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TWA Guy with a Connie
... and made coast to coast possible, no more stops in Kansas City or Chicago to fuel up. Lockheed had developed substantial experience with ... 
 
Posted by Mvsman - 06/05/2015 - 7:37pm -

My grandfather, Warren Erickson, a Trans World Airlines mechanic and inspector. He's in Burbank, California as a quality assurance guy stationed at Lockheed's plant as TWA accepted the Constellation into their fleet. This picture, taken in 1958 or 1959, is from a promotional set showing Warren inspecting part of the wing. My Mother told me that TWA commissioned these shots taken as a way of showing their top guy was on the job. The Constellation was a Clarence "Kelly" Johnson design. It was a cutting edge airplane. Nothing was sleeker than the Connie. The Connie had a lot of growing pains, as did other piston engine airliners of that era. By the time Lockheed and TWA worked out the problems in the late '50s the aircraft was obsolete. I have posted a couple other photos of Warren here and here. Thanks, and enjoy. View full size. Connie, the best of the bunchFrom the summer of 1952 until July of 1956 I flew in just about every commercial aircraft flying. I remember the Constellation and the Super Constellation as the most comfortable and dependable aircraft of the bunch. The Fowler Flaps in the Phoenix summer heat had us flying in a bit past half way down the runway while the DC-6/7 counterparts were using up most of the runway. Two most vivid recollections in the Connie was a stall landing at Philadelphia. The co-pilot must have been flying as we quit flying perhaps 20 or 30 feet up and had a hard landing. No problem, we walked away from that. Another was flying inbound to LA International over Palm Springs with a thermal updraft taking up and up. The pilot chopped power for 5 seconds or so until we stabilized and we continued on. Lockheed was ahead of the pack when it installed turbo-compound versions of the R3350 engine on the Super Connie and made coast to coast possible, no more stops in Kansas City or Chicago to fuel up. Lockheed had developed substantial experience with this engine on the P2V Neptune Navy patrol bomber. This gave them a leg up on getting this engine certified for commercial use. A bit more history, Lockheed bought Connie serial number 1 from TWA and stretched it 18 feet to create the Super Constellation. The super-compound R3350 was tested in the right outboard position to obtain certification. This occurred at two different time periods. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
That New Car Smell: 1907
... Barker Car Company railroad car erecting shop, Michigan City, Indiana, featuring some fully erect products soon to be in service on the ... 
 
Posted by Talitha Clementine - 04/04/2011 - 10:38am -

Haskell and Barker Car Company railroad car erecting shop, Michigan City, Indiana, featuring some fully erect products soon to be in service on the transportation behemoth Idaho and Washington Northern. Later, Pullman-Standard owned this facility. In lock-step with the shrinking of industrial potential in America, there is now an outlet mall on the site of the former shops. See here for some interesting history of the plant. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
My Grandfather c.1938
... shah Weiss (right) and khodakaram (left), Khorramshahr City, circa 1938. My grandfather was a soldier in Abadan and Khorramshahr was ... 
 
Posted by ahmadreza - 05/03/2013 - 7:13pm -

My grandfather shah Weiss (right) and khodakaram (left), Khorramshahr City, circa 1938. My grandfather was a soldier in Abadan and Khorramshahr was in the Imperial Navy. This photo shows him at the age of 20. FascinatingGreat pic, great background info. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dad and Son: 1908
A father and son outside of their rural Charles City, Iowa home, circa 1908. Found in a collection of glass negatives. ... 
 
Posted by jps56 - 05/25/2020 - 3:04pm -

A father and son outside of their rural Charles City, Iowa home, circa 1908. Found in a collection of glass negatives. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Su Chin, Vietnam (1969)
Downtown Su Chin, aka "Sin City". According to the note on the back of the photo..."Babypans are 500p a ... 
 
Posted by jshelton - 04/06/2012 - 10:13pm -

Downtown Su Chin, aka "Sin City". According to the note on the back of the photo..."Babypans are 500p a night...that's about $4.50" View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Happy Lady, Funny Hat
... "WINNER'S Penny Pictures 1520 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City." This was probably taken on a whim at a penny photo studio on the ... 
 
Posted by sprouseart - 02/22/2008 - 12:25pm -

Another from my collection. The image is small (about 1.5 x 1) and has been glued onto a dark olive green cardboard faux frame with gold leaf edging running the border of the image. On the back is printed "WINNER'S Penny Pictures 1520 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City." This was probably taken on a whim at a penny photo studio on the boardwalk on a fun filled sunny afternoon by the shore. I love the happy expression on her face, as if she's about to laugh out loud any second. The hat is pretty wild too. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Aunt Florence in Burholme
... During the War she worked in a bomb factory in the city and once had her picture in the paper, posing with her bombs, because she ... 
 
Posted by The Inventor - 09/18/2011 - 11:16pm -

This is my Aunt Florence in her parents' back yard in Burholme, an area in northern Philadelphia. Her father (my grandfather, who died before I was born) built duplex houses independently, lived in one side while renting out the other and moving on to build yet another duplex, often on the same street. Believe it or not, Burholme was semi-rural at the time. It's a bustling part of greater Philly now. The picture was probably taken in the early 1930s. Aunt Florence was the second youngest of six siblings. (She's the one on this side of the fence. The other little girl would be a neighbor friend.) She was a mischievous, unpredictable child, troublesome at times, but held her own and as a grownup was the mother of three boys, my cousins. During the War she worked in a bomb factory in the city and once had her picture in the paper, posing with her bombs, because she was a good looking young woman. The newspaper caption read, "Beauty and the Bombs." She was also one of my two "kissing aunts," the other being Aunt Rose, who took this picture. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids)
Central Park, New York 1999
I took this on my first trip to New York City in May 1999. A lot of photos were taken in my 4 days I was there, but this ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 01/04/2009 - 9:27am -

I took this on my first trip to New York City in May 1999. A lot of photos were taken in my 4 days I was there, but this was my favorite, I don't know why but the photo seemed to come out so cool looking, the buildings looming over the trees. (Member Gallery)
6th & Main: 1950
... slide is dated August 22, 1950. A sharp eye will see LA City Hall in the distance at 1st and Main, and learn a lot about the state of ... 
 
Posted by prrvet - 01/24/2020 - 12:20pm -

This photo was taken by my close friend and fellow transit historian, Kenneth L. Douglas (1929-2017), who was born and raised in Huntington Park, Los Angeles. Ken gave me this 35mm slide about 1959, at the time I first became acquainted with him while we were both residents of Philadelphia. The photo looks north at the intersection of Main and 6th Street opposite the main terminal of the Pacific Electric Ry. The clock registers 2:30 PM and the slide is dated August 22, 1950. A sharp eye will see LA City Hall in the distance at 1st and Main, and learn a lot about the state of the economy in the day. Two different gauge tracks visible are used by two different trolley companies, Pacific Electric (the red cars) and Los Angeles Transit Lines (the yellow cars) along with overhead power to a trackless trolley (fourth vehicle in line), a diesel bus (fifth in line) and various other modes of transportation of the day. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Peddling Popcorn: 1936
... Theater located on North Main Street in downtown Charles City, Iowa, circa 1936. Theater manager Jack Kuech is pictured under the ... 
 
Posted by jps56 - 06/27/2020 - 11:04am -

The Gem Theater located on North Main Street in downtown Charles City, Iowa, circa 1936. Theater manager Jack Kuech is pictured under the marquis of the 1936 version of Romeo & Juliet being promoted. Popcorn sales look to be a little slow. Acetate negative. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Little Girl and Friend: 1910
Taken in Charles City, Iowa about 1910 by a local photographer. Captured from a collection of ... 
 
Posted by jps56 - 05/18/2020 - 10:59am -

Taken in Charles City, Iowa about 1910 by a local photographer. Captured from a collection of glass negatives found in an attic. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Junior Eight: 1926
... Francisco circa 1926. "Locomobile Junior Eight Brougham at City Hall." Bearing the monogram "PMN." 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/29/2017 - 8:27pm -

San Francisco circa 1926. "Locomobile Junior Eight Brougham at City Hall." Bearing the monogram "PMN." 5x7 glass negative by Chris Helin. View full size. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, San Francisco)
Five O'Clock Sailors: 1960
... River into Manhattan. Soon after departing the Jersey City terminal I snapped this photo of the Ferry Wilkes-Barre with its patrons ... 
 
Posted by prrvet - 09/24/2019 - 11:44am -

On the afternoon of March 29, 1960 I had occasion to ride the Jersey Central Railroad car ferry across the Hudson River into Manhattan. Soon after departing the Jersey City terminal I snapped this photo of the Ferry Wilkes-Barre with its patrons anxiously awaiting the boat to dock. Not long after I took the photo, a similar shot appeared as the centerfold in the Saturday Evening Post magazine. The post captioned their photo as the "Five O'Clock Sailors," which I thought was totally appropriate. This ferry operation is, of course, long gone from the scene. The slow ASA 10 speed of the Kodachrome film of the day seems to have taken its toll on the camera's ability to stop moving objects. 35mm Kodachrome Retina IIIc folding camera. William D. Volkmer (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Summertime outside Southside pool
There was a time when every city had public pools. Up until the 1950's, though, they were subject to ... 
 
Posted by swiggy - 04/30/2009 - 6:39am -

There was a time when every city had public pools. Up until the 1950's, though, they were subject to closures due to polio outbreaks. Polio outbreaks are no longer a problem, but many financially strapped cities of today can no longer afford to keep up pools due to other diseases. Southside pool was located on the south side of Youngstown, Ohio, near where my mother, Dorothy, lived. While I never used that one, I did use the Northside Pool (north side of town)Both have been long closed and are missed in the summertime. This picture has my Uncle Johnny and Mom in the front row and Great-Great-Grandma Wells, Great-Grandma Baumgartner and Grandma Blue. Four Generations through the maternal line. At this time Grandmas Wells and Baumgartner were still living on the family farm in Bellpointe Ohio, near Columbus. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
North State St., Chicago: 1949
... group of found Kodachromes. Great representation of a busy city street. The El in the far distance, the Chicago Theatre marquee in the ... 
 
Posted by Deborah - 02/28/2014 - 8:31pm -

Another in the group of found Kodachromes. Great representation of a busy city street. The El in the far distance, the Chicago Theatre marquee in the near distance. The Butler building is now known as The Gene Siskel Film Center, and is a part of the Art Institute of Chicago. A school that coincidentally, my mother was studying at in 1949. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Charles Collis Markley Jr.
... Anyone know where this is? It may be outside Atlantic City, N.J. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by frontpg - 06/02/2009 - 7:04pm -

Charles Collis Markley Jr., in the 1930s before he died in 1938. Anyone know where this is? It may be outside Atlantic City, N.J. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hiroshima Children: 1948
... burnt rocks from atomic blast. They moved down to the city from the hills after the atomic bomb explosion. Occupied Japan, March 7, ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 03/20/2019 - 4:03pm -

Hiroshima children holding burnt rocks from atomic blast. They moved down to the city from the hills after the atomic bomb explosion. Occupied Japan, March 7, 1948. Captain Clarence V. Ward was sent with the US Army to provide ophthalmology care to war-refugee Japanese children and adults as well as American Service personnel. From a photo album titled "Pictures from Japan and Elsewhere." Occupied Japan era, Captain Clarence V. Ward, US Army from 1947-1949, 28th General Hospital, Osaka, Japan. Clarence lived in Peoria, Illinois (Feb. 13, 1922 - June 5, 2009). Ward served in the US Army from 1947-1949, 28th General Hospital, Osaka, Japan attaining the rank of Captain. He graduated from St. Bernard's Grade School in 1936; Spalding Institute in 1940; University of Notre Dame in 1944 where he earned his BS; and University of St. Louis School of Medicine in 1946. He served his internship at St. John's Hospital in St. Louis, MO from 1946-1947; Post Graduate at Northwestern University in Ophthalmology from 1949-1950; Residency at Hines Veterans Hospital in Hines, IL from 1950-1952 in Ophthalmology. He was an Ophthalmologist full time from 1952-1995 and part time from 1996-2004. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hart-Parr: 1910
... construction at the Hart-Parr Tractor plant in Charles City, Iowa the home of the first farm tractor. The plant was serviced by two ... 
 
Posted by jps56 - 05/18/2020 - 10:59am -

Circa 1910 construction at the Hart-Parr Tractor plant in Charles City, Iowa the home of the first farm tractor. The plant was serviced by two railroads, the Illinois Central and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Taken from a recently discovered collection of glass negatives. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
San Jacinto School: 1893
... The town of East Dallas was later incorporated into the city of Dallas. This picture of a fourth grade class was taken in 1893. ... 
 
Posted by texas deb - 01/13/2011 - 9:41am -

The San Jacino School in the town of East Dallas, Texas, was built on land originally occupied by a mule barn at the end of the streetcar line owned by Col. William Keller. The school was on the corner of Washington Street and Ross Avenue with entrances on both streets. The town of East Dallas was later incorporated into the city of Dallas. This picture of a fourth grade class was taken in 1893. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
My Favorite Chair
... his two favorite chairs on North Jackson Street in Charles City, Iowa. Taken from a 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by jps56 - 05/18/2020 - 11:01am -

Circa 1909 photograph of an unidentified elderly gentleman relaxing in one of his two favorite chairs on North Jackson Street in Charles City, Iowa. Taken from a 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Benny's Wedding: 1890's
... Photographic Art Studio, 273 E Houston St., New York City. At some point Benny sent for his younger brother Issar to join him in ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/30/2017 - 11:20am -

My mother’s Uncle Benny and his wife pose for an official wedding portrait at an unknown date during the late 1800s or early 1900s at Hurwitz’s Photographic Art Studio, 273 E Houston St., New York City. At some point Benny sent for his younger brother Issar to join him in America. Together they formed the Weinstein Brothers Cloak and Suits. Unknown how they became the Weinstein Brothers because they were born with the last name of Derrish. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hippy
Taken in the 1960s, the hippy era. In New York City the young hippys gathered in parks like Central Park. The music and ... 
 
Posted by dacam61 - 03/23/2011 - 10:15am -

Taken in the 1960s, the hippy era. In New York City the young hippys gathered in parks like Central Park. The music and singing were joyous. It was the time where anyone over the age of 30 was dismissed as being too old to matter This picture symbolizes some of the spirit of that time. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Wilson Meat Packing 2
... at Wilson Meat Packing. He worked at both Oklahoma City and Chicago in the 30s, 40s and 50s, so I am not sure where this was ... 
 
Posted by hager2007 - 02/17/2012 - 10:29pm -

Picture of William A. Farrell and unidentified co-workers at Wilson Meat Packing. He worked at both Oklahoma City and Chicago in the 30s, 40s and 50s, so I am not sure where this was taken. Maybe someone can identify the truck and help me determine the date. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mom and Ray Milland: 1958
... and frequently greeted notables who came to the Windy City, including actors Milland, Charlton Heston and, most notably, Senator John ... 
 
Posted by here in van nuys - 07/12/2013 - 7:20pm -

My mother, Louise Lurie Hurvitz, second from left, meeting actor Ray Milland at WBBM-TV in Chicago. She was in charge of publicity for the station and frequently greeted notables who came to the Windy City, including actors Milland, Charlton Heston and, most notably, Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who faced off for their historic 1960 Presidential debate in the station's studios. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Snow Chateau
... 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 ... 
 
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)
Anapa: 1933
Great grandmother's twin sister Ariadna. The city of Anapa (Krasnodarsky Kray, USSR) in 1933. Ten years before the old Anapa ... 
 
Posted by napalm girl - 10/26/2011 - 4:12pm -

Great grandmother's twin sister Ariadna. The city of Anapa (Krasnodarsky Kray, USSR) in 1933. Ten years before the old Anapa had been completely destroyed, twenty or so before it was rebuilt. View full size (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Next Stop, Exchange Place
... Joseph Kaiser in front of his Exchange Place (Jersey City NJ) bus around 1920. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Photoscream - 07/08/2010 - 1:53pm -

This is my grandfather Joseph Kaiser in front of his Exchange Place (Jersey City NJ) bus around 1920. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Crossroads of America: 1963
... is well known. This busy railroad crossing on the city's South side served to personify that fact. I took this photo at the Ash ... 
 
Posted by prrvet - 12/18/2019 - 3:03pm -

Chicago's status as the crossroads of commerce in America is well known. This busy railroad crossing on the city's South side served to personify that fact. I took this photo at the Ash Street crossing adjacent to the now defunct Campbell's Soup factory, kind of in the spirit of Jack Delano many years before. Over the years I have come to realize that crossings such as these are a maintenance nightmare for their owners because the constant pounding of heavy rail cars tends to wear out the rail heads. Today the various railroads are engaged in a gradual replacement of crossings like this with "flying junctions" similar to expressway interchanges. It is known as "Operation Create." The first of these was completed at Englewood just last year. 35 mm Kodachrome transparency taken September 2, 1963 by William D. Volkmer. (ShorpyBlog)
Boy Scout and Grandfather
... up to Vallejo to live with the grandparents until the city rebuilt. They ended up in the Mission and finally Castro District of San ... 
 
Posted by bowdidge - 06/28/2009 - 8:19am -

Photo of my great-great-grandfather, Charles Cunningham, and great uncle. (I think it's Charley Cunningham, though no one remembered to note names on the old photos.) My guess is that this dates from the teens and was taken somewhere in Northern California. I'll guess that Charley is a Boy Scout, but I'll bet someone else can identify the uniform better. Charley's family lived in the South-of-Market area of San Francisco, but after getting chased out by the Great Earthquake and Fire, moved up to Vallejo to live with the grandparents until the city rebuilt. They ended up in the Mission and finally Castro District of San Francisco back when those neighborhoods were solidly Irish. Charles emigrated from Ireland in the 1860's, so he must have shook his head at how different life was for his grandchildren in the modern United States. Everyone looks upstanding and proper here, but I've got another photo of Charles and his wife laughing as they try not to fall out of a hammock. Even Victorian-era grandparents laughed and acted silly. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Soda Fountain: c. 1927
... from the Prohibition era. The Crystal Bar of Virginia City, NV, c. 1927. The gumball machine to the left of the young man behind the ... 
 
Posted by sledworks - 11/10/2011 - 11:03am -

A soda fountain image from the Prohibition era. The Crystal Bar of Virginia City, NV, c. 1927. The gumball machine to the left of the young man behind the counter helps date the photograph. It is a "FAMOUS 1-2-3" Vendor from R.D. Simpson CO, patented 1923. View full size.
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