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Frisbee Moxie Witch House: 1906
... was a laxative, and my mother says it was delicious. Brockton Fair There is a poster in the plumber's window for the Brockton Fair. Do you think a lot of people travelled from Salem to Brockton ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2012 - 2:41pm -

Salem, Mass., circa 1906. "The Old Witch House." Spells, signs and portents, with an emphasis on signs. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size. Prefer to digest it myselfPre-digested beef? Yum. True storyMy grandfather was a travelling sales rep for Dr True's Elixir. It was a laxative, and my mother says it was delicious. Brockton FairThere is a poster in the plumber's window for the Brockton Fair. Do you think a lot of people travelled from Salem to Brockton for a fair back in 1906? Maybe so, as the Brockton fair back then must have been more of an agricultural meeting place. [Brockton was a factory town. - Dave] Roger Williams HouseRoger Williams fled Salem under religious persecution, and founded Providence Plantations, which eventually became The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. It is the smallest state in the US, and has the longest name. Interesting to see this image of his house in Salem! 40 ProofFrom the California State Journal of Medicine, November 1904: Mulford's Predigested Beef -- "A concentrated predigested food containing the entire nutritive value of beef in a completely digested form, ready for immediate absorption into the system." Analysis shows 19.72 per cent by volume of alcohol, 10.39 per cent by weight of total solids, which yield 0.20 per cent of mineral matter. The maximum administration recommended, that is, two tablespoonfuls every two hours, disregarding the proviso "or as needed," would yield daily about 1.25 ounces of nutriment and the alcoholic equivalent of about six ounces of whisky, which might well be regarded as hardly adequate as an exclusive diet, in the diseases above mentioned or in any other condition of the system. [One cannot but wonder whether the formulas of the above disclose the quantity of whisky equivalent contained in them. -Ed.] Parlor entranceYou will need a ladder to get to the second floor window entrance to the witch house parlors. Unless of course you are supposed to fly up on your broom. [The main entrance was on a side street, through Upton & Frisbee. - Dave] Dr. TrueLooks like Abe Lincoln. Postcard ViewFound on Wikipedia. [Note the added pedestrian. These colorized postcards were Detroit Publishing's bread and butter; the company owned the patent on the Photochrom process used to produce them. The starting point for each was a giant 8x10 glass negative, thousands of which now reside in the Library of Congress archives. The "view full size" images you see here are Shorpy are, generally speaking, the first time these photographs have ever been seen in all their high-resolution goodness. - Dave] X-ZaliaRemoves Relieves, Inflammation, Eczema, Cold? Sores, and other stuff I can't read. Brockton FairYes, Brockton was a factory town. Once the largest maker of shoes around. The factories are gone but the Brockton Fair still takes place every year. Fletcher's CastoriaMy mother had a bottle of Castoria castor oil. What in the world is predigested beef? Salem Witch SpoonsBeginning in 1890, touristic fascination with the Salem Witch House was matched by a contemporary craze for the sterling silver "Salem Witch" souvenir spoons designed and marketed worldwide via catalog sales by Salem's Daniel Low & Co. Although the witch spoons were not the first American souvenir spoons, they were so popular that the whole American souvenir spoon craze is usually credited to their introduction. Here's Low's "first and second Witch" souvenir handle designs. A detailed history can be found here. Witch House ParlorsMain entrance to the Witch House was through Upton & Frisbee. Whatever worksInteresting props for the two top windows--a vase on the right, can't tell on the left one. To cure a cold in one dayand the formula has been lost to this day. I know that guy!Hey! That feller standing in the Castoria window sure does look like Teddy Roosevelt, wouldn't you say? Prop DepartmentThat object holding up the top left window looks like a candle mold to me. WillCThank you for that link! Those spoons kick all kinds of butt. Wondrous elixir."Dr. True's Elixir / Cures Children's Complaints / Expels Worms". Good to know. Daniel Low's Silver CatalogsMany thanks to Bink, and, if you like odd silver and you've never seen a Low & Company catalog, y'aint seen nuttin yet! Salem's Daniel Low did for sterling silver sales what Richard Sears did for just about everything else. The Salem Witch spoons became a collecting fad because of Low's innovative and aggressive advertising and catalog promotions, placing mail order direct sales ads in hundreds of newspapers, and publishing an annual catalog. The illustrated catalogs featured a dizzying array of silver "toys," thousands of small personal accessories, gadgets and jewelry, with an emphasis on eye-catching novelty designs. Below is the Salem Witch page from the 1901 catalog, which is widely available in a facsimile reprint. Harvard's Baker Library has Low's entire 1917 "Fiftieth Anniversary" catalog online here. (The Gallery, DPC, Salem, Stores & Markets)
Yesterday's News: 1940
December 1940. Brockton, Massachusetts. "Men and a woman reading headlines posted in window of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office on Christmas Eve." 35mm Kodachrome ... Seattle Post-Intelligencer or the Rocky Mountain News, the Brockton Enterprise will still deliver a physical newspaper to your home. I ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/28/2018 - 8:56am -

December 1940. Brockton, Massachusetts. "Men and a woman reading headlines posted in window of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office on Christmas Eve." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size. FedorasYour best bet finding them are in Hasidic neighborhood stores. Anthony UtoI think the sign reads "Enterprise Barber Shop." I have no doubt tho that the sign was changed to something that did not resemble the imperial battle flag! Still AroundUnlike the Seattle Post-Intelligencer or the Rocky Mountain News, the Brockton Enterprise will still deliver a physical newspaper to your home. I find that comforting. You two, yeah you, get out of the wayI really want to know more about problems with the schoolbooks, but those two guys are in the way. Twitter 1.0Just a few short words on a subject, broadcast for all the world (if the world happens to walk by that window) to read. Japanese Barber ShopThis picture was taken in December 1940. I'd be willing to bet that one year later "Anthony Uto's Japanese Barber Shop" was no longer in business. ["Japanese"? I think you're misreading the sign. - Dave] It Comes Full CircleI was wetting my pants in 1940 and here we are back in the same mode, its deja vu all over again. Brockton EnterpriseThe Enterprise of Brockton is still there: http://www.enterprisenews.com/ And it still resides at 60 Main Street in Brockton. And W.B. Mason (2nd Floor) is still going strong as well. R.I.P. Billy HillBilly Hill, Boston native, wrote a number of popular songs including The Last Round-Up, Wagon Wheels, Empty Saddles, In the Chapel in the Moonlight, The Glory of Love. At the age of seventeen he went out West and spent the next fifteen years working at various jobs including dishwasher in several roadhouses, cowpuncher in Montana, payroll clerk at a mining camp in Death Valley, and band leader at a Chinese restaurant in Salt Lake City. Sadly, Billy "lost his battle with alcohol" on Dec. 24, 1940. You can learn more at www.americanmusicpreservation.com Staying connected to your world.Wow! I wish we had a place to go today to read news headlines. Enterprise Barber Shop?Is that what is says? Although, when I saw the "Empire of the Sun" sign, my first thought was "Japanese" as well. School Board,not schoolbooks. The past is prologueInteresting how the formatting of newspaper pages on the window presages the formatting of information on the screen of my iPod Touch. Quake?There was an earthquake? Indeed, two? In Massachusetts? Many years back I read that there is a fault line running under Manhattan. I suppose this may be connected. EarthquakeThe USGS website confirms the headlines in the window. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Lake Ossippee region in New Hampshire on December 20th and 24th of 1940. It reports that aftershocks were felt throughout the northeast. News FlashToday this would be replaced with the news "zipper" like in Times Square, New York. Evergreen street tree?Is that a Doug Fur or Canadian Hemlock in the corner of the picture? It looks like there is an ornament on it, which would make sense, but it seems like an odd place for a Xmas tree that size in the middle of the sidewalk. Keeping an eyeWas everybody a private detective in those days? Hatzoff, Fedora ManAs I grow older (and balder), I find myself coveting those fedoras. Gonna go find me one, somewhere... Get Your News HereUnlike today, there were no text messages, no blogs, no CNN, only newspapers and radios. There were no all news stations but there were morning and afternoon papers. Things changed much later on and I believe we are all the better for it. FedorasGosh, I really like the look of a man with a nice hat on. I remember that growing up in the 50's and 60's, practically all men wore them. I don't know why they stopped, but they sure look elegant. SantaI like that even back then they were "tracking" Santa and that he might not finish up his route until Christmas morning! Men Without HatsThe style changed, I believe, with John F. Kennedy, who was the first U.S. President to regularly go hatless. This encouraged a lot of other young men of his generation to follow suit (but not hat). Then there was the disastrous collapse of the once-mighty Japanese-American barbershop industry, which has yet to be fully documented. Not by me, though. Still, the familiar Kabuki barber in his garish makeup and flowing silk costume used to be a fixture in American cities from coast to coast, like Howard Johnson's restaurants and motels. For some reason or other, they never made a comeback after 1945. Maybe it was because, as my WWII veteran Grandpa used to say, "I'll never, ever trust one of those little guys with a razor again!" Since the average customer wasn't getting shaved bald any more (except for the traditional Samauri topknot, on request), the hat was no longer needed. [Disclaimer: If you don't think that real history is entertaining enough, you can always make up your own]. Marciano and HaglerBrockton is indeed home to boxing great Rocky Marciano. It is also home to another boxing great, Marvelous Marvin Hagler! Window vs. Web LogsBrockton, Mass. Who knew it was the birthplace of blogging? This is also a very early use of Windows Media. The Brockton BomberWasn't Rocky Marciano from Brockton? Eaton CuttersSomething about Eaton sounded familiar. The Eaton Cutters post for the army shoe workers is a reference to the Charles A. Eaton Shoe Company founded 1876 in Brockton, eventually adding their golf shoes to its line. In 1976, the company changed its name to Etonic. Read all about itAs a newspaper editor, this photo is evocative of a time when people truly treasured their daily or weekly newspaper, read it religiously, wrote letters to the editor, subscribed for generations, and hungered for important news as it was packaged in those days--on paper. Sure, they listened to H.P. Kaltenborn, but they still read all about it. Just a year later, when I was a month old, the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, leaving our generation to question why anyone in 1940 used a rising sun motif for their outdoor advertising! Nowadays, our industry is on the ropes, but I'm glad to see that the Brockton Enterprise is still going strong, right where it started. For how long, though? Reading is becoming a lost art, alas. Re: As a newspaper editorRe: As a newspaper editor, this photo is That's saying this photo is a newspaper editor. I thought it was reporters who fell into the trap of the dangling modifier, and the editors were the ones who pulled them out! Oops, ya got me!Anonymous Tipster is so right. Those dangling modifiers are pernicious. What is missing are the words "I find" from my original draft, inserted just after "editor," and just before "this." Good catch! I know who caused the earthquake!My dad, who would have been 14 at the time of this picture, grew up in Manchester, NH, and told me this story several times: One day he and his younger brother were in their upstairs bedroom doing nothing in particular while their mother was in the kitchen. Suddenly the dishes rattled and the cupboard doors shook. Mom marched to the foot of the stairs and shouted, "YOU BOYS CUT THAT OUT!" They looked at each other, then replied, "We weren't doing anything." (They were fond of fighting and wrestling, so Mom had every reason to blame them.) "You rattled the dishes down here!" "It wasn't us, honest. It must have been an earthquake," they countered. Well, that was ridiculous because earthquakes just don't happen in New England. However, when the next day's paper reported an earthquake, they all had a good laugh, and Mom was reassured that her boys weren't lying. The EnterpriseThe Enterprise is no longer at 60 Main Street in downtown Brockton. Delano's photo shows where the old Enterprise offices were, where the city of Brockton water/sewer offices currently reside, I believe. 60 Main is to the right, on the other corner. The building has been sold to a developer and the presses were dismantled and removed in 2008. In October 2008, part of the newsroom operation moved to a nondescript office on the city limits. Flying SantaThe "flying Santa Claus" referred to was Edward Rowe Snow, a local historian who every year, with the help of the Coast Guard, delivered Christmas packages to lighthouse keepers and their families. You can find more about him here. Grandfather Uto's barbershopThis was not a Japanese barbershop. My grandfather Anthony Uto came to this country from Italy in 1899 and opened his shop under the Enterprise building in the early 1900s. Until his retirement in the late 1960s, that was his shop. (The Gallery, Brockton, Jack Delano)
Bustling Brockton: 1962
"Street scene, Brockton, Massachusetts, July 1962." You'll find Shorpy at the Piece 'O' Pizza. ... Piece 'O' Pizza changed names to Papa Gino's in 1968. Brockton still has three of them, like most New England towns of any decent ... still had them just 10 years or so ago. In the photo Brockton looked so alive and vibrant. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/19/2015 - 9:13pm -

"Street scene, Brockton, Massachusetts, July 1962." You'll find Shorpy at the Piece 'O' Pizza. 35mm negative, photographer unknown. View full size. Some pieces are leftThe white building on the right and the 5 story building on the left are still there. Detroit IronWow. Look at all those classic cars. Eleven minutes to four.I see three clocks and they all agree. Now Showingat the Center Theatre, "Advise & Consent," starring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray and Walter Pidgeon. Extensive restorationThis photo is taken from the corner of Main and Legion, where the row of buildings to the right not only remains, but an impressive amount of restoration has quite evidently taken place since this photo was taken, perhaps most notably the ornamental lintels over the windows of the first two buildings. Ah, the richness of detail!It positively overwhelms! Piece 'o' Papa Ginos HistoryPiece 'O' Pizza changed names to Papa Gino's in 1968. Brockton still has three of them, like most New England towns of any decent size. Papa Gino's is the official sponsor of damn near everything. Butter and Egg Man1926 song written by Percy Venable, made famous by Louis Armstrong. A butter and egg store in 1957, things hadn't changed much in thirty years. Left to Right1960 Ford at the curb, might be a Chrysler at the end of middle line, '55 Ford in front of that, unidentified, '57 Ford. '56 Plymouth, '59 Ford in front of 2 Checker cabs. At right curb: '63? Chevy, '60 Ford Falcon, '63 Ford wagon. [The Chevy and Ford at the right curb are both 1962 models, and I think the Falcon in between may be as well. We also have a 1960 Rambler zipping off the edge of the frame at left. -tterrace] Piece 'O' PizzaInteresting, I never knew there was more than one Piece 'O' Pizza. I grew up in Boston, in Cleary Square there was a Piece 'O' Pizza, or "the pizza place" as everyone called it. I always thought it was a stand-alone. It did turn into a Papa Gino's. I remember the little tabletop juke boxes in each booth. Some of the Papa Gino's still had them just 10 years or so ago. In the photo Brockton looked so alive and vibrant. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Found Photos, Stores & Markets)
Brockton Wedding: 1910
... Anthony Willen married Mary Sidlewicz April 24th 1910 in Brockton, Mass. View full size. [Relatives of yours? -tterrace] ... belief that they were all Lithuanian immigrants living in Brockton's "Village" in Ward 6, Montello section. Shoe workers no doubt. I have ... 
 
Posted by Lstnsun - 08/30/2013 - 7:04pm -

Lithuanian-American wedding. Anthony Willen married Mary Sidlewicz April 24th 1910 in Brockton, Mass. View full size. [Relatives of yours? -tterrace] Need help with ID'sI posted this photo in hopes of some assistance with identifying other members of the Wedding Party. I have a strong belief that they were all Lithuanian immigrants living in Brockton's "Village" in Ward 6, Montello section. Shoe workers no doubt. I have four people identified thus far. The Bride was my Grand Aunt and my Grandmother, her sister is there also. Appreciate anyone's help with this. Even if it's just a idea that I can follow up on. Thanks (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
125 Pleasant Street: 1941
Street corner, Brockton, Massachusetts. January 1941. Two blurry figures pass by a fire ... Grandma....can I have a quarter to go to Quincy's? Brockton today From Street View. If I ever head over to Brockton I'll get a better res pic. But you really don't want to hang Brockton ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 2:46pm -

Street corner, Brockton, Massachusetts. January 1941. Two blurry figures pass by a fire hydrant in this time exposure by Jack Delano. View full size. Using the 125 above the door and the street sign as clues, we were able to find this building in Google Maps: 125 Pleasant Street at North Warren Avenue. It's the building to the right with the white roof, and seems to be more or less unchanged. Some of the apartments above the store are on the market as condos. The building the photographer used as his vantage point has disappeared, replaced by a parking lot. I grew up in this townWithout looking at the Google map, I knew exactly where this is located. The building does indeed look very much the same, if I still lived there I would go and shoot it for you. Maybe next time I am home... Aerial photoThis intersection can also be seen in a 3-D aerial view. Looks much more appealing in the old photo! So coolA window into the past. Quincy'sGrandma....can I have a quarter to go to Quincy's? Brockton todayFrom Street View. If I ever head over to Brockton I'll get a better res pic. But you really don't want to hang Brockton more than you have to. PerspectivesWhat a difference a decade (or seven) makes. I suspect to the average Joe of the time, this wasn't a particularly interesting view to behold. To my eyes in 2010, this image is overflowing with delights; the street furniture (traffic signals, signs, fire box, street lamps) and the window display of that store are magical. (The Gallery, Brockton, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Jack Delano, Stores & Markets)
Brockton, Mass. Train Station: c.1905
... and Hartford Railroad. The location is now the home of the Brockton Police Station. Scanned from the original 5x4 inch glass negative. ... 
 
Posted by D_Chadwick - 02/03/2010 - 9:13am -

This was one of the stations for the The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The location is now the home of the Brockton Police Station. Scanned from the original 5x4 inch glass negative. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Railroads)
Paging Edward Hopper: 1940
Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts. December 1940. Photograph by Jack Delano. View full ... around, but there are many that look just like this in Brockton. Some have been restored, some are still run down. Sure it ... onto the left door on the porch. Maybe somebody who knows Brockton (Dianne Cantara, where are you?) can track down this locale and tell ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 2:43pm -

Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts. December 1940. Photograph by Jack Delano. View full size. These duplexes must have been fairly grand when they were new, probably around the turn of the century. They look like the house where Granny and Tweety Bird lived. Are they still there? I'll get it running some dayEver since there have been cars somebody has put them on blocks and abandoned them. Are you sure that picture isn't a model?Look at the people. They just don't look real. And neither does the car or the big tree limb in front of it all. They are still there...I can't promise you that these exact ones are still around, but there are many that look just like this in Brockton. Some have been restored, some are still run down. Sure it isn't a model?The people don't look real. The car looks like a toy, and the tree limb in front of it all is huge. Tree limb??That's a telephone pole. Click here. Another version is here. Telephone pole?Actually it is a power pole, there are no telephone lines on it. If you look real close you can see the telephone pole and lines in the back. ever wonder?Ever wonder what the people's thoughts were at the moment the photo was taken? A. Moore Re: Sure it isn't a model?I haven't poked around this site a lot, so maybe this info is here somewhere (yeah, yeah, I read the explanation of the Shorpy name) -- but maybe you should explain more background to a lot of these photos from the 30s and 40s. Of course they're real. These are by documented, well-known, and legendary photographers. Walker Evans. Lewis Hine. Dorothea Lange. Ben Shahn. Russell Lee. Look them up. The photos are so detailed because they used large format cameras with honking big negatives. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/welcome.html Read the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Get a hardcover copy that really shows off Walker Evan's photos. And keep looking back here for more leads on great documentary photography. Looks real to me.I'm loving those roofs. The shape is wonderful. How pretty these homes must have looked when new. This, and "American Gothic".I don't know if it's of any use, but if you look at the "American Gothic" image (another from this shoot), the number 22 is chalked onto the left door on the porch. Maybe somebody who knows Brockton (Dianne Cantara, where are you?) can track down this locale and tell us what's there now. FantasticThese houses are fantastic. Are they duplexes or quads? That's an amazing amount of house for a duplex! Mansard RoofThere are many examples of this style of house where I live, I grew up in one very similar that had 4 single family homes in it, each of which is now at least 5 apartments. The roof style is a Mansard roof if I'm not mistaken and is fairly common in the Northeastern US and Canada, it stands up well to a heavy snowload. Mansard RoofThe mansard roofs and style of these houses is called the French Second Empire style. In the last half of the 19th century, it was common to have roofs with dormers. It provided an extra residential floor, but tax assessments did not count the top floor in the market appraisals, so owners were, in effect, adding a floor to the building without being taxed for it. This was explained to me by a historian who recently gave a wonderful two-hour walking tour of houses and mills along the Quinebaug River in Putnam, Connecticut. You can see some interesting information about this at: http://www.americanlandmarks.com/french.htm They are there!I grew up in Brockton and those places are still there! Brockton, Mass.Would anyone please post the address of the location this shot was taken? I am working on a photogray project where I am shooting with a similar vision as Edward Hopper paintings. These Mansard Roof homes would be perfect subject matter at sunrise/sunset. Oh, please forward the address to my e-mail at sternedwards@aol.com Thanks In Advance, Charles Roland 1932 Ford Standard TudorThe car is a 1932 Ford Standard Tudor and the color is Washington Blue. I have one just like it. Look at the detailsI see details such as the fading wreaths in the windows, the rain downspouts that have a "Y" connectors from the second floor roof to the bay window roofs, then to the next level and then down to the ground; the corbels in the entry way. So many homes had them as trim items and so many are removed today. A lot of architectural character is missing in today's homes. Is it totally genuine?The power pole looks fake at the base, and its shadow is narrower than the pole itself. And take a look at the shadow of the child in black: different angle. The dog ... oh well ... no shadow at all. Maybe not totally fake, but surely retouched. [The shadow of the pole would be the same width as its base if you could see where two the came together behind the where the dirt has built up along the pavement. The shadow on the ground next to the kid is cast by whatever he's holding; his own shadow is much smaller, like the dog's. - Dave] (The Gallery, Brockton, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Dogs, Jack Delano, Kids)
Home Depot: 1940
December 1940. "Secondhand plumbing store, Brockton, Mass." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size. ... Mechanical Plumbing & Heating is still in business in Brockton, at an address on Linus Avenue. Hmmm! Even in 1940 people ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/21/2012 - 10:32pm -

December 1940. "Secondhand plumbing store, Brockton, Mass." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size. As of 2007, Saba Mechanical Plumbing & Heating is still in business in Brockton, at an address on Linus Avenue. Hmmm!Even in 1940 people couldn't figure out the difference between You're and Your. This is building is not on Linus StreetIf this is the same company that is still in business, they have definitely moved locations. This building is too old to be on Linus Street, which is in a "newer" section of Brockton. This photograph must have been taken downtown. [You are correct, the satellite photos of the current address show a newish house. Even back in 1940 this one was getting nibbled at by the road, and had lost the upstairs porch roof. My guess is it is long gone. — Dave] The Wily ApostropheHeh. I noticed that too. Definitely Not GoneAh! This house is (a) not in Brockton, and (b) not gone! It's in Somerville, MA (or maybe on the edge of Somerville and Cambridge). It's on the bus route that I used to take from work to home. It's *still* got all the radiators and junk sitting outside of it, 60+ years later -- that's how I recognized it. Not GoneAmazing! If you could send a photo or GPS coordinates that would be super. I was looking for it on Google Earth but in the wrong place! BIG THANKS. Definitely.A photo will be taken, and I'll send it along when I have it. photo of current building RE: DefinitelyCan an url for for a current photo be posted here? Possibly Gone.I'm the author of the 'Definitely Not Gone' comment. A friend tells me that I might be wrong about that -- it might not be (oddly enough) the same house. So when I get a chance to take a photo, I'll pass it along, right or wrong. But maybe I shouldn't have been so certain in the first place. RE:This building is not on Linus StreetI left that original comment, but I would not be surprised if this building is still standing. Most of downtown Brockton still has all the old buildings. I am going back there in a few weeks and will try and track it down. I will let you know if I find it, and take pictures for you. Smart advertising for theSmart advertising for the 40's. Very funnyI thought that, too. (The Gallery, Brockton, Jack Delano, Stores & Markets)
American Gothic: 1940
December 1940. "Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts." These houses, which look to have been built in the ... house is still standing? (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Brockton, Dogs, Jack Delano, Kids) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/05/2017 - 4:02pm -

December 1940. "Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts." These houses, which look to have been built in the 1890s, must have been imposing in their day. Note the elaborate woodwork and intricate system of gutters and downspouts. Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size. American Gothichard working people doing the best they could. American GothicJust wanted to say how much I appreciate someone sharing these awesome pictures with the rest of the world. Thanks! The HouseI am totally in love with this house..I just can NOT get enough of these incredible colour pictures of the 40's. I think they appear to have better quality than the photos of today. I'd so love to live in this era. My HouseI lived in a house like this one in the 50's but it wasn't in Massachusetts. They tore it down and built a hospital which greatly distressed me. I hate it when old houses die. Red RyderThis look like a scene from the film "A Christmas Story". DetailsThe kid all the way to the right is clearly some sort of weisenheimer. Looks like he's adopting a purposely artificial pose or something. There is another little kid peering out the window all the way to the left. Little boys have been playing in dirt, as evidenced by the lovingly molded dirt mound replete with tunnel for the toy truck to drive through. There is an old can, perhaps for a game of kick the can...? It must have been around Christmastime, as there are wreaths in the windows. The proud fellow in the red and black jacket could be Terry Malloy in another fourteen years. Love that there is a sense of love and protection coming from the parents. I get the idea that though the kids didn't have much they knew they were cared for and didn't feel sorry for themselves. Thanks for indulging my ruminations and thank you for this gorgeous website. I love it to bits and pieces. Cue boiling oilThis reminds me of the Charles Addams cartoons from the old New Yorker magazine. Just needs a punch line. "I'm sorry, Ollie"The kid on the right seems to be doing a Stan Laurel impression. The street nowWhat Was There offers a nifty view of what this street looks like now. Is it possible half the house is still standing? (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Brockton, Dogs, Jack Delano, Kids)
Yellow Sentinel: 1940
... "Industrial buildings in a Massachusetts town, possibly Brockton." View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. ... Douglas Shoe This is the Douglas Shoe Factory in Brockton. It's been torn down in past few years but the houses are still there ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 8:49pm -

December 1940. "Industrial buildings in a Massachusetts town, possibly Brockton." View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. GeniusIt's such a simple photograph, but it's so amazing! I didn't know about Jack Delano before Shorpy. Thank you so much. Keep them coming! The colours are amazingI feel like I could reach out and touch that sky. Holyoke?Looks like Holyoke, MA to me. The Yellow Sentinel has a name...I know the unasked question on everyone's lips is: What kind of traffic signal is that? It's an Eaglelux, one of the first that the Eagle Signal company made. Yup. Okay, so now you know. My work here is done. BTW, keep up the excellent work nameless Shorpy minions!! Douglas ShoeThis is the Douglas Shoe Factory in Brockton. It's been torn down in past few years but the houses are still there - check them out on Google Street View - Spark Street just north of Field Street (The Gallery, Brockton, Factories, Jack Delano, WW2)
Home Haircut: 195X
... oil burner and electric ignited boiler. I had one in a Brockton Massachusetts home back in 1977, it was 25 years old then. Common ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/21/2022 - 11:23am -

From somewhere in Wisconsin, sometime in the 1950s, comes this Kodachrome slide of a guy getting his hair cut. Tragically, this was before the invention of the Internet and social media, so no one aside from his family, friends, or other people in the room was able to "like" the results or comment thereon. But now that we can, we will not be denied. View full size. Pure LuxuryThe kid is lucky his folks had a basement to get his haircut in. My brother and I got haircuts in the open air beauty parlor set up in the carport across the street by a neighbor lady. It was bad enough sitting in a chair that had one of those hair dryer hoods that looked like the nose cone to a rocket while getting our hair cut but having to endure the taunts from the other kids in the neighborhood about "getting our hair done at a beauty parlor" made the experience all the worse. [This isn't a basement. It's just not quite finished. - Dave] Crazy ClipsHis smock looks more like a straitjacket (guess those scissors are really sharp and no one's taking chances!) I know the feelingMy mother was a former hairdresser and would cut all the kids' hair. I was probably 14 or 15 before I ever went to a barber. Mom did a good job, especially if you liked your hair short, but the barber was a completely different experience. Mom never used tonic or powder and never shaved over my ears with a straight razor. Good Old SlidesShe takes me down to the basement to look at her slides Of her family life, pretty weird at times Lloyd Cole Having flashbacksMy father would give my brother and me haircuts. He'd come home from work, mix a martooni or two and then get the clippers out. Talk about traumatized! My Italian grandpa was a barber and gave me my first haircut. That was captured by Dad's 8mm Revere windup movie camera complete with the eye-blinding floodlight. Three Stooges 'Barber' RoutineMoe (to customer): "Sir, were you wearing a pink bow tie?" Customer: "No". Moe to Curly: "You fool! You've cut off his ear!" That's the way to do itI started cutting my own hair 50 years ago. Just set the clippers to 3/4 of an inch, and buzz all over. It takes less than a minute. Invest the money saved in a mutual fund, and at age 65, you have something north of $100K. Why don't they teach this in school? And the Beat Goes OnExactly where and how my father used to cut my hair in the '50s. And exactly like my son is cutting his son's hair today. Captive audienceWhat do you suppose a mother (assuming) talks to her teenage son about while she cuts his hair? Sports? Politics? Women? Dirty jokes? Or maybe: And then Helen bid five no trump and I thought, "What are you doing? We're vulnerable". You're spending next weekend with your grandparents. Why don't you ask the nice girl across the street to prom? [That's not Mom. - Dave] Thanks. I stink at guessing people's age. But, acting as if we have social media in the 1950s -- I'm going to like his haircut. It's not so short he loses the appeal of his naturally curly (assuming) front locks; and not so long that he looks like he needs a haircut. I know the central subjectIs the kid getting a haircut. But what is that contraption behind them with the copper tubing coming out of it? Is it some sort of early central AC or cooling device? Obviously a catch-all room what with the tool-box and ladder. [It's a boiler, for steam heat. - Dave] Best haircuts for the moneyI used to cut my kids' hair, two boys and two girls and my own. It didn't cost us anything but our time and no one got richer off of us! Oh, happy days, I wish they were here again! (I love this Shorpy website.) I had found it a few years back, I think around 2005. Love all the old pictures and grateful to all the people who shared them. It's a Timken Oil BoilerThe Timken Rotary Oil Burner boiler was quite a contraption. Combination wick oil burner and electric ignited boiler. I had one in a Brockton Massachusetts home back in 1977, it was 25 years old then. Common practice after replacing the wick was to throw a burning piece of newspaper in the box to get it going. (Wisconsin Kodachromes)
A Circus Girl: 1908
... Circus Girl." 1908 photograph by Frederick W. Glasier of Brockton, Massachusetts. View full size. A Circus Girl Considering ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 8:18pm -

"A Circus Girl." 1908 photograph by Frederick W. Glasier of Brockton, Massachusetts. View full size. A Circus GirlConsidering the age of this print, the quality is unbelievable. I studied the history of photography in my early days as a photographer, and I never fail to be amazed at the quality of this stuff A Fark GirlLooky here: http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=3051179&tt=voteresults&starti... (The Gallery, Farked, Horses, Pretty Girls)
Tenting with the Doctor: c. 1905
... 1850s, having arrived in Canada twenty years before, from Brockton House, near Shifnal, Shropshire. All their possessions were loaded ... 
 
Posted by paulg - 10/12/2010 - 9:09am -

This is the house of Dr. George Devey Farmer, in Ancaster, Ontario, taken about 1905. In the photo are Dr Farmer, his wife (and first cousin) Eleanor Shelton Farmer, and two of their four children - George Richard Devey Farmer and Margaret Alice Devey Farmer - sitting on Balaam the donkey. To the right is Collinson, with the dogs. The house was built about 1873 for Dr. Richardson, and still stands at 343 Wilson Street, Ancaster, although shorn of its veranda and fountain. The Farmer family (Dr. Farmer's grandfather) arrived in Ancaster in the 1850s, having arrived in Canada twenty years before, from Brockton House, near Shifnal, Shropshire. All their possessions were loaded into a chartered 430 ton sailing ship - the Kingston, out of Liverpool. They included 42 packing cases of furniture, all of their animals, and many of their tenants. There were 45 people in addition to the family. The voyage took 51 days. Dr Farmer served in World War I in the Wentworth Medical Corps, and served the village and rural area for many years as doctor. He owned the first automobile in Ancaster, a Pope, from 1902. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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