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Here's Looking at Me: 1918
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "H&E photographer." A conceptual selfie made ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/24/2013 - 1:34pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "H&E photographer." A conceptual selfie made out of two glass negatives from the Harris & Ewing studio. View full size. I'd like to knowWhat brand/model camera that is that? It is pretty small for that time, and would it use glass plates? FashionistaNow that is one manly hat band! Ernemann KlappIt's a prewar German camera. Ernemann Klapp. Looks like it has a focal plane shutter. There's a bit about it in this article. (The Gallery, Harris + Ewing, Portraits)
Drama Queen: 1918
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Frazier, James C., Mrs., group" is all it says ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/15/2017 - 7:11pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Frazier, James C., Mrs., group" is all it says here. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Presidential action.Woodrow Wilson appoints the committee of silly hats. Congress refuses to fund the work of the committee. Castle QueensideIt appears that we have an assortment of chess pieces, slightly out of order. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Saved by Turtle Serum: 1913
Washington, D.C., 1913. "Dr. Freedman. Children cured by his cure." Another of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 8:10pm -

Washington, D.C., 1913. "Dr. Freedman. Children cured by his cure." Another of the tots supposedly cured of tuberculosis by the turtle serum injections given by German physician Friedrich Franz Friedmann, whose "phthisis treatment" caused much excitement back in the days before antibiotics, when TB exacted a huge toll in lives and suffering. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Little Philip Chase, Aged 5Our photo, used in a newspaper account of Dr. Friedmann's treatment, is evidently of "little Philip Chase, aged 5 years and 9 months old, who has been a sufferer for sixteen months, and who was the 'hero' of the clinic yesterday. Little Philip, who is better known around Engine Company No. 15 as 'Mike,' is the son of Albert Chase, a fire engine driver of No. 15, residing at 2114 Fourteenth street northwest." (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Kids, Medicine)
Music Hall: 1906
1906. "Music Hall, Washington Park." Cincinnati Music Hall on Elm Street, completed in 1878. 8x10 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/08/2019 - 10:28am -

1906. "Music Hall, Washington Park." Cincinnati Music Hall on Elm Street, completed in 1878. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size. Over-The-RhineGerman immigrants brought their culture to Cincinnati and settled in the area north of downtown. They built breweries and the Music Hall, along with hundreds of ornate, Italianate homes. A canal was dug to move commerce between the neighborhood and the Ohio River. There was such a heavy concentration of German-speaking people on the other side of the canal that the locals said, once you crossed it, you were over-the-Rhine. Still looking greatIt was built in 1878, and is the home of Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, and Cincinnati Opera, as well as the annual May Festival. Until the 1970s it was the city's main convention center, and the 1880 Democratic National Convention was held here. A major renovation project in 2016-2017 has brought it back to peak condition. Music Hall was built on what was a pauper's cemetery in the early and mid 1800s, and renovation projects 100 years later have dug up numerous bones. It is reputedly one of the most haunted sites in the country...if you believe that sort of thing. (The Gallery, Cincinnati Photos, DPC, Music)
Buggy Buffet: 1919
... The entrance to the park behind the car appears to be at Washington and Steiner streets: (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2017 - 11:35am -

San Francisco, 1919. "Grant Six touring car at Alta Plaza Park." Manifesting a variety of conveyances for young and old, in this latest psalm from the Shorpy Bible of Bygone Buggies. (Footnote: running-board doormat.) View full size. Dealer License PlatesThe earliest dated ones that I have seen. [California dealer plates with both the word and the date were first issued in 1915. -tterrace] Love the descriptionShorpy has the best descriptions. "Shorpy Bible of Bygone Buggies". I also particularly liked "Forgotten Phaetons" and "Brobdingnagian Broughams". And The Dealer Is ...Frank O. Renstrom, who was previously seen here. The driver seems to be Renstrom. The entrance to the park behind the car appears to be at Washington and Steiner streets: (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin, Kids, San Francisco)
Discus Duke: 1905
Washington, D.C., circa 1905. "A.C. Duganne, Technical High School." Track and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/30/2017 - 9:33am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1905. "A.C. Duganne, Technical High School." Track and field athlete Alfred C. "Duke" Duganne (1887-1964). 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size. DangThat dude has hairy legs. Now I Get ItThe reason I was marginal at Discus in high school is that I was doing it with shoes on. You'd think the coach would have taught me the correct technique. Partially evolved?OMG, shave those legs! (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Sports)
Mash Transit: 1920
November 12, 1920. Washington, D.C. "14 PERSONS INJURED IN CRASH OF 3 CARS: Wreck at 9th and F ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/27/2016 - 2:14am -

November 12, 1920. Washington, D.C. "14 PERSONS INJURED IN CRASH OF 3 CARS: Wreck at 9th and F Streets When Brakes Fail to Work Endangers Many Others. POLICEMEN LEAP TO SAFETY. More Than 2,000 Citizens Delayed an Hour in Getting Home ... " Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Largely unchanged after all these years! Living daylightsThe Masonic Temple (right rear) and Union Trust Co. building at left are shown to better advantage in a 1908 photo taken looking west along F St. from the former steps of what is now the National Portrait Gallery. (The Gallery, D.C., Streetcars)
Music Tooter: 1928
Washington, D.C., 1928. Going out on a low note: "Women with contrabass tuba" ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/17/2014 - 11:15am -

Washington, D.C., 1928. Going out on a low note: "Women with contrabass tuba" is all it says here. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Beat upBoy is thing beat up. I don't see a straight piece of tuba anywhere on it. And look at that finish. I wonder how many kids found out they didn't like playing in a band on that instrument. A Hierarchy of ErrorWhen you're holding your instrument 90 degrees off the correct position, puffing your cheeks is but a minor infraction. I suppose that this is a relatively inoffensive example of humorous juxtaposition, and I'll admit to never having seen a female tuba or Sousaphone player, but I once knew a diminutive young woman who could really rock a baritone horn! (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Music)
Stamps for Shriners: 1923
... the big convention of Masonic orders held 97 years ago in Washington, D.C. 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size. Stiff as a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/24/2020 - 10:17pm -

May 25, 1923. "Post office on wheels decorated with Shrine colors. Postmaster Wm. M. Mooney is standing before the office." This rig, last seen here, serviced the big convention of Masonic orders held 97 years ago in Washington, D.C. 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size. Stiff as a boardI kinda regret to say that the artist who painted the mural on the truck body didn't have the first idea how to paint humans standing in natural postures. Those two figures look like stuffed dummies. Rather have non perfect art than no artWhat you say about rendering the human form has merit, but would rather have this than the corporate clinical look of today. Applies to many things; compare old architecture to today's sterile version. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Wharfcar: 1922
... and U streets NW, on the edge of Adams-Morgan. Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "NO CAPTION (Streetcar stop)." Our second sample ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/24/2014 - 9:01pm -

        UPDATE: The intersection is 18th and U streets NW, on the edge of Adams-Morgan. Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "NO CAPTION (Streetcar stop)." Our second sample from this series of traffic-related views. Who can locate the intersection? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. 18th and U; Hasn't Changed MuchView Larger Map (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Streetcars)
Park Theatre: 1904
Indianapolis, 1904. "Park Theatre, Washington Street and Capitol Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/15/2018 - 2:31pm -

Indianapolis, 1904. "Park Theatre, Washington Street and Capitol Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size. Big BlocksThe building to the far left looks to have been built for the ages. I estimate the stone blocks used in its construction are at least two feet by four feet. About the size of the blocks in an Egyptian pyramid. Poor old thingChanged its name several times (The Metropolitan/Park/Park/Lyceum/Strand/Park/Capitol Theater), then was killed off by the talkies. Blood poison curedHoyt's Poisoned Blood Cure. (Indianapolis News, 1904) Or, if you prefer: Syphilis and blood poisoning cure from a celebrated Indiana physician. Be cured in the privacy of your own home. (And it's free!) (The Gallery, DPC, Indianapolis)
Chinese-Irish Checkers: 1944
March 1944, Washington labor canteen. Socializing with a hostess at the St. Patrick's ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 2:32pm -

March 1944, Washington labor canteen. Socializing with a hostess at the St. Patrick's dance. View full size. Medium format negative by Joseph Horne. Call for Philip MorrisHis pack of Philip Morris seems to be empty, but she is willing to provide her own smokes (brand unknown). (The Gallery, D.C., Joseph Horne, Music, WW2)
Jesse James Motors: 1951
Jesse James Motors, Ford Dealership. 374 Washington St. Weymouth, Ma., 1951 View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by sureshot - 09/18/2011 - 10:53pm -

Jesse James Motors, Ford Dealership. 374 Washington St. Weymouth, Ma., 1951 View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Gas Stations)
Grandpa's Store
This is in Longview, Washington on Washington way. It was taken some time in the late 40s or early 50s. That's my ... 
 
Posted by Piersol - 12/13/2011 - 11:46am -

This is in Longview, Washington on Washington way. It was taken some time in the late 40s or early 50s. That's my mother by the window. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Gasoline Alley: 1926
Washington, D.C., 1926. "Semmes Motor Co. -- Rudolph & West Co. truck." ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/06/2012 - 7:00pm -

Washington, D.C., 1926. "Semmes Motor Co. -- Rudolph & West Co. truck." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Dodge BrosThe truck is a Dodge Brothers, you can tell by the DB in the hub caps. The car in the background shows just how great those lacquer paint jobs look when they are new - doesn't last long though. Paint jobAnd the Dodge truck shows what you get when you paint with rattle can. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Sampson, Chico and Slew: 1944
March 1944. Washington labor canteen. Band for a St. Patrick's Day dance sponsored by the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 2:30pm -

March 1944. Washington labor canteen. Band for a St. Patrick's Day dance sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Joseph Horne. ERTCThe band is from the Army's Engineering Replacement Training Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. I would assume that Group 2 refers either to the second class being process by the center or a particular section within the training center. By the way the guys are drinking Royal Crown Cola. Now what they might have slipped into it is anyone's guess. [Also, the lion and Latin motto "Fare Fac" are from the Fairfax County crest. - Dave] (The Gallery, D.C., Joseph Horne, Music, WW2)
War Risk: 1923
... still occupies this building. Plus ça change ... Washington, D.C., 1923. "War Risk Bureau, Vermont Avenue and I Street N.W." ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/04/2017 - 11:51am -

        The Bureau of War Risk Insurance, a World War I agency that over the past century morphed into the Department of Veterans Affairs, which still occupies this building. Plus ça change ... Washington, D.C., 1923. "War Risk Bureau, Vermont Avenue and I Street N.W." 8x10 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size. Getting inside isn't easyLast month I attended a meeting at 801 Vermont Ave NW. The entrance is on the left under the mock columns and once inside the unwary visitor discovers an area about 8x10 feet devoted to security screening conducted by a team of crack contract employees. The space is too small for the number of visitors trying to enter and the crack contract employees are not very helpful. Not surprisingly, this entrance has a well known poor reputation. At 8 a.m. there is always a line of folks on the sidewalk. Perspective!I love how the top looks larger than the bottom, and the corener looms over us due to the lens used. Makes it obvious why cartoons are showing oddly shaped buildings to imitate perspective! And, is that "crack team" any more intelligent than the minimum wage idiots with TSA? [I bet they know how to spell "coroner." - Dave] DaytripperWhat's the story with the front automobile having black headlamp reflectors? Wouldn't that limit one to travel during daylight hours only? I'm sure I'm missing something here. [What's missing are two headlights. - Dave] (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo, WWI)
Cadillac Corner: 1906
Detroit circa 1906. "Hotel Cadillac, Washington Boulevard." Last seen here , with a different cast of characters. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2020 - 1:20pm -

Detroit circa 1906. "Hotel Cadillac, Washington Boulevard." Last seen here, with a different cast of characters. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. It's the Cadillac of hotelsDrape heights, plus the curtain billowing outward onto the fire escape, and open windows tell you the two photographs were taken on the same day in 1906. My guess is the first had the plume of smoke and the photographer waited for it to clear before taking the second. [The other photo was taken as part of a three-section panorama. - Dave] Sure, the crowd has changedBut the horse droppings are still in place. (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC)
Pepco: 1935
Washington, D.C., circa 1935. "Potomac Electric Power Co. service station ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/05/2018 - 3:51pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1935. "Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th Street and Florida Avenue. Linemen's truck." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size. Matchless ServicePEPCO is still the electric utility providing "matchless service" to D.C. and its Maryland suburbs. It is now owned by Exelon. "Matchless service." Get it? It's not gas; you don't need a match to light it. That probably made more sense when electricity was competing with gas for home lighting; they haven't used the slogan for a while. [The competition between gas and electric appliances for furnace and water heating, cooking, clothes-drying and refrigeration far outlasted the gaslight era, with the promotion of "Flameless Electric Living" and "Gold Medallion Homes" going well into the 1970s. - Dave] 10th & Florida aleady developedI considered 10th & Florida in NW too but it couldn't have been. This map from 1919 shows that 10th & Florida was an already developed urban neighborhood a decade before the PEPCO truck photo. The PEPCO building built in 1930 took the place of a large street railway car barn. To the north was a steep incline and grounds of Garfield Hospital. The PEPCO truck is out in the fringes of DC somewhere, I just don't know where. [The photo is from this series of images showing the building at 10th and Florida NW, as well as some of the trucks garaged there. - Dave] Incorrect address10th and Florida was built up and developed with rowhouses by the teens and 20s. This photo must have been mislabeled. I bet they meant something like 10th and Fort NE which was a paper subdivision just starting to be built in the 1930s. ["During the 1930s, Pepco experienced a building boom ... This led to the construction in 1930 of ... a new service station at 10th and Florida Avenue, NW ..." From this document, page 12. It's now the Howard University Service Center. -tterrace] (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Theodor Horydczak)
H. Danofsky: 1921
... H. Danofsky, Class of 1921 at Gallaudet University, the Washington, D.C., school for the deaf, in 1921. View full size. National ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/04/2012 - 3:45am -

H. Danofsky, Class of 1921 at Gallaudet University, the Washington, D.C., school for the deaf, in 1921. View full size. National Photo Company Collection. H. DanofskyH. Danofsky was a pioneer in the fledgling LBL - Lawn Basketball League. Unfortunately lawn basketball never caught the imagination of the average American sports fan the way its indoor cousin did. Sadly, little remains of its existence but a few faded photographs and tattered scoresheets collecting dust in some forgotten attics. [Very good. - Dave] And apparentlyit was a rather rough sport as all players discovered after their first game: knee pads were requisite for bumping down the 'paint'--oops, I mean between the 'lime lanes.' (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
Zone of Quiet: 1925
January 1925. Washington, D.C. "Wardman Motor Co. and Carlton Garage, 1108-14 Vermont ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/06/2017 - 2:35pm -

January 1925. Washington, D.C. "Wardman Motor Co. and Carlton Garage, 1108-14 Vermont Avenue." Dealer in Willys-Knight and Overland cars. We take our title from the sign on the lamppost: ZONE OF QUIET: ALL UN­NECESSARY NOISES PROHIBITED. 8x10 glass negative, National Photo Co. View full size. A long lost friend!Nearly empty milk bottle out on the windowsill to keep cool. [Plus another one over at the Burlington! - Dave] Kudos! Finding the second bottle at the Burlington takes a sharp eye! (Brief round of polite applause.) [Please, no applause -- just throw money. - Dave] Unnecessary Noise ProhibitedI once saw a sign exactly like that on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, next to a hospital. I've always wondered how the police would enforce that regulation. Would an officer approach an offender and say: "Was that noise really necessary? Because if not, I'm gonna have to book you!" Still can hear my Dad holleringfor leaving an inch of milk in the bottle. Why didn't you just finish it?? (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Daddy WAS a Fireman: 1928
Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Fire Dept. truck decorating." National Photo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/20/2017 - 1:00am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Fire Dept. truck decorating." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Gus the firemanCouldn't help but think of the Gus the fireman character, played by Burt Mustin, from the old "Leave It to Beaver" show when I saw that guy seated on the left. It's Not Neonbut I'll bet that sign would light up real good. (The Gallery, D.C., Fires, Floods etc., Natl Photo)
Smash Hit: 1917
Washington, D.C., 1917. "Auto wreck." Our fourth look ( one , two , ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/03/2015 - 9:10am -

Washington, D.C., 1917. "Auto wreck." Our fourth look (one, two, three) at this motoring mishap on Embassy Row at Massachusetts Avenue and 21st Street N.W. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. As if it never happened!No hint of the drama featured there 97 years ago: View Larger Map Exterior blindsI don't ever recall seeing a building with some type of Venetian style blind on the outside. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Four's Company: 1943
January 1943. "Engine Company No. 4, Washington, D.C. Firemen returning from a fire." Photo by Gordon Parks for the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/19/2019 - 8:46pm -

January 1943. "Engine Company No. 4, Washington, D.C. Firemen returning from a fire." Photo by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size. Back step FirefightersNo longer do Firefighters ride the back step to fires. Today they all sit in an enclosed cab, most often air conditioned. The days of the back step firemen are gone. No more tailboardingThe practice of tailboarding (as we called it where I was), that is having firefighters ride on the back step, was abolished throughout the U.S. by the mid-1970s. It was an incredibly dangerous practice and lots of firefighters were killed falling off the back of the truck trying to get into their gear while bumping down streets and around corners. Modern fire trucks have inside seating with seats designed to hold turnout gear and breathing apparatus so that you can don your gear while in motion and still be safe. Firefighters do a much better job when they arrive alive! 6th and R Street NWEngine Company No. 4 was DC's first all-black firefighting company. It was moved to 931 R Street NW in 1940. This scene shows the truck heading east on R Street as it crosses 6th Street. Only one of the houses with the fancy turrets on the left still has its turret (602 R Street NW). This photo is probably from the series Gordon Parks did to document Engine 4. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Fires, Floods etc., Gordon Parks)
1st Women's Fire Dept.: 1929
... Department." At the 1929 Firemen's Labor Day Parade in Washington, D.C. View full size. National Photo Company Collection. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 1:11pm -

"First Women's Fire Department." At the 1929 Firemen's Labor Day Parade in Washington, D.C. View full size. National Photo Company Collection. Okay......these are GUYS, right? (Ha, ha...very funny "hose" and "life net," boys. Oh, the good old days...) (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Little Girl Blue: 1931
Washington, D.C., circa 1931. "Longworth, Paulina, with parents." Paulina ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/27/2014 - 9:43am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1931. "Longworth, Paulina, with parents." Paulina (1925-1957), last seen here with her mother Alice Roosevelt Longworth, oldest daughter of Teddy, is now joined by her legal father, House Speaker Nicholas Longworth. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Mommy dearestWhat a sad picture. Alice looks totally uninvolved, as if she was sitting next to two strangers on a train while little Paulina looks like she's empty of feelings. In their own wayAlice's hands say it all. Too bad she couldn't have reached out to Paulina a bit. What was that Tolstoy said about unhappy families? (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Kids, Portraits)
Hosed: 1926
July 28, 1926. Washington, D.C. "Elephant at zoo." View full size. Nat'l Photo. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/03/2012 - 10:41am -

July 28, 1926. Washington, D.C. "Elephant at zoo." View full size. Nat'l Photo. Pachyderm in the DrivewayIs this big fella in a zoo, or is this a household pet? I'm assuming the former, but hey-the twenties were gloriously interesting. You probably could have an elephant in the back yard. [The answer is in the caption under the photo. - Dave] (The Gallery, Animals, D.C., Natl Photo)
Goofy College Coeds: 1947
... ladies (and one gentleman) were all attending Western Washington State College, in Bellingham, Washington. My mother is the one in the middle, laughing. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by noelani - 08/12/2011 - 6:27pm -

The inscription on the back of this says "Me and a bunch of goofy friends". These young ladies (and one gentleman) were all attending Western Washington State College, in Bellingham, Washington. My mother is the one in the middle, laughing. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Next Wave: 1920
... get in on the ground floor of wireless telephony! Washington, D.C., 1920. "National Radio School." Last seen here in an ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/10/2013 - 4:17pm -

        Enrollments are limited, so act now to get in on the ground floor of wireless telephony! Washington, D.C., 1920. "National Radio School." Last seen here in an exterior view. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Good adviceIn 1920 that would have been darn good advice. Hard to imagine now, but the radio boom was a bigger deal then, than the internet was in 1995. First ever development of a mass media market. It didn't "bust" until the 50s, at which point the same people could have gotten in on the TV boom. Only Morse, no telephony.Left to right, looks like 1/ Induction coil with adjustable spark gap at rear. 1/ Transformer with some kind of adjustable thing in the core gap? 3/ 2 volt lead-acid accumulator. 4/ Rotary spark gap for adding whiny sound to Morse code transmisions. 5/ Two inductors with ajustable coupling via hinge. Probably for adjusting the coupling of this entire transmitter-on-a-bench to an outside 500 yard long antenna. On the architrave is a knife switch for jump-starting whoever is lying on the slab. Knife Switch and FusesWe have a similar knife switch and fuse arrangement on a wall in the basement of our 110-year-old house. It's no longer connected to anything, but it does give that nice "Dr. Frankenstein's Laboratory" feeling! (Technology, The Gallery, D.C.)
Janet Whitton Moffett with President Calvin Coolidge, 1926
This photograph was taken in Washington, D.C., in 1926. It features my maternal grandmother, Janet Whitton ... 
 
Posted by kenmay - 10/14/2009 - 10:22am -

This photograph was taken in Washington, D.C., in 1926. It features my maternal grandmother, Janet Whitton Moffett, with President Calvin Coolidge. Ms. Moffett is pinning a medallion of some sort to Mr. Coolidge's chest, as part of a fund raising drive, perhaps to benefit the Red Cross. Other photos of Janet Moffett (whom you refer to as "Jane Moffett") can be found on the Shorpy site. Janet Moffett was the daughter of Admiral William Adger Moffett and Jeannette Whitton Moffett. She married Elliott McFarlan Moore, and had three children, Janet, William, and Elliott McFarlan Moore. After she was widowed, she married Griffith Mark, and had two sons, Griffith Mark and Peter Mark. View full size. How beautiful!Amazingly beautiful woman. And next to her the president looks like just a guy! Thank you for introducing her to usHer life story is compelling, and she strikes me as a true American original. She lost both her husband and her father to air crashes in 1933! At least Earhart, who must have been an inspiration, didn't die until 1937. What was the rest of her life story? Did you know her? She'd make a fascinating life for a biography. Thanks for sharing her. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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