Frank Hohenberger
I find that I am loving this guy's work more and more. He was a small town photographer and his subjects were as humble as his environment - no portraits of the rich and glamorous for him, nor any...
View ArticleSan Francisco Earthquake
More photos from 1906. Armed soldier or National Guardsman walking up Market Street while San Francisco burns Bread line Buyers of relics of fire City Hall in ruins Gough and Page Street,...
View ArticleHikaru Iwasaki
These are photos of Japanese-Americans, post-Internment. A moment of relaxation at Bill Mori's K & J Restaurant, 88 E. Main Street, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1944 Alice Yamaoka, formerly of...
View ArticleMiscellaneous
Some random vintage photos, found here. A huge wild boar, Galacia. December 1916 As an eternal memento of the Spartacist War in Munich, Bavaria (attempted Communist coup, 1918-19)[is this real or...
View ArticleVintage Australia
These are from the collections of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. A farm homestead A halt for refreshment A lookout, Katoomba A pioneer settler A rabbiter's pack, Darling district A...
View ArticleWilliam Henry Jackson
He joined the 1870 and 1871 expeditions led by Ferdinand Hayden to do geological surveys of the American west, where most of these pictures are from. And something you would only find on Wikipedia: he...
View ArticleCabinet cards
Christmas portrait, mother and child, Békéscsaba, Hungary Elegant woman, Vienna, Austria Girl posing, Jgló és Poprád, Hungary, 1890-1910 Happy couple, Budapest, Hungary Hunter,...
View ArticleHenri Cartier-Bresson
Beynac, France, 1956 Dublin, Ireland, 1952 Political meeting, Parc des Expositions, Paris, 1953 Rome, 1952 Rome, 1959 Sumatra, Indonesia, 1950 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 1958...
View ArticleVintage LA
These are from the archives of the University of Southern California. 6th Avenue School activity, parent teachers association, Los Angeles, CA, 1932 20th annual beauty contest, 1951 40th division...
View ArticleNational Photo
Oldsmobile truck, Thomas J. Crack, ca. 1920 Pageant, Vets of Foreign Wars, fall of the Alamo, Mexican war, ca. 1920 People dressed as pilgrims carrying three signs for amnesty for political...
View ArticlePhotochroms - UK
Aquarium, Brighton, England, ca. 1890-1900 Bridlington, children's corner, Yorkshire, England, ca. 1890-1900 Caius College and Senate House, Cambridge, England, ca. 1890-1900 Cheapside,...
View ArticleVintage Harvard
Mount Auburn Street at Dunster, looking east, ca. 1930 Observatory computer room and staff, 1891 Observatory girls with Mrs. Draper, 1891 Observatory group, ca. 1910 Observatory staff...
View ArticleEdward Bangs Drew
Edward Bangs Drew joined the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in 1864 after earning his BA degree from Harvard. In 1868, Drew was appointed a Commissioner of the Service, a position he held for...
View ArticleHarris & Ewing
Eastern High School Genevieve Clark, 1912 Seen lunching together at the senate restaurant in the Capitol today were Mrs. William E. Borah, wife of senator from Idaho, and Mme Hirosi Saito, wife...
View ArticleHoagy Carmichael
Photos of an American composer. He wrote my mother's favorite song. Crowd in Portland, Oregon handing records to Hoagy Carmichael to sign Harold Russell and Hoagy Carmichael in 'The Best Years of...
View ArticleUC Berkeley
More from the UC Berkeley photo archives. Bicycle with third wheeler C.U. brawl, ca. 1900 Fillmore St. Hill, 1915 Group of settlers rebuilding Mr. Merrifield's barn Group portrait of women...
View ArticlePanoramas
Harvard-Yale football game, 1913 Labor Party, First National Covention, Chicago, November 22, 1919 Los Angeles, California, Feb. 23rd, 1909, looking northwest from 4th and Broadway Sts...
View ArticleFrank Hohenberger - Kids
Pictures of children from this Indiana photographer. Boys drinking from creek, Deckard school, 1933 Coaster, Federal Bldg., April 6, 1912 Crabtree children in Jackson Branch, Indiana, 1931 Doc...
View ArticleHedda Morrison
Hedda Morrison was a German-born photographer who worked extensively in China in the 1930s and 40s. These photos are from the Harvard University collection. Activity on a waterway, Nanking Barefoot...
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