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Man of Letter: 1904
... the Elkridge of Maryland, the Piedmont Driving of Atlanta and the Metropolitan of Washington.         ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/23/2020 - 9:31am -

1904. Washington, D.C. "H.D. Watts, 6th Street." Proud alumnus of Maryland Agricultural College. 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size.
He gave his alma mater the Byrd tooIn addition to Ritchie Coliseum, H.D. Watts Construction Co. also built the University of Maryland's first football stadium.  It opened in 1923 and was named for Harry "Curley" Byrd, the segregationist football coach who commissioned it. That stadium became known as Old Byrd Stadium after the current stadium (now known as Maryland Stadium) was completed in 1950. 
And the man in the photo is ...Harry Dorsey Watts (b. 28 Apr 1885 in Baltimore; d. 27 Jul 1952, East Hampton, N.Y.) This is his Class of 1904 photo in uniform.  ~ Stephen P. Hall
An Old LinerThis was what became the University of Maryland. They were known as the Old Liners (Maryland being the Old Line State). However appropriate that name might seem in football, they became Terrapins in the 1930s because people wanted an actual mascot.
And future architect?Ritchie Coliseum, home arena for the U-MD basketball and boxing teams, was built in 1931 by the H.D. Watts Construction Company, which was owned by Harry Watts, an alumnus who played as a fullback on the football team from 1901 to 1903.
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Ritchie-Coliseum
Mansard or GambrelOh, the paths Shorpy takes one down.
Looking up Maryland Agricultural College took me to the wiki for University of Maryland.  There I learned that the oldest building on campus (the only unscathed survivor of The Great Fire of 1912) is Morrill Hall, built in 1898 in Second Empire architectural style.  Clicking further, I learned that Second Empire was popularized in France during the reign of Napoleon III and characterized by a mansard roof similar to the gambrel roof style commonly seen in barns.  "What's the difference between mansard and gambrel?" I wondered.  A gambrel roof has vertical gable ends and overhangs the facade, whereas a mansard roof is hipped and usually does not overhang the facade.  
Thank you H.D. Watts and Shorpy!
One more thingInspired by Zcarstvnz's research, I thought that Yawkey isn't a very common name, and wondered if Elsie might be related to Tom Yawkey, for many years the owner of the Boston Red Sox. And I found the following: 
From the Reno Evening Gazette, Nov 14, 1944, p. 6
Red Sox Owner Divorced Here
Elsie Sparrow Yawkey Monday divorced Thomas A. Yawkey, millionaire owner of the Boston Red Sox.
All this inspired by one Shorpy photo. Thanks, Shorpy. 
Decorated ConstructionistThe New York Times
July 28, 1952
Harry Watts Dies; A Building Leader
Ex-President and Chairman of James Stewart & Co. Won the Navy's Service Emblem.
        Southampton, L. I., July 27 -- Harry Dorsey Watts of 1 East End Avenue, New York, and East Hampton, former president and chairman of the board of James Stewart & Co., contractors of New York, died today in Southampton Hospital after a brief illness. His age was 67.
        Born in Baltimore, the son of John H. C. and Mary Dorsey Mitchell Watts, he was a descendant of Col. Harry Dorsey, first Secretary of the State of Maryland.
        After being graduated in 1904 from the University of Maryland, he began his career as a time-keeper and engineer with Wells Brothers Company, later becoming vice president. From 1915 to 1923 he headed the H. D. Watts Company.
        Mr. Watts joined the Stewart construction concern in 1924, beginning as manager of the southern territory and assistant to the president. He became vice president in 1926, executive vice president in 1937 and president in 1940. He served as president and chairman of the board from 1942 until his retirement in 1946.
        The Stewart concern participated in the construction of many notable buildings, including the United States Chamber of Commerce, Department of Labor and Home Owners Loan buildings in Washington, D. C.; the United States Court House, New York Postoffice, Federal Building, New York Central Building and 60 Wall Tower, all in New York; Union Station in Cincinnati, the Trinidad Naval Air base and the Republic Steel plant in Chicago. It also worked on the West Side Express Highway in New York.
        Mr. Watts received the Navy's Meritorious Civilian Service Emblem. He had been president and director of One East End Avenue Corporation.
        He had been a member of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the West Side Chamber of Commerce in New York and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. His clubs had included the Deepdale, Metropolitan, Bankers, Cloud, Atlantic Beach, Devon Yacht, Seawane Country and Pilgrims, the Maryland of Baltimore, the Elkridge of Maryland, the Piedmont Driving of Atlanta and the Metropolitan of Washington.
        Surviving are his widow, the former Mrs. Elsie Sparrow Yawkey; a son, Harry D., Jr.; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Crabbe, Mrs. Harold McTigue and Mrs. Haley Fiske 2d; a brother and three sisters.
Harry's first wife, Idoline Lochrane Austell Watts, whom he had married in 1907, died in 1943. They are both buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.
Time for an upgrade?Surely, Mr. Watts deserves elevation to the Handsome Rakes category here on Shorpy. He's 116 years overdue, by my estimation.
(The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Handsome Rakes, Portraits, Sports)

Road Closed: 1958
... I was a supervisor in the power engineering group in Atlanta and visited the site with my manager. Smudge Pots At least the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2015 - 10:41am -

Columbus, Georgia, circa 1958. "Highway detour." Note the Greyhound bus terminal that looks like someone's screened porch. Also: a big microwave relay tower. 4x5 acetate negative from the News Archive. View full size.
Looking NorthThis is the corner of 4th Avenue (now Veterans) and 12th Street, looking north.  This was the construction that would widen 4th to four lanes.  The tower in the background is on top of the local AT&T switching building.  The old Howard bus terminal is still there, only now it's covered in a thick layer of artificial stucco and used as a church annex.
Before Flashing BarracadesNotice the small spheres that look like the cartoon image of a bomb that are placed around and on the dirt pile?  I had forgotten about these.  Before the advent of expensive flashing barracades they used to put these little jewels around.  They had a wick that burned so they could be seen at night.
Those smudge pots will soon disappearfrom road construction sites, to be replaced within a few years by portable reflective devices and battery-powered flashers, to warn drivers and others of the hazards. 
Thanks to KAP
The worst changesLooking at all these old urban images, it's sad that so many of the interesting old buildings are gone, but the worst change I think is the lack of trees.  Imagine how cool it would be under the shade of all those trees, now only a few are left.  It makes the streets that much hotter.
1952 ChevyI believe the car on the right is a 1952 Chevy. My father owned one for a few years in the late 1960's. I was then a few years too young to drive it.
Not visible in the photo, the '52 Chevy windshield was the old-fashioned divided type consisting of two flat glass plates with a vertical metal bar (muntin?) between them.
(The 1953 Chevy had a curved glass windshield. There may have been a transition in which the regular model had the flat windshield and the deluxe model had the curved one. Not sure if this would have been '52 or '53) ) 
The theory was that the bar dividing the windshield was narrower than the distance between a person's eyes, and therefore it should always be possible for at least one eye to "see around" it.
The windshield glass could be _economically_ replaced by any glass dealer that carried laminated safety glass. Contrast that to replacing a modern windshield, which costs an arm and a leg. 
AT&T Switching CenterThe AT&T switching center suffered a catastrophic failure in the early 1980's. The rear loading dock was built at ground level with a sunken ramp allowing for truck access. Flood waters filled the ramp and then the loading dock. Once inside the doors, the waters filled the basement to a depth of about four feet (if I remember correctly) The power plants failed and brought the office down. 
The water covered the tops of the battery cells located on the lower power plant shelves. Bell Labs removed the fresh water that entered the cells with syringes (large ones). Power plants were restored (after cleaning) and continued service for quite a spell.
I was a supervisor in the power engineering group in Atlanta and visited the site with my manager.
Smudge PotsAt least the smudge pots actually worked, I can't tell you how many of the battery operated new ones ever work.
1958 versus 2015It makes me sad to see the vast difference between the two Columbus photos. In the original picture everything (except possibly the telephone tower) is at a pleasing, human scale showing a seemingly endless row of trees, grassy lawns, and comfortable appearing old houses. Virtually all of that is missing in the current view, and could be showing any faceless suburban intersection, with nothing but the tower and highway markers to indicate its true location. 
(The Gallery, Columbus, Ga., Motorcycles, News Photo Archive)

Tank & Barrel: 1903
... protection wires on a 100-year newer building(well, 90)in Atlanta at the 20th+ floor were almost the diameter of a large "Magic Marker" ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/02/2016 - 5:59pm -

1903. "Plant of the Consolidated Naval Stores Company, Pensacola, Florida. Resin and turpentine." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
WiredAny idea about the wires surrounding the tank?  Lights?  Lightning rods?
Where are the signs? There should be about 100 "No Smoking" signs plastered all over the site.
 Wooden barrels (dry and aged, from appearance) filled with turpentine, or pitch, and heated in the sun and exuding all sorts of aromatics, the site is a fire hazard awaiting the match.
 Given that Florida is the "Lightning Capital of the World", I would suspect the conductors are for lightning dissipation.  If the array had been a bit closer, I would have thought it might make a Farady Cage, which would be an excellent lightning protector.  As it is, circling the top, and repeating the circle down the side of the tank multiple times, there is a conductor to ground close at hand for lightning to connect with surrounding the tank.  Only question I have is that the diameter of the wire is so small, and would likely vaporize if it had to pass common lightning amperage.
 The lightning protection wires on a 100-year newer building(well, 90)in Atlanta at the 20th+ floor were almost the diameter of a large "Magic Marker" tube, a common office item for comparison.  That shown appears to be common barbed wire, not the 'thumb size' of modern conductors.
Sacrificial barrels on storage barn It appears the half-dozen or so barrels on the peak of the roof of the building in the background are decoys for lightning.  Here in GA, we have decoy trailer parks for tornadoes to scatter, leaving the real ones untouched.  I suspect both work just as well at their task.
Roof BarrelsThose barrels on the ridge of the roof are water-filled, and very effective, immediate fire extinguishers. We saw these mounted on sawmills here until the 1960s. In the era of self-sufficiency, these were about state of the art.
I think your sacrificial trailer parks are probably just a placebo   for your community, but these barrels were very much on the front line of fire protection.
[A lot of these rooftop barrels and pails were filled not with water but sand. - Dave]
I suppose sand would be a better choice in some instances. But, I'd rather pump up water than lug up sand!
Where there's pine, there's turpentineThe pine forests of the southern US were the main source for turpentine and "naval stores" during the late 19th and early 20th century. Southeast Texas provided its share of pine trees to the naval stores market, to the point that a town in Jasper County was named Wenasco [trade name for the Western Naval Stores Company]. 
Cheap railroad?Can anyone address the two parallel lines of wooden boards down the middle of the barrel storage area? An inexpensive "railroad" for carts carrying barrels, perhaps?
Barrel trackThe barrels, owing to their shape, will self-center and roll the length of the 'track'.  Thus no cart is necessary.  So 'roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun' (as the song says).
The barrel shape with a 'belly' also made them much easier to turn when on their sides because of the narrow contact patch one person could easily roll them around.
 Newer steel and plastic drums are primarily designed for handling with carts or lifts and depending on weight can take a couple people to get them to turn when rolling. 
(The Gallery, DPC, Florida, Pensacola, Railroads)

Strike Lounge: 1937
... and 2 with strikes also taking place at Cleveland, KC and Atlanta. Music to strike by I believe that is a gramaphone between the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/17/2019 - 1:19pm -

January 1937. Flint, Michigan. "Sit-down strikers. Fisher Body plant No. 3." The labor action that led to the unionization of the American auto industry. Note the "sleeping car" at right. Photo by Sheldon Dick. View full size.
One for the history books, literallyMy U.S. History class in high school used this image when discussing the changes in labor laws in the early 20th century.  Cool to see it again!
Home decor requisitesI simply must get a blanket rope and ashtray installed on the back of my sofa!
Spiffy bunchLove the relaxing accommodations... bench seats all around! But saddle shoes and brogans on the assembly line -- what's up with that? Seems nobody's really expecting the work to get too hard or too dirty, strike notwithstanding.
Now I knowwhy my Uncles 1936 car came with no back seat.
Fisher 3?I believe that this terrific photo was made inside Fisher 1 on Saginaw Street. Flint had two Fisher Body plants, Fisher 1 and 2. Most of the strike activities in Flint took place at Fisher 1 and 2 with strikes also taking place at Cleveland, KC and Atlanta.
Music to strike byI believe that is a gramaphone between the table abd the Tic Tac Tow car. Not to mentiion a large stack of platters on the table.
[It's a radio-phonograph console. -tterrace]
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Factories, Sheldon Dick)

Cash Stack: 1902
... NCR. Unfortunately they packed up and moved shop to Atlanta I believe. I remember the building but not the stack. Might have been ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/30/2017 - 9:46pm -

Dayton, Ohio, 1902. "Power House, National Cash Register Co." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
Stack JazzThis image has the look and feel of a diorama or scale model. And that is one snazzy smoke stack.
A power plant beautiful enough for a garden partyPower Plant Details
Inaugural Garden Party
WowThat is some seriously handsome industrial architecture; not just the stack, but the whole layout.
NCR MemoriesI went to college here in the US and did my internship with NCR. 
Unfortunately they packed up and moved shop to Atlanta I believe. I remember the building but not the stack. Might have been torn down at some point I'm not sure.
University of Dayton now owns the site where NCR stood for generations. I might need to do some research but the street looks familiar.
Update. The Corliss Engine house above is now in Carillon park Here
Functional beautyThat is about the most beautiful smokestack I've ever seen. 
Awesome Brick Work!It always amazes me to see how even something even as mundane as a somkestack can be so ornately decorated.  People used to take such pride in their work.
Down She GoesTime lapse of the NCR stack demolition sometime during the 1960's
(The Gallery, DPC, Factories, W.H. Jackson)

Last Stop: 1901
... action at the Battle of Fort McAllister, the defense of Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, and the Carolinas Campaign. After the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/31/2012 - 10:08am -

Circa 1901. "Bonaventure Cemetery. Savannah, Georgia." The locals say it's best not to travel alone here after sundown. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
Come back at midnightThis is the "garden of good and evil" of John Berendt's famous book about Savannah. The iconic "Bird Girl" statue on the book's cover wouldn't have been found in Bonaventure Cemetery when this photo was taken, or indeed today. It wasn't installed until the 1930s, and after the book was published it was moved to a museum.
Superstorm -116 yearsOn the night of October 29th 1896, a hurricane hit Savannah causing the cemetery to be 'a scene of ruin'.You can make out where some trees were felled in this photo but the damage has been repaired by the looks of things.
Read more here
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00C15FF385F1B738DDDA8...
And The Angels SingBonaventure is a beautifully kept cemetery on the banks of
the Savannah River on the outskirts on the city. It's something to see because of its natural setting, lush vegetation, and the variety of the architecture and design of the its many headstones and mausoleums. Well-know songwriter Johnny Mercer (1909-1976 writer of over 1500 song lyrics including 'Moon River' and 'Days of Wine and Roses'), a native of Savannah, is one of many buried there.  The epitaph on his headstone is the title of one of the many pop standards he wrote: "And the Angels Sing."
Fearless and FaithfulRobert Houston Anderson went to West Point and served in the US Army in New York and Washington Territory. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and saw action at the Battle of Fort McAllister, the defense of Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, and the Carolinas Campaign. After the Civil War he was police chief of Savannah. 
My namesake citySavannah is known, to locals anyway, as the "Most Haunted City in America."  Granted ghost tours are also big business, so it makes economic sense to keep that stature going, but having taken a tour myself, I must admit to being legitimately "wigged out."  I think the scariest part was learning that a certain block of the city, apparently the most haunted region, was built over the unmarked graves of hundredss of slaves. If nothing else, great history lessons!
(The Gallery, DPC, Savannah)

The Marlborough: 1908
... days ..." According to an ad that ran often in the Atlanta Constitution around 1900, "The Hotel Marlborough ... is very popular ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/18/2014 - 12:09am -

New York circa 1908. "Hotel Marlborough." On Herald Square at Broadway and West 36th. Among the amenities: A "Ladies' Restaurant." View full size.
Pre-Volstead HostelryOpened in 1888. During the years when Broadway theaters were concentrated south of Times Square, "many of our popular actors made it their home."
"It will go down in history as one of the famous Broadway hostelries of pre-Volstead days ..."
According to an ad that ran often in the Atlanta Constitution around 1900, "The Hotel Marlborough ... is very popular with the southern people ... The rooms are beautifully carpeted in brussels and velvet, while the furniture in them is of the handsomest character...A lady can leave the south and travel all the way to New York and stop at the Marlborough with as much propriety and safety as if she were at the best hotel in her own town."
But a 1923 picture in the NYTimes made it look a bit seedy. A large sign offered "ROOMS WITH BATH $1.50/UP"
In 1923 the building was purchased by A.E. Lefcourt, one of NYC's most prominent developers who erected the Brill Building, among many others.
Lefcourt planned to erect a 20-story office and loft building to cost $3 million for buyers in the women's garment and millinery industry, which apparently had by then replaced the theaters.
A sign you missedLook just above and to the left of the Regal shoes sign.  Is that the back side of a Budweiser sign?
Budweiser it isYou are right History_Fan, that is the back of the Anheuser Busch famous "A & Eagle", makers of Budweiser & Michelob. I've found some great beer signs on Shorpy's, some in plain view and others almost invisible. All are a lot of fun to search for.
"Ladies Restaurant"?Is that a restaurant just for ladies or is that the ladies entrance? Either way, it's intriguing.
[It indicated that the establishment was one which respectable women could patronize unescorted without fearing for their safety or reputation. - tterrace]
Schrafft's Also in this picture, on the right, in the row of stores is a Schrafft's Restaurant. It was one of a chain of  8 or so upscale restaurants in NYC. I have a recollection of the one at 13 Street and 5th Avenue in the attached picture. Sometime in the 1950s a friend invited to me to lunch there. It was a hot summer's day and we were in shirtsleeves. They wouldn't let us in without jackets. After some negotiating they supplied jackets for us to wear. They were the ones their waiters wore. The building (in the attachment) later become the Lone Star Cafe which was very popular. The building is located in what could be loosely described as the New School's Parsons Campus. It has become Condominium Apartments.
Beautician Or Nursing Career? From The Trained Nurse & Hospital Review January 1913 via Google Book View 


(The Gallery, DPC, NYC)

1930's Christmas Parade
... able to pinpoint two - one at a very specific corner in Atlanta and the other in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. My favorites are of the parade ... 
 
Posted by Brian - 12/11/2007 - 11:53am -

The D. Earl Comb Christmas parade.  Back in the early 30's Mr. Comb ran this parade throughout the Midwest and the southeastern United States.  
He bought the parade from Albert H. Thacher for $1,800 - including all animals, costumes and props.
The pictures are from various locations.  I've only been able to pinpoint two - one at a very specific corner in Atlanta and the other in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. My favorites are of the parade clowns. I've got a Flickr group that contains all the pictures, stationery and contract for this.  I've still got some documents I haven't scanned in yet (like the instructions to running a parade), but hopefully will sometime soon.
Great photoBut that turnip-head character is the thing of childhood nightmares.
Lollipop man will eat your soul!The clown is the least scary thing at that parade.
Lollipop ManI showed this picture to my 4-year-old son.  He liked the clown a lot, and thought lollipop man was funny as well.  However, I agree with the sentiment that he was probably pretty scary looking in person.  There are probably a few geriatrics in the south and midwest who still have nightmares about him.
Hey!That's the original Mr. Burns!  "Eeeeeexcellent!"
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)

(Tintype) Mother and Baby
... Charles Mathew LeGallienne. He came from Liverpool to Atlanta around the turn of the century. The mother appears to be in mourning ... couple. These really tug at your heart. Was it taken in Atlanta? For more information on these photographs For more information ... 
 
Posted by henpitts - 01/27/2008 - 8:44pm -

This tintype was found in a collection of pictures from my wife's grandfather Charles Mathew LeGallienne. He came from Liverpool to Atlanta around the turn of the century. The mother appears to be in mourning with what appears to be a dead baby. I would love comments on this photo. The woman was probably the sister of Ruby Love Andrews from Alabama.
Dead baby photosThis picture breaks my heart! The tightness of the young mother's lips shows how hard it was for her to keep from crying.  This certainly would have been only a day or two after the death of the child. I also have a picture of a young woman with a dead baby, from about 1902, which was of the brother of my grandfather, being held by his aunt. This picture was obviously taken decades earlier, but I think it is probably the same story; that a young child died, never having had any kind of likeness made of him/her, so they had one made before burial. The one I have was made to look as if the baby was only sleeping.  This one doesn't appear as if they were making any attempt to hide the fact that the baby was dead. It was a common occurrence, until recently, for babies to die, but that didn't make it any easier for mothers.
Postmortem Child PhotosIt was common for a time to take photographs of children who had died.  In many cases, the parents simply hadn’t had one made yet.  American Heritage had a poignant article about this practice several years ago.  As a parent, it is easy to see wanting to have an image – any image – of your child.  I suspect that this picture was either looked at a million time or just a couple.  These really tug at your heart.  Was it taken in Atlanta?
For more information on these photographsFor more information see: Updike, John. "Facing Death: Our Ancestors Look Gravely and Steadily upon Things That We Cannot." American Heritage May-June 1992. Web. http://www.americanheritage.com/content/facing-death. Volume 43, Issue 3
The article is a review of the book, “Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America” by Dr. Stanley B. Burns on the topic of postmortem photography from 1842 to 1925.  While the subject is macabre to us, today, Updike places it tenderly within the context of the times.  While it’s certainly not a nominee for the “feel-good book of the summer”, I can’t help but feel closer to these people from the past after reading Updikes article.
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)

On the Avenue: 1905
... exists. As I see, they even built a "bigger" version in Atlanta (2009). Still prefer the original one! Current view This is from ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/28/2012 - 12:23pm -

New York circa 1905. "St. Regis and Gotham hotels." Looking south along Fifth Avenue at East 56th Street, a streetscape glimpsed here from a different angle. On the right, the Gotham rising behind Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Vigilant copThe cop in the car across the street is eyeing us pretty good.
[He's a chauffeur. - tterrace]
+101Below is the same view from April of 2006.
St. Regis hotelLovely building, and luckily, still exists. As I see, they even built a "bigger" version in Atlanta (2009). Still prefer the original one!
Current viewThis is from Google Maps. Nice to see it's lasted nearly 100 years. 
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, DPC, NYC)

Helping Hands: 1956
... of Bern and Frankie. Their son, John, is a surgeon in Atlanta. (The Gallery, Kids, LOOK) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/01/2014 - 9:34am -

February 1956. "Domestic worker fixing girl's hair." From photos by Bern Keating for the Look magazine article "The South vs. the Supreme Court: What Is a South­erner?" Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection. View full size.
Is it just me?Shorpy seems to have a definite anti-Southern bent. 
[It's just you. What is it about this photo that upsets you so? -Dave]
The watchAppears to be a Longines. No cheap timepiece I assure you. She may have been well paid or perhaps a gift from the family.
[Or maybe she made an average amount of money, and saved her wages until she had enough to buy a watch. -Dave]
Reality of the timeThis picture could have been my older sister around this same time in Richmond Va. We had a maid who took care of the 3 year old version of me while my mother and father worked. Nothing anti-southern here, just a realistic view of the south in the 1950's.
Kate and CaledoniaKate is the daughter of the photographer Bern Keating. Caledonia worked for them many years at their home in Greenville, Misssissippi. Mr Keating was a well known magazine photographer and writer. His wife, Frankie, was also a well known photographer.
Kate and BernI, too, knew Kate, Bern, Frankie and John when I was growing up in Greenville, Mississippi. It is stunning to know that someone else who visits this site knew them as well as Caledonia. 
Kate was a favorite of Bern who made a number of books with her as the centerpiece. She died suddenly while on a trip to Canada, as I recall, leaving a terrible and unfilled space in the hearts of Bern and Frankie.
Their son, John, is a surgeon in Atlanta.
(The Gallery, Kids, LOOK)

Mallets Aforethought: 1924
... and performances. Also found this about WSB Radio in Atlanta: "Lambdin Kay was the station's first full-time general manager, as ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/08/2014 - 7:28am -

April 5, 1924. New York. "Lambdin Kay." Broadcaster and celebrated thingamabob prodigy. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.
Lambdin KayJust as I was thinking that this fellow looked as though his name ought to be Hubert Q. Peabody, I fired up the google-a-tron and found that Mr. Kay is credited with creating the Peabody Awards which he did as chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters when he was asked to create a prize to honor the nation's premier radio programs and performances.  Also found this about WSB Radio in Atlanta:  "Lambdin Kay was the station's first full-time general manager, as well as a popular on-air personality. The NBC chimes, which were used to identify that network's radio and television stations, originated at WSB. Lambdin Kay played three notes on a small xylophone to signal station breaks, and NBC began using them when WSB became a network affiliate in 1927. NBC still uses the three-note theme, in electronic form, on some of its news programs and on its MSNBC cable channel."
Xylophone Ebonies and IvoriesThose must be the black keys.
Just RememberEveryone is handsome and dashing on radio.
J.C. DeaganThe chimes pictured are reveille bells (sometimes called military dinner chimes) made by the J.C. Deagan Company. Lambdin Kay may never have used the set shown in this publicity photo, but may have played a smaller 3-tube set for WSB's chimes in 1924.
(The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Music, NYC)

A Taller Baller: 1928
... for that matter, that I remember wearing kneepads was Atlanta Hawks guard Eddie Johnson in the mid-'70s. Johnson, an Auburn grad, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/19/2017 - 1:10pm -

Washington, D.C. "Dunn, G.U. '28." Georgetown University forward John Dunn. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Calculating!The angle of the vertices, and subtracting the upper quadrant of the mendices, then subtracting the forthright perpendicular of the wall shadow. I can surmise that this fellow is, at least, a tall man minus his boots.
Knee padsThe last pro player, or any player for that matter, that I remember wearing kneepads was Atlanta Hawks guard Eddie Johnson in the mid-'70s. Johnson, an Auburn grad, always gave his knee pads to a lid in the audience after a game.
(The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)

Klein's Restaurant: 1945
... in this restaurant.We have to hand it to those guys in Atlanta. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by FredKlein - 03/03/2010 - 9:36am -

World War II was winding down and Biloxi, Mississippi, famous for its seafood industry, found new life-blood when Keesler Air Force Base came to town, and with it thousands of young soldiers flooding town for decades to come.
The Klein family, founders of Klein's Biloxi Bakery 30 years earlier, opened a an ultra modern art deco restaurant that was "always hoppin'" seven days a week. Billy de Wolf and Elvis were among the restaurant's many famous and soon-to-be-famous clientele.
This photo, intended for the local newspaper, was cut in half to fit the publishing space. Two of the Klein brothers, Fred & Junie Klein, kept each half as a souvenir. I inherited one half from my dad. Last year, while  visiting my uncle Junie I discovered the half in his scrapbook. With a little Photoshop magic the halves were re-united after a  65 year "divorce."
The chatter, laughing, music from the jukebox, the smell of burgers on the grill all come back when I see this picture. The building was demolished for a new Federal Court House in 1973. Today, the court house stands vacant, awaiting  the wrecking ball. The Biloxi Bakery history, photos, stories and recipes  can be found in the book Remembering the Biloxi Bakery, available from LULU.com. View full size.
Things Go BetterJust as I expected, a Coca-Cola sign prominately displayed in this restaurant.We have to hand it to those guys in Atlanta.
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Home from Brenau
... the young lady came home by train, taking the Southern via Atlanta to Macon or nearby Cochran. Riding the train I know that my ... 
 
Posted by Weld pro - 08/20/2013 - 9:28pm -

1945. Living room of the Thompson family. Montrose, Georgia. View full size.
[A relation of yours? -tterrace]
Sure it wasn't Brenau?Brenau College, in Gainesville, Georgia, is a women's college founded in 1878.  It became co-ed in the 1960s and a university in 1992.
Montrose is in central Georgia, about 40 miles southeast of Macon and about 170 miles from Gainesville.  I have to wonder if the young lady came home by train, taking the Southern via Atlanta to Macon or nearby Cochran.
Riding the trainI know that my mother did ride a train sometimes. I think she got off at the depot in Montrose where the depot master was Mr. Watson.
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Athos Menaboni, Painter
I made this photo of the Atlanta painter of birds in his studio around 1977 or '78. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by JohnP - 09/05/2014 - 7:39pm -

I made this photo of the Atlanta painter of birds in his studio around 1977 or '78. View full size.
Menaboni image requestDear John P,
I am Camille Bielby with the American Camellia Society.  We are a non-profit organization and publish a quarterly magazine (The Camellia Journal) and an annual digest (American Camellia Yearbook).
I found your photograph of  Athos Menaboni on Shorpy. 
Would it be possible for you to email a copy of the photograph and grant permission for including it along with an article about the Menaboni camellia lithographs?
My email address is cbielby@americancamellias.org and our toll free number is (877) 422-6355.
Thank you very kindly for supporting the American Camellia Society,
Camille Bielby
Multimedia Specialist
American Camellia Society
100 Massee Lane
Ft. Valley, Georgia  31030
[To message him, click his username above the photo, then the Contact tab on his Profile page. -tterrace]
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The Edge Sisters
Atlanta, Georgia in the 40's. [Any relation to you?] (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by Weld pro - 08/02/2013 - 7:14pm -

Atlanta, Georgia in the 40's.
[Any relation to you?]
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Tired Fireman
... made. It was taken in the aftermath of a fire in downtown Atlanta, Georgia in about 1955. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by JohnP - 09/05/2014 - 7:38pm -

This is the earliest successful black and white picture I made.  It was taken in the aftermath of a fire in downtown Atlanta, Georgia in about 1955. View full size.
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