Search Shorpy
Search results -- 30 results per page
- The Swamp: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Government Printing Office, H and North Capitol Streets N.W." ... the same today ... but with a lot more infill of modern office construction in the immediate surroundings. And no more awnings.
...
Posted by Dave - 11/10/2021 - 5:08pm -
- Ninth and H: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "9th & H Streets N.W." Home to the National Photo Company, whose work ... just went to google maps for the above scene, I prefer the 1920 view, the present location has lost a lot of futuristic memories.
... years he had his own contracting firm. In later years his office was at his home address, 908 9th st. nw.
He was one o the original ...
Posted by Dave - 02/19/2014 - 9:37am -
- Revenuers: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Internal Revenue income tax story." National Photo Company Collection ... that. I need to have a radio on to work. So what does this office need? A Victrola with headphones by each desk.
What would happen ... the sprinklers??
(The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, The Office) ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 10:00pm -
- Reliable Shoe House: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. Hahn's shoe store at Seventh and K streets N.W. View full size. ... handled by the firm. The fixtures are of oak, and the office cashier's box, and wrapping counter in the front of the main salesroom ...
Posted by Dave - 09/03/2012 - 11:52am -
- The Healing Waters: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Walter Reed Physiotherapy story." National Photo Company Collection ... the potential of going down in Shorpy history much like Office XMas Party 1925 and Dickey Christmas Tree 1921. From Lyle Lovett in a ...
Posted by Dave - 12/04/2020 - 10:44pm -
- America's First Car: 1920
- ... view of the building shortly after its completion in 1920. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
Haynes ... day at work. There is a man bent over in the front office (window on the left).
Auto-Biograph This building later became ...
Posted by Dave - 04/26/2011 - 1:23pm -
- Wired: 1920
- ... "Interior Department, Bureau of Mines." Another circa 1920 view of research activities at the bureau's Washington offices. Harris ... Sheesh, why don't people wear eyeshades in the office anymore? So cool! Whatever happened to them? Kinda like hats? Always ...
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 1:00pm -
- A Little Philately: 1920
- Nov. 30, 1920. Washington, D.C. "Charles M. Schwab, of the Kalorama Apartments, probably ... an educated guess that this kid's father worked in a big office and brought home all of these stamps for him.
[Speaking as a ... trove that was. My Aunt from New York worked in an office which received a large amount of foreign correspondence. She would save ...
Posted by Dave - 01/06/2014 - 4:58pm -
- Weather Report: 1921
- ... that the Washington Times is in a much more modest office, right next door.
Radio School 1920 At first I thought this photo was taken the same time as the 'Radio ...
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 3:54pm -
- Patriotic Poriferan: 1920
- Feb. 25, 1920. Washington, D.C. "Herbert J. Drane, Congressman from Florida, is from ... to be the largest sponge market in the world. Mr Drane's office gives the appearance of a permanent sponge exhibit. The walls are ...
Posted by Dave - 01/15/2016 - 8:54pm -
- Hidden Dangers: 1920
- Washington, D.C., 1920. "Dixie Theater crowd, H Street." Now playing: "Hidden Dangers" (Episode ... and other things The lobby cards to the left of the box office appear to be for "Humbugs and Husbands", a Larry Semon Vitagraph comedy ... Aubrey M. Kennedy.
Hidden Dangers was a 15 part 1920 serial directed by William Bertram that critic George Ralph Doyle called ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2013 - 4:32pm -
- Oakland Tribune: 1920
- Oakland, California, circa 1920. "Offices of the Oakland Tribune ." The premises of the late lamented ... Burroughs . -tterrace]
(The Gallery, Christmas, The Office) ...
Posted by Dave - 04/25/2016 - 8:02pm -
- Looking the Other Way: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Standard Engraving building, 1212 G Street." Looking down the street ... by other stores), St. Patrick's Church and the Patent Office Building (now the National Portrait Gallery) can all be seen. Below is ...
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 4:23pm -
- S&M Tires: 1920
- Washington circa 1920. "S&M Tire Co." I can think of a number of possible slogans for this ... of a personal training gym, hair salon and tax preparation office. Draw your own conclusions.
Wow 5,000 mile tires! I'd be buying ...
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 9:39pm -
- Meet the Beetles: 1920
- July 1920. Washington, D.C. "Dr. H.B. Bradford." Professor Harry Bradford, ... two weevils, of course.
(The Gallery, Natl Photo, The Office) ...
Posted by Dave - 02/10/2014 - 7:26pm -
- Fill In the Blanks: 1931
- ... to Sign Land Patents," a position in the Government Land Office which, since its creation under President Arthur, has been held only by ... about 1878 (making her about 53 in this photo), and the 1920 and 1930 censuses show she lived in Washington, D.C. The 1920 census ...
Posted by Dave - 04/20/2013 - 9:03pm -
- Zero Tolerance: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Bureau of Internal Revenue -- destroying narcotics." Continuing today's ... Potomac?
Can't wait for Christmas ...when the office party kicks off.
The guy on the left I too think the guy on the ...
Posted by Dave - 05/17/2014 - 11:30pm -
- Money Machine: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Post Office money order machine." A sort of typewriter-cash register ... here $5.91 + $.08 money order fee, total $5.99. The Post Office gets to keep the 8¢. - tterrace]
Other picture? tterrace ...
Posted by Dave - 08/21/2012 - 8:38pm -
- Canal Street: 1910
- ... so time in the early nineties I think. There corporate office had a substantial art collection that I believe is now part of the Odgen ... was moved from the pole to the awning of the store in the 1920's and both are still there today. The awning also has remarkable historic ...
Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 2:02pm -
- Lucky Dog: 1920
- January 14, 1920. Washington, D.C "Margaret Bell Saunders." Be a good boy and Mama won't ... a resident of 1444 W Street NW, Washington, listed as an office typist. By 1930 she had moved back to Philadelphia, listed as a ...
Posted by Dave - 02/29/2020 - 9:13pm -
- Milton Apartments: 1920
- Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Milton Apartments, H Street N.W." Where the amenities include a mounting ... H St. NW, which is still there today (albeit as an office building, not apartments). You can see one of its distinctive "B" crests ...
Posted by Dave - 10/13/2015 - 6:32pm -
- Tales of the City: 1924
- Today we're leaving the office and taking the streetcar downtown for some shopping. From 1924, "F ...
Arthur Burt Co. I found these three early 1920 ads for the Arthur Burt Co., in the Washington Post.
Lisle ribbed ... 9, 1912
Plans for the construction of a ten-story office building on F street ... When completed the new building will have cost ...
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:15pm -
- Fairview Hotel: 1916
- ... About a month ago complaints reached the health office that "Fairview" was insanitary and a menace to the health of the city. ... (son - adopted)
Webster Sutherland, 32, (brother)
1920 Census
104 Seaton Place Northeast
Keith S Sutherland, 65 ...
Posted by Dave - 08/27/2012 - 1:21pm -
- Allied Asphalt: 1923
- ... is a study in frustration. Almost everyone else in the office is younger than he is, but he's never gotten a private office of his ...
And the graphics of the calendar are indeed very 1920's. And yes, you are right. We now know what Little Orphan Annie did when ...
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 3:37pm -
- Churches of Chicago: 1942
- ... to be a Sunday. Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
The Methodist Book Concern ... Thirty: Being some relation of what happened to Chivvy (1920). You can’t make this stuff up.
Huron & Dearborn We're ...
Posted by Dave - 01/27/2023 - 1:49pm -
- 101 Broadway Pharmacy: 1957
- ... still exists, but the building is now a Planned Parenthood office.
Divinity candy What was that? I don't remember them. If you eat ... born in 1892. He was still living with his parents in 1920, but they are all shown as living in Wapinitia, Wasco County, Oregon.
...
Posted by Cazzorla - 06/29/2014 - 5:37pm -
- Newport News: 1941
- ... environment, making frequent journeys from his office space to the outside buildings where "mock ups" were located, and actual ... had worked there, beginning in the Sail Shop, in the late 1920's, which was actually after sails were no longer part of ships, but ...
Posted by Dave - 01/07/2020 - 3:53pm -
- What This Country Needs: 1906
- ... someone put that "Junction Building" sign on it.
By 1920, the KC Times building had been replaced with the Kay Hotel and it was ... pictures. I see only two in front of the Junction ticket office.
R.R. ticket offices The Chicago & Alton, Missouri Pacific, ...
Posted by Dave - 08/20/2012 - 10:49am -
- Mark of Zorro: 1921
- ... La Motte as the love interest. It debuted on December 5, 1920.
Also on the bill (in the pictures in the stand to the left of the box office) is a Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle short. Can't read the title even blowing ...
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2012 - 2:20am -
- Miss Louise Johnson: 1920
- Miss Louise Johnson, from 1920. Her somewhat damaged appearance is maybe appropriate since the Shorpy Mid-Atlantic office is just coming back online after an agonizingly long Internet outage. ...
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 1:37pm -