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View from the Tterrace
... of the Avonmore Hotel, 57 Cartwright Gardens, London WC1. Kodachrome snapped off by my friend using my late, lamented Konica Autoreflex ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 09/21/2011 - 11:39pm -

October 1976. I pose on the terrace of the Avonmore Hotel, 57 Cartwright Gardens, London WC1. Kodachrome snapped off by my friend using my late, lamented Konica Autoreflex T. View full size. summer of '76we passed through London on our annual holidays, to Brighton that year. The hotel seems to be still trading, though I doubt the alfasud or Austin maxi are still about! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Travel & Vacation, tterrapix)
Train Waving: 1967
... from our grandparent's home. Morehouse, Missouri, 1967. Kodachrome slide. Any advice on optimal methods to scan slides would be ... 
 
Posted by AllenTenn - 02/08/2013 - 8:51pm -

My two younger brothers and myself waving at the train which passed by twice a day on the track across the road from our grandparent's home. Morehouse, Missouri, 1967. Kodachrome slide. Any advice on optimal methods to scan slides would be appreciated! View full size. Did a Lot of Train WavingBut it was back in the early-fifties when I was about the age of the little tyke on the left. I lived in Locust Grove,MD which was right next to a B&O line. But by the early-sixties we had moved to Baltimore,MD and my train waving days were over. I had to console myself by fist pumping my arm at the big truckers driving through the area. They would usually give a big blast on their air horns. It makes me wonder. Back then, strangers were so comfortable to wave and toot a horn to just say Hi! It's not like that anymore. Going...going...gLook at Google satellite image for Morehouse, Mo at ground level; the Missouri Pacific tracks look unused. Go to the lowest elevated view, and the tracks were in the process of being removed. The grade crossings were still in place but the rails elsewhere were being pulled and stacked for the scrap man. The boys in Morehouse don't wave at passing trains anymore. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dottie Reid: 1947
... of pavement last seen here in a nighttime view. Kodachrome transparency by William Gottlieb for Down Beat . View full ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/22/2019 - 11:59pm -

New York circa 1947. "Jazz singer Dottie Reid walking on 52nd Street." The stretch of pavement last seen here in a nighttime view. Kodachrome transparency by William Gottlieb for Down Beat. View full size.         PHOENIX, December 3, 2018 -- Big band singer and jazz artist Dorothy "Dottie" Reid died today at the age of 97. Dottie sang with Jimmy Dorsey and Buddy Rich, and went on a world tour with Benny Goodman. Born June 15, 1921, in Arkansas, she lived in New York and moved to Arizona in 2004. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Music, NYC, William Gottlieb)
Disneyland: 1957
... dad with his relatively new Contax. Scanned from original Kodachrome slide. View full size. Oh, My Aching Feet! I can't ... 
 
Posted by rsyung - 06/21/2014 - 1:56pm -

A trip to Disneyland in March 1957, taken by my dad with his relatively new Contax. Scanned from original Kodachrome slide. View full size. Oh, My Aching Feet!I can't imagine spending the day in Disneyland in heels and stockings! And you know there are girdles under those skirts. We women have become spoiled in our sneakers and flip-flops. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
60's Gun Series Part III
From a Kodachrome slide. Okay, so it's a not a gun. But he could be one of them dust ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 06/25/2008 - 11:52pm -

From a Kodachrome slide. Okay, so it's a not a gun. But he could be one of them dust bunny rustlers. View full size. SweeperIt is the landmine sweeper. SweeperMy favorite little green army man come to life! Thanks for the suggestion! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Key West: 1960
Another evocative Kodachrome taken by my dad around Christmas 1960 at the Key West Holiday Inn in ... 
 
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)
Veteran Nursing Sister: 1954
My father took this Kodachrome of my mother in 1954 in Riverside (now Windsor) Ontario. My mother ... 
 
Posted by Angus J - 03/09/2012 - 11:03pm -

My father took this Kodachrome of my mother in 1954 in Riverside (now Windsor) Ontario. My mother trained as a nurse in St. John, New Brunswick, and volunteered as a Nursing Sister in the Canadian military during World War 2. My father enlisted in the Canadian Army and left from Toronto to serve overseas as well. The met in France in 1944 during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day), and were married on 26 July 1945 in Paris, France. They had a short honeymoon in France, returned to their units and were re-united in Canada. Mum was born in 1919 and passed away in 1990, and Dad lives in Toronto at age 91. You can learn more about Canada's Nursing Sisters here. I can't find the wordsto tell you how beautiful I find this photo. Her pretty face, her sweet smile, her gorgeous red hair, and that exquisite, exquisite uniform. Thank you. Thank you. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Nadine: 1952
... View full size. I love that miraculous Kodachrome, that has captured the soft blue-grey of her eyes matching her ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/14/2014 - 11:41am -

"Nadine -- April 1952." The newest cast member of Minnesota Kodachromes takes a break against the mandatory multifloral backdrop. View full size. I love thatmiraculous Kodachrome, that has captured the soft blue-grey of her eyes matching her blouse perfectly. My mother always said: "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything". (Minnesota Kodachromes)
40th Street Shops: 1942
... North Western R.R. 40th Street shops, Chicago, Illinois." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/31/2018 - 12:41pm -

December 1942. "Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the Chicago & North Western R.R. 40th Street shops, Chicago, Illinois." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size. 40th Street ain't what it used to beChicagoans will immediately think the shops were located at 4000 south on the grid. Nope, surprise! The 40th Street shops were 4000 west, at present day Pulaski. Here's a 1915 map and also the current Google aerial view. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Chicago, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Jack's Best Side
... with the comedy than he was with dates. From a Kodachrome slide that was too dark so to get the car to show up I adjusted the ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 07/26/2008 - 1:16pm -

1940's in Valparaiso, Indiana. Dad's working on his first car that he bought for $25. I think this is after the war but I'm sure the gearheads among us can tell us the earliest possible year based on the car in the background. The title refers to what my uncle wrote on the slide index. He was more forthcoming with the comedy than he was with dates. From a Kodachrome slide that was too dark so to get the car to show up I adjusted the heck out of the levels in Photoshop. Sorry the background colors seemed to suffer a bit. Dating by carI recognized the black fastback in the background as a GM product, but a pre-war body style that was used up until 1948 on various models. Online, I couldn't come up with anything with that exact trim package, but the closest was a 1948 Pontiac, except for the rear bumper. The year on the plate of your dad's car looks like it could be either 43, 45 or 48. Excellent shot. OldsmobileTterrace, you couldn't come up with that exact side trim because it's an Oldsmobile, not a Pontiac. A 1948 I believe, Series 70. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Expo 67 at Night
Montreal, 1967. This shot was taken using 35mm Kodachrome with the camera resting on a railing. In the distance, the U.S. ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 11/23/2012 - 10:14pm -

Montreal, 1967. This shot was taken using 35mm Kodachrome with the camera resting on a railing. In the distance, the U.S. pavilion is the Buckminster Fuller dome on the left while the U.S.S.R. pavilion is the brightly-lit dipping roof building on the right. Today, the U.S. pavilion still stands as an indoor arboretum. View full size. Fuller on fireThe former U.S. pavilion is actually a museum of the environment, called the Biosphere, owned and run by the federal government. The acrylic skin of the geodesic dome (a three-quarter sphere, 200 feet high), caught fire in a welding accident in 1976 and burned off in half an hour, leaving the steel truss structure intact. It remained empty for almost 20 years. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Oldest Couple: 1951
... remember things. Her name was Kathryn. Photo from 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size. Old-fashioned fashion Your ... 
 
Posted by HankHardisty - 05/08/2019 - 1:30pm -

Oldest couple -- not really -- but they are the oldest couple in my family photo collection. Mr. and Mrs. William Meriwether Sr., of rural Blandinsville, Ill. These are my great grandparents, born in the early 1870s, I remember her, but he died before I could really remember things. Her name was Kathryn. Photo from 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size. Old-fashioned fashionYour wonderful grandparents look like all the aged relatives I remember as a child -- they seem to have somehow stuck at some moment in time and never changed. I guess it's because of the clothes. My great-aunts and uncles always looked like they walked right out of the 1930s even though it was the early '70s. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Noisy: 1955
... from. Someone thought this shot was cute. This is a 35mm Kodachrome slide taken in the living room of my grandparent's farm house near ... 
 
Posted by HankHardisty - 09/19/2011 - 9:16pm -

Either brother George did not like what I had to say, or this was the beginning of my teasing years. Or, perhaps, I was wanting to count his tonsils or see where that noise coming from. Someone thought this shot was cute. This is a 35mm Kodachrome slide taken in the living room of my grandparent's farm house near Blandinsville, Ill. View full size. Words to brother George"You think those booties are cute now, but wait until I show this picture to your friends when you're 13." Great Kodachromes, Hank, all of them! OwDid you pinch him and then look innocent? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids)
Five O'Clock Sailors: 1960
... 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, ... 
 
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)
Bahamas: 1949
For a slight change of pace, here's a 35mm Kodachrome taken by my grandmother on a sailing trip around the Bahamas in ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/17/2007 - 8:23pm -

For a slight change of pace, here's a 35mm Kodachrome taken by my grandmother on a sailing trip around the Bahamas in 1949. View full size. (Travel & Vacation)
Christiansted: 1941
... scene, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/08/2008 - 10:03am -

December 1941. "Street scene, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the FSA. View full size. (The Gallery, Jack Delano)
The Coast Is Clear: 1974
... The three boys at Lincoln State Park in Southern Indiana. Kodachrome slide. View full size. Date Query John Lennon looks too ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 6:15pm -

The three boys at Lincoln State Park in Southern Indiana. Kodachrome slide. View full size. Date QueryJohn Lennon looks too young for this to be 1974, doesn't he? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids)
Salmon Kitchen In Use
... My mother is a blur of activity in this available light Kodachrome; judging from the grates piled up on the right front burner, she's ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 09/22/2011 - 4:59pm -

July 1964. My mother is a blur of activity in this available light Kodachrome; judging from the grates piled up on the right front burner, she's cleaning the O'Keefe & Merritt's chrome top. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kitchens etc., tterrapix)
Grandma In Her Kitchen
Early 50's, Valparaiso, Indiana, Kodachrome. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kitchens etc.) ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 09/22/2011 - 7:24pm -

Early 50's, Valparaiso, Indiana, Kodachrome. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kitchens etc.)
Grandma Morrell
... (Wogatske) Morrell. 5 Bellaire Dr, Old Saybrook, CT. 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size. Time capsule This photo is ... 
 
Posted by dorian_morrell - 08/21/2009 - 12:24pm -

1941 - Arlene "Billie" (Wogatske) Morrell. 5 Bellaire Dr, Old Saybrook, CT. 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size. Time capsuleThis photo is chock-full of awesomeness. The art deco vanity, frilly curtains seen in the mirror, doilies carefully positioned on the vanity, grandma's shiny ribbon skirt and gold-trimmed blouse, her bright red lipstick and big smile...it's all fantastic. It looks like a fur coat is thrown across the bed, so maybe she's getting ready for a night out on the town. I like the way the photographer carefully positioned himself/herself just out of range of the mirror, too. DecorLove, love, love that vanity. And I remember those decorative tin wastebaskets from my grandfather's house. Nowadays, trash cans are plastic and boring. Great pic! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Vacationland USA: 1966
... just popped in for a look (and for me to take this Kodachrome slide) as we headed home down US 50 after a visit to Virginia City. ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 09/12/2018 - 2:45pm -

Actually, Lower Echo Lake, a body of water about seven miles south of Lake Tahoe as the crow flies. We didn't actually make use of the lake on our 1966 vacation, just popped in for a look (and for me to take this Kodachrome slide) as we headed home down US 50 after a visit to Virginia City. View full size. TranscontinentalApropos of nothing, as they say: As I write this I am sitting 600 feet away from US Route 50 in Maryland. US 66 gets all the press, but US 50 is the great unsung cross-country route, Ocean City to Sacramento. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, tterrapix)
Rural Rod: 1959
I found this 35mm Kodachrome slide dated December, 1959 in a collection at a swap meet. View ... 
 
Posted by Cazzorla - 09/05/2014 - 8:18pm -

I found this 35mm Kodachrome slide dated December, 1959 in a collection at a swap meet. View full size. 1950 Although slightly modified (at the least, missing it's grill), this is most certainly a 1950 Mercury! The colorI like the color of the Mercury. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Star Trouper: 1954
... movie musical 'There's No Business Like Show Business'." Kodachrome transparency from photos by Robert Vose for Look magazine. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/13/2018 - 11:15am -

September 1954. "Marilyn Monroe performing Latin dance number 'Heat Wave' in the movie musical 'There's No Business Like Show Business'." Kodachrome transparency from photos by Robert Vose for Look magazine. View full size. Sassy!The set of the legs, the twist of the torso, the twirl of the skirts, the look on the face. She’s the whole package. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, Dance, LOOK, Marilyn Monroe)
Broadway by Day: 1950
New York City 1950 Kodachrome/Argus C3 camera. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by mpcdsp - 10/05/2013 - 9:28am -

New York City 1950 Kodachrome/Argus C3 camera. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Meriman Photo Art: 1957
... Photo Art, 1411 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, California. Kodachrome slide taken in 1957 that I found in a thrift store. View full ... 
 
Posted by Vintagetvs - 12/02/2016 - 8:52pm -

Meriman Photo Art, 1411 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, California. Kodachrome slide taken in 1957 that I found in a thrift store. View full size. 1955 Chrysler WindsorOn the left. (My dad had a '56). Deluxe Newport? Meriman Proprietor If it were slightly more legible, the writing on the front fender says Irwin G. Renish & Son, the son being Robert Renish. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Me Photographing You
Kodachrome slide of my 8-year-old father with a camera. The year is 1956 and ... 
 
Posted by polishprinsezz - 08/11/2011 - 8:54am -

Kodachrome slide of my 8-year-old father with a camera. The year is 1956 and the location is on Wellington in Chicago Illinois. View full size. CameramanLooks like a Kodak Brownie StarFlash, but the online sources I've found all say it wasn't introduced until March 1957. Great gift for a kid back then. Now they get cell phones that do everything including tracking of incoming comet impacts. BrownieIt could have been 1957. I know I am Pretty close with guessing the year this was. Thank you for the feed back tterrace. I admire your images you post. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Pacific Ocean Park: 1960
Another fascinating historical Kodachrome taken by my dad. Taken in May 1960, two years after the park opened ... 
 
Posted by rsyung - 09/12/2014 - 7:21pm -

Another fascinating historical Kodachrome taken by my dad. Taken in May 1960, two years after the park opened and seven years before it closed forever, Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California was supposed to rival Disneyland (or so I am told). View full size. Diving Bells and Mahi MahiI just had to find out what those two blue cylinders were: diving bells, which were submerged in the tank by hydraulic pistons. The alleged fun was when the pressure holding the bell down was released and the bell shot back up to the surface. But way more fun is the fact that the climactic scene of the final episode of The Fugitive (aired August 29, 1967) was filmed at this park, with Dr. Richard Kimble fighting the one-armed man atop the Mahi Mahi tower. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Smoking in Venice: 1950
"St. Mark's Square," circa 1950. From a set of Kodachrome slides I found in an antique store, apparently taken by American ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 11/07/2018 - 11:16am -

"St. Mark's Square," circa 1950. From a set of Kodachrome slides I found in an antique store, apparently taken by American tourists. The slides aren't dated, but the mounts are the type used by Kodak from 1950 to 1955. View full size. Coat du jourJudging by the lady's coat (i.e. the shoulders, which were popular in the '40s), I'd say it's nearer the earlier end of your slide mount's life. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, tterrapix)
Christmas: WWII
In this Kodachrome picture are the McGough family of Highlands, New Jersey, having ... 
 
Posted by Championhilz - 09/19/2011 - 2:09pm -

In this Kodachrome picture are the McGough family of Highlands, New Jersey, having their Christmas portrait made. Everyone is home for Christmas except for one person, Lawrence McGough, who was serving overseas as a B-17 bomber crewman. Note the picture of Lawrence in uniform in the background. View full size. PrecisionThat tinsel was not just thrown at the tree, but placed there strand by strand. What an effect! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
Wedding Aftermath 1954
Gary, Indiana. January 1954. Kodachrome. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Weddings) ... 
 
Posted by delworthio - 07/01/2008 - 11:38pm -

Gary, Indiana. January 1954. Kodachrome. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Weddings)
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