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Gentleman's Resort: 1906
... decorated with arches and ornately carved columns. Three Christmas wreaths hang on the mirrors. Spittoons are at the ready, with leaks ... 
 
Posted by Joetta - 10/03/2011 - 10:16am -

The Grotto, a gentleman's resort at 449 Procter St. in Port Arthur, Texas. Two men are standing behind the bar and three “gentlemen” (two of them look rather scruffy) are coming in for service. In the background there are mirrors decorated with arches and ornately carved columns. Three Christmas wreaths hang on the mirrors. Spittoons are at the ready, with leaks from the pipes and unidentified stains on the floor. Denton L. Burch was the proprietor of the resort. View full size. if only can go back in timeif only can go back in time WoodworkThat ornately carved bar is gorgeous, I wonder where it is now. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
More Foy in black and white
Christmas 1961 Folkston, Georgia (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas) ... 
 
Posted by Foy - 09/22/2011 - 7:46pm -

Christmas 1961 Folkston, Georgia (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
Please Don't Cry: 1964
This photo was taken in East LA around Christmas time in 1964. My great grandpa made the fireplace behind the girl and ... 
 
Posted by Tony W. - 09/17/2011 - 8:10pm -

This photo was taken in East LA around Christmas time in 1964. My great grandpa made the fireplace behind the girl and collected the rocks himself from the desert. There's a picture of my great uncle Paul in the upper left. View full size Love It!This is a great period picture. Love the little girl's outfit, glasses, but especially her smile. Those shoesJust today I bought a pair for myself that same style and color, my first canvas shoes since I was in grammar school. This shot is really priceless. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids, Tonypix)
Victoria, B.C.: 1920s
... Date mid 1920's. Looks like the kids have toys, maybe a Christmas photo. View full size. I'Anson in Victoria My uncle, ... 
 
Posted by mopajo - 04/11/2009 - 5:48pm -

My grandfather (R) Tom I'Anson, my father (L) Tom Jr. and Aunt Jenny. Location probably Victoria BC. Date mid 1920's. Looks like the kids have toys, maybe a Christmas photo. View full size. I'Anson in VictoriaMy uncle, my mother's half brother, was an I'Anson, born in Victoria in 1922 and lived here all his life. I wonder if it was his family that your grandparents were visiting? Thanks for adding a mystery to Shorpy.com. Great dolls!She looks very proud of those dolls! A girl after my own heart. Or maybe "before" my own heart, since this was taken 30 years before I was born. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Key West: 1960
... Another evocative Kodachrome taken by my dad around Christmas 1960 at the Key West Holiday Inn in Florida. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by rsyung - 12/08/2014 - 12:39pm -

Another evocative Kodachrome taken by my dad around Christmas 1960 at the Key West Holiday Inn in Florida. View full size. Look at all that unused space!I would have loved to have visited or lived in Key West before the 90's. I bet you could fit thirty t-shirt shops in that parking lot alone! Hidden in the foliageis a 1957 Ford Country Sedan 4 door station wagon (9 passenger). (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
All Dressed Up In Valparaiso
... 1948. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas) ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 8:21pm -

Kodachrome slide. Grandma and Grandpa in Valparaiso, Indiana, around 1948. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
Beatles . . . Eat Your Heart Out
... of course my siblings both wanted drums and a guitar for Christmas '64 to emulate their favorite group. View full size. A brand ... 
 
Posted by Photoscream - 09/10/2010 - 7:20am -

This is my older brother and sister, taken at home in Jersey City, NJ, in February 1965 before I was born. The Beatles had arrived in the US in 1964, and of course my siblings both wanted drums and a guitar for Christmas '64 to emulate their favorite group. View full size. A brand new Stella!I bet his fingertips were bleeding profusely after only a couple of minutes. A new baby in the house?What a beautiful bassinet. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
No Stopping: 1931
... I swear this is another picture of one of the girls at the Christmas office party. They really get around! Might wanna wait ... ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/15/2019 - 2:51pm -

San Francisco circa 1931. "Essex Super Six sedan at Golden Gate Park." You need a ride, Mister? 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size. Office party girlI swear this is another picture of one of the girls at the Christmas office party. They really get around! Might wanna wait... until 1934 or '35. Car styles are changing very quickly, and this one will soon look very old. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Fun with Santa: 1958
... seen. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas) ... 
 
Posted by noelani - 09/16/2011 - 1:57pm -

I was four and my sister was 21 months here. This was taken in Walla Walla Washington, where we lived for the 15 months Dad was stationed on Okinawa. Not the kindliest Santa I have ever seen. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
New Wallet
... we all gathered at my Grandmother's house in Toronto for a Christmas celebration. I am examining a new wallet with my cousin Steve. Grammy ... 
 
Posted by Angus J - 12/19/2011 - 10:01am -

In 1954 we all gathered at my Grandmother's house in Toronto for a Christmas celebration. I am examining a new wallet with my cousin Steve. Grammy is holding court with the "Troops" as she called us. Of course we're all formally dressed - it was the Fifties. View full size. Tolerant grandmaShe's happy even with somebody's shoes in the sofa. I wonder what the sample photos in the wallets were? At least one with Roy Rogers, I'll wager. Also, note that we're still in the Golden Age of Drapes. Beautiful momentsThanks for sharing your awesome photo. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Say It with Shutan's: 193x
... Edwin Shutan offered a large selection of quality Christmas cards and fine writing instruments - and always arranged the displays ... I love the logic: not only should you say it with Shutan's Christmas cards, but you should do it because they say more. Than what? Other ... 
 
Posted by Shutan.com - 03/09/2018 - 7:32pm -

c1930s. A storefront window display of Shutan Camera Co. on West Washington Street in downtown Chicago. My grandfather Edwin Shutan offered a large selection of quality Christmas cards and fine writing instruments - and always arranged the displays meticulously. View full size. They Say MoreI love the logic: not only should you say it with Shutan's Christmas cards, but you should do it because they say more. Than what? Other cards? Or not using cards at all? (Maybe I'm over-thinking it, but I still love that message.) As for the pen-and-pencil sets and pen stands, I'm sure they'd come in handy for those Christmas cards, but I always thought of them as the classic Bar Mitzvah gift. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Sisters with Santa: 1963
... 1963. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas) ... 
 
Posted by pattiayan - 09/18/2011 - 10:52pm -

My younger sister Elizabeth and I with Santa at Macy's in New York, 1963. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
The New Bohemians: mid-1940s
... the building. I would consider that a very special Shorpy Christmas present, plus it would bring aenthal's mom Arlene to a deservedly ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 12/15/2017 - 8:46pm -

Cynthia, Arlene, Agnes, and Rosilyn is written on the margin of this photo showing my teenaged future mother (in the dark skirt) with three classmates, at some park or botanical garden in Brooklyn, New York near the end of World War II. Please proposeHow I would love to know the location, and there are obvious clues for people who know Brooklyn. So many more people view the main gallery than the member gallery (which is a shame, really -- hey, there're great photos every weekend, everybody), and that's why I'd like to ask the powers-that-be if they might consider, as is their practice, sometimes to elevate a post from the member to the main gallery, where many Brooklynites could identify the stack and the building. I would consider that a very special Shorpy Christmas present, plus it would bring aenthal's mom Arlene to a deservedly wider audience. At Prospect Park in BrooklynI asked my mother. She says the location in Brooklyn was Prospect Park. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Music Man (Colorized): 1925
... A man's man. Colorized from this photo . Merry Christmas to Dave and everyone at Shorpy. View full size. (Colorized ... 
 
Posted by bcpowder - 12/24/2011 - 10:51am -

Strikingly handsome. A man's man. Colorized from this photo. Merry Christmas to Dave and everyone at Shorpy. View full size. (Colorized Photos)
Indian and Cowboy
... never missing an opportunity to try out the latest Christmas present weapons. Growing up in Paso Robles, CA, this photo was taken ... 
 
Posted by Westcoaster - 02/01/2021 - 7:26am -

My brother Marty and I (Dave) were the typical American ruffians, never missing an opportunity to try out the latest Christmas present weapons. Growing up in Paso Robles, CA, this photo was taken in San Luis Obispo, CA at our grandmother's. Circa 1956. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Photographer and His Wife
... when you can. I'm going to use this for Xmas card. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. "Nell & Fred" (Florence ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 03/12/2008 - 7:55pm -

This is Fred Carpenter, who usually was on the other side of the camera, with his wife, Nell. Since this is a Real Photo Post Card, I'll let Aunt Nell tell the story: "Dec 8, 1940 "Dear Florence & all - "This was taken the 18th of May 1939 our 30th wedding day. How are you all I hope fine and I hope the children are all well.... "I have shortened a few coats for friends this winter also dresses. I'm hooking a rug. have the border most done. haven't done one before for a long time. You can paint this card if you'd like to. put some hair on for Fred for he has some. Write when you can. I'm going to use this for Xmas card. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. "Nell & Fred" (Florence Carpenter Tyler was my grandmother and a younger sister to Fred.) Steve Miller Someplace near the crossroads of America Mom, Dad?I want to sit under that beautiful tree and let these great people adopt me. Of course I'm 54 years old but they look like they would take me in! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mr. & Mrs James Granville Stovall
... Mr & Mrs James Granville Stovall, who were married at Christmas time, 1899. They lived in Limestone County, Texas but went to Waco, ... 
 
Posted by dennysland - 06/28/2009 - 10:33pm -

Mr & Mrs James Granville Stovall, who were married at Christmas time, 1899. They lived in Limestone County, Texas but went to Waco, to Jackson Studio, to record their newly married state and some obvious prosperity. They are my maternal grandparents. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Girls of Winter
... during a visit to grandparents in Reading, PA, likely over Christmas. View full size. For Want of Insulation Aside from the ... 
 
Posted by dwig - 02/17/2012 - 10:27pm -

This is my mom, Tam, and her younger sister Joan. It is a scan of an old roll film negative so I have no notes or dates. Based on their ages, this would be sometime in the mid-1930s, probably the winter of 1933-34. They were living outside of Philadelphia at the time but this seems to have been taken elsewhere. I suspect it was during a visit to grandparents in Reading, PA, likely over Christmas. View full size. For Want of InsulationAside from the cute kids, this photo perfectly illustrates the consequences of not insulating the attic of a home. Heat radiating upward melts the snow and makes ice dams that overflow the gutters. Compare the upper gutters to the lower ones attached to the porch roof, which has no heat exfiltration. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Biker & The Cowboy: 1966
... showing off his Sears Spaceliner bicycle he got for Christmas 1965. A little research I did shows that bike was $39.88 new (About ... 
 
Posted by Hey Mark - 03/30/2012 - 9:47pm -

My older brother Jon proudly showing off his Sears Spaceliner bicycle he got for Christmas 1965. A little research I did shows that bike was $39.88 new (About $289 today). The "engine" in the middle was an aftermarket battery operated piece that made cool motorcycle sounds. As for me, I'm not sure what's going on with that hat, it looks as if I have cowboy boots on, but I seem to be "unarmed"! Pros and ConsI had one of those add-on motors, too! At first, it seemed a good thing. Before that, we used to use clothespins to make playing cards fwap-fwap against the spokes for effect. The motor would prevent the spokes from coming loose and making the wheels go out of true. But the batteries didn't last so long, and they were expensive. Eventually, we went back to cards and clothespins. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Little Red Caboose: 1967
... it. I had once seen a brand-new "reefer" truck full of Christmas trees that had wedged and split wide open here. In the 1980's the ... 
 
Posted by ctyankeeinma - 09/22/2017 - 6:57pm -

The "Canal Line" railroad bridge in Milldale, Connecticut carried rail traffic over U. S. Route 6-a, the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike. The highway was excavated in 1914 to permit trolleys of the Waterbury & Milldale Tramway to pass under the rails, that track coming by only a few feet from where this was taken. The "Canal Line" railroad approximately followed the course of the old Farmington Canal (1828-1847) from New Haven, Connecticut to Northampton, Massachusetts, and opened in 1848. It has had a number of owners, but was still in the "New Haven" system when I took this picture on June 4, 1967, when I was 16. Kodachrome, of course! The bridge clearance was marked adequate for most big trucks, but was not. The road-bed angles upward on both sides, and drivers unfamiliar with the easy work-around sometimes got seriously stuck under it. I had once seen a brand-new "reefer" truck full of Christmas trees that had wedged and split wide open here. In the 1980's the track grade was raised about two feet as part of the Interstate 691 project, and all rail traffic ceased on the line a couple of years later. Today the bridge is part of a popular rail-trail, which (hopefully) will span the entire 72 miles of the original route, eventually. The self-service Ice House (just right of the packy) endures to this day! View full size. CNI don't know what excites me more: the little red caboose or the sight of two Canadian National freight cars rolling through the USA. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Big Wheels Jenkins: 1970s
My stepson on a Big Wheels around Christmas time in Upland, California in the early 70's. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by herb of old upland - 12/07/2012 - 8:43pm -

My stepson on a Big Wheels around Christmas time in Upland, California in the early 70's. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Grandma & Great Grandma
... and great grandmother (on my mom's side) taken at Christmas time in 1940. View full size. 1945 The handwritten date. ... 
 
Posted by BenWA - 04/13/2014 - 3:22pm -

My grandmother and great grandmother (on my mom's side) taken at Christmas time in 1940. View full size. 1945The handwritten date. That's a 5 with a piece missing in the middle, not a zero. No one would make a zero with a little hook like that. The ages of the women should make a bit more sense now, BenWA. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Half Past November: 1958
... the Los Angelas area, so every year we'd make our annual Christmas trip to LA. As you can see by the clock overhead, Christmas is fast approaching! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Rute Boye - 12/07/2012 - 8:39pm -

This photo was taken of my brother and me on a 1958 visit to Santa's Village near Los Angeles, at Skyforest, near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains. We lived just south of San Francisco at the time, but all the relatives were in the Los Angelas area, so every year we'd make our annual Christmas trip to LA. As you can see by the clock overhead, Christmas is fast approaching! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Stones Corner: 1901
... not again till about 2005 when I found it inside an old Christmas card in a box of my Nan's random papers,if my brother had his way ... 
 
Posted by KJ - 09/16/2011 - 2:04pm -

Kings Street Stones corner shop in Tempe, NSW, Australia I first saw this photo as a child in the late 60's & not again till about 2005 when I found it inside an old Christmas card in a box of my Nan's random papers,if my brother had his way this photo found be land fill That's my Grand mother in my great Grand mothers arms View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
At the Shore: 1920
... service for this photo? I'd love to give this photo as a Christmas present this year. Would love a restoration service that will also ... 
 
Posted by CG-STX - 11/11/2016 - 8:43pm -

My great-grandparents at the Jersey Shore circa 1920. View full size. Restoration Recommendations?Good afternoon everyone! Any recommendations on a restoration service for this photo? I'd love to give this photo as a Christmas present this year. Would love a restoration service that will also adjust the contract and make the photo "pop." Thank you! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Don's Got Customers
... of them, no less. It's around 1960, probably at Christmas, again in Crown Point, Indiana. This is from a squareish slide so I ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 7:37pm -

It's ladies night and business is brisk! Three generations of them, no less. It's around 1960, probably at Christmas, again in Crown Point, Indiana. This is from a squareish slide so I think it might be from some sort of medium format camera. Since I can't quite figure out how to get my scanner to change its format, you're missing the lower part of the bodies: one sitting on a bar stool, one kneeling on a bar stool, and one pregnant. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Shelagh's New Dress
The relatives have gathered for Christmas at my Grandmother's house in Toronto, Ontario. My cousin Shelagh is ... 
 
Posted by Angus J - 12/19/2011 - 10:02am -

The relatives have gathered for Christmas at my Grandmother's house in Toronto, Ontario. My cousin Shelagh is admiring her new dress, while my sister Heather is wearing a festive bell around her neck. I am wearing a jacket and slacks two sizes too big, and sporting a bow tie. Aunt Molly and Debbie are seated on the chesterfield with Aunt Katherine. It was 1954. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dad and his cousin Earl: 1922
In light of the comments about haircuts in Best Christmas Ever: 1922, consider this picture of my father about the same year ... 
 
Posted by k2 - 12/24/2008 - 9:36pm -

In light of the comments about haircuts in Best Christmas Ever: 1922, consider this picture of my father about the same year and about the same age. That's his cousin Earl (Latter?) on the trike. The locale is likely Brooklyn. I wonder what the rest of the picture looked like. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Snow Chateau
... 1944. Quiet Mike: "You said you were in Antwerp for Christmas?" Walter: "I went to stay with my friends at Estelle’s. I went ... 
 
Posted by Quiet Mike - 12/24/2011 - 10:59am -

Walter on his Dodge tipper, outside the Belgian Chateau they were billeted at somewhere near Boom, between Brussels and Antwerp. Winter 1944. Quiet Mike: "You said you were in Antwerp for Christmas?" Walter: "I went to stay with my friends at Estelle’s. I went up there, we’d got a wagon, a liberty wagon, and we went up to somewhere not far from Fort Seven, I can’t think of the name of it. It was by Fort Seven. Then I’d got a tram into the city and went to see my friends, and it was bad weather, it was snowing. I left Estelle's, early enough, and got the tram back, but there was some sort of hold up, and when I’d got back the liberty wagon had gone. So, I didn’t really know what to do, and it was snowing as well. I got back onto the road, and was walking back. I didn’t know what I was going to do mind you. "Anyway I started walking back, and looking around all of I sudden I saw headlights. I waved him down, and it was my mate. It was our dispatch rider, George Rand. I couldn’t believe it! He’d pinched a truck and gone up into Antwerp. It was my good fortune really. I stopped him and got in. He drove us to the gate and parked it by the side of the road. I said 'Are you on duty?', 'No, I borrowed it.' Good for me, and I got back in time." View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Another bit of Winter Fun
... slides. I remember the year I got a sled for Christmas and the photoshoot in the front yard that followed. I wonder if this ... 
 
Posted by Constance - 09/20/2011 - 11:46pm -

Another shot from Great-Grandfather's slides. I remember the year I got a sled for Christmas and the photoshoot in the front yard that followed. I wonder if this is the case here? View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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