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Arlington Farms

March 18, 2014, 8:32 am
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Arlington Farms was "a residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of [World War II]". Photos are by Esther Bubley.

 A girl in her room playing a phonograph at Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 A girl just coming in from a sunbath at Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 A girl looking at snapshots in her room at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms. 
A typical room scene since there is a shortage of space in the laundries
  
 A group around a piano in the lounge of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 A new girl arriving at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 A room resident and her friend at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 A soldier treating his date to a coke in the service shop at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 Dancing the Virginia reel at a bi-weekly Saturday night 
"open house" dance at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 Desk clerk sorting the mail at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
During intermission at one of the bi-weekly "open house" dances 
held in the main lounge of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
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University of Kentucky

March 19, 2014, 8:46 am
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 Alice, Mary, and Mary, ca. 1906
  
 Camp Robinson; Roger Barbour, left, assistant professor of zoology at UK, briefs a group of staff members and students before a field trip into the surrounding Robinson Forest territory
  
 Celebration dinner after UK victory over Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, New Year's Day, 1951
  
 Children's Ballet, 1949
  
 Delta Zeta Sorority members in car, 1955
["Girls just wanna have fun..."]
  
 Girl tilling up a garden
  
 Girls holding food baskets in front of school with their teacher, Mary Graves
  
 Julia Collier, Betty Orme Quisenberry, and Ann Wiley, 1955
  
 Lambda Chi Alpha push cart derby, 1956
  
Large group of women of varying ages wearing aprons 
and sitting together, possibly at a candy pull, ca. 1904
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University of Michigan

March 20, 2014, 9:41 am
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Some vintage photos from the home of the Wolverines.

 A woman walks by the Hamilton Fountain in filtered light, 
University of Michigan, early 1930s
[what a gorgeous photo!]
  
 Class of 1872's 35th reunion at Evart A. Scott's house, Ann Arbor, June 18, 1907
  
 June Gustafson and other students dancing in the 
Grand Rapids Room of the Michigan League, circa 1944
  
 Michigan Union Billiards Room, 1937
  
 Students crossing State Street in front of the Michigan Union, April 1947
  
 Tom Harmon and actress Anita Louise at Michigan League fountain
 
 University of Michigan students advertising dance to raise funds for bomber drive, April 1942
  
 University of Michigan, couple standing on hill 
overlooking Nichols Arboretum, ca. April 1943
  
 Vocational training for S.A.T.C. in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
[S.A.T.C. = Student Army Training Corps]
  
Women graduates view parading faculty on 
Commencement Day, University of Michigan, 1900-1910
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World War II

March 21, 2014, 8:41 am
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World War II action from multiple viewpoints. These pictures come from here.

6th Panzer Division in France, 1940
 
 A Japanese bomb explodes on the flight deck of USS Enterprise 
during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. August 24, 1942
 
 A Marine with the 7th War Dog Platoon, 25th Marine Regiment, takes a nap 
while Butch, his war dog, stands guard. Iwo Jima, February 1945
  
 American Marine searches Agana, Guam for Japanese holdouts after its capture. July 31, 1944
  
 Coast Guard LST heads for Cape Gloucester, Solomon Islands, 
with elements of 1st Marine Division. December 1943
  
 Crew of B-17G Flying Fortress "Flatbush Floogie" of the 8th Air Force are arrested by Luftwaffe personnel from the Jever airdrome near Schillig, Germany on April 11, 1944
  
 General Rommel with the 15th Panzer Division between Tobruk 
and Sidi Omar. Libya, January or November 24, 1941
  
 German Pioneer Officer at the ruins of Stalingrad. October 16, 1942
  
 Japanese soldiers examine POW possessions at the start 
of Bataan Death March, 11 April 1942
  
 Panzerkampfwagen III of Heeresgruppe Süd (Army Group South) advances through the Kuban Steppe on the Caucasus Mountains during Operation Blue. August 1942
 
Private First Class Troy Dixon, Leadhill, Arkansas, uses a Japanese barber chair to cut the hair of Sergeant John Anderson, Anita, Pennsylvania. Okinawa, June 1945
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Vintage Australia

March 22, 2014, 9:58 am
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 Three women and two men in the garden of a terrace house
  
 Three young women in light dresses holding tennis racquets
  
 Two men fencing with sticks
  
 Two small boys, one on tricycle, ca. 1900
  
 Two women boxing
  
 Unconscious woman on the ground, ca. 1900
[the denouement of the previous scene, I'm guessing]
  
 Wheat off to market
  
 Woman farewelling ship passengers
  
 Woman sitting on bumper bar of a car at Warwick Farm racecourse, Sidney, Australia, 1934
  
 Woman with decorated bicycle
  
 Women boxing
[what is it with the Australians and women boxing? was that a thing?]
  
Young girl and her lamb
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Lafayette Studio

March 23, 2014, 10:29 am
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 Ada Meade Theatre, 1938
  
 Adath Israel Temple (bridesmaids?), 1934
  
 Admiral Richard Byrd with Man O' War, 1932
[Man O' War was one of the greatest racehorses of the 20th century. videovideo
Who was greater, Man O' War or Secretariat? They were distantly related]
  
 All City Elementary School Orchestra, 1941
  
 Alpha Omega Club, 1948
  
 American Legion Parade, 1931
  
 Art Club, 1945
  
 Baehr's Giant Market, "Aunt Jemima in Person" promotion, 1939
  
 Baptism in river, 1935
  
 Ben Ali Theatre, audience for cooking school, 1933
  
 Ben Ali Theatre, premiere party for "A Yank In Burma", 1942
  
Ben Ali Theatre, street scene with man on stilts as part of a theater promotion, 1933
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Dick Whittington - Kids

March 24, 2014, 8:41 am
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 Dance of all nations, Southern California, 1932
  
 Dancing pupils, Southern California, 1926
  
 Echo Park children, Rose Bowl festival, Los Angeles, 1932
  
Fashion show models, Los Angeles, 1926
  
 Girl singing with Redel's Boys Orchestra, Walnut Park, 1927
  
 Kiddies and toys, Los Angeles, 1931
  
 Lamp club girls, Southern California, 1932
[there's something a little creepy about this]
  
 May Day, Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, 1927
  
 Numa clan, Tarzan club, Southern California, 1933
  
The breath-taking beauty of the lotus blossoms which are in full bloom on the north end of Echo Park Lake, had delighted hundreds of thousands of Angelenos and visitors, 1957
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Frank Hohenberger

March 25, 2014, 8:52 am
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 Harry Cobb and group in auto, 1921
  
 Pete Miller pulling the mail, 1926
  
 Pup and cat at Shipley's, 1946
  
 Rex King hauling mail, 1937
  
 Sara Moore and Nannie Moser going to shower, Brown County, Indiana, 1931
  
 School group, 1945
  
 School group, 1945
  
 School orchestra, 1945
  
 School picture, Nashville, Indiana, 1946
  
School picture, Nashville, Indiana, 1946
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Woodrow Wilson High School

March 26, 2014, 9:16 am
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Photos of a Washington, D.C. area high school by Esther Bubley, taken in 1943.

I see that my most of my bw photos are still uploading in sepia. I've decided that Blogger is the Microsoft Word of posting environments - making "helpful" changes you don't really want.

 A demonstration of the correct procedure in applying street makeup 
in a home management class at Woodrow Wilson High School
["street makeup"?]
  
 A mechanical drawing class at Woodrow Wilson High School
[well, at least one photo uploaded correctly...]
  
 Eating lunch outside the Woodrow Wilson High School
  
 Graduate from Woodrow Wilson High School in June, 
this sailor is surrounded by girls when he returns from a visit
  
 Miss Norma Kale, an English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, 
greeting some of her students who have come to her home on a Sunday afternoon
  
 Mrs. Mary Spangler teaching a boys' class in nutrition at Woodrow Wilson High School
  
 Playing soccer in a physical education class at Woodrow Wilson High School
  
 Students at Woodrow Wilson High School
  
Students in Woodrow Wilson High School waiting their turn for a dental examination
  
Studying outside at Woodrow Wilson High School
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Bohemian Grove

March 27, 2014, 8:46 am
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 Actors
  
 Bar in tent, Bohemian Grove, 1878
  
 Camp tipi, Bohemian Grove
  
 Camp with men seated outside of tent, Bohemian Grove
  
 French horn quartet, Bohemian Grove
  
 Group portrait of men in camp with sign, "The star and garter," Bohemian Grove
  
 Group sitting on a bench, 1908
  
 Man in camp leaning against post, Bohemian Grove
  
 Man, identified as Vetter, sitting in folding chair by tent 
with sign above door "Salaam ie Hogir," Bohemian Grove
  
 Men swimming and on platform, Bohemian Grove, 1876
  
 Men toasting outside bar "Bar Harbor," Bohemian Grove
  
 Men watching man paint portrait, Bohemian Grove
  
Nighttime gathering around fire, 1909
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Hedda Morrison

March 28, 2014, 9:12 am
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 Two women, Nanking
  
 Typical food market with fresh produce vendors and fixed stalls, 
Eastern Districts, Hong Kong Island, 1946-47
  
 View of beach with a few anchored sampans close to shore, 
Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, 19446-47
  
 Woman guides her bullock-drawn plough across 
a harvested paddy-field, Hong Kong, 1946-47
  
 Woman seated on the ground sorting produce, 
Central District, Hong Kong Island, 1946-47
  
 Woman with a child sorting firewood, Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island, 1946-47
  
 Woman with pile of burlap, Nanking
  
 Women laborers shifting building sand with Victoria Harbour 
in the background, Hong Kong Island, 1946-47
  
 Workers in a mixed goods store, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1946-47
  
 Young boy minds his siblings, Central District, Hong Kong Island, 1946-47
   
 Young girl on the beach, wearing a tunic and a straw hat, 
carries her brother on her back, Hong Kong, 1946-47
  
Young mother carrying a child on her back 
in the market, Hong Kong Island, 1946-47
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University of Kentucky

March 29, 2014, 8:27 am
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I guess this post can be in honor of UK making it to the Elite Eight...

Group portrait of Elmendorf students, with teacher Ella Ford
 
Loading tobacco on wagon in field
 
Loradale students receiving soup in the classroom with their teacher, Audrey Burgin Hawkins
 
Men's swim team, 1955
 
Philosophian Literary Society, 1919
 
Students read in a lounge area, 1955
 
Students socializing in the Botanical Gardens, 1955
 
Students talking in front of the Alpha Delta Pi House, 1955
 
The Sock Hop in Memorial Coliseum, 1955
[excuse me, that should be "Sok Hop" :)]
 
Two women on path to log cabins
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Dick Whittington

March 30, 2014, 9:14 am
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 Dedication of Olympic pool, Los Angeles, 1932
  
 Dinner dance at Bay Club, Southern California, 1931
  
Dorothy Day, publicity shot, 1929
  
Dorothy Day, publicity shot, 1929
  
 Drug store fountain, Southern California, 1927
  
 Earl Carroll players and radio at Music Box Theatre, Los Angeles, 1929
  
 Eastside Gardens, Los Angeles, 1934
  
 Echo Park children, Rose Bowl festival, Los Angeles, 1932
  
 Fair at Riverside, California, 1926
  
 Family group and 2 dogs, Los Angeles, 1933
Family group on doorstep, Southern California, 1932
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Arthur Siegel

March 31, 2014, 11:02 am
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Arthur Siegel was a photographer for the Office of War Information during World War II. After the war  he became a pioneer in the creative use of color photography.

 Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A girl arc welder, 1943
  
 Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. 
Union leader making an address at a launching ceremony, 1943
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A steady stream of bodies for Dodge Army trucks receive 
important finishing operations along this section of the production line, 1942
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night part at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Girl with clothing swimming, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Commodore and girls drinking, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Crowd dancing, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Girl dancers, 1940
  
 Detroit, Michigan. Child in toddler go-cart, 1942
  
 Detroit, Michigan. Fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls' Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue store. Girl modeling a corsellette, 1942
[if you look closely you'll see there are two women in this photo]
  
Detroit, Michigan. Girls coming out of the Highland Park Chrysler plant, 1942
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Esther Bubley

April 1, 2014, 8:46 am
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These photos were taken in boarding houses in the Washington, D.C. area during World War II.

 A boardinghouse rule forbids men guest to come into 
girls' rooms and vice versa. Washington, DC, 1943
[and yet, there they are]
  
 A bridge game does not disturb this sleeper, Washington, DC, 1943
  
 A girl employed by the U.S. government, a new arrival 
at a boardinghouse, being greeted by her roommates, 1943
  
 A radio is company for this girl in her boardinghouse room, 1943
  
 A U.S. Office of Price Administration stenographer 
and a friend in their boardinghouse room, 1943
  
 An evening gathering in a boardinghouse, 1943
  
 Girl in the doorway of her room at a boardinghouse, 1943
  
 The schedule for use of the boardinghouse bathroom is worked out 
so that each person has eight minutes in the morning. It is social suicide 
to ignore the schedule and cause a tie-up like this. 1943
 
 This boardinghouse room needs a heater in the winter and a fan in the summer, 1943
 
 Those who are not too modest save time by tripling up 
in the use of the boardinghouse bathroom, 1943
  
Two girls looking at pictures in their room in a boardinghouse, 1943
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Robert Capa

April 2, 2014, 8:16 am
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 Cerro Muriano, Córdoba front, 5 September 1936
  
 Children in Barcelona pretending to be a firing squad 
at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, ca. 1936
[I am told by commenter Michel Simon that this photo
was actually taken by Catalan photographer Agustin Centelles]
  
 Children playing in the snow, Hankou, China, March 1938
  
 French female collaborationist shaved, 1945
 
 Gerda Taro and soldier, Spain, 1936
[Gerda Taro was another photojournalist, and the personal and professional 
companion of Capa. She was  the first female photojournalist to die on the job.]
  
 Montblanc, Barcelona, Spain, October 25, 1938
  
 On the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh, Indochina. May 25th, 1954. A French military 
convoy on its way north towards Doai Tan. In the foreground, a rice field
  
 Outside the stock exchange, Paris, France, 1937
 
 Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, 1948
  
 Picasso on the beach in Provence, France, with his son Claude 
and his partner Françoise Gilot, 1948
  
 Republican militia members, Barcelona, 1936
  
 Running for shelter during the air raids. Bilbao, Spain, May 1937
  
Young girl at a refugee transit centre, Barcelona, 1939
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Lafayette Studio

April 3, 2014, 8:24 am
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 Ben Snyder department store, formal opening with shoppers, 1949
  
 Ben Snyder department store, formal opening with shoppers, 1949
  
 Betty Coed and the Debs performing at Joyland Club in February 1940
[the name of this "girl group" probably came from this song]
  
 Betty Coed and the Debs performing at Joyland Club, 1940
  
 Betty Coed and the Debs, 1939
  
 Birthday party for Betty Lou Rogers; large group 
of children gathered around a banquet table, 1940
  
 Blessing of the Hounds, Iroquois Hunt Club, 1933
  
 Bobby Jean Beagle, 6th birthday party, 1946
  
 Boys swimming in flood waters, 1932
  
 Bryan Station High School, girl's gym class, 1933
  
Bryan Station School, Queen and attendants posing in the gymnasium, 1939
  
 Cardome Academy, group of girls barbecuing, 1946
  
 Children dancing around a fountain at Castlewood Park, 1941
  
 Children posing in street in front of State Theater, 1933
  
City of Lexington, soup kitchen, 1933
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Leslie Jones Collection

April 4, 2014, 10:48 am
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Leslie Jones was a Boston-based photographer.

 Bathing beauties
  
 Beach scene, South Boston, ca. 1920
  
 Beauty contest
  
 Bozo and his bathing girls at "L" Street beach, South Boston, ca. 1930
  
 Children playing in winter, 1940
  
 Clam bake presided over by Alfred Keith, 1947
  
 Couple selling vegetables at corner of Prince St. & Salem St. in the North End, Boston, 1935
  
 Crowd at railroad station
  
Dancer
  
 Dancers
[Wow. What an amazing shot!]
  
 Four little ones, 1940
  
Girl lacing up skates on love seat
[this one was labeled as "cheesecake"]

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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Joseph Pennell

April 5, 2014, 7:02 am
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 Four people playing cards, 1899
  
 Girls of High School Club, Junction City, Kansas, 1901
  
 Group of children and women on lawn at Montgomery baby party, 1905
  
 Literary Society Group in Schoolroom, Junction City, Kansas, 1901
  
 Miss Mitchell's School group, 1909
  
 Portrait of Bunning baby in decorated baby carriage, 1909
  
 Portrait of Hester Trott, 1898
  
 Soldier, Bazek, A Battery and three friends sitting in cart with dog, 1909
  
 Soldiers playing mandolin and banjo and standing near small cannon, 1903
  
Wagons and Mule Teams in Quartermaster Corral, Fort Riley, 1898-99
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Arnold Genthe

April 6, 2014, 6:44 pm
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Final batch of Genthe's photos of Japan.










This is an enlargement of the sign posted on the beach in the above picture. 
Can anyone who reads Japanese translate it for us? My guess is it's 
something like "Men only to the right, women only to the left."
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