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June in January

This set from Marion Post Wolcott were all simply labeled "June in January. Miami Beach, Florida. 1939"

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Kentucky vs.

From Mack Hughes, here are some vintage college football photos. Kentucky vs. Memphis State, 1955   Kentucky vs. Tennessee action, probably 1950s   Kentucky vs. Tennessee action, probably 1950s...

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George Frederick Kaye

 New Zealand Artillery personnel, probably from 6 NZ Field Regiment, carrying ammunition to their guns through mud and slush on the Italian Front, 24 December 1943    New Zealand soldiers stroll...

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Vintage Aviation

This is my second set of vintage aviation photos from Leslie Jones (previous here). Amelia Earhart, 1928    Commander Byrd's South Pole plane - East Boston Airport, 1928    Jean Assolant and wife, the...

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S. S. Kresge

These photos of this department store (the Kresge chain would later become Kmart) are from Lafayette Photo Studio.  S.S. Kresge & Company, interior display, 1949    S.S. Kresge & Company,...

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Louis Edward Nollau

 Farewell at train station, September 13, 1918    Man and woman working on a piece of equipment    Three young women surveying, ca. 1940s  Tree-lined path from Administration building to Euclid...

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Steffano Webb

 Men and women of a tennis club, 1880s-1920s    Miss Symonds, driving through the crowd in a gig decorated with flowers, New Zealand International Exhibition of 1906-07, Christchurch    Returned...

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Dorothea Lange

 Cotton camp near Exeter, California. The woman is a native of California, November 1936    Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, March 1937   Mobile housing--a trend. One...

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Winter in Boston

 Cart horse slips in the snow    Wharf during Valentine's Day storm. Biggest storm in 50 years, 1940   Woman. Beauty of nature on the snow  Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

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Harris & Ewing

More uncaptioned photos from Harris & Ewing. 1925   1926    1930   1936

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Russell Lee

 Lumberjacks near Littlefork, Minnesota, July 1937    Mrs. Smallwood and her baby in the shack which they share with another family near Alvin, Wisconsin, April 1937   Rural school in session near...

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Christmas, Part 1

Photos of Christmas scenes from Lafayette Photo Studio. Baby next to Christmas tree, 1944    Baby sitting next to Christmas tree, 1944    Children opening presents beneath Christmas tree while parents...

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Christmas, Part 2

These Christmas photos are from Harris & Ewing. Elinor and Gloria, daughters of Capt. and Mrs. Emmett Gudger and granddaughters of Sen. Walsh of Montana, and their Christmas tree. 1930    Elizabeth...

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Steffano Webb

 Tailoresses at work, clothing factory, Christchurch, 1911    Turnbull and Jones, electrical engineers, staff at work in workshop, Christchurch, 1917    Unidentified woman standing beside a Kinman...

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Mack Hughes

 Lambda Chi formal, ca. 1950s    Lambda Chi formal, ca. 1950s    Lambda Chi formal, ca. 1950s    Square dance, ca. 1950s   Square dance, ca. 1950s

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Hiatus

Greetings, all. I am announcing that this site will be on hiatus for around a month. I am finding that the time I have to devote to image preparation is more constrained lately and rather than feeling...

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Harris & Ewing

Hiatus is over! I'm back, starting with these uncaptioned photos from Harris & Ewing.

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Marion Post Wolcott - Kids

 Child of migratory packinghouse workers. Belle Glade, Florida, 1939    Child of packinghouse workers from Tennessee getting water from filthy canal. Drinking water must be hauled from packinghouse....

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Revelle Jackson

Revelle Jackson was a photographer in the late 1960s-early 1970s. His activity was focused in and around the town of Upper Hutt, New Zealand. These were taken at so-called A&P (Agricultural and...

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Egypt

These photos of Egypt were taken in 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. A markoub load of onions, Egypt, 12 July 1943    A street book stall in Cairo, 16 July 1943    A young local woman sitting on a cart...

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