THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL PHOTO ARCHIVE • FRAMED PRINTS • STOCK IMAGES

Florence Prince, taken around 1934-1936, my great great grandmother.

Farmhands posing in front of a thresher at my Grandfather's farm in the 1930s in North Dakota.

Resubmission of a better picture. Probably taken in Knoxville, TN circa 1920.

This is H. Clay Trumbull, who was a well known man in his time, indeed his book on child-rearing is still being published.

I own his Civil War diaries and other papers. He wrote many books, including a biography of his dear friend Henry Camp, who was killed in the Civil War ("The Knightly Soldier").

My grandfather purchased a house built by H. Clay Trumbull's son in Philadelphia and my grandfather stored these things for years, not realizing what they were.

These are the Jive Bombers, A Navy jazz band. In this instance they are playing at a dance for CASU Operations sailors on Dec. 13, 1943 at the Jungle Inn near Sand Point, WA. CASU is an acronym for Carrier Service Unit. One of many snaps that I have of this somewhat wild night attended by my Mom & Dad.

Ad for C.H. (Charley) Gates Pure Food Market and the Market Corner located on Walnut St. in Des Moines, IA. Uncertain of actual date of this ad perhaps the early 20's or 30's. Charles Gates (1862-1944) was a long time resident and businessman in Des Moines. He raised five sons and a daughter with his first wife, Lottie Grace Watson Gates and a son and a daughter with his second wife, Martha Bradimus Callan Gates.

This ad may be of interest to other families who may have a family member who also ran one of the businesses mentioned in this ad: Paul Squires, Frank Stewart, Art Frye, Harvey Applegate.

Des Moines Fire Department, Des Moines, IA Samuel Wilcox (1855-1942) shown holding the fire horses in front of the fire department. Sam was a member of Comb. Company #9, Des Moines Fire Department. He was a fireman for 34 years. We are related.

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.

I found this nicely preserved little picture while scanning photos from some old family albums. The print is emulsion mounted on cardboard. There's no date or any other information about when or where the photo was taken. The only clue as to identity is a rather shakily written note on the back: "Your mother as a little girl, Esther."

This is a class photo from Verdon, Nebraska. My grandmother Muriel is front row, second from the right.

This is the only photograph my family has of Nitshill Scotland; the birthplace of my great-grandfather. The Taylor family lived above the Pub. This would have been around 1900.

A Sante Fe E1A serves as a backdrop for my Mom and my sister in San Diego in July of 1949. One of the first diesels that Sante Fe purchased, the locomotive was already 11 years old at the time of this picture.

Photographer: Don Hall, Sr.

Don Hall

William & Mary Strong, circa 1880, rural Douglas County Missouri.

A San Francisco taproom in 1904. View full size.

Taking a break in Harrisburg.