Frederick Nelson Jones
A view of Buller Gorge showing three men and a woman, 1930s Demonstration of hypnotism, ca. 1914 Duke and Duchess of York in Wellington during the 1927 royal tour Selling tickets by auction...
View ArticleCornell University
Here are some from the Cornell University archives. Anna Botsford Comstock with friends[Anna Botsford Comstock was the first female professor at Cornell, starting in 1897] Camp, Soblolly Bay,...
View ArticleSayre School for Girls
This school for girls was in Lexington, Kentucky. Photos are from Lafayette Studio, taken in 1944. Drama Club Gym class Junior class Outdoor group
View ArticleHedda Morrison
I have previously posted Ms. Morrison's photographs of China. Here is the first of several sets that appear to be from Indonesia (she spent some time working in Sarawak). Family eating Four men; two...
View ArticleWilliam Archer Price
Coal Creek Falls, near Greymouth, ca. 1912 Crossing the upper reaches of the Waiaua River, Bay of Plenty, 1910-30 Dreadnought railway bridge, 27 miles from Gisborne, early 1900s Group at...
View ArticleJohn Vachon
Employees at Mid-Continent Refinery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, ca. 1943 Grocery store, Mt. Orab, Ohio, Route 74, 1942-43 House, Houston, Texas, May 1943 Man shovelling ears of dried corn from wagon...
View ArticleAdam MacLay
Four young men, one with an accordian, sitting by a campfire, next to two tents, ca. 1910s Group of unidentified men and women, all the women wear wide straw hats, sitting on a fallen tree,...
View ArticleDorothea Lange
Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California, April 1938 Migratory family from...
View ArticleLeslie Jones
Not that the people of Boston need any reminders of winter, but... Clark's dog sled team - West Milan, New Hampshire Northern Ave., near fish pier, crowd, sailors in front of the National Shawmut...
View ArticleWorld War II - African American Troops
Miss Josephine Baker, popular stage performer, sings the national anthem as the finale to the show held in the Municipal Theater, Oran, Algeria, N. Africa. The band is directed by T/Sgt. Frank W....
View ArticleEgypt
This is a second set of photos taken in Egypt in 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Previous set here. Man winnowing near Tura, Egypt, 18 July 1943 Native tailors in the street of Maadi village make...
View ArticleRevelle Jackson
'The Sound of Music', Taylor House, Geange Street, November 1966[well, I sure recognize a number of the LPs at upper left...I wish I could read the top 40 list though] Animal Rescue Dog Show,...
View ArticleGreene County
These photos of labor unrest in Greene County, Georgia are from Jack Delano. CIO pickets jeering at few workers who were entering a mill in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. May 1941 CIO pickets...
View ArticleAlbert Percy Godber
Hans Peter Knutzen sitting on the verandah of his home, Piha, 1915-16[more about this photo and its subject] Two men 'tripping' the Anawhata dam, Piha district, to allow logs to flow through, ca....
View ArticleMarion Post Wolcott
Coal miner, his wife and one of their many children. Bertha Hill, West Virginia, September 1938 Coal miner's wife and children (note child's legs) in back of their home. Bertha Hill, West Virginia,...
View ArticleCornell University
Classes and class activities, 1905 Cornell University Commencement procession leading to Libe Slope, ca. 1912 Crew from above Delta Gamma sorority sisters, 1895 First colored women voters,...
View ArticleSteffano Webb
Adams and Hooper Wedding party, with large automobile, 1913 Aulsebrooks factory, packing chocolates, ca. 1910 Boating, Canterbury Rowing Club, 1910 Bride and three bridesmaids with floral...
View ArticleOld Peking
These photos of Peking (now Beijing) and its environs are from the Cornell University Archives and date to around 1879. Notice the "ghost people" in many of the photos.
View ArticleAnn Rosener
World War II home front pictures. "Can I wear it today?" Attractive playsuits for daughter can be made from that old housedress, the one with the splitting seams, and Junior's first long pants (no...
View ArticleHarris & Ewing
Here's another set of uncaptioned photos. [nothing creepy about this, no sir!]
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