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Frank Hohenberger

 Anderson and Carpenter crossing Raccoon Creek on tree, 1927    Boys on stilts, April 7, 1912, Easter    Paul Percifield at auto wreck, Columbus Road, 1922    Row of boys at Byron Huff's, 1924...

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USC

 In Los Angeles''Little Tokyo,' news of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor left shocked silence yesterday    Mrs. Southern California, 6 September 1951. Mrs. Ruth Poger    Posture Queen, Rosemead High...

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Esther Bubley

More photos of bus travel, taken in 1943. Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee to Washington, D.C. Girl baggage clerk loading newspapers onto a bus at Knoxville, Tennessee. These will be left at small...

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Georgetown College

More photos from this college in Kentucky. Group gathered at the counter of a soda fountain, 1948    Group of students sitting in a booth at a cafe, 1948   Group of women performing gymnastics, 1948...

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Dad

In memory of my father, who died yesterday at age 99, I'm posting some vintage photos of him. 1932. His high school picture   December 1941. With army buddies. He's at back left.   1942. With my mother...

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Arthur Siegel

 Detroit, Michigan. Little girl with ice cream cone in the zoological park, 1942    Detroit, Michigan. Little girls wheeling baby brother in a carriage, 1942    Detroit, Michigan. Marchers in the Labor...

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Vacation

I will be on vacation until Friday April 18. Going to my dad's funeral and won't have time to post...See you soon!

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Leslie Jones Collection

More from this Boston photographer - pictures of kids. Baby and dog    Benson's Zoo, Nashua, New Hampshire, 1931    Black kids and white kids on street in South End, ca. 1950    Black kids bringing...

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Beach time

It's been a long hard winter for many people, so maybe this will lift your spirits a bit. These are from the Leslie Jones Collection. Baby and dog on blanket at Nantasket Beach    1919    1919    1920...

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Lafayette Studio

 Sayre College, May Day Queen, 1933    Sigma Chi formal dance, 1935    Soap Box Derby, parade, 1936    Two women leaning on the hood of a car, 1941    University of Kentucky, two women working in a...

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African American Portraits

Here's another batch of these from Joseph Pennell. Ladies Reading Club group, 1914    Portrait of Francis Hooks holding book, 1915    Portrait of Mrs. Ike Perkins and Mrs. Sgt. Dorsey, 1916    Portrait...

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Gordon Burt Photo Studio

This photo studio was based in New Zealand. A fashion show at Kirkaldie and Stains department store, on Lambton Quay, Wellington, 1932    Albion 'Shell' petrol truck and driver on Oriental Parade,...

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Winter

These photos of winter in Boston were taken by Leslie Jones. Abington, Massachusetts snowstorm    Cars abandoned in snowdrift    Corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets during snowstorm, 1940    Fun...

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Crowley-Milner department store

Photos by Arthur Siegel of this department store in (pre-bankrupt) Detroit. Buying a radio in the Crowley-Milner department store, 1941   Class for receivers of telephone orders at the Crowley-Milner...

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Arnold Genthe

Here is the last set of Mr. Genthe's unlabeled photos of European scenes. Guessing Netherlands or Belgium   Same as above   My initial impression is Ireland but it could be anywhere   My guess is...

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University of Kentucky

More photos from their archives. "The Medium," 1956    Fans cheering at a sporting event, 1955    Lance's Carnival, 1949    Lance's Carnival, 1949[funny how "Cleopatra" is dressed like Wonder Woman!]...

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Dick Whittington

 Flower show with Japanese girls, Southern California, 1931    Ginger ale bottling machine, Southern California, 1931    Girls in dress rehearsal, Kenwood Hall School for Girls, Southern California,...

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Vintage Car Wrecks

These photos of auto accidents in the Boston area were taken by Leslie Jones. Ambulance tips over on Stuart Street, Boston    Auto accident in front of Hotel Vendome    Auto accident in South End, 1931...

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Arlington Farms

Here's another 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. Girl getting food in the service shop...

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Henry Clay High School

 From Lafayette Studios, here are photos from Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky. Their web site calls it "the oldest public high school in Lexington." Henry Clay High School group, 1931...

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