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World War II

May 1, 2014, 8:40 am
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 Captain of the 1st Army of USA Earl J. Topley looks at a German soldier 
who had killed before the death of three of his colleagues. Dead German 
soldier is last defender  of the French city of Cherbourg, Normandy
  
 Eisenhower talks to paratroopers before D-Day
[one of the most famous images to come out of the war]
  
 F4U's and F6F's fly in formation during surrender ceremonies, Tokyo, August 1945
  
 French resistance fighters putting up posters
  
 GI machine gun crew in Aachen, 1944
  
 Lieutenant Colonel George, commanding officer of troops, 
talking with his men somewhere in New Caledonia, 1942
  
 Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST 
to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943
  
 Marines under bombardment, Pacific theater
  
 Task Force 58 raid on Japan, 40mm guns firing aboard USS Hornet, 1945
  
 TBMs and SB2Cs dropping bombs on Hokadate, Japan, July 1945
  
 U.S. Army soldiers on Bougainville, 1944
  
Yanks of 60th Infantry Regiment advance into a Belgian town 
under the protection of a heavy tank, 1944
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Vintage Aviation

May 2, 2014, 9:07 am
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From  the Leslie Jones collection.

 Aeroplane flying over beach
  
 Amelia Earhart arrives at East Boston Airport in Ford Trimotor, 1920
  
 Army air meet - Carson Beach, 1931
  
Bathing girls go flying, 1932
  
 Bleriot monoplane down in Lynn Marshes, Saugus, ca. 1912
  
 Crew of Army blimp TC-5 at East Boston Airport
  
 Crowd at East Boston Airport, ca. 1930
  
 Famous aviator Atwood takes a passenger at Squantum, 1910
  
 First passenger plane to run between Boston and New York, East Boston Airport, 1929
  
Flying boat at Nantasket, Pemberton, taking passengers for $1.00 a minute, 1919

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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Amusement Park

May 3, 2014, 7:57 am
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Samuel J. Hood Studio

May 5, 2014, 8:11 am
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Sam Hood was an Australian photographer. Much of his work had a maritime theme.

 Children's kindergarten, ca. 1930s
  
 Girls dancing, ca. 1930s
  
 Inspectors of Schools and Swimming watch Stewart House 
swimming exercises on the beach, South Curl, 10 January 1935
  
 Man and woman on a Malvern Star abreast tandem bicycle, ca. 1930s
  
 Men and boys swim and play in canoes in a beach rock pool
 
 Pitt Street in Sydney
  
 Start of a relay race showing five swimmers diving in, 
Colleges swimming at Drummoyne, 13 March 1935
  
 Swimming carnival, Roseville Baths, ca. 1930s
  
 Swimming class for girls, ca. 1930s
  
The Women Co. girls on Tamarama beach, 2 February 1939
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Frank Hohenberger

May 6, 2014, 9:06 am
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 Tracy reunion at State Park, 1950
  
 Turtle with toe hold, 1927
  
 Upset of household goods, near Cottonwood, Brown County, Indiana, 1928
  
 Venetian troop at Fish Ponds, 1927
  
 Viewing the paintings at Graf's camp, 1922
  
 Wagon and driver, Snodgrass talking, Deckard neighborhood, 1940
  
 Wilkerson family group, 1926
  
 Women sawing wood, McClary grove, 1931
  
 Working on Blossom Festival decorations, Nashville House, 1929
  
Young couple married at Foxhunters' meet, Indiana, 1925
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Joseph Pennell

May 7, 2014, 8:43 am
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 Group of men working on roadbed, 1912
  
 Group of students on lawn, 1910
  
 Group of women and girls at swimming pool, 1913-1914
  
 Hammond Laundry - Group of people in front of building, 
Junction City, Kansas, 1903
  
 High School orchestra holding instruments, 1914
  
 Miss Clark's School, Junction City, Kansas, 1909
  
 Miss Crook and Miss Mickey at telephone switchboard, Junction City, Kansas, 1900
  
 Miss Terrell in horse-drawn carriage, 1895
  
 Pauley wedding party, Junction City, Kansas, 1901
  
Portrait of Jesse Jackson, 1898
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UC Berkeley

May 8, 2014, 8:10 am
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More from their archives.

 Couple in garden
  
 Family in front of house in farm region
  
 Fred Cotton and bicycle
  
 Grand Army of the Republic parade, San Francisco
  
 Grand Army of the Republic parade, San Francisco
  
 Longshoremen burning company union books after winning 
short strike against Matson, September 1933
  
 Native Sons of the Golden West Parade, September 9, 1920
  
 Poetry, 1926
  
 The merry tramps
  
Two young women at summer house, Rancho Bella Vista, Martinez, California
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BFD

May 9, 2014, 9:24 am
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Boston Fire Department, of course (you were thinking it meant something else? :) Photos by Leslie Jones of firefighters in action.

 Boston firemen at Bristol St. Headquarters show their skill at drill, 1919
  
 Dump fire out of control in Brighton. Firemen put it out.
  
 Engine 18 - fire horses on the jump, 1917-34
  
 Fire department rescue team, 1917-34
  
 Fire engines parade down Tremont Street, Boston, ca. 1930
  
 Fire fighters battle three alarm blaze in Boston and Maine train sheds, 1930
  
 Five alarm fire, Charlestown, 1930
  
 Four alarm blaze at Pier 45 in Charlestown, 1942
  
 Four alarm Charlestown fire, 1930
  
 Four alarm fire in South Boston, 1922
  
 High pressure test, Boston Common, 1927
  
 Savin Hill Bath House fire, 1933
  
Three alarm fire on Thayer Street, South End, near Fire headquarters, 1923

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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Frank Denton

May 10, 2014, 7:40 am
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Mr. Denton was a photographer for Tesla Studio in New Zealand.

 Class at Mrs Ramsay's School, Wanganui, 1919
  
 Crowd at the Wanganui racecourse, with members 
of a brass band in the foreground, ca. 1910
  
 Maori woman and child, 1904
  
 Men outside Emeny and Lampitt brick kiln, Wanganui, 1909
  
 Paddle steamers on the Whanganui River, transporting spectators watching the sculling race between New Zealander William Webb, and Australian Richard Tresidder, on 25 February 1908
  
 Two unidentified Maori women, ca. 1900
  
Unidentified Maori group, circa 1900s
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Esther Bubley

May 12, 2014, 8:12 am
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Final set of photos taken of people traveling by bus in 1943.


 Passengers, who have struck up a friendship on a Greyhound bus en route 
from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to St. Louis, Missouri, telling "moron" jokes
  
 People boarding a Greyhound bus at a small town 
between Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnati, Ohio
  
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A charwoman who cleans buses 
mopping the floor of a bus at the Greyhound garage
  
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Passengers in the waiting room of the Greyhound bus terminal
  
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Passengers waiting for a bus 
to pull up to the loading platform at the Greyhound bus terminal
  
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. People buying tickets at the Greyhound bus terminal
  
 Private D.N. Danielson, stationed in North Carolina, and Mrs. Danielson, from Minnesota, in the waiting room of the Greyhound bus terminal. They met in Chicago to save time for his furlough.
 
 Soldier and sailor waiting at the Greyhound bus terminal, Washington, DC
  
 Waiting to board one of the special buses for servicemen leaving the Greyhound 
terminal on Sunday nights. Girls stand in line with soldiers and sailors.
  
 Waiting in line to board a bus at the Greyhound terminal, Washington, DC
 
Washington Court House, Ohio. Mothers with their babies waiting at the bus depot
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Winter wonderland

May 13, 2014, 8:13 am
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Here are some more shots of Boston in winter, from Leslie Jones.


 Children make snowman in Fenway
  
 Colored man digging out horse and cart, ca. 1939
  
 Dartmouth carnival, 1931
  
 Girls roll snow for snowman
  
 Horse pulling wagon slips in snow
  
 Horse slips on Tremont Street, 1925
  
 Ice skating, Public Garden
  
 Ice storm, Charles River
  
 Ice-coated railing at Esplanade, 1930
  
 Iced over falls in Winchester
  
 Irene Hesenuis, champion swimmer, takes dip in 
icy water at Orient Heights, East Boston, 1930
  
 Kids playing in Roxbury Park, 1930
  
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection
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The Babcocks

May 14, 2014, 8:41 am
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Meet the Babcocks, "an American family." Photos by Ralph Amdursky, a photographer for the War Information Office. These were taken in 1943. Mr. Amdursky died in 2013, just shy of 100 years of age. His bio and a eulogy are here.


 Rochester, New York. The Babcocks, an American family
 
 The Babcocks at the dinner table
  
 Mr. and Mrs. Babcock enjoy their garden and grow most of their own vegetables
  
 Earl Babcock watching while Howard, his brother, 
in his Boy Scout uniform, practices tying knots
  
 Howard Babcock hard at work on one of his model airplanes
  
 Howard and Earl Babcock playing in front of their house with their cycles
  
 Mr. Babcock and his two sons, Earl and Howard, fishing on Sunday afternoon
 
 Mr. Babcock explaining an operation to one of the men whom he supervises at the plant
  
 Mr. Babcock using the suggestion box at the plant to submit an idea for saving time
  
 Mr. Babcock leaving the plant for home at the end of the day
  
 Shirley Babcock is very handy at the sewing machine
and she helps her mother with the family sewing
  
Shirley helps Mrs. Babcock with the shopping
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Segregation

May 15, 2014, 8:23 am
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The age of segregation in America is documented by these depressing photos (from here).















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Offline

May 15, 2014, 7:15 pm
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I'm taking a brief vacation to attend my son's graduation. Posting should resume Monday or Tuesday.

Cheers!
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Adam MacLay

May 19, 2014, 8:04 am
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Adam MacLay was a New Zealand photographer. He seems to have specialized in portraits.

 Donald George McKinley, family baker, Christchurch, ca. 1908
  
 Family group camping, unidentified parents with elder daughter and sons, 
with younger son and daughter and dogs, 1905-26
  
 Group of people having a picnic outside tent in backyard of house, 1905-26
  
 Group of unidentified man and women in a [Ford Model T Tourer?] motorcar, 1905-26
  
 Group of unidentified men, women and child with bicycles in front of house, 1905-26
  
 Group photo of unidentified young women and girls, 1905-26
  
 Large social outing group portrait of unidentified men 
and women in hats with children in front, 1905-26
  
 Outdoors portrait of three unidentified men with baby in christening gown, 1905-26
  
 Three unidentified women and child, 1905-26
  
 Unidentified coxed four men's rowing team with a 
young boy coxswain on the Avon River, Christchurch, ca. 1920s
  
Unidentified man and three women having tea outdoors, 
shows table set with cups and saucers, 1905-26

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
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Charles Fenno Jacobs

May 20, 2014, 9:40 am
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More of Fenno Jacobs' photos of Southington, Connecticut.

 School children in Southington, Connecticut performing the Bellamy salute in May 1942
[This extremely creepy form of patriotic display was abandoned in favor 
of the right hand on the heart salute sometime in 1942, when people 
realized that the Bellamy salute was a lot like the Nazi salute]

 Southington, Connecticut. A bridge party, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. A group of children, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. A group of women rolling bandages 
and preparing surgical dressings, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. A highlight in the town's life 
is the annual girls' glee club recital, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
[interesting to have a bw and color shot of virtually the same scene]
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University of Chicago

May 21, 2014, 9:12 am
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These photos are from the University of Chicago Photographic Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. The coded numbers after the picture caption are identifiers from the collection (their inclusion is requested as a condition of use).

 Dramatic production at Shakespeare Tercentennial, 1915 [apf4-03726]
  
 Men socializing in a residence hall, 1943 [apf4-02802]
 
 Pi Beta Phi south side alumni association party for servicemen, 1942-45 [apf3-02927]
  
 Residence hall Christmas party [apf4-02911]
  
 Roasting hotdogs at cookout [apf4-02131]
  
 Student golfers [apf4-00728]
  
 Studying in Harper Library [apf4-01938]
  
 Unidentified students [apf4-03602]
  
 With almost Seventy-five families occupying the "Prefabs," 
on the 61st Street and Greenwood Avenue site, there are at least 
half a dozen or more lines full of clothes every day. 1946 [apf4-02905]
  
 There is a lot of neighborliness, such as visiting in each other's houses, at the 
clothes lines, and over the fence that holds the garbage pails, 1946 [apf4-02907]
  
 Women students in evening gowns [apf4-02835r]
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Frederick Nelson Jones

May 22, 2014, 8:19 am
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Frederick Nelson Jones was a New Zealand photographer.

 A dictation session using a shorthand typewriter, 1912-25
  
 A truck filled with household items, ca. 1920
  
 At Nelson racecourse, ca. 1910
  
 Finish of the Great Road Roller Race, Cathedral Steps, Nelson, January 1923
  
 Grape vine and children, in a glasshouse, ca. 1910
  
 Group in a motor car, ca. 1910
[what a cool car! doesn't look very safe, though...]
  
 Group surrounding the first aircraft to land at Nelson, an Avro 504 K, 11 November 1921
  
 Market day at the helping hand shop, Nelson, 1916. Helping Hands Shops 
were set up to raise money for various patriotic funds during World War I.
  
 Miss Fergusson inspects Girl Guides and Brownies, 1 August 1925
  
Two storied house with Reo buggy alongside, Nelson, ca. 1905
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Dick Whittington

May 23, 2014, 8:29 am
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 Football kicking contest, Southern California, 1931
  
 Free lunch for dogs, Southern California, 1934
  
 Girl in surf, Southern California, 1935
  
 Girl with dog, Southern California, 1930
  
 Girls at Polytechnic High School, Southern California, 1925
  
 Girls with drawings for Valencia Orange show, Southern California, 1930
  
 Ground breaking for market at Vernon Avenue and 
Angeles Mesa Drive, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1928
  
 Group of dancers, Los Angeles, 1931
  
 Group of women at El Royale, Southern California, 1929
  
Harmonica band, Southern California, 1931
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Lafayette Studio

May 27, 2014, 8:44 am
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 Four-Star Restaurant, interior view of the wait staff and customer, 1942
  
 Gaidry Motor Company, new Mercury automobile, 1945
  
 Group at fancy dinner, 1931
  
 Group of children gathered around birthday cake on table, 1947
  
 Group of women shopping, 1948
  
 Group of young girls, a man, two women, and two children in costume, 1939
  
 Horse Show with rider performing, 1936
  
 Horse Show, group of people eating, 1936
  
 Horse Show, group of people eating, 1936
  
Horse Show, people preparing food, 1936
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