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Great Aunt and Uncle
... War and the Chinese Civil War. We don't know the city or any circumstances. The lady was my grandmother's sister. At this time ... 
 
Posted by citybeautiful - 11/16/2012 - 9:21pm -

We think this is a portrait our great aunt and uncle during WW2/Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. We don't know the city or any circumstances. The lady was my grandmother's sister. At this time we think they lived in Beijing. We also are debating the rank insignia: the lack of contrast between the triangle on the collar and the field color of the insignia makes me think it might be Maj. General in the Chinese National Revolutionary Army (Chiang Kai Shek). This would fit other photos of him where he appears to be wearing bars for Colonel. Of course, in black and white it is hard to tell and for all I know it could be private. Many of our photos show the couple mingling with US Army staff, which is in keeping with the fact that our grandfather was assigned to General Marshall's Peace HQ in China. We have more questions than answers, unfortunately. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Alec and Dora: 1910
... 1910." The photo was taken in the Palace Studios, Atlantic City, NJ. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by eliz.avery - 05/25/2012 - 10:51pm -

Found at a thrift shop. On the back someone wrote "Alec and Dora, September 1st, 1910." The photo was taken in the Palace Studios, Atlantic City, NJ. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Alicia and the Obelisk: 1979
1979, Central Park, New York City Alicia, one of my neighbors from when I lived on E. 83rd Street in ... 
 
Posted by steve rosenbach - 01/16/2015 - 7:44pm -

1979, Central Park, New York City Alicia, one of my neighbors from when I lived on E. 83rd Street in Manhattan, appears to give me the stink-eye. She had her head turned to her right, in profile to the camera, and that's what I intended to photograph, but at the moment my shutter clicked, she turned back towards me and squinted in the afternoon sun. It was a pleasant Spring weekend afternoon, and Alicia and I decided to walk the few blocks west to Central Park for some photography. Here we stopped at "Cleopatra's Needle," the 3450-year-old Egyptian obelisk near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In those pre-Giuliani/Bloomberg days, graffitist felt free to deface anything, even an ancient relic like this one, and once attacked, it would remain that way - or worse - from then on. Most of the landmarks in the Park suffered a similar fate and were in various states of decrepitude. Thanks to the non-profit Central Park Conservancy and better law enforcement, the Park looks amazing, and we haven't seen this kind of vandalism in more than two decades. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Times Square Desert Rats: 1953
Taken in New York City on May 10, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by FrankJinglewski - 01/02/2015 - 7:43pm -

Taken in New York City on May 10, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Spring: 1961
... Anne-Marie with me in the background. Taken near Quebec City on 35 mm Kodachrome 25. Spring 1961. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by 1955 - 02/01/2011 - 10:14am -

My little sister Anne-Marie with me in the background. Taken near Quebec City on 35 mm Kodachrome 25. Spring 1961. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Before New Shoes: 1930s
... River, at the foot of Sanger Street, nearby the Flatboat City locale, Peoria, Illinois, circa 1933-1937. The Neighborhood House ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 10/09/2018 - 10:17am -

A group of children posing for a photo before being outfitted with new shoes and dinner from the Neighborhood House social service agency. The kids lived in the slums at Cinder Point between the Railroad and Illinois River, at the foot of Sanger Street, nearby the Flatboat City locale, Peoria, Illinois, circa 1933-1937. The Neighborhood House Association, 1020 S. Matthew, Peoria IL, established in 1896, is dedicated to providing a Safe Haven with comprehensive services that meet the social, emotional and material needs of individuals and families from infancy to the elderly. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Canada Outdoors: 1961
... was taken at my great-uncle's cottage, north of Quebec City. He was a Canadian officer during WWII, so maybe the mysterious canon in ... 
 
Posted by 1955 - 09/27/2011 - 8:58am -

My two brothers and my two sisters with me at the left in 1961. The photo was taken at my great-uncle's cottage, north of Quebec City. He was a Canadian officer during WWII, so maybe the mysterious canon in the background was a war trophy from Germany? View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Family: 1900
... marriage. My great Grandmother was an actress in New York City. She died during childbirth when my Uncle Thomas was born. My Grandfather ... 
 
Posted by nybroome - 01/06/2011 - 8:28am -

At left is my Great Grandmother, Aunt Kathryn is center and Aunt Margaret is at right. The girl is Sadie, my Great Grandmother's daughter from her first marriage. My great Grandmother was an actress in New York City. She died during childbirth when my Uncle Thomas was born. My Grandfather and Uncle Thomas were raised by their Aunts, three of whom never married. Sadie moved to upstate New York with my Great Grandmother's family. They kept in touch throughout their lives. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Bob Wilson and Clayton MacNeal: c. 1912
... chain for many years beginning in about 1916 in New York City, married in 1927 and again in about 1938, and had a life-long career in ... 
 
Posted by wilso127 - 09/16/2010 - 8:24am -

My Dad (at left) and his half-uncle Clayton MacNeal in a field somewhere in northern New Jersey in about 1912. They are probably on the estate of one of the Childs brothers of the then-popular restaurant firm. My Dad was an only child who lost his father when he was less than 2 years old, so Clayton became all but a big brother to him while they were growing up. Clayton worked for the Childs chain for many years beginning in about 1916 in New York City, married in 1927 and again in about 1938, and had a life-long career in the food service and hospitality business in locations all over the country. He died in Los Angeles in 1959. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
3 Dimension Sensation: 1953
... RKO Theatre, Broadway and West 146th Street in New York City taken June 3, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by FrankJinglewski - 01/02/2015 - 7:46pm -

RKO Theatre, Broadway and West 146th Street in New York City taken June 3, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
My Grandfather 1892
... 8 year old in 1892. Tintype photo taken at a Quebec City fair. Some colors added by the photographer. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by 1955 - 03/09/2012 - 11:01pm -

My grandfather Emile Petitclerc, 8 year old in 1892. Tintype photo taken at a Quebec City fair. Some colors added by the photographer. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Clara and Max: 1890s
... the actual year close to 1897. He later left for New York City. Clara stayed in Germany, where she was captured by the Nazis and sent to ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 08/11/2017 - 6:56pm -

My father’s father, then about nine years old, poses with his Gibson Girl sister Clara at a professional photography studio in Germany. Max was born November 23, 1888, which would make the actual year close to 1897. He later left for New York City. Clara stayed in Germany, where she was captured by the Nazis and sent to Theresienstadt. More of her story here. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Battle Circus: 1953
Taken in New York City on June 1, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by FrankJinglewski - 01/02/2015 - 7:44pm -

Taken in New York City on June 1, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Road Crew: circa 1905
... and street maintenance crew with drum roller in Crescent City, California, about 1905. Man on far left in suit and derby hat is my ... 
 
Posted by DBerry53 - 10/09/2015 - 7:29pm -

Road and street maintenance crew with drum roller in Crescent City, California, about 1905. Man on far left in suit and derby hat is my great-great-uncle, Charles Fremont Jones, who was Town Marshall and Superintendent of Streets there at the time. Taken by my grandfather, George T. Berry, Sr. (1889-1967). As a teenager, he had a camera and home darkroom, and took photos of life around his hometown, some of which I have inherited. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
West 31st Street: Circa 1930s
... West 31st Street alongside the Post Office in New York City. The building on the next corner is where Madison Square Garden sits ... 
 
Posted by Bobby Cole - 09/26/2018 - 8:04am -

Circa 1930s. West 31st Street alongside the Post Office in New York City. The building on the next corner is where Madison Square Garden sits today. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Me and Mom: 1930
1930. New York City on an upper eastside apartment roof. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by mporta1929 - 10/12/2011 - 11:24am -

1930. New York City on an upper eastside apartment roof. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
My Great-Grandparents: 1980
... parents), standing outside their home in Lake City, S.C. in the snow. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by thIII - 03/02/2018 - 8:40pm -

These are my paternal great-grandparents Charles and Ella Hawkins (my grandfather's parents), standing outside their home in Lake City, S.C. in the snow. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
From the Elevated: 1900
... Travelogue Adventures," 1898-1904. In early Chicago city planning, subways were too expensive to consider and elevated tracks ... and around buildings, its route was completely through city-owned alleys. Earning it the nickname "Alley 'L'." This was done to ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 02/28/2019 - 5:15pm -

"From the Elivated [sic]", Chicago, 1900. From "Sam Hyde's Photography Travelogue Adventures," 1898-1904. In early Chicago city planning, subways were too expensive to consider and elevated tracks appeared to be the right choice. On June 6, 1892, the first elevated line in Chicago opened, running from Congress Parkway and State Street to 39th Street, along the alley, behind and around buildings, its route was completely through city-owned alleys. Earning it the nickname "Alley 'L'." This was done to circumvent the difficulty of obtaining consent signatures from the property owners along the streets, something required by the Cities and Villages Act of 1872. Photo taken by Samuel Peake Hyde, b. Feb 17, 1850, St. Francisville, Clark, Missouri; d. April 28, 1921, Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois., son of Edwin C. Hyde and Elizabeth Hyde. Samuel was a clerk for J. G. Green Company, 1867, and then worked with his father at E.C. Hyde & Co., Storage and Commission, 4 South Commercial Street, Belleville, IL. Sam resided at 37 North Douglas, Belleville, Illinois. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Marie, Rocker, Issar, Cigar: 1921
... who invited the teenage Issar to join him in New York City around 1905. They subsequently formed Weinstein Brothers Cloak and Suits, ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 07/07/2017 - 6:59pm -

This photo shows my mother’s parents (Marie was last seen here) two years before they were wed if the date hand-written on the picture margin is correct. In 1921 both would have been approximately age 30. He was born in Bialystok (which is now part of Poland) in 1891, supposedly under the name of Issar Derrish which became Americanized to Isadore Weinstein, probably at the behest of his older brother Benny who invited the teenage Issar to join him in New York City around 1905. They subsequently formed Weinstein Brothers Cloak and Suits, with “Izzy” as the craftsman and Benny as the salesman. When Benny suddenly died in the 1930s that company fell apart. My guess is that this picture is at some vacation resort hotel, possibly in the Catskills. Beyond that, I have no clue. I would not consider sitting in a rocking chair and reading while a guy smoking a cigar was sitting on that chair’s arm with cigar smoke inches from my face to be a wonderful dating activity. I know for a fact that they married in 1923. That makes me question if this is a honeymoon photo, and not a dating photo. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Botany Bay Ballyhoo: 1953
Taken in New York City on November 8, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by FrankJinglewski - 01/02/2015 - 7:45pm -

Taken in New York City on November 8, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Issar in America: 1905
... Photographic Art Studio, 273 E Houston Street, New York City. At the time he spoke no English and had little formal education, but he ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 09/30/2017 - 11:20am -

At the behest of his older brother Benny, my mother’s future father, Issar, left his home in what is now Poland, for America. There he had his picture taken at Hurwitz’s Photographic Art Studio, 273 E Houston Street, New York City. At the time he spoke no English and had little formal education, but he had been apprenticed in the garment trade. Together the brothers formed Weinstein Brothers Cloak and Suits in NYC. Exactly when his name was changed from his birth name of Issar Derrish to his “American” name of Isadore Weinstein I do not know. I never met him to ask, though if I had, I would have asked which dumb cluck brother thought that very Eastern European ethnic name was American. My mother describes her Uncle Benny as an outgoing life of the party kind of fellow and says he was “the outside man” of the company. Her more reserved father was the “inside man” making the patterns and supervising whatever employees the company had. I translate that as being the salesman and the craftsman. When Benny died suddenly during the 1930's, the company folded, leaving Issar to freelance from company to company, making each one a pattern so that they would have new product for the coming season and stay in business during those hard times. Reportedly Issar loved children, opera, and cigars. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Four Generations
... of Kucks/Meyer. This was taken either in Jersey City or Hoboken, New Jersey. View full size ... 
 
Posted by perkyjohn - 12/20/2011 - 2:29pm -

Four generations of Kucks/Meyer. This was taken either in Jersey City or Hoboken, New Jersey. View full size
Procession: c. 1947
A religious procession participant. Guatemala City's Metropolitan Cathedral is in the background, circa 1947. View full ... 
 
Posted by jopm - 11/10/2010 - 10:38am -

A religious procession participant. Guatemala City's Metropolitan Cathedral is in the background, circa 1947. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Girls vs Boy: about 1938
Location is Brooklyn New York City. The event is a birthday party that my approximately eight year old future ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 11/03/2017 - 7:08pm -

Location is Brooklyn New York City. The event is a birthday party that my approximately eight year old future mother, Arlene (in the light coat) attended. It was supposed to be a picture of the girls at the party, but somebody’s little brother snuck into the frame. The coat my mother is wearing might have been a coat her father made for her. He made at least one of her childhood winter coats. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Parked in a Plymouth
... Billy Shipe, riding in a Plymouth convertible, Kansas City, Kansas 1953. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Maniak Productions - 04/15/2016 - 6:40pm -

My maternal grandmother, Essie Shipe [b.1900], and my uncle Billy Shipe, riding in a Plymouth convertible, Kansas City, Kansas 1953. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Baby See, Baby Do: 1956
... in the garment trade and she was a graduate of New York City’s FIT (a college for clothing design). There are several pictures in my ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 07/14/2017 - 7:47pm -

My mother was very into fashion design and sewing. Her parents had both worked in the garment trade and she was a graduate of New York City’s FIT (a college for clothing design). There are several pictures in my family’s albums of me at the sewing machine, but this is the earliest of those. I was so small I could not even sit in the chair. But I do appear to be actually sewing, just like I saw my mother do. The bizarre boy-cut hair I have was done to me by (an adult) neighbor, much to my mother’s displeasure, who wrote to her mother that the best thing about it was that my hair would grow and make it go away. Photo was probably taken by my mother on an Argus 75 box camera. Scan was made from a negative. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Sittin' at the Ritz: 195x
... Kodachromes from the 1950s while he was in Atlantic City for a convention. This is the Ritz Carlton and you can see a few people ... 
 
Posted by KAP - 03/09/2018 - 7:33pm -

One of my grandfather's Kodachromes from the 1950s while he was in Atlantic City for a convention. This is the Ritz Carlton and you can see a few people lounging on the balcony overlooking the ocean and the drop-off area. There appears to be a valet parking area with some very important looking black sedans. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Astor Theatre Marquee: 1951
September 20, 1951 New York City. Taken by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by FrankJinglewski - 01/02/2015 - 7:42pm -

September 20, 1951 New York City. Taken by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Ella in Person: 1953
Paramount Theatre New York City Taken August 9, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by FrankJinglewski - 01/02/2015 - 7:45pm -

Paramount Theatre New York City Taken August 9, 1953 by Peter Jingeleski. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Get This Boy Away From Me: 1957
... of this photo is a 1956 Chrysler parked on his New York City Street that we happen to be blocking. Why, oh, why couldn’t we have been ... 
 
Posted by aenthal - 12/01/2017 - 8:07pm -

I am the three-year-old child overly bundled up in the red snow suit and trying to get away from the older boy (who was a son of my father’s sister). He kept pushing my cheeks together to give me a funny face, and I kept trying to stop him. But the star of this photo is a 1956 Chrysler parked on his New York City Street that we happen to be blocking. Why, oh, why couldn’t we have been standing three feet further back to give us a better view of the car? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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