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The Tydol Twins: 1941
... Frank Lloyd Wright, as evidenced at a local museum here in Buffalo NY: ... realized until the directors of the Pierce Arrow Museum in Buffalo had his design built several years ago. This gas station is inside the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/03/2019 - 4:04pm -

        UPDATE: Our location, as pinpointed by commenter Silliaek, is Route 14 in Sharon, Vermont. September 1941. From somewhere in Vermont comes this uncaptioned snap by Jack Delano, who was so smitten by this view of gas pumps and a church that he shot it twice. Medium format acetate negative. View full size. Sharon, VermontThe Sharon Congregational Church is in the background. Gas stations really do never go away. Burned outIt would appear that at least the top floor of the house on the left was burned out. Does anyone have a local newspaper clipping that reported on this incident? Click to enlarge. An ornament to the pavementTydol had a somewhat testy relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright, as evidenced at a local museum here in Buffalo NY: http://www.pierce-arrow.com/frank-lloyd-wright-filling-station Mr. Wright designed an interesting but highly impractical gas station for the Tydol Corporation and changed their logo to suit his design. Since Tydol did not appreciate the change, his design was not realized until the directors of the Pierce Arrow Museum in Buffalo had his design built several years ago. This gas station is inside the museum to keep the copper protected from the elements but also to avoid the extensive copper decoration from being pilfered. Information about the Tydol Corporation is included in the exhibit. This is an interesting museum to visit. What's in a name ...Tide Water or Tidewater? Cash Or Charge? I checked JE's Pasadena address and it seems his house got run over by the 210 Interstate in 1964. (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Jack Delano, Small Towns)
S.S. Utica: 1910
... Utica, built in 1904 for the Western Transit Co. of Buffalo, N.Y. Gross tonnage: 3533, length: 325 ft., beam: 44 ft. Hmmmm ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 8:50pm -

Circa 1910. "Freighter S.S. Utica, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Line." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. 1904-1949Constructed by the Detroit Ship Building Co., this 325-foot package freighter was launched April 28, 1904, at Wyandotte for the Western Transit Company, the marine operation of the New York Central on the Great Lakes. In 1915 the Interstate Commerce Commission, citing the 1912 Panama Canal Act, ruled that American railroads could not also engage in marine transportation, and the NYC (as well as Erie, Pennsylvania, and Lehigh Valley) sold their steamship operations on the Great Lakes. Many of the vessels were consolidated under a new firm, Great Lakes Transit Corporation, for which the Utica ran from 1916 until 1945. That year, GLTC sold her to Chilean interests who renamed her Quintay. She was towed down the Chicago River, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Illinois River, and eventually the Mississippi to New Orleans. The Quintay stranded and became a total loss on Penguin Island in the Messier Channel, Chile, on April 28, 1949, on a voyage from Callao to Punta Arenas while carrying general cargo and drums of oil. Steamship Utica Beeson's Marine Directory of the Northwestern Lakes, 1908 Steamship Utica, built in 1904 for the Western Transit Co. of Buffalo, N.Y. Gross tonnage: 3533, length: 325 ft., beam: 44 ft. HmmmmI wonder what the three planks on the side of the hull are. [Docking fenders. - Dave] Rounding the Eastern Continent?I was not aware a vessel of this size could move South out of Lake Michigan and down thru to New Orleans in the canal/river system. [As noted below, the Utica was a Great Lakes freighter. - Dave] (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC)
Parlor Portrait: 1914
... Electricity, even in the so-called "City of Light" that Buffalo claimed to be, was so expensive that only the wealthy could afford it until the late 1920s. Buffalo rates in 1910 translate to $2.40 per meter click, compared to my ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 12/03/2016 - 9:16pm -

San Francisco, 1914. My mother's family and their chandelier posed for a portrait shot on a 5x7 glass plate in their home at 1834 15th St. On the floor, my mother and her twin brother Albert. Seated, John and Marie. Standing to either side, Francis and Mary. View full size. Gas/Electric ChandelierMy sister has pointed out that our grandparents' chandelier is a combination gas/electric model. Fixtures of this kind were common in the later 1800s when newfangled electrical supply was not as reliable as tried-and-true gas. On this one, the upward-pointing things that look like stubby candles are the gas fixtures, and the fact that they no longer have glass shades is an indication that they'd been long unused at this point. Click here to enlarge. Gas/Electric fixturesThe gas pillars wouldn't have had glass shades -- they were meant to resemble candles, including an open flame. The Mission/Craftsman style of the fixture shows that it was probably not even 10 years old in 1916 (the house doesn't look much older, for that matter). My house didn't get electricity until 1926, and it's right in the middle of the city. Electricity, even in the so-called "City of Light" that Buffalo claimed to be, was so expensive that only the wealthy could afford it until the late 1920s. Buffalo rates in 1910 translate to $2.40 per meter click, compared to my current (high) rate of around 22 cents! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Portraits, tterrapix)
Capitol Refining: 1925
... an independent concern, whose main establishment is in Buffalo, N.Y., and its announced that about September 1, after extensive ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 6:42pm -

A glimpse at the industrial side of Washington circa 1925, labeled "Capitol Refining Co. plant." This tank farm, where the Pentagon stands today, was described at the time as being in "Relee, Alexandria County, just south of the highway bridge." National Photo Co. Collection glass negative. View full size. OMG!I hate it when Giant Amoebas attack! Cattle, Cotton & Oil, Oh My!I find it curious how this site evolved from a stockyard and abattoir (slaughterhouse) into a cottonseed oil refinery and then finally the petroleum refinery pictured. The cotton-seed oil may have been used for food or industrial applications such as lubricants and paint. I wonder if equipment for refining cottonseeds could be reused to refine petroleum? [Were any of these petroleum tanks? - Dave] Update: After seeing the later White Dome post, I am pondering if perhaps the "refining" refers only to vegetable and animal oils and not to petroleum products at all. I guess its my fossil-fuel-centric lifestyle that led me to the conclusion that this was a petroleum refinery - that and pre-conditioning due to the long series of photos of service stations on Shorpy. Washington Post, Jun 5, 1908 Packing Plant For City Washington's industries are to be increased here of a plant with an annual output valued at from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000. The company, to be known as the Columbia Cotton Oil and Provisions Corporation, proposes to absorb the Washington and Virginia Stock Yard and Abattoir Company and to enlarge the plant and add equipment, not only for slaughtering of cattle, but for the refining of crude cottonseed oil. ... The proposed plant, it is said, will be the only one of its kind east of Chicago and south of New York, and the only complete compound plant on the coast between New York and Savannah. ... The annual capacity, according to figures submitted to the manufactures committee of the Chamber of Commerce, will be 100,000 barrels of crude cotton-seed oil, 125,000 hogs, 10,000 cattle, and 25,000 sheep and calves which will be converted into lard, lard compound, lard substitute, cooking oils, lard stearine, oleo stearine, hams, bacon, sausage, canned meats, fertilizer, hides, and a variety of fresh cuts to be put on the market. Washington Post, Jun 2, 1913 Refiners Buy Oil Plant The Capitol Refining Company, which was recently granted a charter by the Virginia corporation commission, has purchased the plant of the Columbia Cotton Oil and Provisions Corporation, at Relee, near Arlington Junction, Alexandria county. The Capitol Refining Company is a subsidiary of the Jacob Dold Packing Company, an independent concern, whose main establishment is in Buffalo, N.Y., and its announced that about September 1, after extensive repairs to the plant, operations will be resumed. Relee, Va.Is it possible that Relee stands for Robert E. Lee? His estate was nearby. [You are correct. The use of Relee, Virginia, as a place name seems to have begun in 1909, with the establishment there of a post office, rail stop and telegraph office, all connected with the Columbia slaughterhouse and rendering plant in what used to be Alexandria County, at the current location of the Pentagon. By 1935, use of the name seems to have pretty much stopped. - Dave] Washington Post, November 11, 1909 Finishing Big Plant $450,000 Abattoir and Refinery Soon to Operate. To Employ 200 Persons. Industry at Arlington Junction Will Help Virginians. Within ten days the Columbia Cotton Oil and Provision Company will begin operation of its $450,000 plant, which has been building near Arlington Junction across the river for the last nine months, and will mark one of the greatest strides forward in the industrial development of Washington. In the abattoir 4,000 hogs a week will be killed, and a strong demand will at once be created in Virginia and surrounding States for porkers. ... The cotton oil refinery and abattoir will be run in conjunction in the production of lard compound, which will be one of the most important outputs of the establishment. ... The plant essays the importance of a town which has been recognized already by the establishment of a railroad stop and a postoffice by the United States government. The name is Relee, in honor of R.E. Lee. It is Relee postoffice, Relee station, and Relee telegraph office, all of which are in operation. Day of JudgmentCould the "accidental" location of the "cloud" be any better placed in terms of composition? Actually makes the shot better, I think. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Railroads)
Jackknife Bridge: 1907
... to research and write a song about the grain scoopers of Buffalo. Thanks, Shorpy. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Chicago, DPC, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/09/2012 - 11:56pm -

Chicago circa 1907. "Jack-Knife Bridge, Chicago River." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Hans Behm, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. See that piece of wood?I used to row on the Chicago River. It's actually one of the best rivers in the US for rowing. Anyhoo, I used to always wonder what those footings were for when I'd pass them heading backwards. I would mostly scull, and have to watch out for (1) huge pieces of wood like that shown in the pic (they could wreck your shell), (2) barges (they sneak up on you b/c they blend in with the water and are silent) and (3) dead bodies. Never saw a dead body, but I did see lots of dead rats. Once, when I was on a stretch of the river south of this picture, I looked up, and a cop was at the water's edge smoking a cigarette. I'm sure I looked like a pretentious yuppie to him. I slowed down a bit. It was 5 a.m. Sun was just coming up. He took a drag on the cig, exhaled and said, "Seen any dead bodies?" Stunned, I replied, "No." He shook his head, turned to leave and said, "You will. You will." True story. I loved rowing on the Chicago River. I felt like I was rowing through history. One of my favorite Chicago bridgesKnown, I believe, as the Metropolitan Elevated bridge, these tracks also carried the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin interurban trains to its station on Wells Street (or more accurately Fifth Street at that time) just south of Jackson Boulevard. I assume this view is looking north, since the bridge structure at right would carry trains over the ground level tracks below, just south of where Union Station stands now. To this day, you can still see part of what appear to be the original footings of this bridge along the west side of the Chicago River between the Jackson and Van Buren Street bridges. The PacificWhat a beautiful launch! Apparently set up for passengers, probably as a shuttle. I would love to know what happened to her. InspirationI wouldn't be so presumptuous as to share it here, but this picture reminded me that the previous jack-knife bridge photo inspired me to research and write a song about the grain scoopers of Buffalo. Thanks, Shorpy. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Chicago, DPC, Railroads)
All-American: 1942
... John Basilone, an Italian-American from New York, although Buffalo, would be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/24/2013 - 9:30pm -

August 1942. New York. "Dancing and music on Mott Street at a flag raising ceremony in honor of neighborhood Italian boys in the Army." Medium-format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size. The 3 MusketeersAll in a row, 7up, Pepsi and the Grand Marshal, Coca-Cola. On the subject of the celebratory flag being carried in the photo, The crowd would throw coins on to it. The donated money was to be given to Army-Navy relief funds. On every little balcony . . . . . . flowers and vegetables; the streamers; the flags; the people; the lovely young woman in the foreground, guarded by the elderly grandmas/aunts! And, of course, the patriotism and caring of the community. I'd love to walk right into this photo and find myself in 1942. Wonder what the street looks like today. Looking south from 281 Mott StreetView Larger Map The U.S. landed on Guadalcanal- in August 1942. John Basilone, an Italian-American from New York, although Buffalo, would be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle for Henderson Field. (The Gallery, Marjory Collins, NYC, Patriotic, WW2)
Jumbo Bubble Birthday: 1959
... we used to cook pancakes. We used it until we left the Buffalo area in 1973. I can hear the hummmmm The stove vents right ... 
 
Posted by MarkN - 07/28/2012 - 8:05pm -

My brother's third birthday, this slide an Ektachrome (E-2 process in 1959?), East Aurora, NY, again taken with my father's Minolta A rangefinder. The cousins seem to be wearing exactly what they wore to last year's party. Didn't they grow?? I (in white) put in my appearance for the first time this year. At the center of attention (for at least a few of us) is Jumbo the Bubble Blowing Elephant. You can see that my mother's favorite color is yellow, and the folksy/folkdance theme continues in our kitchen. Potholders. Swing-Away can opener. Farberware tea kettle. Green dial wall-phone (I remember our number started with NL-2). Bow-ties. I've also uploaded a picture from his first birthday. View full size. The stove!It is awesome. I want it! That is all. OK BoysEverybody put your left hand on the counter, like this. Kenmore Gas StoveIn 1959, living in a rented home, we had a similar stove. The oven was on the right and pot and pan storage was on the left and it was a nifty, excellent stove. The potholders look like those that were woven on little metal looms using jersey loops that everybody seemed to have (I think there are two hanging together). Those plastic cannister sets are still seen in thrift stores in both yellow or red (or fragments thereof). Your mom was an excellent homemaker with everything spotless, yet cozy. I don't blame her for keeping the soap bubbles toy in the kitchen. Beautiful memories here. Thanks for the step back in time MarkN. Such Quality!That stove is beautiful; they just don't make them like that anymore. Very Thick Enamel. Such quality! Mark, I also grew up in the small town of East Aurora. We must have crossed paths. Do you still live there? It's such a lovely Village! I've been hoping Shorpy Management might print some of the charming photos from that quaint and historic Village. Not a phoneHere's what living in the 21st century does to you: My first thought of the yellow plastic object that the girl on the right is holding is that it was a cordless telephone. Obviously not, but that does make me wonder what it really is. I also wonder what's being stored in the plastic cannister marked "coffee"--it's clearly not coffee--but I wonder about a lot of pointless things. Sparkly CleanI tip my hat to your mother. The kitchen looks bright and shiny. "And isn't that a nice reflection on you?" I say! Yellow is my favorite color too-one wall in my kitchen is an eye popping yellow and my Corian counters are very close to the green in this picture. I grew up with Swedish kitchen decor very similar to the folk dancing themed ceramics on the shelf above the stove. I well remember wearing bow ties and jackets as a kid. At least you got to play in the kitchen-we were banished to a dank basement. Thanks for tripping those memories. Thanks, everyoneThanks for all the great comments! No, I haven't lived in East Aurora since we moved away in 1964. I have no idea what was in the coffee container as my parents did not drink coffee. I don't have the slightest idea what the yellow thing is in my cousin's hand. The stove, which has elicited such admiration and desire, had a covered griddle in the center upon which we used to cook pancakes. We used it until we left the Buffalo area in 1973. I can hear the hummmmmThe stove vents right through the cabinet. If you listen closely you can hear it humming along with its 4-bladed fan... (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Topside: 1912
... Detroit River. Maiden voyage June 26, 1912. Detroit to Buffalo. Sources: Loss of American Vessels Reported during 1913; Merchant ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/07/2013 - 2:09pm -

Circa 1912. "Steamer City of Detroit III, hurricane deck." Note the partly submerged wreck at left. The D-III was one of the largest sidewheelers on the Great Lakes. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing. View full size. Mystery Wreck SolvedIt is the steam screw Joseph C. Suit, built 1884, 318 gross tons. On May 30, 1912, the vessel collided with CITY OF DETROIT III, which was leaving the shipyard at foot of Orleans Street on sea trials on Windsor side of the Detroit River, and became a total loss. 11 persons on board; no lives lost. The vessel was later blown up to remove the wreck. The City of Detroit III, designed by Frank E. Kirby, was the largest sidewheel steamer in the world: Launched Oct. 7, 1911. 600 staterooms; speed of 23mph. Trial run May 30, 1912. Collision with JOSEPH C. SUIT, sinking her on the Detroit River. Maiden voyage June 26, 1912. Detroit to Buffalo. Sources: Loss of American Vessels Reported during 1913; Merchant Vessel List of the United States, 1889. Lifeboat numbersWere they odd/port, even/starboard? What a ship!! 477 staterooms, 21 parlors, and a cocktail lounge/wine cellar that cost nealry a quarter of her total. Compare that to flying economy on Southwest. Collision just happened?So, based on DrDetroit's post, was this picture taken immediately after the collision? If so, wow! The paint on the deck seems too worn for this picture to have been taken on its trial run, although maybe it got worn simply from being outfitted, etc., and was scheduled to receive another coat prior to the maiden voyage. Sign me up DaveSign me up for the maiden voyage in the Shorpy time machine. What a great time to be had walking on these decks and later walking the NYC streets of the early twentieth century. Joseph C. Suit?Comparing the photographs, it is clear that the sunken vessel is not the same ship as the image posted in the comments. The bridge on the sunken ship is smaller, the funnel is in not in the same place (or level) the front mast is not the same, and there is a deck below the bridge on the sunken ship with openings (dark in image) that does not exist on the comments photograph. Also. the upper deck overhangs the lower deck. [Boats change. Wooden pilot houses and decks get rebuilt; boilers, funnels and masts get replaced. No doubt the Suit went through a number of alterations -- the vessel was almost 30 years old when it wrecked. - Dave] It is the Joseph C. SuitHere is a snapshot taken from the deck of the City of Detroit III, just after the incident on 30 May 1912. The Suit had been rebuilt no fewer than four times during its life. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Detroit Photos, DPC)
Duct Soup: 1908
... table appears to be for ice input. Got to keep the Buffalo steaks, or Detroit sausages, or whatever cold. [Close-up. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/17/2013 - 6:33am -

Circa 1908. "The galley. Steamer City of Cleveland, Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. It Took Some Time to Sink InAfter a week had passed, the galley crew finally realized that no matter how stolidly they worked, they were never going to be given any actual food to prepare. Dave is . . .KING OF THE KAPTIONS - sometimes I can be a bit obtuse, but I did manage to get this one. Crowd poisonThis ship's ventilation system may be oversized by modern standards. In the mid-19th century, carbon dioxide was proven non-toxic to humans, but experts remained wedded to the idea that we were exhaling some unknown toxin which made rooms with large numbers of people dangerous or unhealthful. This led to code requirements of 30 cfm per person of outside air, a staggering requirement by today's standards, making heating and cooling inefficient. I don't know if these practices made their way into marine engineering, but I presume they did. In any case, a galley would have different requirements. The "crowd poison" theory increasingly fell from favor after 1911, according to Chapter Three of Air Conditioning America by Gail Cooper. Scrapped in 1956Click here for a short article and photo about the City of Cleveland III from the website of the Marine Historical Society of Detroit. IceThe small door at the rear of the butchers table appears to be for ice input. Got to keep the Buffalo steaks, or Detroit sausages, or whatever cold. [Close-up. -tterrace] AnimatronicsIf you can find the slot for your token, they will all spring into action. Coveting the cookwareI'll bet if you could find those pots and pans, they would still have plenty of use in them! I'd love to know what they used that huge, well designed, copper kettle for! (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Kitchens etc.)
Arlington: 1922
... was a segregated, African-American regiment, an original "Buffalo Soldier" unit that also fought alongside the Rough Riders in the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/27/2013 - 1:41pm -

"Arlington National Cemetery, 1922." With the USS Maine Memorial rising at left. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Lest We ForgetNever God Bless Those Who Serve (Past & Present)I placed flags on Memorial Day on the graves of my Dad (Hawaiian Islands, Philippine Islands), and my father-in-law (Burma, China, India). THANKS DAD (BOTH OF YOU) - because of your sacrifices, I am free to write this today. To those who have passed - let us never forget them! To those who serve now - Thank You for your service! And here's Maine's foremastAt the US Naval Academy. Thank YouTo all members of our armed forces current and to our vets, thank you for your service. Location of the GraveArlington's precision layout and a bit of sleuthing indicates that this is almost certainly the grave of Harry Brooks. Who is Harry, how and when did he die, and who is the woman is not as easy to uncover. He is surrounded mostly by graves of Rough Riders, whose bodies were disinterred from Cuba and returned for burial in the US in April of 1899 (less than a year after the battles). But unlike the others he is not listed in the rolls of the fallen, nor is there a date of death on the Arlington online database. The photo above lines up on a diagonal (1 grave across, 1 grave up, ...) which points to the right of the Maine memorial. From another photo in the collection, we know the west facade of the Memorial Amphitheater is just out of frame to the right. Using the photo's other grave alignments to the right and left, one can draw lines on a present day view of the cemetery and hone in on the location. That alone would get you close, but the clincher is the shadow along the row of graves in the foreground. It is definitely the shadow from the memorial to Claude Christman, who died in the Philippines in 1899. More left to discover. This is why I love Shorpy. Details on the GraveThe woman is kneeling at the gravestone of Harry Brooks, D Company, 10th US Cavalry, in Section 22 of Arlington National Cemetery. Brooks died of acute gastritis on October 21st, 1900, in Holguin, Cuba. The 10th US Cavalry at the time was a segregated, African-American regiment, an original "Buffalo Soldier" unit that also fought alongside the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American war. The backs of the gravestones to the right of Brooks' and just beyond the woman match in markings to those pictured on the Arlington website. The shadow across the graves in the foreground is from the large memorial to Claude Christman. This was a big help in pinpointing the specific headstone the woman is kneeling on, after getting a close read from the alignments of the gravestone rows with the background. 91 years laterThe photo below is from the same perspective, taken in June, 2013. It appears that the two trees just right of the Maine Memorial in the original photo have grown up, and now hide all but part of the pedestal from this perspective. The Memorial Amphitheater is partially visible in today's photo, just barely out of frame in the 1922 shot. The distinctive markings on the graves are easily seen in both photos, though the gravestones are sitting higher out of the ground in 2013 versus 1922 (not sure why). Harry Brooks and the woman visiting his grave remain a mystery. (The Gallery, Harris + Ewing)
Major Medical: 1920
... I concur. My ex-husband's grandmother served in WWI at the Buffalo Base Hospital, in Vittel, France. I admired her greatly and had the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 5:58pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "No caption." Someone out there must know who these ladies are. UPDATE: Thanks to the excellent research of Mudhooks, we can identify this as a portrait of Major Julia Stimson, superintendent of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Very lucky find.Thanks! It was luck. I Googled "Red Cross" Washington 1918 (was the original date on the image 1920? I thought it was 1918, for some reason) in Images. Seven pages along and there was the photo. Doesn't always happen that quickly. I assume the women are her staff. Possibly the photo was taken when she received her rank, which she did in 1920. As the first woman to be given rank in the US Army, this would have been a "big deal". She looks a formidable woman. However, apparently, despite her looks she was a a sensitive and caring person, as her wartime letters to her family reveal. In fact, she was quite hurt and personally upset when the Red Cross, in writing about her in its official history stated: "In the blinding light of war, her dominant personality stood out in the same bold outline as did her Amazonian physique. Her regular boyish features habitually wore a thoughtful expression which brought to the observer an impression of dignity and power. Her well-trained mental processes, clean cut often to the point of brusque speech, were as direct in their focus as her clear blue eyes." Quite rightly, she wrote "It seems to me that professional experience, preparation, and attainments are entirely appropriate, but I can see no point to the addition of personal appearance or characteristics." They published the section, anyway. She apparently suffered from a condition which caused ulcerations on her legs, made worse when she was stressed. All through her service in France, she suffered terribly but stoically worked on. An admirable woman. Appearances Can be MisleadingThe good Major and her staff may look a bit hard-edged to the modern eye, but trust me, being an Army nurse, particularly in WWI, is not for the faint of heart. The effects of mustard gas, in particular, are truly horrific. Angels of Mercy, to be sure, but competent first of all. I'd trust them with my life, as I'm sure many did. One, at leastI believe that the lady at the desk is in the photo at the bottom of this page. She would be Major Julia Stimson, Superintendent, U.S. Army Nurse Corps. (far right, second row). "Some distinguished visitors in the person of Major Julia Stimson and her entourage were in Ellsworth last Saturday and called on Rev. and Mrs. C.A. Fisher of the Methodist Church. Major Stimson is head of the nurses in the army and is the only woman major in the United States army. She had charge of ten thousand nurses during the war." Julia Stimson, chief nurse, was concerned about her nurses working in the casualty clearing stations, but knew they were strong. “What with the steam, the ether … the odor in the operating room … sewing and tying up and putting in drains while the doctor takes the next piece of shell out ... Then after fourteen hours of this … off to rest if you can … one need never tell me that women can’t do as much, stand as much, and be as brave as men,” Stimson wrote. (VF Women at War, March 2008) I concur. My ex-husband's grandmother served in WWI at the Buffalo Base Hospital, in Vittel, France. I admired her greatly and had the honour of transcribing her wartime diary. She died just short of her 106th birthday. She was also the first Aboriginal Canadian to be trained as a nurse but no one in Canada would train "an Indian" so she applied and was gladly received by the New Rochelle nursing school. Biography: http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/bios/stimson.htm "After her service in the First World War, Stimson remained with the military, becoming the superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps and the first dean of the Army School of Nursing. In 1920 she became the first woman to achieve the rank of major in the U.S. Army. Stimson retired from the Army in 1937 and then served as president of the American Nurses Association from 1938 until 1944. Stimson returned to the Army during World War II to recruit nurses to the Army Nurse Corps, retiring a second time at the end of the war. Stimson was promoted to the rank of full colonel six weeks before her death, at the age of 67, in 1948." Good detective work!Hey Mudhooks, Great find! another interesting thing are the 4 service chevrons on her lower left sleeve, According to my research, one chevron was authorized for each six months of service in a theater of operation from 6 April 1917 to 4 October 1919. Army NursesAt first, I thought these ladies could be with the American Red Cross, which had similar uniforms during that time period, but as they are wearing rank and Nurse Corps insignia, I would have to guess that these are Army Nurses. The Museum of the Reserve at Fort McPherson, GA has in its collection a World War I era Army Nurse Corps uniform just like the ones in the photo. Army Nurse - WWI. My great-aunt was an Army nurse at Base Hospital 5, among others following her service as the first rural public health nurse in Wisconsin (she earned her cap in 1908). Her wartime diary, written in pencil, is a model of decorum - went up to the hospital, came back to the barracks, and so on. Not a word about what she faced, although she was bombed by German aircraft in one of the hospitals. She served as a nurse until 1946, specializing in the care of tuberculosis patients, and died in 1961. There is a definitive history waiting to be written about these incredibly brave and selfless women. Shorpy, please show us more of this kind of service! (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, WWI)
Whirlpool Rapids: 1900
... and others of downtown Buffalo include ads for the trolley car. "Around the Gorge Summer Excursions ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/22/2016 - 11:02am -

Circa 1900. "Whirlpool Rapids from Niagara Railway bridge, Niagara Falls, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Great Gorge Route1895-1935; more a victim of the automobile & Great Depression than a rock slide. What is the purpose of the little house on the lower left? It looks like some kind of enclosed elevator system. Then the wooden walkway goes to another little house just around the bend. Judging by the different color in the walkway a boulder (now sitting by the river's edge) has come crashing down. (Later) Thanks to a Shorpy inspired afternoon, I find the walkway along the left bank is still there today. It looks like it may have been modified a couple of times. It's called the White Water Walkway. A tourist photo op in Niagra Park. I wonder if the building almost out of sight is a resturant or inn? It looks like all the tracks are gone from the right bank. Sight seeing from the city?The train car appears to be a street car from local town on a sight seeing excursion? Is the covered shed for the switchman? I noticed a couple of cross over tracks there also. Whatizit?OK, I know it isn't a third rail, but what is on the outside rail (closest to the river), on the curve of the track the trolley is on? I see another set of this on the next curve behind the trolley too. FYI, I am not referring to the guard rail inside the gauge. edit: Finding more rail oddities now. The repetition of unknown boxes back by the crossover and station, again on the river side, on the wooden catenary support poles is strange. Why so many? edit #2: John and all, thanks for the info on the name and location of the photos. With that I found: [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Niagara_Gorge_Railroad.jpg[/url] This photo clearly shows that 'third rail' as another type of guard rail for the event of a riverside derailment, it would hopefully keep the trucks from veering any further into the gorge. No insulators seen supporting it and confirmation of trolley pole fed power. Around the GorgeThis link: https://www.shorpy.com/node/8978?size=_original#caption and others of downtown Buffalo include ads for the trolley car. "Around the Gorge Summer Excursions 75 cents" They did mean both sides of the Niagara River, the opposite side of the "Around" was on top of the other cliff, see the row of poles at upper left. Yes, it was an International streetcar line. Postcard closeupsTwo of the three postcards shown here: http://30squaresofontario.blogspot.ca/2012/01/niagara-falls-trolley-card... might give a little more insight into track and trolleys. Thanks for posting this picture. I haven't seen an overview of this trolley line before. Some AnswersBilly B: That house on the left is the bottom entrance to the elevator for the Whitewater Walkway (been there several times) on the Canadian side and also a gift shop for tourists. It's still there and was even seen in the movie "Superman 2". Billy B & MrK: Those tracks were part of an excursion line that ran along the bottom of the gorge on the American side. The line ceased operation about 1918 after a couple of rock falls wrecked the tracks. It ran from Lewiston NY south to about where the Whirlpool bridge is now. There was a turnaround and the passengers would ride back to Lewiston. The tracks were ripped out during the Depression. (The Gallery, DPC, Railroads)
Place d'Armes: 1916
... see on Shorpy, especially of cities such as Cleveland and Buffalo. A hundred years ago the cityscapes weren't that different. I would ... difference. In Montreal, they installed cobblestones; in Buffalo they built parking lots, and their former downtown is almost abandoned. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/22/2018 - 9:37am -

Circa 1916. "Place d'Armes and Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Place d'ArmesThe statue, lower center, erected in 1895, is of the founder of Montreal, Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve. On the nearby Bank of Montreal is a plaque which reads: "Near this square afterwards named La Place d’Armes the founders of Ville-Marie first encountered the Iroquois whom they defeated, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve killing the chief with his own hands. March 1644.” At the base of the monument itself is another plaque with a more shocking message by de Maisonneuve: "Il est de mon honneur d'accomplir ma mission. Tous les arbres de l'île de Montréal devraient-ils se changer en autant d'Iroquois." Which translates: "Upon my honour I am bound to accomplish my mission; even if all of Montreal’s trees should transform into as many Iroquois." Great Old StuffThe building slightly visible on the extreme left -- you can just make out part of the clock tower -- was built by the New York Life Insurance Company in 1887 and at 8 floors was the tallest building in Montreal when it opened. The building next to Notre Dame is the Saint-Sulpice Seminary, part of which dates back to 1684. And in the middle of the square we find the statue of Paul Chomedy de Maisonneuve erected in 1895. All of these, and much more, are still there. BasilicaAt the time it was built there weren't very many stone-carvers in Montréal, so the decoration is a bit plain. These days the cathedral is Mary, Queen of the World, which is a short distance away. Radio or Lightning?Given the year, I am assuming the towers on top of the spires are lightning rods, not radio towers. Eh? [Wireless telegraphy masts started being placed atop tall urban buildings before the turn of the century. -tterrace] A striking differenceExcept for the addition of a small Art Deco highrise to the left and a massive 1960s block on the right, Place d'Armes has been preserved pretty well. But there's been one striking addition: the the concrete pavement of this photo has long since been replaced by cobblestones, in order to bolster the square's quaintness. Nowadays it's a cliche to rave at how "European" Place d'Armes looks. It's a bit sad to contrast this view with some of the other photoscapes you see on Shorpy, especially of cities such as Cleveland and Buffalo. A hundred years ago the cityscapes weren't that different. I would argue that a lot of the American cities were even more fantastic than Place d'Armes. The trajectories of these cities echoed each other - although Montreal hasn't had the same economic trouble as the Midwest, this area of the city also fell into hard times and was pretty decrepit during the mid-century. But the revitalizers in the Midwest and Montreal had different ideas, and that's made the difference. In Montreal, they installed cobblestones; in Buffalo they built parking lots, and their former downtown is almost abandoned. (The Gallery, DPC, Streetcars)
Basting the Bird: 1937
... looking ovens. Looks like you could roast up a couple of buffalo in those things. Not very safety-first Anything that involves ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 5:28pm -

December 4, 1937. Washington, D.C. "Correct way to bake turkey. Miss Alexander removes the bird from oven and bastes it." View full size. Hip HeatThose are some very cool looking ovens. Looks like you could roast up a couple of buffalo in those things. Not very safety-first Anything that involves having a pan of scalding hot fat at eye-level for basting cannot be correct. Not for liftingThat oven may be fine for basting, but I wouldn't want to be the one to pick up a 400-degree 25-pound turkey plus sizzling grease from chin height, navigate it over that open door, and transport it safely to a hip-height table. "Lorain" Oven Heat RegulatorThis tells a little bit about the temperature control of those old ovens: (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Kitchens etc., Thanksgiving)
Hotel Velvet: 1904
... that type of peanut/popcorn wagon from when I was a kid in Buffalo, NY. during the very early 1950s, I'd get a bag of popcorn from my mom ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/04/2012 - 8:24am -

Old Orchard, Maine, circa 1904. "Hotel Velvet from beach." Note photo studio signage at right. Renamed the Hotel Emerson, the place "burned like oil" in the Great Fire of 1907. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Oh my goodness....I remember that type of peanut/popcorn wagon from when I was a kid in Buffalo, NY. during the very early 1950s, I'd get a bag of popcorn from my mom if I was good when we went downtown to go shopping. Get yer red hotThe peanut or popcorn or salt water taffy wagon near the photo studio probably sold their wares for an outrageous nickel, much higher than non-resort stands. Wish I had that wagon today. Old Glory?If you look at the roof of the cupola on the right side of the photo--the cupola without an American flag flying--it would appear that Old Glory has fallen from its flag pole and is now on the roof, draped at the foot of the pole. Is that observation correct? [Seems to be. - tterrace] Velvet KissesOn the corner of East Grand Ave. and Old Orchard Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. Hildreth's Velvet Kisses were put up and sold in yellow boxes at this location and were known to thousands. Lady ZamoraOther Shorpy views of the Hotel Velvet and Lady Zamora's fortune-telling booth at Old Orchard Beach: 1904, and Hotel Velvet: 1904 (s2010). WhimsyDescribes the style of architecture, perfect for a place you'd go to escape your cares and worries. (The Gallery, DPC)
Family Gathering: 1967
... apron. Mom is the second from the right. This was in Buffalo, New York. View full size. Color correction I took a stab at ... that time? No Subject Love the apron! Had a similar Buffalo holiday experience growing up! Are you drinking a Genny Cream? ... 
 
Posted by billybobtoo - 02/01/2011 - 10:37am -

My Mother, Brother and I visiting my Aunt at her home in January of 1967. I'm on the left side of the photo. I had just completed boot camp at Fort Dix, and was on my way to Fort Gordon for training in radio-teletype. Then heading over to Nurnberg, Germany. My Aunt Jeanette is on the right. And she's wearing her holiday apron. Mom is the second from the right. This was in Buffalo, New York. View full size. Color correctionI took a stab at it. If I didn't know better, I'd say it almost looks like you're rolling a gigantic joint. Fort GordonHow did you like Augusta, GA and your stay at Fort Gordon? Do you have any photos from Fort Gordon or Augusta during that time? No SubjectLove the apron! Had a similar Buffalo holiday experience growing up! Are you drinking a Genny Cream? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Carousel: 1950
... Hope there's more! Antique Carousels Here in Buffalo, we have two (or soon will). Both were built by the Herschel Co. in ... soon to be in place at the Canalside Park in downtown Buffalo. According to the news reports about them, there are currently 26 such ... 
 
Posted by Roachmotel - 10/13/2016 - 12:38pm -

This is my mom, Dorothy Porter, and my two older sisters, Madge and June, on a family vacation trip to Folly Beach, South Carolina in the summer of 1950. Not sure if the old carousel was at Folly Beach or if this was perhaps taken at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size. Painted carousel horses Painted carousel horses must have always had a thing about looking all chipped and worn. Every carousel I've seen since has had the paint worn and chipped, noses and teeth with chunks broken off, seats that had been polished by the squirming of many, many pairs of Lee Riders or Wranglers, and the marks from so many pairs of sandals with the tiny holes poked in the leather. Many had plaster patches to keep some semblance of 'horsiness' or 'tiger-ness' in shape if not in color. But. They all were well-weathered. I never saw one of the old carved-wood critters, except on one of the 'picker' type shows, where they are as treasured as gold. Some were very intricate and ornate, and were real artwork. Would I want one in the living room? No, but they are fun to look at, just as Shorpy is, and engrossing. Great ImageOf the two locations this would have been Folly Beach. I don't have an entry for Folly Beach in my data files. The carousel was made by Spillman Engineering and circa 1920's. Thanks for posting this great image. Are there others that show the carousel or other rides? Patrick Wentzel - National Carousel Association Census Chairman/NCA Director Charming!What a wonderful photo, your Mom is beautiful. You are very fortunate to have these Kodachrome Slides. Hope there's more! Antique CarouselsHere in Buffalo, we have two (or soon will). Both were built by the Herschel Co. in Tonawanda and are completely restored (and available for rides), one at the site of the old factory and the other soon to be in place at the Canalside Park in downtown Buffalo. According to the news reports about them, there are currently 26 such carousels that are operational in the country. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hello?
... here. switchboard I think this might have been in Buffalo at the Central Terminal Train Station. same stuff, different decade ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 3:30pm -

Telephone company switchboard, probably 1920s. Exact location unknown, but somewhere in British Mandate Palestine. Matson Photo Service. View full size. Switchboard locationThe Matson / American Colony photos are from Jerusalem, back in the days of the British Mandate. "The American Colony was a utopian Christian sect formed by religious pilgrims who emigrated to Jerusalem from the United States and Sweden." More here. switchboardI think this might have been in Buffalo at the Central Terminal Train Station. same stuff, different decadeLooks like the Bank of america telemarketing bin to me. (Technology, The Gallery, Matson)
Welcome, Wagon: 1919
... Cross-Country Atterbury trucks were made in Buffalo, New York. Automobile Row again Earle C. Anthony's REO and Dort ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/05/2016 - 9:57pm -

San Francisco circa 1919. "Bus" is all it says on the sleeve of this 5x7 glass negative showing a motor home on an Atterbury truck chassis. In the Firestone display window, it's beginning to look a little like New Year's. View full size. Mystery hardwareI can usually identify most components of early automobiles, but those vertical cylinders which appear to be attached to the forward end of the front springs have me baffled. Some sort of primordial air suspension or shock absorber?? Shock absorbers, probably by Gruss, as seen and commented on in this photo. -tterrace] Cross-CountryAtterbury trucks were made in Buffalo, New York. Automobile Row againEarle C. Anthony's REO and Dort dealership was at 1400 Van Ness Ave., with Firestone Tire & Rubber (F.C. Flickinger, manager) next door at 1414. San Francisco Planning Commission on 1400 Van Ness: "This is a fine restrained Classical Revival auto showroom with a rusticated base and Corinthian pilasters. The bay and pilaster width relate to the width of the street, with the Van Ness facade having a larger scale than the Bush facade. Because of the building’s corner location it would be difficult to alter or add to without significantly harming its integrity; therefore the building should remain intact." The PalaceAlmost certainly, the gentleman standing just to the right of the driver's door is Arthur M. Neal (1869 - 1938) who built this traveling home for himself and his wife Fannie I. Neal (1871 - 1965). Having been the proprietor of the Hotel Arthur (1911-1912) and the Hotel Yale (1913 - 1919) in San Diego, he knew what accommodations were needed when traveling away from home. They nicknamed their vehicle "The Palace." The San Diego commercial automobile body firm of Klersy & Caldwell provided assistance with the build of the motorhome which was painted brown. Based on California vehicle registrations, the Atterbury was used by the New Southern Hotel as a bus prior to the Neal's ownership. It is likely a Model D built circa 1914. Newspaper articles start appearing with photos of their mobile home in October, 1919, but the couple stated in the Roseburg [Oregon] Review, on October 3rd, that they had been on the road for eight months already. All of the earliest newspaper photos of their caravan do not show the Gruss shock absorbers installed, leading me to wonder if perhaps the Firestone dealer installed the devices for the Neal's. After visiting San Francisco their intent was to head east for a year. The article below, from the magazine "Sunset," published in June 1920, describes more about their vehicle and the Neal's extended travels. This article is the last published piece I found about their excursion. The pair returned to San Diego later in 1920 or early 1921 where they became the managers of an apartment building at 1313 24th Street until Arthur Neal passed away in 1938. Fannie Neal continued residing there until just after WWII, but, even after leaving this apartment, she remained in San Diego for the rest of her life. She died at the age of 93 in 1965. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Some Assembly Required: 1906
... a more modern appearing freight carrier for John Boland of Buffalo. Less than a year after this photograph was taken, the Hill, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/10/2013 - 1:16am -

1906. "Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, Michigan. Steamer James Laughlin at left." Now where'd I put that instruction sheet? View full size. [Owner name here] ChallengerHull 17 is still sailing in steam. She's had many names. Launched Feb. 7, 1906 as William P. Snyder, later Elton Hoyt II, Alex D. Chisolm, Medusa Challenger, Southdown Challenger, and St. Mary's Challenger. Built as a traditional bulker, later converted to a specialized cement carrier. She currently has a 4 cylinder Skinner Unaflow (or Uniflow) steam engine. Note that many Great Lakes freighter names were reused on several different boats, thus if you try to look up a specific boat name, you need to check the dates that a boat carried the name. On the lakes, renaming apparently had no superstitious stigma. They are bigger nowI just watched the 1014 foot long PAUL R TREGURTHA come into Duluth. Zounds, what a large ore boat! Probably early winterThis is probably early winter 1906 at Ecorse, since the James Laughlin would be launched on April 6, GLEW's hull number 16 for Pittsburgh's Jones & Laughlin Steel Company and operated by its subsidiary, the Interstate Steamship Company of Duluth. Sold Canadian in 1964 and renamed Helen Evans for Captain Norman Reoch's Hindman Transportation Co., Ltd., of Owen Sound, Ontario, she was scrapped in 1981 at Cartagena, Colombia. The vessel to the right on the ways is almost certainly the Michigan, hull number 20, being constructed for the Grand Island Steamship Company, part of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, which would launch on May 26. Also sold Canadian in 1965 and renamed Goudreau, she would last until 1969 when scrapped at Santander, Spain. The vessel to the far left is the Charles B. Hill of 1878, launched as the Delaware and previously featured on Shorpy, being rebuilt into a more modern appearing freight carrier for John Boland of Buffalo. Less than a year after this photograph was taken, the Hill, coal-laden and towing the barge Commodore, would be purposely run aground when her seams began to open during a gale on November 22, 1906. All crew survived. Her remains still exist in shallow water about a half mile offshore of North Madison, Ohio, west of Ashtabula, in Lake Erie. Not their most famous shipTragedy (and subsequently, Gordon Lightfoot) cemented the SS Edmund Fitzgerald's status as GLEW's most famous ship. Launched in 1958, the Fitzgerald famously went down in high [inland!] seas on Lake Superior, November 10, 1975. Here's a grim tidbit I learned only within the past decade. The lake's average temperature hovers around 40˚F. This temperature is cold enough to prevent gases from forming in corpses--gases that would, normally, cause a dead body to float to the surface. Thus, Lightfoot's lyrics are not merely poetic when they relate, "The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead." (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Industry & Public Works)
Chili in Cleveland: 1905
... on the Great Lakes have worthwhile marine museums, such as Buffalo (Navy ships), Erie (primarily early sail history, and the Battle Of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/06/2016 - 8:53am -

Lake Erie circa 1905. "Freighters Chili & Wm. Castle Rhodes at Cleveland." After half a century of service that included a number of sinkings, groundings and collisions, the Chili (renamed the Sarnian in 1913) was scrapped in 1944. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. The ChiliFrom the Great Lakes Maritime Database there is a clearer view of the vessel's name on the wheelhouse. However, the name on the stern still looks like "CHILL" in that pic. also. [There's a period after the "I" -tterrace] It's "THE CHILL"The tail on the 2nd "L" is obscured by the ladder. [Chili. -tterrace] Another Great Lakes vessel databaseThere is at least one other large Great Lakes vessel database. This other one is at Bowling Green State University (Ohio) They appear to complement each other. Their entry for the Chili. The BGSU collection is open to researchers, and it is common for someone with interest in lake boats to spend a day or several days there. Additionally, the marine museum that was in Vermilion OH has moved to Toledo, and includes exhibits and a very nice restored lake boat (ie a large freighter) to tour. Many ports on the Great Lakes have worthwhile marine museums, such as Buffalo (Navy ships), Erie (primarily early sail history, and the Battle Of Lake Erie), Ashtabula + Fairport Lighthouse (lake freighter photos + artifacts), Duluth (a lake boat to tour), etc. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Cleveland, DPC)
Steichen Autochromes
... story of how they recently made their way from a house in Buffalo, where they apparently sat unseen for decades, to the collection of the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2007 - 3:03am
International Bridge: 1910
... Circa 1910. "International Bridge over Niagara River at Buffalo, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/21/2013 - 9:31am -

Circa 1910. "International Bridge over Niagara River at Buffalo, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. From the Canada sideThis is the best view. View Larger Map Tough swimBaseball HOFer Ed Delahanty disappeared off this bridge on July 2, 1903. "Big Ed" had been kicked off the train for drunk and disorderly conduct. They found his body 20 miles downriver at the base of Niagara Falls. 103 years past.Wow! in 103 years it has not changed at all. Amazing. I think the original was from the Canada sideOn closer inspection, you can see the swing span on the original in the distance and the flow of the river is from right to left as evidenced by the pier construction. Here is a view from a spot near the original. View Larger Map (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Railroads)
Elephants at the Deco
... from Broadway onto what may be Nash St. near downtown Buffalo. If you lived in Buffalo during the 1960s or earlier you will for sure recognize the Deco ... 
 
Posted by BflJake - 01/04/2012 - 11:40am -

Circus elephants rounding the corner from Broadway onto what may be Nash St. near downtown Buffalo. If you lived in Buffalo during the 1960s or earlier you will for sure recognize the Deco Restaurant in this show with "Buffalo's Best Cup of Coffee." I believe this photo is from the mid 1930s. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Just Add Water: 1912
... The Great Lakes sidewheeler, built for the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., the day before its launch at the Detroit Ship Building ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/09/2018 - 12:24pm -

November 8, 1912. Wyandotte, Michigan. "Steamer Seeandbee on the ways, broadside." The Great Lakes sidewheeler, built for the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., the day before its launch at the Detroit Ship Building yards. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Wolverine!Thirty years after launch, she would be converted into an aircraft carrier to train pilots, USS Wolverine (IX-64). Amazing ShipI had absolutely no idea that sidewheelers like this were being built in the early 20th century. I'm not a boat guy... or a fence guy, or a train guy, but this is quickly becoming one of my all-time Shorpy favorites. The totality of this photograph is just stunning. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Detroit Photos, DPC)
Alaska: 1957
... cabinets under her kitchen sink in her 1920 Foursquare in Buffalo NY. If memory serves me correctly, she told me they were original. I ... 
 
Posted by Mountainair - 09/16/2011 - 2:12pm -

January 26, 1957. My Grandparents finally made it to Alaska. Grandma loves the kitchen! View full size. Steel CabinetsMy grandmother had those same steel cabinets under her kitchen sink in her 1920 Foursquare in Buffalo NY. If memory serves me correctly, she told me they were original. I will always remember the distinctive round hardware pulls and the sound of those doors closing similar to slamming a high school locker. Your Grandmother was cute!How old was she in this photo? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kitchens etc.)
Meskwaki Indians
... The man to the left is my grandfather, George Buffalo Sr. and to the right is James Ward. Both men are of the Meskwaki tribe ... 
 
Posted by Chris_C - 09/18/2011 - 10:34pm -

From my wife's grandfather. A group of postcards of Meskwaki Indians from the early 1900s in Tama, Iowa. Can you date the car in this picture? They look like Kodak photos turned into postcards. All have the names of those in the photographs written on them. No other postcards have modern machinery, but a few have people dressed in "contemporary clothes" along with traditionally clothed people that discerning Shorpy-ites may be able to pin to date ranges. I will post them if there is interest. View full size. Real Photo postcardsThere was a line of "Realphoto" postcards in the early 20th century which were actual emulsion prints, albeit black and white. They scan much better than halftone or hand-colored postcards, with real detail, like the magnificent picture here. This could be such a card, or a similar competitor. The car appears to be 1915-1920 vintage. The ceremonial outfits display excellent floral pattern beadwork or quillwork typical of the midwestern tribes and the Great Lakes region, quite a contrast to the more geometric patterns of the Plains cultures. I would certainly like to see more! My GrandfatherThe man to the left is my grandfather, George Buffalo Sr. and to the right is James Ward. Both men are of the Meskwaki tribe in Tama, Iowa. Photographs of the "Tama Indians" were often taken during the annual pow-wow and made into postcards for resale. I'd date this photo at about 1918 - 1919 judging by my grandfather's approximate age here. Their dress is traditional Meskwaki except for the headdresses, which were gifts and of Siouan origin. I would love to see more of the photos in your collection. I'm sure the Meskwaki Historical Preservation Department would appreciate high quality scans of your collection. Contact: Mary Young Bear at 641-484-3185 http://www.meskwaki.org/Historical%20Preservation.html [You can try contacting the member directly by clicking on the member name (after "Submitted by" above the photo) and then the Contact tab on their profile. -tterrace] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Molalla Buckeroo: 1936
... of this Native American call to mind the profile on the buffalo nickel (1913-1938) by sculptor James Earle Fraser. [The ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/27/2019 - 3:28pm -

July 4, 1936. "Warm Springs Indian at Molalla Buckeroo," the Fourth of July rodeo in Molalla, Oregon. Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. The final humiliationThe classic features of this Native American call to mind the profile on the buffalo nickel (1913-1938) by sculptor James Earle Fraser. [The resemblance is rather striking, although according to Fraser the depiction is a composite rather than a specific individual. - tterrace] (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Native Americans)
Laddies Who Launch: 1913
... sidewheeler cruise ship operated by the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company, or C&B -- Seeandbee, get it? Later she was ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/09/2019 - 1:32pm -

February 14, 1913. "Noon -- Steamer Seeandbee." Lunch break for men working on the sidewheeler Seeandbee at the Detroit Ship Building yard in Wyandotte. View full size. HOTEL WINDOWSI've never noticed what appear to be large double hung windows on a ship. Especially those close to the waterline. Must have been considered seaworthy on a lakes ship. MetamorphosisIt seems the Seeandbee turned into a Wolverine and lived an interesting life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wolverine_(IX-64) USS WolverineThe Seeandbee was a luxurious sidewheeler cruise ship operated by the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company, or C&B -- Seeandbee, get it? Later she was converted to a training aircraft carrier, the USS Wolverine, as part of the “Corn Belt Fleet,” operating only on Lake Michigan. Along with the USS Sable, the only Navy carriers to use coal for fuel. And they were the only paddlewheel carriers in history. In her cruising days, she was pretty impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX-FvPe5ecQ (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC)
Grandma's kitchen, c. 1910
I believe that this was taken in Buffalo, NY about 1910. I have no idea if it is my Grandmother's kitchen or ... 
 
Posted by bhappel - 10/10/2009 - 10:30pm -

I believe that this was taken in Buffalo, NY about 1910. I have no idea if it is my Grandmother's kitchen or that of a friend of theirs. The Quaker Oats box (tin?) seen on the counter was replaced with the now familiar round package in 1915. Grandmother arrived in America in August of 1909. Those are all of the clues that I have. View full size. Hoosier CabinetWhat a great Hoosier Cupboard. I always wanted one of those. But never had a kitchen one would fit in, with all the built in cabinets today. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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