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Pontiac Nation: 1928
... Indian trade blankets made by Pendleton woolen mills in Oregon (the two on the right are definitely Pendleton patterns from that era) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/27/2019 - 3:25pm -

        A scene that would no doubt bring a tear to Chief Pontiac's eye. San Francisco in 1928. "Scouts in Indian costume with Pontiac autos." Junior G-men by the looks of it. 8x10 inch nitrate negative. View full size. Why all the San Francisco Car Pix?How does Shorpy come by so many car pictures from the San Francisco Bay Area? [He bought them from the estate of a lady who collected them. - Dave] Indian trade blanketsThose costumed Scouts are sporting Indian trade blankets made by Pendleton woolen mills in Oregon (the two on the right are definitely Pendleton patterns from that era) and others. They were traded to the Indians in early days, but Pendleton kept making them to the present day. The older ones, like these, are pretty valuable. I have one from 1930 with the original tag and a hand sewn tag with the owner's name, who apparently took it to camp or college. PontiacsWow! Can you imagine the outrage today over something like this? And we thought the Washington Redskins stirred it up. Companion CarThe first Pontiacs were built in 1926, as a "companion make" to the Oakland automobile. Oaklands were built from 1901 to 1931, until Pontiacs began to outsell them by a wide margin, then GM phased the Oakland out in favor of the Pontiac. Of course, now the PMD itself is now history. Probably Not Boy ScoutsJudging from the "G" on the hats and the triangular shaped patch on one boy's shoulder, my guess is that these are Indian Guides, an organization sponsored by the YMCA. The organization still exists, but within the last few years has shed the name and is now known as "Adventure Guides." [The triangle is similar to the Scouts' current "First Aider" badge. We also have a Cub Scouts insignia. - Dave] Order of the ArrowThey are definitely Boy Scouts, just look at the uniforms. The older guys are likely members of Order of the Arrow, which is still functioning. I was made a member when I was a Scoutmaster in 1983. (The Gallery, Boy Scouts, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Native Americans, San Francisco)
Shooting Crater Lake: 1975
... aiming my Nizo Super-8 movie camera across the waters of Oregon's Crater Lake. I'm on a trip with my brother and my friend who took this ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 07/11/2015 - 4:13pm -

In this image that I didn't know existed until a few days ago, I'm aiming my Nizo Super-8 movie camera across the waters of Oregon's Crater Lake. I'm on a trip with my brother and my friend who took this Kodachrome slide. It's among scores we discovered in a forgotten box in a spare room at his place. View full size. Home sweet home.I live about an hour away from the lake and try to get there at least once a year. It is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Style looks modernYour clothing and even hairstyle look like you could fit right in to 2015! Double ExposureIt would be interesting to see the Super-8 footage along with this photo. You know, like Van Gogh and Gauguin. Wizard IslandMy current desktop photo is a pic I took last year at Crater Lake: You own a tripodYou will never see a UFO. TripodI think I still may have that tripod in the attic (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, tterrapix)
Fancy Cakes: 1910
... it? Bumpy handrails I took a tour of the Pendleton Oregon underground city, our tour guide told us that handrails like these ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2013 - 10:49am -

New York circa 1910, somewhere on the Lower East Side. "Bread for the poor." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size. Street Ball Game?The reflection in the window looks like a kid in at least part of a baseball uniform sprinting to first. As for the bread, I might be wrong, but it looks good enough to eat. Before Pillsbury?I noticed the Gold Medal Flour sign on the left of the photo -- with the apparent company name of Washburn-Crosby. I wonder how the baker kept track of the age of each loaf of bread. Was day-old bread cheaper? RagamuffinDo I spy a little boy running away from the store, perhaps with a loaf of bread under his arm, reflected in the shop window? Or is that just my imagination? For the poor?A friend of the family once brought over a big round loaf of dark rye bread, and he used the word “pumpernickel.” My older brother and I had never heard the word before, but we did have a dog named Nickel, so we fed the lucky dog this weird loaf, all the while wondering why the visitor would bring over a loaf of bread for our dog. Willett Street I've come across some references to a Horowitz bakery on Willett Street on the Lower East Side during the early 20th Century. Today all that's left of Willett Street, also known as Bialystoker Place, is a block-long stub near the Williamsburg Bridge approaches. Most of the street, including where #81 would have been located, was removed 50 years ago for the construction of a housing project known as the Gompers Houses. "Krumbles" cerealI was interested in the ad cards for Kellogg's cereals in the window--something upscale and "All-American" seeming for the Lower East Side. I think the ad on the left is for "Krumbles", a cereal I can remember eating as a child in the late 50s-early 60s. It came in a box with blue morning glory flowers on it, and was a favorite of mine. Anyone else recall it? Bumpy handrailsI took a tour of the Pendleton Oregon underground city, our tour guide told us that handrails like these pictured were used by undesirables for sitting about. The storekeepers added bumps to prevent these sorts of people from sitting on the handrails after hours. (The Gallery, G.G. Bain, NYC, Stores & Markets)
Made in the Shade: 1941
... 1941. Youngsters at the Fourth of July picnic in Vale, Oregon. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/08/2008 - 12:41pm -

July 1941. Youngsters at the Fourth of July picnic in Vale, Oregon. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The Forties........when no one wore shorts. ShortsI dunno, check out the comic book -- the big blond guy with long hair (Samson?) is wearing shorts. Cotton ShirtsThat's an unusual shawl-collar shirt. Both boys' shirts are probably 100% cotton and look like they have been ironed. Note the sharp creases on comic book boy's shirt. Love those "white sidewall" haircuts! ComicWhat comic book are they reading? Yep, it's "Samson"James Lileks recently posted an unfortunately-drawn piece of cover art from the series. The hulking white girly-man in Spandex looks the same: http://lileks.com/institute/funny/07/65.html -- bloghwhoring @ http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Crying over comicsI start crying when I think of the many comic books that I sold or threw away years ago. Adults hated them and couldn't get rid of them fast enough. Corrupting the youth of America! (The Gallery, July 4, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Hanging Out: 1939
... the family first came." Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2009 - 10:22pm -

September 1939. "Mrs. Soper, FSA client, tells how it was when the family first came." Willow Creek area, Malheur County, Oregon. Medium-format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. The LadyDid Philip Seymour Hoffman channel this woman while doing Scotty in Boogie Nights? The KidInteresting how the little kid mirrors her posture. Grandmother SoperThis is my grandmother Charity O. Spencer Soper. She was just shy of 36 years old in this picture, and had 10 children. My mother, Donna, was her 12th and last child. Looking for familyHi, I came across this picture and wondered if you know any family history? I'm researching mine and Soper is my maiden name. Contact me at fishfamily5@yahoo.com if you'd like to connect. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Kids, Rural America)
Iron Dragon: 1943
... few weekends as the HOLIDAY EXPRESS, here in Portland, Oregon. Along with SP #4449, SP&S #770 is one of two historic steam ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/24/2013 - 8:35am -

March 1943. "On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois." Another of the many photos by Jack Delano documenting his trip on a freight train from Chicago to California. View full size. For those of us in the North CountryIt's a beautiful picture, but I'm going to be looking at landscapes like this for the next five months. Wonderful, Jack!I just can not get enough of these terrific train pictures. Which reminds me -- anything ever from Lucius Beebe? [The occasional order for caviar and Champagne. - Dave] Ahhh, that's Lucius alright..... from ''The Pump Room''? #3259was 2-8-2 stationed at Chillicothe that met its fate in 1952. You may have driven around in a car with parts made from this beauty. Old Tea kettlesSP&S #700 is getting eready to make some runs the next few weekends as the HOLIDAY EXPRESS, here in Portland, Oregon. Along with SP #4449, SP&S #770 is one of two historic steam engines tha operate out of Portland, with a third one currently being restored to running condition. There is nothing like the sound of a Steam train and whistle. Is she "carrying green?"I'm referring to the flags that can be seen on either side atop the smoke box. Very difficult to tell in an old black&white photo. They may be very dirty white ones, however. Green signified "extra section(s) to follow," meaning the train was long enough that it was divided into more than one train. White flags meant it was "running extra" as an unscheduled train not listed on the timetable. Considering the date, March 1943, at the height of WWII, either designation was possible. The railroads were doing yoeman service hauling troops and freight for the war effort! (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Wyoming: 1940
... of Nowhere Years ago, on a motorcycle ride in eastern Oregon on US 395 between Burns and John Day, I found a similar spot. Stopped, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/29/2018 - 9:55am -

March 1940. "Highway U.S. 30. Sweetwater County, Wyoming." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Running On EmptyIt almost looks like the background of the cover of Jackson Browne's album. On a clear day you can see foreverCertainly looks like the middle of nowhere. Great spot to hitchhike if you have the time. Vanishing PointHere is a visual definition of "vanishing point" if ever I saw one... Just West of WamsutterLocation is just west of Wamsutter, Wyoming. The rocky high point on the right is Eagle Nest Butte. I-80 nowOnly a small sliver of U.S. 30 in the far western part of the county now. Route 30I rode US 30 for the first half of a cross-country motorcycle trip about 15 years ago. Although much of it is now Interstate, a lot remains secondary and just a joy to ride on. Middle of NowhereYears ago, on a motorcycle ride in eastern Oregon on US 395 between Burns and John Day, I found a similar spot. Stopped, looked around to make sure of a lack of fences, telephone or power poles, or any human structure. I took a picture and sent it to family overseas with the statement "This is the middle of nowhere." The above picture really does qualify, better than the one I took. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Landscapes)
Our New Life: 1936
... Yakima, and my mother was from Walla Walla, down near the Oregon state line. Their families weren't totally unaffected by the depression, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/12/2014 - 2:40pm -

July 1936. "Migratory workers' camp in Yakima, Washington." Displaced farm families from the Dust Bowl states working as laborers in the Northwest's fruit orchards, living in government-run tent camps. Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. The House That Kent BuiltIt's interesting to note that the wood used to make part of the tent wall (to the right of the boy sitting on the sewing machine table) is from the shipping crate of an Atwater Kent console radio. Note, too, that 1936 was the year Kent closed the doors of his Philadelphia factory and moved to California. Five will get you ten, the radio isn't inside the tent. You don't need a weatherman . . .Is that a wind vane in the left background? If it used to be a windmill, there sure isn't much left! Keep Calm and Carry OnMy heart goes out to these folks. Uprooting your lives and moving no telling where just to make it. I wonder how these people ended up, better or worse off. Looks like Dad and son are waiting for Mom to come in from the orchards, maybe for some mending to be done with that old treadle machine. Dads shirt sleeve and sons knee britches. I would love to have a treadle. No electricity needed! ThankfulPhotos like these remind me to be thankful that my parents, who were born the very end of the 1920s, were both from Washington. My father's hometown is Ellensburg, which is very close to Yakima, and my mother was from Walla Walla, down near the Oregon state line. Their families weren't totally unaffected by the depression, but the land didn't turn against them, like it did in much of the country. My mother's people were farmers. Although she and her parents had to live with Grandpa's parents until 1934, and things like new clothing were rare, they always had plenty to eat. I wonder how many of the people in these pictures stayed in the northwest, and how many eventually returned to their previous homes, once things there had improved. Dbell, that area is well known for wind! When my father was in college, it was customary for the young men to use egg white, like a precursor to hair gel! PropsThat weather vane is just for showing the direction of the wind—this one has a propeller on the front that would spin in the breeze. I have a Singer pedestal sewing machine just like that one in my small collection, and I once helped build a tent house virtually identical to that one for a museum display. It was surprisingly comfortable, but then, I didn't have to live in it. FedorasSome wear them well, others not so well. This man had looking debonair nailed even in a numbingly humble situation. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Camping, Great Depression)
Cow Hollow: 1939
... Sam Cates, wife of Cow Hollow farmer. Malheur County, Oregon." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/13/2008 - 12:18pm -

October 1939. "Mrs. Sam Cates, wife of Cow Hollow farmer. Malheur County, Oregon." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange. Cow Hollow"Misfortune County"? Is that name designed to keep the California people away? Mrs. Sam Cates looks like if you gave her any sass, she'd pull that musket off the wall and your skull would end up hanging on those sun-bleached planks. Malheur CountyThe county is named for the Malheur River. First applied by French-Canadian trappers as early as 1818, and officially recorded as the name by Peter Skene Ogden of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1826. The river lived up to its name when an emigrant party led by Stephen Meek went up the river into the high desert. Once away from the river they ran out of water. By the time they reach The Dalles they had lost 23 people. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Rural America)
Desperado: 1941
... cap guns and fireworks for sale, Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon." 35mm acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/13/2020 - 12:15pm -

July 1941. "Store with cap guns and fireworks for sale, Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon." 35mm acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Regrets"If only I hadn't spent all my money on licorice twists!" I give upWhat in the world is on the front of this young man? [A dog. - Dave] Cap RollsThe "ammo" for a cap gun is a roll of red paper with small amounts of explosive powder. The smell of the smoke emitted along with the shot was part of the experience. "A dog"A plaster dog, at that. I bet his mother just loved it! Well, at least it didn't need to be housebroken. HubleyA first-rate brand. Ask the kid who owned one. Very nice inventory, I am partial to the pearl handled 1911. General Patton would not approve ... of pearl grips on a cap gun. And while I like a good Hubley, I'm a Fanner 50 man. (The Gallery, July 4, Kids, Russell Lee, Stores & Markets)
Coffee Run: 1941
... at the picnic grounds on the Fourth of July at Vale, Oregon." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/06/2014 - 10:58am -

1941. "Free coffee served at the picnic grounds on the Fourth of July at Vale, Oregon." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size. HairThese kids' haircuts match the current hairstyles of half the soccer players in the FIFA World Cup finals now on in Brazil. Hot cupsThose metal camping cups look rustic and useful for durability, packing,etc. but they get unbearably hot when filled with coffee. Not only is it painful to hold onto them, you will burn the dickens out of your lips and mouth when you try to drink out of them. The same is true of the blue enamel (with white specks) "granite ware" camping cups. Like many things in life, they aren't always what they seem. White sidewallsNickname for that "style" of haircut in the 30's, 40's; shaved close on the sides and neck and long on the top. A variation seems to be coming back these days on young men. Re: Hot CupsThose cups do get hot. The main reason is the rolled rim which in some cups also contained a wire. All this extra metal retains a lot of heat and even if the rest of the cup seems cool enough to drink from. Some fellows I knew would cut away the rolled rim from the side they drank from. If you do that, you learn pretty quick to file it smooth. Myself, I just blow on the edge first and cross my fingers. WhitewallsLove the whitewall haircuts. I went to an old-school barber just before my interview for a faculty position at a university back in 1990. He gave me whitewalls like this before I realized what he was doing! Must have worked, since I still have the job 8-) got your ears lowered?When my 2 sons were about 10 and 12, this type of haircut (or a variant) was called the Skater cut. Now my younger son is 29 and a staff sergeant in the Air Force, and other than the long hair on top, this is how he has it cut. (The Gallery, July 4, Kids, Russell Lee)
Technocracy Inc.: 1939
August 1939. Josephine County, Oregon. "New sign, erected seven years after Howard Scott talked of a survey of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/27/2014 - 2:05pm -

August 1939. Josephine County, Oregon. "New sign, erected seven years after Howard Scott talked of a survey of North America and formation of 'energy units,' which had widespread vogue in the early years of Depression." Another of Dorothea Lange's quirky-sign photos. View full size. Still Around in the '50sIn Berkeley at least. Along with Moral Rearmament and others. New Deal=Ying Yang!?!Zen meritocracy? Gray timesThis movement arose during the Great Depression. Technocrats proposed replacing politicians and business people with scientists and engineers who had the technical expertise to manage the economy. A man named Howard Scott is considered the founder of the movement, which began right after the end of World War 1. The writings of Edward Bellamy some of the later works of Thorstein Veblen were influential in the movement's rise into the 1930s. Members came from all across the United States and Canada. Their "calling card" was owning and driving gray vehicles. Apparently they are still around: http://www.technocracy.org/ Don't know about Technocracybut I have it on good authority that Stoopnocracy is peachy... (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange)
Fresno Fruit & Honey: 1915
... fruit harvest in California from the south in spring to Oregon in the fall. I started out trucking (hand truck) lug boxes of pears to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/18/2015 - 11:52am -

Fresno, California, circa 1915. "Auto tourists in Fruit Packing District." 8x6 glass negative by Howard Clinton Tibbitts, a San Francisco-based photographer who worked for the Southern Pacific railroad and its Sunset magazine. View full size. Get My Travel Agent!This is not the gastronomic tour I signed up for! Pear-PackingI worked at the Young Bros. Fruit Exchange (Newcastle, California) in the early 1950s when I was 12 to 15 years old. Prior to that I picked pears at 17 cents per lug box. At the packing shed the pears were packed by size: a size of 65 packed would produce a 52-pound box with 65 pears wrapped in tissue. Most of the workers were local, but many followed the fruit harvest in California from the south in spring to Oregon in the fall. I started out trucking (hand truck) lug boxes of pears to the sorter/sizer that then distributed the pears to the bins by size for the packers. I tried packing (more money); I am tall and the bins are low, so I barely lasted the season. I finished up my "career" at age 15 running the nailer putting lids on the boxes. Possibly a firstIt appears there are people actually smiling in this photograph. We don't normally see that from this time period. The photographer may have been the first ever to yell out "Everyone say Cheese"! Guggenhime & Co.This is Guggenhime & Co. Plant No. 12, located on Santa Fe Avenue in Fresno. A link to another image of the plant. Guggenhime(I keep wanting to spell it "Guggenheim") This is located at the corner of Santa Clara and Santa Fe avenues on the south end of downtown Fresno. The water tank in the background has the correct name. The building in the foreground is the packing, grading and sulphuring house. Behind it is the fig packing house. On the right side, just out of frame was the San Joaquin Ice Company, with a Creamery attached. Now, this area is where State Route 41 goes over downtown, and where there's a parking lot. https://goo.gl/maps/iP1vQmdqSvu (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Railroads)
Tiny House: 1939
August 1939. "Josephine County, Oregon, near Grants Pass. A row of shelters like this for hop pickers' ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/10/2017 - 3:44pm -

August 1939. "Josephine County, Oregon, near Grants Pass. A row of shelters like this for hop pickers' families." Medium format negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. What A Beautiful SmileThat smile makes my troubles seem minor. Great picture. She's smilingAfter so many photos of stiff faces, it's refreshing to see her unpretentious smile. Dirty work!I hope those shacks are a ways away from the fields! My brother has worked harvesting hops, and many other things, and says it's the dirtiest crop there is! AdaptingIsn't it amazing how we humans can adapt to most anything. Dave, this picture has so much character that I did not notice until I studied it for a long time. This is really a pole barn, with boards halfway and then canvas. I would think the canvas might be to open it up during the really hot times maybe. Or they just ran out of boards. I bet that old cast kettle behind the cook stove cooked them some good taters - and I noticed they did have salt. Great site, great picture. Cast IronI like the Dutch oven at the edge of the clearing. It is the kind with the raised lip on the lid to hold coals for baking. I can just imagine the biscuits or cornbread that came out of that cast iron beauty. Shadows of the pastEvery time I come back here to look at this photo it reminds me of some of the things that we built in Vietnam. The roll-up shades to keep to sun as well as the breeze out, but happily direct the mosquitoes to their evening repast. The cast iron stove reminds me of our makeshift BBQ we built from cinder blocks and a refrigerator shelf. What's missing is a dog. Our strange visitor was a dog that would magically appear whenever we fired the grill. And lastly, the great smile on our faces as we felt we had accomplished relatively luxurious accommodations in contrast to our other realities. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange)
Passageway: 1944
... thought when I scrolled down to the picture. Growing up in Oregon, my friends house had one. We always played in the breezeway. Defend ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 11:03am -

October 1944. Wilkes County, Georgia. "Woods Plantation Country House, Washington vicinity." Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. Fresh AirAhh, a breezeway. Frances Benjamin Johnston does it again! My First ThoughtI was excited to open the comment and it was "breezeway"; that was exactly what I thought when I scrolled down to the picture. Growing up in Oregon, my friends house had one. We always played in the breezeway. Defend yourselfI am not sure that I would fire that shotgun before checking the barrel to see if the mud dauber wasps had plugged it. BangOkay, I've waited two days now for someone to say something about the rifle on the wall. I guess it's up to me. The Riflemust be for when the revenuers would come. Breeze carefullyIf you breezed through there without the homeowner's approval, you might get a load of buckshot in the pants on your way out. (The Gallery, F.B. Johnston)
Little Oklahoma: 1939
... I live near the WA/OR border and see plenty of cars with Oregon plates living in my neighborhood--and I have a few "get a Washington ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/15/2018 - 12:55pm -

September 1939. "Service station run by former resident of Oklahoma in Questa, New Mexico. Oklahoma newspapers as well as other Oklahoma products are for sale here." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Admin. View full size. You can trust your carTo the man who wears the star. The big bright Texaco star! At every Texaco StationI remember the cool Texaco commercials, and some Conoco ones too! That was a GREAT time to be a kid in this country. https://youtu.be/b1zxOTDHIBQ SignageLots of interesting fonts here. Love your stateI do not know whether to think "nice marketing angle" or "learn to love the state you are in." But then again, I live near the WA/OR border and see plenty of cars with Oregon plates living in my neighborhood--and I have a few "get a Washington license" words in my head. Ex-TexacoWhen John Collier visits in 1943, the station has converted to Conoco. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8d45032/
Picnic in the Park: 1939
August 1939. "Grants Pass, Oregon. 'California Day.' A picnic in town park on the Rogue River. Hot summer ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/25/2015 - 1:09pm -

August 1939. "Grants Pass, Oregon. 'California Day.' A picnic in town park on the Rogue River. Hot summer afternoon." Photo by Dorothea Lange. View full size. Outdoor eleganceI love the fresh flowers for the picnic table. Such a nice touch, should be a good day for everyone. Pendleton blanketThat looks like a Pendleton Indian trade blanket those kids are sitting on. And don't you wonder what's under that cloth on the table? Is it just me, or...Am I the only one who has never, until this photo, seen the kind of happiness like on that little girl's face in a Lange photo? Pastorale in Four FlatsIgnoring the adults obviously made dour from the oppressive heat, the little girl and baby present a captivating image. Charity requires that we assume that a splendid lunch reposes beneath that sheet, and not a corpse with legs drawn up from rigor. Times have certainly changed.Back in the day, even for a picnic you were dressed good enough to attend church. My great grandmother would have been aghast if you were seen outside without a hat. "You'd fry your brain!". I've had friends ask me about seeing women dressed in evening gowns and such on the streets of New Orleans, and I have to gently suggest to them that those probably weren't women. Women just haven't dressed like that in over 50 years. We've gotten far less formal than a family picnic like this would have been. Having said that, the woman on the far right looks like "a rebellious youth" must have been like back then. She's not particularly young though. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Kids)
And Away We Go: 1936
... of North Dakota. Family leaving drought-stricken farm for Oregon or Washington." Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/03/2012 - 12:47pm -

July 1936. "Drought area of North Dakota. Family leaving drought-stricken farm for Oregon or Washington." Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. Not a 'flivver' (Model T Ford)In fact, it looks pretty substantial, if a bit time-worn. But what is it? They were going in that old flivver?I hope there was a better car out of view on the right. That one looks as if it couldn't even make it to the nearest general store. [Rothstein felt that showing the butler packing the Duesenberg would spoil the effect. - tterrace] That old flivvverMost were lucky enough to have an old flivver. Some had to walk with what they could carry. BTW... tterrace - loved your comment. (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Dust Bowl)
The Cat in the Hat: 1939
... farms of the 1930s Dust Bowl to California, Oregon, Washington and the South. The captions are hers. I love this ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/05/2009 - 2:41am -

August 1939. Yakima Valley near Wapato, Washington. Farm Security Administration client Chris Adolph. "My father made me work. That was his mistake, he made me work too hard. I learned about farming but nothing out of the books." View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. Today, the first installment of another selection of photos by Dorothea Lange of Midwesterners en route from the drought-stricken farms of the 1930s Dust Bowl to California, Oregon, Washington and the South. The captions are hers. I love this picture. We haveI love this picture. We have a lot of pictures of my Grandpa and his brothers that look a lot like this. Always the hat... :) GutsRemarkable photo by Lange who witnessed the Great Depression. Her pictures are for the ages. I hope we never see an era like that again. (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression, Portraits)
The Dalles
... similar to the recent photo of Native Americans fishing in Oregon. Free viewing to see the 3D isn't difficult and worth doing to get the ... 
 
Posted by 3dfoto - 02/14/2022 - 2:39pm -

This is a 1950s Kodachrome stereo slide I bought some years ago, similar to the recent photo of Native Americans fishing in Oregon. Free viewing to see the 3D isn't difficult and worth doing to get the sense of action. This lot also included stereo slides of Glen Canyon dam under construction. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Now We're Cooking With Gas!
... harder I scrolled through the OCR text of the Roseburg, Oregon newspaper article (the second link from Dave's search), and read that ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/03/2017 - 10:48am -

Columbus, Georgia, circa 1948. "Kitchen display -- Tappan stove." 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size. Warmed-Over MemoriesI grew up with that same Tappan stove. Was happy to find that name on the cooktop and double ovens here when I moved in. Easy WhirldryA small portable washing machine. [The Stove People don't know what they're missing. - Dave] Google even harderI scrolled through the OCR text of the Roseburg, Oregon newspaper article (the second link from Dave's search), and read that it's an Easy Whirldry Washer: https://www.google.com/#q=%22whirldry+washer%22 Plenty of hits on that; even a recently uploaded (2011) YouTube video of one in operation - in color! What's in the Box?Can anyone make out the label on the box to the left? It looks like it says "New! All Purpose Whirlday Washer" - it's that word Whirlday - a google search comes up empty - that's what it looks like but that doesn't sound right. Its certainly Whi something something day though. [Maybe you're not Googling hard enough. -Dave] Know Them WellTappan stoves were made in my hometown of Mansfield, Ohio. Stovemaking started there in the 1800's. My great-grandfather was a patternmaker for one of the local stove companies in the late 1800's. Betty BrownWas Betty Brown the name of the store or the new owner? I wonder what happened to the middle finger of the man in the back! [She seems to have been the Betty Crocker of Tappan. -tterrace] (The Gallery, Columbus, Ga., Kitchens etc., News Photo Archive)
Good for Life: 1942
July 1942. "Nyssa, Oregon. Farm Security Administration mobile camp. Soda pop is delivered at the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/23/2016 - 1:21pm -

July 1942. "Nyssa, Oregon. Farm Security Administration mobile camp. Soda pop is delivered at the camp for Japanese-Americans." Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size. Summer jobMy summer job for four years in high school and college was working in the local Coca-Cola bottling plant, loading and unloading trucks like this one. There were no high-loaders or lifts, it was all done manually. To load a row of cases in the top rows, you had to climb up the side of the truck and push with your foot, since the row was too heavy to push by hand (at least for me). To unload empty cases, you could usually push the row by hand, but you still had to climb the side of the truck to grab them, depending on the height of the truck and how tall you were. Then, after unloading, all the empty cases had to be sorted by hand: all the Coke bottles in separate cases, all the Pepsi bottles in others, etc. Sometimes you'd find "strange" things in a returned empty bottle, e.g., a dead mouse or a cigar. One of the job's benefits was free Coke, all you wanted, and you soon learned that not all Coke tasted the same. The best was "post mix", the syrup used in fountains, where the syrup and carbonated water were mixed on the spot. Next best was "pre mix", where the syrup and water were pre-mixed in large metal cans, for businesses, county fairs, etc. The last was regular bottled Coke. This of course was in the days when Coke contained cane sugar, not high-fructose corn sugar. I thought I had the best summer job in town. My First Impression"How come you're not in the service, mister?" [Answered here. -tterrace] Glass bottles = best tasteThe oldsters among us will know that those old time glass bottles, despite their inconvenience, gave one the best burst of flavor one could receive from a bottle of soda without the metallic tones of aluminum or the chemical betrayal of plastic. I fondly recall that at large summertime picnics usually put on by community groups, religious and ethnic clubs when I was a child, we always looked forward to the individual glass bottles of frigidly cold, fruity, delightful flavors and colors seen in those huge galvanized tubs containing vast amounts of crushed ice and nestled within that ice, like jewels, were tantalizing glass bottles of vivid lime green, bright orange, red cherry, purple grape, root beer and other tempting choices to enjoy with one's hot dog or burger. Since my siblings and I were always expected to share a single quart bottle when we were at home, at these special affairs we would each get our very own and would often drink ourselves silly. There really is something sensory and unique about a crystal clear, frigid, refreshing flavor from a glass bottled beverage on an oppressively hot, sweaty summer afternoon. Just another memory from the "long-ago" that will never come again. Soda pop is deliveredThen empties are picked up and loaded. Before there was a dosage recommendationIn later years, Dr Pepper eliminated the 'period', and the tag line became 10 - 2 - 4. Those were the optimal times for the beverage. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Relocation Camps, Russell Lee)
Baby on Board: 1939
... truck at the Farm Security Administration camp at Merrill, Oregon. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. Re: Reflection ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 9:54pm -

October 1939. Baby from Mississippi in truck at the Farm Security Administration camp at Merrill, Oregon. View full size. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. Re: ReflectionGood eye you have there, Ron. It's the collar of the camp nurse! ReflectionLooks like a reflection of someone in the window (on the left) (The Gallery, Dorothea Lange, Great Depression, Kids)
Woman With Refrigerator
A photo from my wife's family. Probably shot in Oregon. From the 1940s or 50s judging from the refrigerator. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by Bruin - 02/03/2022 - 7:47am -

A photo from my wife's family. Probably shot in Oregon. From the 1940s or 50s judging from the refrigerator. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Young America: 1941
... "Kids' race at the Fourth of July celebration in Vale, Oregon." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2018 - 11:54am -

1941. "Kids' race at the Fourth of July celebration in Vale, Oregon." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Winners! Shoeless is best! If I recall my vintage catalog research well, shoes at the time mostly came with leather soles, in addition to leather uppers. With certain exceptions, like boots for barn wear or inclement weather, which were of course rubber. Leather soled shoes would be much too slick to run in, when what you're running on is dry dirt, therefore, stocking feet - for which you'll certainly get a scolding when your mother finds the condition of the "soles" of your socks! - or better yet, bare feet, are surely the way to go! [Another exception would be the rubber-soled sneakers worn by zillions of boys. - Dave] WinnersBarefoot seems to be the way to win. Stocking feet seems to be doing well also. Who needs shoes! Nice to see that the race is one class and not split between boys and girls or between ages. Of course, don't know if they have separate prizes but at least it is one race. Fit bunchNot a lot of body fat in the group. Chalk one up for the girls.They seem to be holding their own among all the boys. Boy on leftNever run a race without your Stetson on. (The Gallery, July 4, Kids, Russell Lee, Small Towns, Sports)
The Drifter: 1912
... boating/floating down the Willamette River from Eugene to Oregon City. Had to make sure to paddle quick to avoid the ferries at Buena ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/01/2015 - 11:45am -

Northern California circa 1912. "Boating on the Russian River at Healdsburg." 6x8 inch glass negative by Howard Clinton Tibbitts. View full size. Same Up NorthReminds me of two successive summers boating/floating down the Willamette River from Eugene to Oregon City. Had to make sure to paddle quick to avoid the ferries at Buena Vista and Canby, but otherwise just floated along, with the supply boat tied to ours. Best 110 mile long river trek I have ever done. Lazy RiverLooks like it could be just above Healdsburg looking downriver near Fitch Mountain. Although there have been lot of changes since 1912. An Uncanny ResemblanceTo Paradise. Could have been my grandfatherMy mother was about 3 years old, growing up in Healdsburg, a mile or so off the river. My grandfather was a young man, recently arrived from Italy, by way of NYC. Resemblance to Paradise?The River is not so different today, if you're a mile or so Northeast of town. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, Landscapes)
Rotorua Cadillac: 1938
... least one of these used to run as a bus between Portland Oregon and Seattle Washington. I saw it for sale about two decades ago, luckily ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/03/2014 - 9:59am -

New Zealand circa 1938. "Cadillac 353 V8 service car operated by Rotorua Motors." Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. View full size. Perhaps a Real Station Wagon?Extended muti-passenger automobiles were in common usage to pick up hotel/resort guests at the train station and drive them to their destination. Service car explanationIn reply to "Perhaps a Real Station Wagon", no, the term "service car" is perhaps unique to New Zealand, where it meant a long haul passenger vehicle that was operated between main centres, much as buses do today. The term predates this Cadillac by at least 30 years. Great for lots of kids!I wish I'd had one of those when all of my kids were home! Busses?I believe at least one of these used to run as a bus between Portland Oregon and Seattle Washington. I saw it for sale about two decades ago, luckily restored, but I have no idea where it ended up. It's certainly not in any of the local auto museums. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, New Zealand)
Fruit Tramps: 1936
... in southern California and going through Napa, Medford Oregon and north to Washington. Some had tents and some pulled small house ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/12/2012 - 12:37pm -

July 1936. Yakima, Washington. "Fruit tramps from California who have come to the Yakima Valley for apple thinning." Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. TrampsI worked in pear packing sheds in Newcastle California in the late 40's and early 50's to earn spending for the school year. I met many people who followed the fruit starting in southern California and going through Napa, Medford Oregon and north to Washington. Some had tents and some pulled small house trailers. They worked very hard, and they were pleasant to work with. Most were older people supplementing their Social Security. What Is It?I'd swear that's a Model A Ford, but the radiator badge defeats me completely. Some sort of aftermarket overlay, a political protest or something? Or am I just wrong about the car being a Ford? [California State Automobile Association badge. - tterrace] Vehicle IDOkay, this roadster screams 1929 Model A Ford - i.e. bumpers, wheels, radiator shroud, general body shape, Ford oval in headlight glass, etc. But the emblem on the shroud is clearly not the Ford Oval. What gives? Can you do a closeup and shed some light on this mystery? [See comment below. Also, here's a restored 1929. - tterrace] (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Great Depression)
Daddy's Little Farmer: 1939
... of the children. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange. View full size. On the Banks of Plum ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/14/2013 - 10:48am -

October 1939. "Mr. Dougherty and one of the children. Warm Springs district, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange. View full size. On the Banks of Plum CreekThis type of image always reminds me of On the Banks of Plum Creek. When I read the books as a kid, the time that the Ingalls family spent living in their dugout house was my favorite part of the whole Little House on the Prairie series. It figuresI was blown away by this beautifully composed photograph. I hadn't scrolled down very far, and thought, "This must be some photographer." I scrolled down farther and sure enough, Dorothea Lange, who qualified as 'some photographer' times ten. What a talent she had for subject and composition. Made me smile. (The Gallery, Dogs, Dorothea Lange, Kids)
Transplant: 1939
... this farmer ever had. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/16/2013 - 11:31am -

October 1939. "Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer, starts next year on his own place. Quit school after third day. Can neither read nor write. Is 'best farm laborer' this farmer ever had. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. The Man With No NameDespite their inability to read and write, there was something special about people in this era. They had a work ethic that was incomparable. The farmers of America always have, do now, and will always in the future feed the world. I would hire this guy in a New York minute. The threshing crewSewing up up sacks of grain, grease gun at the ready. Oliver Red River Special thresherOliver Farm Equipment was created in 1929 when four companies merged. One of those companies, Nichols and Shepard, had been making threshers since 1857 and the Red River Special was a Nichols and Shepard model. The thresher in the photo is similar to this one. Great Face, just as clear and open as it can be. Hope his life was a full one with lots of grand kids and happy memories. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange)
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