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Parade Rest: 1943
July 1943. Washington, D.C. "Spectators at the parade to recruit civilian defense ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/04/2016 - 11:35pm -

July 1943. Washington, D.C. "Spectators at the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers." Photo by Esther Bubley, Office of War Information. View full size. Those spectator pumps!Do those ever bring back happy memories. My mama had a Navy blue pair she wore with a Navy dress that had big white polka dots on it, and she wore a big white hat and dark Jackie Kennedy glasses. I can see her, big as Dallas. Ordinary CitizensI am enjoying this series of photographs. They tell us so much about the way ordinary people, looked dressed and carried themselves on the Home Front during the war. The two carefully dressed women here are wearing lovely, flattering outfits, and like the previous commenter points out, great spectator pumps on the lady on the left. And this is also a photo of a white and black women sitting comfortably together during the era of Jim Crow. (The Gallery, D.C., Esther Bubley, Kids, WW2)
Joseph Straka Beer Hall
... is the wagon driver. This building still stands on Washington Street. The Strakas are my great grandparents, they lived in the ... 
 
Posted by desertmules - 09/22/2007 - 5:41pm -

Beer delivery to Joseph Straka Beer Hall, Milwaukee, WI. Photo taken in the 1890's. Man in apron, Joseph Straka. In doorway to the right Josephine Straka, his wife and one of their children. Assume the man standing near the front of the sidewalk is the wagon driver. This building still stands on Washington Street. The Strakas are my great grandparents, they lived in the upper story of this building. Nice ScanIts good to find interesting images of Milwaukee back in the old days. Post more if you have them. http://oldmilwaukee.net Additional views, old and relatively recenthttp://snipurl.com/ua020 [linkingyourpast_com] http://snipurl.com/ua05c [linkingyourpast_com] http://www.flickr.com/photos/desertmules/3776213460/ (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Votes for Women: 1913
... as a gypsy, during a February, 1913, suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. Photo from the Bain News Service. View full size. (The ... 
 
Posted by Ken - 09/08/2011 - 10:00pm -

Elizabeth Freeman, dressed as a gypsy, during a February, 1913, suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. Photo from the Bain News Service. View full size. (The Gallery, D.C., G.G. Bain, Politics)
Lotos Lantern: 1922
Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Lotos Lantern." Miss Steger's tea house at 731 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/26/2012 - 9:20am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Lotos Lantern." Miss Steger's tea house at 731 13th Street. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Original automobile "blue book"The "Automobile Blue Book" sign on the corner of the building brings up a very dim memory of seeing these (and maybe actively looking for them?) when I was a kid. Does anyone know when that publication finally ceased? A great many of them are online at Google Books for free - fascinating reading - but I couldn't find their history with anything I searched for. Special Attention to MotoristsDon't know the answer to jwp's question but below is the advertisement for Lotos Lantern Tea House in the 1923 edition of the Automobile Blue Book. Previous Shorpy post, The Lotos Lantern: 1916, shows this building from another angle as well as the prior, much smaller, location of the tea house around the corner. [Note to Dave: 13th 17th street.] (The Gallery, D.C., Eateries & Bars)
The Old Mill: 1899
... Vliet borrowed more money from the original lender, Washington Libby. Libby eventually gained ownership through default, although ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/25/2017 - 11:25am -

Green Lake, Wisconsin, circa 1899. "Old mill at railway station." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. The Mystery of the Two MillsThe Brooklyn flour mill, owned by John B. Vliet, was in business before 1865. Sometime in the 1870s it was damaged by fire. In order to get the mill running again as soon as possible, Vliet borrowed more money from the original lender, Washington Libby. Libby eventually gained ownership through default, although Vliet continued to operate it. It was out-of-business by 1925—the date of the photo below (note the 12-over-12 double-hung windows). It was torn down in the early 1950s to salvage the wood inside. The second photo is a water side view of the building. The Brooklyn Mill is often misidentified as the Sherwood Mill, which was built by Anson Dart and John C. Sherwood in nearby Dartford (now Green Lake) in 1849. However, the Sherwood Mill (also know as the Dartford Mill) burned down before 1875 and was never rebuilt. The mistaken identification is made because the Brooklyn Mill sat near the Green Lake Station depot on the Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Railroad (later the Chicago & Northwestern) line, which is out-of-sight of the mill in the main photo at top (location A on the map below). In 1975 the depot was relocated to downtown Green Lake and opened as a museum for the Dartford Historical Society (location B). The depot's new location just happens to be directly across the street from the site of the old Sherwood Mill, so it is easy to look at a modern map and see an old mill site and a railroad depot, and assume that they are the subjects mentioned in the original caption. The Dartford Historical Society has a great bunch of folks who helped untangle the mystery. Still around?My first thought was that this building would make a great and imposing post industrial loft style home. A shoreside property, too. Is it still around? Couldn't find it on Google Streetview. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC, Railroads)
Digging Out: 1922
Washington, D.C., after the blizzard of January 1922. "Snow" is all it says on ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/25/2016 - 12:17pm -

Washington, D.C., after the blizzard of January 1922. "Snow" is all it says on the caption card; we wonder if the absence of a shadow might portend six more weeks of winter. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Knickerbocker Storm of 1922The blizzard took its name from the collapse of the snow-laden roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre on January 28, 1922, which killed 98 people. Home Sweet HomeOh sure everything looks fine. Nice and cozy. You hang a few pictures, invite the neighbors over for drinks, and then someone goes crazy on you and lights a fire in the fireplace. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Car Radio: 1924
1924. Washington, D.C. "Auto equipped with radio (made for Potomac Electric Power ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2013 - 7:20am -

1924. Washington, D.C. "Auto equipped with radio (made for Potomac Electric Power Co.)" Another look at the high-tech Model T seen here a few days ago. Can the 8-Track be far behind? Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. B BatteryThe first car radios required A and B batteries in order to operate. In 1928 Bill Lear, later the developer of the afore mentioned 8 Track Tape and founder of the Lear Jet Company, came up, along with others, with a B Battery eliminator. He traded that invention to Paul Galvin for a 30% stake in Galvin's Company soon to be renamed Motorola. This proves the old adage, nothing happens until somebody sells something. (Technology, The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Streetscape: 1923
Washington, D.C., circa 1923. "Victor Building, Ninth Street N.W." National ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/03/2012 - 3:33pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1923. "Victor Building, Ninth Street N.W." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size. Victor BuildingBuilt in 1909, with an addition around 1912 that more than doubled the size. You can see distinctions in the facade: the left half is the older bit. The shell of this building still stands, it recently underwent extensive renovations resulting in a modified outward appearance. Access Hatches?Anybody know about those things that appear every 10' or so along the tracks? I'd guess they're metal access doors with an anti-skid type surface. What was under them? Why so many? Why the pairing of a big one and a little one? I assume that's a cable car track, and if that's true, then maybe those are where the cables guides were located and needed to be cleaned and greased? Can I ask any more questions in one post? [These are electric streetcar tracks with the power supply in the slot between the rails. - Dave] (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
Capitol Newsies: 1912
April 11, 1912. Washington, D.C. "Group of newsies selling on Capitol steps. Tony Passaro, 8 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2011 - 1:10pm -

April 11, 1912. Washington, D.C. "Group of newsies selling on Capitol steps. Tony Passaro, 8 yrs. old, 124 Schottes Alley N.E.; Dan Mercurio, 9 yrs. old, a chronic truant, 150 Schottes Alley; said he made 8 cents to-day. Joseph Tucci, 10 years old, 411½ 5th St. N.E.; Peter Pepe, 10 yrs. old, 24 Wonders Court; John Carlino, 11 yrs. old." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Lewis Hine)
Lincoln at the Capitol: 1924
Washington, D.C., 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Lincoln at Capitol." The Great ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2012 - 4:37pm -

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Lincoln at Capitol." The Great Transportator. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size. The Ford SuitsThe Ford suits should have driven this car to the Congressional Hearings instead of the corporate jet that gave them such bad PR. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo)
Table-Hopping: 1923
April 24, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Canadian horseman Jack Prestage on his thoroughbred ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2014 - 11:47pm -

April 24, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Canadian horseman Jack Prestage on his thoroughbred Tipperary." National Photo glass negative. View full size. And the dog said --I did NOT see that coming! But firstThe dog said, "Whoa!" (The Gallery, D.C., Dogs, Horses, Natl Photo)
Bystander: 1937
December 1937. Street scene in Washington, D.C. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 10:37am -

December 1937. Street scene in Washington, D.C. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. The LookWhat a malevolent-looking old man. (The Gallery, D.C., John Vachon)
Derailed: 1922
Washington area, 1922. "Railroad wreck." View full size. National Photo ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/26/2008 - 6:41am -

Washington area, 1922. "Railroad wreck." View full size. National Photo Company Collection. The tilted camera gives a nice arrangement of diagonals. (The Gallery, Natl Photo, Railroads)
Behind the Scenes: 1935
November 1935. "Backyard in Northwest Washington, D.C." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/29/2017 - 1:32am -

November 1935. "Backyard in Northwest Washington, D.C." Medium format negative by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. Still hopefulAlthough this man's living conditions look grim to us, he has a hopeful expression on his face. Let's hope he achieved his dreams. Is that an outhouse to the left of the photo? Alongside what looks like a chamberpot and a washboard? It looks like the living conditions of some of the urban poor weren't much better than those of the rural sharecroppers the Resettlement Administration photographed. Respectable-LookingI agree with Marysd. This man isn't in the underclass, he's what we'd today call "working poor". Note he has clothes that are in good condition, and he's wearing shoes -- not at all typical of the rural sharecroppers, or even sweatshop workers, we've seen in other Resettlement Administration photos. Yes, he hasn't tidied up his backyard, but maybe that's because, unlike so many people in 1935, he has a job and doesn't have time. I tried to identify as many objects in the photo as I could. I am sure about the towel hanging on the clothesline, essentially like a modern towel, the washboard, and the mop that could be a sponge mop or something similar. There's a T-square in the foreground; could he be a draftsman? It never occurred to me the lean-to on the left might be a privy as Marysd suggests. Usually, US outhouses had a crescent-moon shaped window high in the wall. This looks more like a storage shed but you never know. He has a good-looking dog, maybe mostly German shepherd, peacefully curled up on the ground. Let's hope he's a good master. (The Gallery, Carl Mydans, D.C., Dogs)
Ninth & U: 2008
... Northwest corner of Ninth and U streets, northwest, Washington DC. For "Now & Then" comparison with Elite Laundry: 1924. I ... 
 
Posted by stanton_square - 09/07/2008 - 2:35pm -

Northwest corner of Ninth and U streets, northwest, Washington DC. For "Now & Then" comparison with Elite Laundry: 1924. I couldn't get an equivalent angle to the 1924 photo without fear of being run-over. Also, I hadn't appreciated the wide-angle lens used in the original photo. This sad abandoned building has certainly seen better times. It looks like its last business incarnation was as a liquor store. It is currently sheathed with Formstone, (aka permastone), "the polyester of brick." The numerous club and concert posters plastered to the walls reminds me of the recent photo of 600 H St. NE: 1925. Oops, thanks to anonymous tipster for setting me straight on location. Envisioning the EliteThe lenses on those old view cameras were not especially wide-angle. Broadly speaking, the difference is in the size of the focal plane relative to the size of the lens. A 10-inch-wide glass plate would have been at least five times as wide as the lens aperture; a 35mm film frame (or the average CCD sensor in a digital camera) is about the same width as the lens, or smaller. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Modern Millipede: 1923
July 18, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Sunshine Girls dancing on beach." The British dance troupe ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/23/2020 - 12:47pm -

July 18, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Sunshine Girls dancing on beach." The British dance troupe last seen here, visiting the national capital for an engagement at the B.F. Keith vaudeville house. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Not Just Modern --A Thoroughly Modern Millipede! (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Pretty Girls, Swimming)
G-Man Jr.: 1917
Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Hoover, John Edgar." The future head of the FBI ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/18/2013 - 6:50am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Hoover, John Edgar." The future head of the FBI in his early 20s. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Toughest momma's boy there ever wasas he was still living at home when this picture was taken and would continue to do so until her death in 1938, when he was 43. Starting1917 was the year J. Edgar received his law degree and joined the Justice Department. We're seeing him at the start of a career with the DOJ that lasted until his death in 1972. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Portraits)
Sunshine & Shadow: 1916
... (with the hoop symbolizing 'Play') as presented at Washington Irving High School." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/16/2018 - 7:57pm -

June 5, 1916. New York. "Miss Mackay's pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow (with the hoop symbolizing 'Play') as presented at Washington Irving High School." Glass negative by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. The pageant explainedLittle Girls' Pageant Hits at Child Labor Re: The pageant explainedWell I'll be darned! When first I saw this post, I was going to attempt humor by submitting a comment saying that I wondered if LWH was taking a break this day from photographing exploited children. And there's my answer! (The Gallery, Kids, Lewis Hine, NYC)
Executive Mansion: 1910
Washington circa 1910. "Glimpse of White House from Monument Green." 8x10 inch ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/25/2013 - 11:27am -

Washington circa 1910. "Glimpse of White House from Monument Green." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Same spot......102 years later. Open Door PolicyStrange to see the White House not surrounded by Jersey barriers and no secret service personnel on the roof. (The Gallery, D.C., DPC)
Kook-Kwick: 1937
August 18, 1937. Washington, D.C. "Baby Service, Inc. Miss Ann Turner sterilizing bottles." ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/21/2013 - 2:28pm -

August 18, 1937. Washington, D.C. "Baby Service, Inc. Miss Ann Turner sterilizing bottles." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Nice picture.Miss Ann Turner is cute. Hope she had a happy life. Many meals from a stove like this!When I was a kid, we used a stove like this for YEARS. We bought a Coleman camp oven and made our baked goods in it. (The Gallery, Harris + Ewing, Kitchens etc.)
Deck the Hall: 1943
December 1943. Washington, D.C. "Decorating the tree at a Christmas Eve party given by Local ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/06/2017 - 11:36am -

December 1943. Washington, D.C. "Decorating the tree at a Christmas Eve party given by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)." Photo by Joseph A. Horne. View full size. CaptivatingA beautiful face is timeless. Pretty girlOkay, I'll say it: how lovely is she! Hair, skin, nails, watch - the whole package. (The Gallery, Christmas, D.C., Joseph Horne)
Iced Up: 1904
Detroit circa 1904. "Washington Boulevard fountain of ice." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/18/2014 - 11:48am -

Detroit circa 1904. "Washington Boulevard fountain of ice." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Wish we still did this. When I was much younger, my father used to take us out to Belle Isle to Ice Skate and to see the Ice fountain. They would lean Christmas trees against a pole that had a water pipe and spray head (as far as I remember). The pole, pipe and spray head are all still there, but they haven't created an ice fountain in who knows how many years. You would think this year they would have done it again given the harsh winter we had. Stunning!I've been staring at the picture for five minutes straight. If I'd been there, that day, I could have stared at it for hours! I've seen fountains frozen up like that, in Europe. Especially if the sun comes out, there really isn't anything more beautiful! (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC)
Burger and Gude: 1920
Washington, D.C., 1920. "Tech basket-ball. Burger and Gude." View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/04/2012 - 3:48am -

Washington, D.C., 1920. "Tech basket-ball. Burger and Gude." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. Out of placeIt's so strange to see athletes - who, in the 21st century, we picture under bright lights and on shiny courts - posing for photos in dark, dirty-looking rooms. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
Santa's Mailbox: 1922
Washington, D.C., 1922. "Christmas Post Office." Last glimpsed here . ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/18/2017 - 7:25am -

Washington, D.C., 1922. "Christmas Post Office." Last glimpsed here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Truck IDPackard. WhereaboutsThis one's location is a bit of a puzzler. About the only semi-legible clue is the white sign in the second-story window, which seems to say "[ILLEGIBLE] BEAUTY SHOP." I took a quick run through the 1922 city directory & saw no entries seeming to correspond to the lettering in the first word. Perhaps some other sleuth, aided by the fact that this is a corner building next to a streetcar line, can improve on my efforts. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Christmas, D.C., Natl Photo)
Out for Delivery: 1912
A gray 1912 day in Washington, D.C. "Woodward & Lothrop department store trucks." Harris & ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/27/2012 - 3:21pm -

A gray 1912 day in Washington, D.C. "Woodward & Lothrop department store trucks." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Excelsior!Yes, it means "ever upward" and is the motto of New York State. It is also the name of all the "wood wool" or wood shavings which were used before little vinyl airbags and styrofoam were the choices for packing material. Not only was it a fire hazard, but heavier and more costly than today's packing filler. They still do use it though not too often and most people recycled it, as they did with the baskets instead of cardboard boxes. Very industrious people pictured here but inventory control must have been a mess. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Stores & Markets)
A Haraguchi Christmas: 1922
Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Japanese legation -- military attache of the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/13/2017 - 10:59am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Japanese legation -- military attache of the Japanese Embassy." General Hatsutaro Haraguchi, second from left; the girl with the doll is his daughter Kukiko. National Photo glass negative. View full size. Now we knowwhere Charlie Brown found his Christmas tree. (The Gallery, Christmas, D.C., Natl Photo)
Sam I Am: 1902
... inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size. Like I said -- The chair is extra. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/19/2019 - 11:00pm -

Circa 1902. "Sam Peths [?]." 5x7 inch glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C. View full size. Like I said -- The chair is extra. (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Portraits)
Catholic Evidence: 1943
July 1943. Washington, D.C. "Member of the Catholic Evidence Guild speaking in Logan ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/09/2014 - 5:48pm -

July 1943. Washington, D.C. "Member of the Catholic Evidence Guild speaking in Logan Circle." Photo by Joseph Horne, Office of War Information. View full size. Hey Wally!I didn't know the Cleavers were Catholic, I pegged them for Methodists. I looked it upThe CEG was founded toward the end of 1918 and is a loose international association of R.C. lay volunteers who research and present clear and compelling explanations of the R.C. doctrine. The picture on the left is Pope Pius XII who was pope from 1939 to 1958 when he died. No, he did not die of the bird flu and no, he did not get it from a cardinal as you may have heard. (The Gallery, D.C., Joseph Horne)
Buttons and Bows: 1919
Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Oppenheimer's dress shop." Another view of the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/17/2014 - 10:45pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Oppenheimer's dress shop." Another view of the store seen here last week. National Photo glass negative. View full size. GeezAll that squared away stuff and someone left a scrap on the floor! (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Stores & Markets)
Dome Noir: 1940
Washington, D.C., circa 1940. "U.S. Capitol exteriors. Dome of Capitol through ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/06/2016 - 9:36am -

Washington, D.C., circa 1940. "U.S. Capitol exteriors. Dome of Capitol through trees at night." 8x10 acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size. Beautifully composedThe capitol dome is a photographic cliche, but this photo does it justice. It's always nice to see a Theodor Horydczak photo I haven't seen before. (The Gallery, D.C., Theodor Horydczak)
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