about the South in a chauffeur-driven automobile locating old buildings, and it was said that she could "smell out an old colonial house five miles off the highway." Her mission was not to photograph the prominent homes of colonial America, which, she argued, had already "been photographed often and well." Rather, she sought "the old farm houses, the mills, the log cabins of the pioneers, the country stores, the taverns and inns, in short those buildings that had to do with the everyday life of the colonists." She did her work well, and two books resulted from this venture, "Early Architecture of North Carolina" and "Early Architecture of Georgia." In 1945 she was awarded an honorary membership in the American Institute of Architects. Johnston moved to New Orleans in 1940 and entered a life of semi-retirement. Always independent, she lived a rather lonely life in her last years, but her energy did not subside. She bought a run-down house on the "respectable" end of Bourbon Street and transformed its dilapidated courtyard into a beautiful garden with a small pool. Continuing to pursue her interests in gardening, she often went out in her old Buick to give lectures. Her active days in the darkroom were over, even though she maintained a photographic work area in an alcove off her bathroom. Age was slowing her down. She walked with a cane, and her doctor weaned her from bourbon, so she drank cherry wine instead. Even at this stage of her life she remained staunchly indomitable. "I've learned not to depend on the Lord. I'll make the changes myself." She loved to roam the French Quarter and sit in bars and talk. Once when someone recognized her as a famous photographer, she agreed, "Yes, I'm the greatest woman photographer in the world." Thanks for introducing her to us. Obligatory time machine view First! (The Gallery, F.B. Johnston, New Orleans)
Loray Mill: 1908
November 1908. Gastonia, North Carolina. "Going home from Loray Mill. Smallest boy on the right-hand end, John ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2012 - 9:51am -

November 1908. Gastonia, North Carolina. "Going home from Loray Mill. Smallest boy on the right-hand end, John Moore. 13 years old. Been in mill 6 years as sweeper, doffer and spinner." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Horsefeathers: 1923
... Snuffy Smith 11 years later Barney and the horse go to North Carolina mountains and meet moonshiner Snuffy Smith. And thanks to this ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 7:03pm -

September 3, 1923. "Police and Firemen's ballgame." At Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., Barney and Spark Plug from the popular comic strip "Barney Google." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Cue Snuffy Smith11 years later Barney and the horse go to North Carolina mountains and meet moonshiner Snuffy Smith. And thanks to this post and title, I now know who introduced the phrase "Horsefeathers." Good Afternoon for CrimeWashington Post Sep 3, 1923 Police and Fireman in Big Clash Today If you are intent upon committing a crime, this afternoon would be a fine time for it as most of the District cops and firefighters will be at the American League park, either participating in the game between the teams representing services, or rooting for their nine to win. This will is one of the few occasions where fans will get a real run for their money at a benefit game. The cash taken in a today's clash will go to the relief funds of the two organizations, which is one reason why fans should attend, while the other is that a cracking good game should result. Both teams have been playing all season and the rivalry between them is intense. For five years, the Police team has come out on top, due largely to the good pitching of Finney Kelly. He will pitch again today, but the Hook and Ladder boys claim that in Carroll Hull they have his equal and that they are just simply bound to break into the winning column this time. Close to 20,000 fans are expected to be on hand to see whether they are right or not. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
Social Climber: 1941
March 1941. "Boy from North Carolina. Family has just moved to Newport News, Virginia, for work in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/22/2020 - 7:35am -

March 1941. "Boy from North Carolina. Family has just moved to Newport News, Virginia, for work in shipyards." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size. Sky ChiefI had an old wagon like that as a kid, in the sixties, but its body was made of wood, not metal. Maybe it was more ancient than this wagon from 1941. And what’s that thing in the lower left, just off the pavement – a rib steak? USDA Stone PrimeHaha, it really does look like a ribeye, but pretty sure it's just a rock. Hard Rubber or Air?Man, those are some seriously large tires on that scooter. I wonder if they were a standard size or a modification. (The Gallery, John Vachon, Kids)
Bi-Biplane: 1917
... the pilot, a fellow named Manley. A few days later, in North Carolina, the Wright brothers successfully tested their aircraft, virtually ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/01/2013 - 5:48pm -

1917. "Langley, Samuel Pierpont. Secretary, Smithsonian Institute. Experimental tandem biplane on Potomac embodying Langley principles." Last seen here. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Professor LangleyThis must be the later reconstruction of Samuel Pierpont Langley's 1903 aircraft. Langley, who was the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, got a substantial congressional appropriation ($50,000, I believe) to build a heavier-than-air aircraft. The machine was ready for testing in December, 1903. It was to be catapaulted into the air off a houseboat floating in the Potomac River. The test (which was photographed) was a complete failure. The machine veered off the boat into the river, almost drowning the pilot, a fellow named Manley. A few days later, in North Carolina, the Wright brothers successfully tested their aircraft, virtually without publicity. Langley's machine was fished out of the river and the whole venture came to an end. A few years later, after aviation had been significantly advanced, the Langley machine was modified and managed to get into the air. On the strength of the later flight, the Smithsonian (which had a substantial amount of prestige invested in Langley's efforts) maintained until the early 1940s that Langley had built the first Heavier-than-air machine capable of flight. This was nonsense (the 1903 machine was not flightworthy), but politics and prestige kept it going for decades. Not a repro of the 1903 attemptThe original 1903 "aircraft" was a tandem monoplane, so not a reproduction. This biplane does appear to be based on "Langley's Principles", in that it doesn't appear to have any way of controlling the roll axis. Lack of ability to provide full control of the airplane is what doomed all of the early experimenters including Langley, and why the Wrights succeeded where others had failed. Langely was depending on controlling the roll axis indirectly by including a large amount of dihedral, which permitted the rudder to side-slip the airplane, and allowing the dihedral to roll the airplane and also creating some sembalnce of roll and yaw stability. The Wrights went out of their way to do just the opposite, remove any inherent roll and yaw stability and provide direct control. That's why you see the wings "drooped" in pictures of the first flight, they put in negative dihedral (anhedral) to cancel this effect, which causes significant issues when trying to compensate for side winds, etc. Later attempts to fly Langley's airplanes required Glenn Curtis to make a lot of modifications before they were safe, and this was in 1914 - long after the requirements for reasonable control were well-known. (The Gallery, Aviation, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Doffer & Spooler: 1908
December 1908. Newton, North Carolina. "Catawba Cotton Mill doffer and spooler." Glass negative by Lewis ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/31/2016 - 12:41am -

December 1908. Newton, North Carolina. "Catawba Cotton Mill doffer and spooler." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Child laborMy mother grew up in Georgia and as an 8yr old worked in a cotton mill, not sure where it was but it was very common back then in the late teen's early 1920's. A familiar sceneI pushed around one of those buggies in the spooler room at Milliken's Pacolet Mill (Pacolet, SC) in the summer of 1978. It was considered the second-lowest job in the mill, only out-ranking floor sweepers. It was my summer job between high school graduation and starting college, earning some spending money for the next year. Ten and twelve hour shifts were the norm. Humidity was kept high by spraying water in the air so that threads ran better and there was no air conditioning. I have never sweated so much in my life. My family made all of us work at least one summer in the cotton mill so that we would appreciate the value of our education. It must have worked, since we all went on to graduate school. I went on to get a Ph.D. in experimental nuclear physics - I wasn't going to work in that damned mill. My entire family on my mother's side were lint-heads, with my grandmother working 50 years in the mill two blocks away from her house in the mill village. Now, much of this region of the Carolinas outside of larger cities is still economically devastated by the death of the textile industry. Most of the shuttered mills have either been burned down by arsonists or dismantled for the valuable wood and brick. My hometown, which was heavily dependent on the textile industry, now has about 20% smaller population than in 1900 and parts of it would give Detroit competition for ruin porn. I always think of Bruce Springsteen's lyrics in My Hometown when I go back: Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back To your hometown. I really thank my parents for making sure I escaped. My grandmother's great ambitionMy grandmother never told me much about her life, but one thing she did tell me was how she managed to get off the cotton mill floor and into the offices. As far as she was concerned this was her biggest achievement, even more than marrying a mill manager's son. (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine)
Full House: 1938
1938. "Andrews Log House, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Norwell, tenant." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2017 - 9:47am -

1938. "Andrews Log House, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Norwell, tenant." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. Creating your own villageNot certain about which one is "Mama", though I'm guessing it's the standing woman holding a baby. This family makes me think of my Aunt Zella and Uncle Clark who (while living in a half dug-out near Kim, Colorado) had 16 (!) children by about the time this photo was taken, though some did not survive childhood. It was a very different time back then (as we are routinely reminded on Shorpy). Old log homeThat home has some age on it, even then. The hand-hewn logs give that away. It was old enough to have reached the point where these old log homes were covered with clapboards to look more modern. I'm sure Mark Bowe and the "Barnwood Builders" would love to get their hands on this one, if it still survives. On the positive sideThey look like they're getting enough food. (The Gallery, F.B. Johnston)
Sioux Falls Municipal Band
... , from his youth in New Hampshire to his final days in North Carolina. But someplace in the middle, he and my grandmother spent a number of ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 09/20/2011 - 1:29am -

I've established that music was a life-long pursuit for my grandfather, from his youth in New Hampshire to his final days in North Carolina. But someplace in the middle, he and my grandmother spent a number of summers in South Dakota. This picture of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band dates from 1949 or 1950. Here's the line-up for the band, by tier: 4) Ed Paul (standing), Gossman, Smith, Hoover, Branch, Susede (?), RIchardson. Ellis, Jackson, Friedhoff, Alger, Pruner, Marker, Niblic (?), Kittleson, Miller, Henegar. 3) Madeck, Littlehang, Barnett, Askew, Little, Anderson, Lorenson (?), Brooks, Krumrai, Ewing. 2) Larson, Pace, Colwell, Hanson, Hoyt, Weber, Richardson, Wagner, Morgan, Griffith, Lias. 1) Palmer, Tyler (my grandfather), Olsen, Foss. Tietjen (Standing at right?) Cor. not in picture. View full size. Sioux City is in IowaSioux Falls is in South Dakota. The residents of Sioux Falls would be thoroughly upset if their city was confused with Sioux City. Sioux City residents would probably be flattered. Mea CulpaThanks, anonymous. It's right there in the photo -- Sioux Falls! If I'd only thought to trust my eyes... but my fingers often seem to have a mind of their own. Bandshell still in useSioux Falls still maintains and uses this bandshell, in Terrace Park on the near north side of the city. A beautiful park with Japanese Gardens. If you visit Sioux Falls, be sure to find this little gem. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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