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Tuskegee Airmen

September 23, 2013, 8:59 am
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The Tuskegee Airmen comprised America's African-American flying corps during World War II. Overcoming obstacles created by unthinking prejudice, they made a real contribution to the Allied war effort. Their exploits have been chronicled in several films, including, most recently, "Red Tails." Although not a critical success (40% on Rotten Tomatoes), I found it enjoyable - there's something very satisfying about watching a bunch of black guys kicking some Nazi ass. 

The photos are by Toni Frissell.

 Ground crew sweats in a mission, 1945
  
 Members of the 332nd Fighter Group attending a briefing in Ramitelli, Italy, March, 1945
  
 P-51C Mustangs at Ramitelli Airfield with goats
  
 Portrait of Tuskegee airman Edward M. Thomas, 1945
  
 Tuskeegee airmen at briefing, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945
  
 Tuskegee airmen adjusting an external 75 gallon drop tank
 on the wing of the P-51D Creamer's Dream, 1945
  
 Tuskegee airmen at Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945
  
 Tuskegee Airmen, Ramitelli, Italy, 1945
  
 Toni Frissell with Major George S. "Spanky" Roberts at Ramitelli, Italy, March, 1945
  
 Tuskegee airmen exiting the parachute room, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945
  
 Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith and Roscoe C. Brown, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945
  
Tuskegee airmen playing cards in the officers' club in the evening, 1945
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August Sander

October 26, 2013, 7:43 am
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 Midgets, 1906
  
 Nun with children
  
 Pastry chef, Lindenthal, Cologne, ca. 1928
  
 Road crew
  
 Secretary, 1945
  
 Soldier, 1940
[a chilling photograph]
  
 The painter Heinrich Horle drawing the boxer Hein Domgoren
  
 The painter Otto Dix and his wife Martha, 1925-26
  
 The wife of an architect, ca. 1928
  
 Two sons and a short father
  
 Young farmers, Westerwald, 1914
  
Young girl in circus caravan, 1926
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Georges Dambier

October 27, 2013, 2:06 pm
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Georges Dambier was a French fashion photographer. He was one of the first such to photograph models outdoors rather than in a studio. I know this is not my usual fare, but the photos are interesting peeks at the height of 1950s chic.

 Actress Anna Karina Godard, Elle, March 1960
  
 Actress Anna Karina in a navy shantung dress 
topped with a hat by Cécile Billard, Elle, March 1959
  
 Actress Taina Elg in a mousseline dress by Givenchy, Morocco, Elle, April 1953
  
 Anna Karina in a wool camel-hair coat by Jean Patou, Elle, March 1959
  
 At the Hotel Eden Roc, Cap d’Antibes, June 1957
  
 Bettina and Brigitte Bardot, photo by Georges Dambier, 1954
  
 Figure-hugging dress by Jacques Fath, March 1954
  
 Françoise Dambier in sleeveless chintz dress by Perlène, Yugoslavia, Elle, August 1955
  
 Françoise Dambier, Italy, Elle, June 1952
  
 Françoise Dambier, Venice, Elle, June1952
  
Françoise Dambier, Yugoslavia, Elle, August 1955
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Vintage Korea

October 28, 2013, 8:18 am
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First group of a great collection. Most are from Cornell University Archives.

 A merchant and his friends on a cold day, ca. 1904
  
 An ox market in Korea, ca. 1904
  
 Bullock or pony-drawn carts, loaded with firewood or grass 
for household fires, filing through the streets, ca. 1904
  
 Children climb on a statue outside of one of Korea's grand palaces, ca. 1904
  
 Fulling clothes was a women's chore done usually in the evenings, after 
the kitchen work was finished for the day. When the clothes were still 
slightly damp after washing, they were folded and fulled on a flat board. ca. 1904
  
 Group of Korean men, in full scholar's attire, ca. 1904
  
 Korean boatman
  
 Korean laborer and middle class in front of store, ca. 1904
  
 Korean men with sunglasses, ca. 1904
  
 Korean scholar posing on stone animal at Yi king's tomb, 1905
  
 Line of children (orphans?) with American and Korean flags, ca. 1904
  
Min Yong-hwan's state funeral procession, ca. 1904
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Panoramas

October 29, 2013, 8:24 am
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 "Cow Girls" at the Pendleton "Round Up", 1911
  
 6th Biennial Convention, National Women's Trade League, June 1917
  
 20th Annual session of the N.A.A.C.P., June 1929, Cleveland, Ohio
  
 1941 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, parading north
  
 Amateur championship game, Telling's Strollers vs. Hanna's Cleaners, 
Brookside Stadium, September 20, 1914. 100,000 in attendance
  
 Annual Frontier Celebration, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1910
  
 Automobile panorama, ca. 1909
  
 Bradley bathing pavilion, Asbury Park, ca. 1902
  
 Final review of the 26th (Yankee) Division, Camp Devens, April 22nd, 1919
  
General Pershing, and Major General Dickman, with the 
officers & men of the 2nd Division, Valendar, Germany, March, 1919
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Vintage Iceland

October 30, 2013, 8:08 am
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These photos are from the Cornell University Library photostream.

 A foreign tourist starting from Reykjavík, 1911
  
 An Icelander and his steed, ca. 1900
  
 Búðahraun, S.E. From Snæfellsjökull, from the pass, Iceland, ca. 1900
  
 Cottage at Flatey. "Melur" (wild oats) on roof, Iceland, ca. 1900
  
 Family at Brattholt, near Gullfoss, Iceland, ca. 1900
  
 Fish washing indoors. Reykjavík, Iceland, 1911
  
 Hraun. Styr's home. Iceland, ca. 1900
  
 Hraungerði, Iceland. Minister and his family, ca. 1900
  
 Reykjavík. The natural laundry, ca. 1900
  
 Reynivellir, near Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland, ca. 1900
  
 Reyðarvatn, Iceland, ca. 1900
  
Vopnafjörður. Fish washing, Iceland, ca. 1900
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National Photo

October 31, 2013, 8:39 am
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 Morgan Dancers, 1923
  
 Mr. and Mrs. Bieber, 1921
[Justin's great-grandparents?? Does that explain their expressions?]
  
 Mr. and Mrs. Renkie Tsuda, 1922
  
 Mrs. F.H. Lockwood, & Miss Joy Welford of Ashville, Mrs. G.M. Blaker, 1910-20
  
 Mrs. Herbert Hoover, 1926
  
 Mrs. Jno. Howard, Mrs. Jno. David, Mme. Nano, 1924
  
 Mrs. W.S. Day, 1925
  
 National American Ballet, 1924
  
 National American Ballet, 1924
  
National American Ballet, 1924
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Photochroms - Russia

November 1, 2013, 8:40 am
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These were taken in Russia, which at the time incorporated Poland as well (hence the shots from "Warsaw, Russia").

 Copernicus Monument, Warsaw, Russia, ca. 1890-1900
  
 Faubourg de Cracow, Warsaw, Russia, ca. 1890-1900
  
From the road to the fortress, Tiflis (i.e., Tblisi), Russia, ca. 1890-1900
 
Place Znamenskii, St. Petersburg, Russia, ca. 1890-1900
  
 Russian types of Tartar, (i.e., Tatar), women of the Caucasus, Russia, 1890-1900
  
 Trapping lynx, Russia
  
Traveling by reindeer, Archangel, Russia, ca. 1890-1900
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China 1920s-1940s

November 2, 2013, 7:02 am
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More photos taken by YWCA missionaries (previous set here).

 Kitchen
  
 Mail carrier
  
 Missionaries
  
 Mud house
 
 New job!
 
 Outdoor eats
 
 Peking cart
 
 Procession
  
 Some kind of field work
[anyone know what's going on here?]
 
 Testing eggs
[I didn't know testing eggs was a thing]
 
 Toy seller
 
 Vendor
  
 Wedding. Bride in chair
  
Well
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Matthew Brady

November 3, 2013, 7:38 am
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Some more 19th century portraits from this famous early American photographer.

 Laura Keene
  
 Miss Lavinia Warren
  
 Nathaniel Hawthorn, 1860-65
  
 Queen Emma of Hawaii
  
Samuel Morse
[inventor of the telegraph; also a painter]
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Frank M. Hohenberger Collection

November 4, 2013, 8:44 am
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Photographer and newspaperman Frank Hohenberger spent forty-seven years recording the life, customs, and scenes of the hills of Brown County, Indiana, with side trips and hired assignments in other areas of Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Mexico. Thousands of images taken from 1904-1948 of landscapes, buildings, and people testify to Hohenberger's belief, recorded in his diary, that "pictures speak the only language all mankind can understand."

 Alex Mullis just drove up at Fox meet supper, Brown County, Indiana, 1929
  
 Bean dinner, Washington, Indiana, 1931
  
 Bloemker daughter at Brown's, Stone Head, Indiana, 1929
  
 Brown boy on log near Stone Head, Indiana, 1927
  
 Car wreck foot of hill, intersection 252-135 roads, 1941
  
 Chitwood orchestra on wagon, 1934
  
 Cloud, Snider, Kennedy, Skinner group, 1931
  
 Daisy Followell and child, Elkinsville, Indiana, 1927
  
 Dogs after groundhog on Fleischer place, 1935
  
 Ellen Petro smoking pipe
  
 Frank Hardin and family, Brown County, Indiana, 1931
  
 Girl feeding turkey, Jackson, Indiana, 1926
  
 Girls in a friendly tussle at Deckard school, 1933
  
 Gnaw Bone Boys' Camp group, 1955
  
Grandma Barnes, Blossom festival, 1929
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Vintage Harvard

November 5, 2013, 8:20 am
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Here are some old photos from Harvard University.

 Car pushed in snowstorm, 1958
  
 Catalogers working at Widener Library, ca. 1950
  
 Collecting scrap for the war effort, October 1942
  
 Comdr. Howard H. Aiken, Lt (j.g.) Grace Hopper, and Ensign Campbell 
with section of Mark I computer, 1944
[and it probably had less computing power than my phone!]
  
 Fogg Museum Library, ca. 1951
  
 Football, ca. 1901
[wow, no helmets or pads...this game was just a step removed from rugby]
  
 Football, scrimmage line, ca. 1905
  
 Harvard Summer School of Physical Training, 1897
  
 Harvard University "goodies" (domestic servants), ca. 1862
  
 Raking leaves in Harvard Yard, 1946
  
 Removing books from Gore Hall prior to its demolition, ca. 1912
  
Students crossing Harvard Yard, ca. 1950
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Addison Scurlock

November 6, 2013, 9:32 am
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 Howard University students watching a football game, 1920s
  
 Johnson's Sandwich Shop, ca. 1950
  
 Julia Brooks Wedding, 1947
  
 Marian Anderson is shown greeting Interior Secretary Harold Ickes 
in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC April 9, 1939
  
 Mary Church Terrell, ca. 1920
[she was an activist for women's suffrage and civil rights]
  
 Scottsboro Mothers with Ruby Bates, ca. 1931-33
[The Scottsboro Boys were convicted (in what was basically a show trial) of raping 
a white woman. The woman in question, Ruby Bates, recanted her accusation and 
later met with the mothers of the boys in an attempt to reconcile, as shown here.]
  
 Table tennis
  
 W.E.B. Du Bois, ca. 1911
  
 Women's tennis class, Howard University
  
 YWCA camp for girls, 1930
  
Addison Scurlock with sons
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University of Chicago Archive

November 7, 2013, 8:56 am
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These photos are from the University of Chicago Photographic Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

 A group contribution to the Red Cross for relief to war refugees 
was made at the International House at the University of Chicago, 1940
[image apf3-03124]
  
 Air force and Naval cadets enjoying Promontory Point on Lake Michigan, 1942-45
[image apf3-02903]
  
 Barn dance, 1938
[image apf4-01188]
  
 Hostesses at the Sunday afternoon parties in Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago 
act as dancing instructors for sailors who want to learn the newest steps, 1942-45
[image apf3-02900]
  
 Residence hall socializing
[image apf4-02939]
  
 Student studying in front of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 
University of Chicago, 1920-40
[image apf4-03593]
  
 Students studying in front of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 
University of Chicago, 1940-60
[image apf4-03596]
 
 Unidentified students, 1920s
  
 University of Chicago co-eds will model the latest in formal attire during 
"Night in Hawaii" at International House on campus, 1936
[image apf4-02856]
  
 Student life, 1948
[image apf4-03551]
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Vintage Montreal

November 8, 2013, 8:41 am
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More photos from Coolopolis.

 Jimmy Darou, paralyzed jockey, owned this service station, 1938
  
 Jimmy Darou, paralyzed jockey, owned this service station, 1938
  
 Miss Montreal beauty pageant, 1940s
  
 Miss Montreal drive-in, 1947
  
 Montreal West station, 1952
  
 Moving day, Montreal, 1938
  
Moving furniture
  
 Normandie Roof, New Year's Day, 1939
  
 Outside butcher shop, Sherbrooke Ave., 1930s
  
 Pensioners' Club, 1938
  
Streetcar, 1937
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Vintage Shanghai

November 9, 2013, 8:05 am
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 Shanghai, 1930
 
 1948 January 1, a billboard on a Shanghai street
  
 1949 May 1, at the Shanghai market bazaar, vendors selling “555" branded pots
   
 1949 May 1, photo of American bar owner Frank and his Chinese wife in their bar
[this guy looks like the very definition of "hard-boiled"]
  
 Dockers unloading a train locomotive engine; this engine car 
was provided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
  
 Old Shanghai, 1930s, river embankment
  
 Photo is of not long after the end of the War of Resistance, 
of a dancing girl and a soldier dancing
  
 Russian Orthodox Church, Old Shanghai, ca. 1948
  
 Shanghai Bund in 1935, where public buses were 
“invaded and taken over” by all types of advertisements
  
 Shanghai during the War of Resistance against the Japanese
  
 Shanghai Jardine Silk Factory between 1910-1912, where the manager 
and his wife pose for a photograph among the rows of silk reeling machines
  
Three sisters awaiting the start of a tennis match, Shanghai
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UC Berkeley

November 10, 2013, 8:00 am
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In keeping with my recent college theme, here are some pictures from the UC Berkeley archives.

 Bicycle meet, Thanksgiving, 1883
  
 Boy with two dogs
  
 C.U students, ca. 1900
[C.U. = California University, an archaicism]
  
 Children playing in Lennebacker backyard, Santa Cruz
  
 Children's bicycle club, Oakland, California
  
 Corinthian Yacht Club Regatta
  
 Couple among grass and trees in countryside. 1910
  
 Cyclist Thomas Stevens and Oakland cyclists
  
 Four people in automobile, parked in front of house, San Jose, California
  
 Glen Alpine group on boat
  
Glen Alpine group picnic
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Camp Whitewood

November 11, 2013, 8:07 am
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Camp Whitewood is a 4H camp in northeast Ohio. Here are some photos from the 1940s.

 Group photo, 1942
  
 Inside the dining hall, 1943
  
 Swimming hole in Phelps Creek, 1940
  
 The dock, 1946
  
Vespers, 1942
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The Old West

November 12, 2013, 8:33 am
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 Bankers' and Railroad Men's Party on Blue Grass Lawn at Calexico. The 
California Development Co. was in hopes that after this campout 
the men would invest in Imperial Valley schemes, ca. 1904
  
 Bob Leavitt's Saloon in Jordan, Montana, circa 1904
  
 Civil War Veterans, Fourth of July or Decoration Day, Ortonville, Minnesota. 
On review in center of town, ca. 1880
  
 D. Griffiths - "Pieces all saved." Man with parts of his wagon and equipment 
on muddy floor of Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Reservation, Arizona Territory. 
September 13-19, 1903
  
 E A. Ames - An Arizona Poker Party, at John Doyle's ranch; 
Doyle, Judge Brown, and the Prof. [Burrison] at play, ca. 1887-89
  
 F. Jay Haynes - Hot Springs Hotel, S. D. American flags flap in the breeze as holiday passengers arrive. The stage coaches are met by other vacationers on the hotel veranda, ca. 1899
  
 G. Ben Wittick - Flagstaff, Arizona Territory. Street view of post office, 
other buildings, and people, with mountains in background, ca. 1899
  
 Guthrie Cotton Market. Peak of trading on Harrison Avenue 
is captured by Photographer Swearingen, after 1893
  
 Hancock homestead. Settler from Benson, Minn. Little girl feeding chickens against background of house, buckboard wagon, and ridge of plateau, Sun River, Montana, June 23, 1910
  
 Hells Half-Acre, Perry, Oklahoma Territory, 1893
  
 Indian Day parade, Omaha, Nebraska, August 4, 1898
[cause giving them a parade after stealing their land is the least we can do]
  
Indian reception of President Chester A. Arthur at Fort Washakie, Wyoming Territory, 1883
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Panoramas - Beauty Contests

November 13, 2013, 8:05 am
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 "Rough-riding", Seal Beach, California, ca. 1917
  
 Annual "Bathing Girl Parade", Balboa Beach, California, June 20, 1920
  
 Balboa Bathing Parade, 1925
  
 Bath Suit Fashion Parade, Seal Beach, Cal., July 14, 1918
  
 Bathing Girl Parade, Crystal Pier, California, 1925
  
 Bathing Girl Parade, Seal Beach, California, ca. 1917
  
 California Beauty Week, Mark Hopkins Hotel, July 28 to Aug. 2, 1927
  
 Contestants, Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, May 14th, 1922
  
 Inter-city beauties, Atlantic City, 1926
  
 Jewell Pathe's Bathing Beauty Pirates capture Vitagraph Ships 
for "Captain Blood", Balboa Beach, California, June 15, 1924
  
 Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927
  
 Second International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eighth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, 
May 21-23, 1927, Galveston, Texas
  
 Shrine Bathing Beauty Parade, Venice, California, 1925
  
 Third International Pageant of Pulchritude and Ninth Annual Bathing Girl Revue, 
view with arms up, Galveston, Texas, June 1928
  
Venice Bathing Girl Parade, 1925
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