Howard Hollem

May 28, 2014, 8:07 am

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A girl team working on a center wing section of a

B-24E (Liberator) bomber in Ford's big Willow Run plant

Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child, ex-housewife,

now only woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done

by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant,

is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport,

Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft

Corporation plant. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Mating operation on a C-87 transport plane just before it comes to the pre-assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Naval Air Base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Jesse Rhodes Waller, aviation ordnance mate third class, tries out a 30-caliber machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane, 1942

Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Rita Rodriguez. Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports

at Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

War production worker at the Vilter Company making M5 and M7 guns for the US Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 49, now doing bench work on small gun parts, 1942

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Leslie Jones Collection

May 29, 2014, 8:23 am

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A jolly bunch of pleasure seekers (Tootsie in foreground) Crystal Lake, Gilmanton, NH

Aftermath of fire on Seneca Street, South End

Apple picking time

Arlington Street traffic, Boston, ca. 1920

Bathing girl, Charles River

Benson Farm, NH

Big freight locomotive and tender wreck, Atlantic Station, 1920

Boston Bean Time on Boston Common

Brockton Fair, 1938

Busy corner in the Market District, ca. 1930

Candlepin bowling, ca. 1954

Canoeing on the Charles River, 1914

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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Samuel J. Hood Studio

May 30, 2014, 8:25 am

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A passenger vessel leaving Darling Harbour, Sydney, 1910s

Group portrait in a ship's cabin, ca. 1916

Man and woman kissing across two vessels

Partial view of a passenger ship docked at a wharf possibly in Sydney, ca. 1925

Portrait of Captain Edward Robert Sterling with three women, ca. 1913

Portrait of two women and a baby possibly on board SS Ormiston, ca. 1934

Professor Oscar Ulrich and Elsie Vonwiller next to Japanese

Consul General and Madame K Inoue on board HNLMS Java, 1930

Seaman with a cat and kitten, ca. 1910

Ship's officer with pet dog, posed at ship's wheel, 1907-1928

Spectators watching a naval vessel in the harbour,

possibly the Japanese cruiser HIJMS Izumo, ca. 1905

SS Ceramic departing the White Star Line wharf

at Millers Point, with crowds and streamers, ca. 1925

Two women and ship's officer on the deck of SS Orungal

From the collection of the Australian National Maritime Museum

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Yacht Club

May 31, 2014, 8:15 am

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Photos from a Boston-area yacht club, taken by Leslie Jones.

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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Adam MacLay

June 2, 2014, 8:22 am

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A group of workmen sitting on planks of wood and barrels, ca. 1902-03

Army soldiers, possibly from the No.1 Service Company

of Wellington, with machine gun, 1905-26

Country fairground with people looking at a chairoplane ride in action, 1905-26

Couple on bicycles in front of trees, 1905-26

Derry's Private Band, outdoors, with instruments, probably Christchurch district, 1900s

Extended family group portrait on garden lawn with dog, 1905-26

Exterior of a brick house, showing an man and woman

with bicycles standing on front lawn, ca. 1910

Exterior view of a house, showing family and garden, ca. 1920

Family group including children in the countryside, 1905-26

Family group outdoors, 1905-26

Family group outdoors, showing couple and three children, 1905-26

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

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Arlington Farms

June 3, 2014, 8:46 am

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One more set of photos of this "residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of [World War II]". Esther Bubley is the photographer.

One of the bi-weekly "open house" dances at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943

Reading the Sunday comics on the back porch at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943

Service shop in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms. These shops, one in each

residence hall sells cosmetics, drugs, sandwiches, cokes, etc, 1943

Sunbathers on the sidewalk in the back of Idaho Hall at Arlington Farms, 1943

The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943

Three residents of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, admiring a photograph of a friend.

Each girl has a different picture of him in her collection, 1943

Waiting for and opening letters at the mail desk. Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943

Washing clothes in one of the laundry rooms at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the government for the duration of the war, 1943

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University of Kentucky

June 4, 2014, 8:53 am

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Dr. Jeanette Sams, track veterinarian, performing

a saliva test on a horse at the Lexington Trots in 1952

Elementary school students ready for a field trip, 1941

SAE dance at Lexington Club, 1949

SAE house dance, ca. 1948-50
[my god! it's Obama (back right)]
[sure looks like him anyway (though I'm sure this guy is white)]

SAE house dance, ca. 1948-50

SAE X-Mas party, 1950

Sigma Nu party, 1949

Students walking to class, 1955

Suzanne Freed (l) and Margaret Futwell (r) are unpacking in a dorm room, 1955

Three unidentified women in the lobby of a dormitory, 1955

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The Babcocks, ctd

June 5, 2014, 8:54 am

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Another set of photos of this "American family," taken by Ralph Amdursky. Previous set here.

There's that Bellamy salute again...

Howard and Earl Babcock enjoy singing to their mother's piano accompaniment

[actually it's their older sister, Shirley, not their mother playing]

Mr. Babcock tuning in for war news

Mrs. Babcock doing the family washing with an electric washing machine and a wringer

Mrs. Babcock, Shirley, and Earl greeting Mr. Babcock in front of the house

Shirley Babcock at right in the front listening to a lecture with other student nurses

Shirley Babcock helping her brother Earl with his lessons

The Babcocks attend church every Sunday morning

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Cabinet Cards

June 6, 2014, 8:47 am

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I haven't posted any of these in a while. I've decided to not crop them anymore so the "card" part can be seen.

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Vintage Finland

June 7, 2014, 10:03 am

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The photos of Finland were taken ca. 1941 by Barbara Wright, who also worked for the Farm Security Administration.

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Joseph Pennell

June 8, 2014, 10:07 am

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Group Portrait of Miss Schimpf's Class, 1911

High School band holding instruments, Junction City, Kansas, 1909

Junior High School class, Junction City, Kansas, 1920

Miss Monroe's School group, 1909

Portrait of Hester Trott and four women, 1899

[based on a previous photo, Hester is second from right]

Portrait of Juanita McKenzie wearing dance costume, 1920-21

Portrait of two men and two women, Mcclure, Brown, Mr. Sawtell (on right), 1897

[the man second from left resembles Robert Picardo!]

Roark Party - Large group of children and adults in front of house, 1898

Soldiers washing near railing covered with riding gear, 1897

W. C. Dumm family in auto in front of their house, Junction City, Kansas, 1905

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Albert Freeman

June 9, 2014, 8:23 am

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Albert Freeman took pictures of homefront life for the War Information Office during World War II.

Christening five cargo-carrying ships built for Britain

at the mass launching in Portland, Maine, August 16, 1942

Common sense health rules must prevail in America's homes this winter so that lower room temperatures will entail no health risks. Before bathing youngsters, keep the bathroom door and window closed for an hour so that the room will retain all heat.

Down goes the thermometer and out comes flannel nightclothes, almost like the kind grandpa used to wear, as government workers in Washington D.C. dress for the sixty-five degree maximum temperature recommended by the fuel oil limitation order.

Effect of gasoline shortage in Washington, DC, 1942

Hardwick, Vermont. Mrs. Alice White at the Victory Store vegetable counter

selling donated farm produce to Miss Lorraine Lavertu, October 1942

Hardwick, Vermont. Mrs. Alice White at the Victory Store vegetable counter selling donated farm produce, the money from which will go to the war fund, October 1942

Health measures for low home temperatures. Planning to spend a winter evening at home? Better dress for it the way these attractive government workers do, October 1942

Judy Canova, star of stage and screen, opens her personal salvage drive for scrap rubber by aiming a well-placed shot at the Axis

[Judy Canova and siblings Anne and Zeke perform

The Ballad of Frank and Jesse James in Artists and Models (1937)]

Mrs. Henry Wallace, wife of the Vice President, learns how millions

of American householders will register for their sugar rationing cards

Mrs. Leon Henderson, wife of the Office of Price Administration's

(OPA) head, goes through the routine of registering for her sugar rationing book

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. A second gate is opened, water floods the basin and another ship takes the water at a New England shipyard at a mass launching on August 16, 1942

U.S. marshals, accompanied by county police, raid the Colmar Manor,

Maryland auto graveyard of the Lenox Motor Company. Donovan,

the owner, has refused to sell scrap metal and rubber at established prices

With every ounce of steel and steel scrap vital to the war, this employee of the Boston & Maine Railroad has been assigned the job of sorting steel washers

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Charles Fenno Jacobs

June 10, 2014, 8:26 am

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Southington, Connecticut. Bocci, an Italian game somewhat like bowling,

is another popular outdoor sport in Southington, May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. Dancing at the Old Mill, May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. Instruction in dress making, May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. Kitchen scene, May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. Members of the youth drum corps, May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. Mrs. Ethel Oxley, in the drugstore which she runs on the town's main street. Her family has had a business on this same corner for more than 200 years. May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. School children, half of Polish and

half of Italian descent, at a festival in May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. School class, May 1942

Southington, Connecticut. School girl studying, May 1942

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Vintage Car Wrecks

June 11, 2014, 8:19 am

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Another set of accident photos from Leslie Jones. Previous set here. These shots are particularly interesting for their portrayal of the rubberneckers.

Big auto wreck at Waltham, 1921

Car accident near statue of the Virgin Mary, 1936

Car and truck collide, Back Bay, 1932

Car crashes through fence

Car flips on to sidewalk, 1931

Firemen, police and press around wrecked auto, 1952

Malden. Many injured in auto accident, 1931

One killed in Brighton, 1928

Taxi accident in Boston, ca. 1930

Three killed when auto is hit by fire engine. Somerville, Massachusetts, 1933

Wrecked auto

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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Frederick Nelson Jones

June 12, 2014, 10:58 am

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Astronomers at the observatory camp in Cawthron Park, Nelson, 1914

Bell-ringers, ca. 1910

Business of George A. Day, Bridge Street, Nelson. Standing are Adam Day

and his wife Nell who is holding her first child Rona, ca. 1915

Cadillac car with passengers, ca. 1907

Car accident, Rocks Road, Nelson, ca. 1930

Car on a country road, surrounded by a drover's sheep, ca. 1920s

Children at a penny scramble on Trafalgar Street, Nelson, ca. 1905

Children boating, Maitai River, Nelson, ca. 1910

Church service at a 10th Nelson Mounted Rifles camp in Tapawera, 1914

Crowd at Tahunanui Beach, Nelson, ca. 1928

Crowd greeting bandsmen returning home on the Arahura, Nelson, 20 March, 1921

Group in a Cadillac service car photographed ca. 1915 outside the Nelson post office

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

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Lafayette Studio

June 14, 2014, 7:57 am

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Coca-Cola Bottling trucks in Mt. Sterling, 1936

Coca-Cola Bottling Works, employee placing bottles in washing machine, 1938

College Catering Company, interior view of cafe with diners, 1939

Colonel Paul Hausier and group with airplane, 1935

Deboor Laundry & Dry Cleaning, workers operating presses, 1941

Drake Cleaners, two men operating cleaning machinery for rugs, 1940

Drum and Bugle Corps with Man O' War, 1933

[the famous racehorse again]

Earl M. Carr Filling Station, 1939

Ellis Drug, window with war posters and stationary display, 1943

Fayette Company, Future Farmers of America parade, 1933

Female cadets, University of Kentucky, 1946

Flood view, Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky, 1928

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At the Beach

June 15, 2014, 7:56 am

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More summer fun from Leslie Jones.

Bathing girl at Revere Beach, 1919

Bathing girl Gertrude Fuller, Revere Beach, ca. 1930

Bathing girls at Revere Beach, ca. 1920

Beach crowd at Revere, 1937

Children and dog playing in sand

Crowded beach at City Point, South Boston, 1930

Girls at the beach

Girls frolic in the water, 1937

Kids at the beach

Revere Beach, 1937

Three girls on beach

Two bathing beauties

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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Vintage Finland

June 16, 2014, 8:18 am

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These are taken from this Flickr set.

Balloons for sale at Yrjönkatu, Helsinki, ca. 1900

Central railway station square and the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki, ca. 1900

Eira-Ullanlinna (Ulrikasborg), Helsinki, ca. 1900

Erottaja (Skillnaden), Helsinki, ca. 1900

Group of teachers at Klippan in May 1906

Kaivopuisto (Brunnsparken), ca. 1900

Kasarmintori in Helsinki, ca. 1900

[Kasarmitori (Barracks Square) is a rectangular square in the Helsinki city Guards, bounded to the south and in the north and the Southern North Granary Street, East Fabianinkatu. The west side of the square and the Barracks of the street between the Robotics Martaksen originally an exhibition hall, designed by a two-storey hall Guards.]