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City Prices: 1940
... 1940. "Grocery store and filling station at Cimarron, Colorado. This is a sheep shipping center." Medium format negative by Russell ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/12/2018 - 11:17pm -

September 1940. "Grocery store and filling station at Cimarron, Colorado. This is a sheep shipping center." Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size. Gas WarThe 1940 price of gas at 19 cents a gallon may have been outrageous (per Vintagetvs comment below), but I remember passing through an Iowa town on a trip with my dad in about 1960. Dad told me there was a "Gas War" going on in that town, and that automatically meant we were on the lookout for the lowest price. I spotted a station which had gas at -- are you ready? -- 19 cents a gallon! Wow. We pulled in, and Dad told the attendant to "fill it." In those days, if you said "fill it," it was expected that the attendant would wash the windshield and check the fluid levels under-the-hood. As the attendant stepped away my dad turned to me, and I'll never forget what he said: "Just watch, at 19 cents a gallon he's not gonna wash the windshield." And sure enough, he didn't. The price of gas was outrageous 19 cents adjusted for inflation is $3.35, or roughly the same as today, or even a little more. Today Germ Processed What?From the “The Conoco Collector’s Bible” comes the claim that Germ Processing was the first motor oil additive ever used by any oil company. Germ Processing was a special oiliness (polar) additive invented and patented by British scientists Wells and Southcombe in 1918. It was made from castor oil components. In 1934, Conoco developed a synthetic version called GD-160, later called MDS. This was the material referred to as “Oil Plating” on cans and in advertisements. “Germ Processed” itself was oddly chosen as the name of their first motor oil because it was a “germ of an idea.” (The Gallery, Gas Stations, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Railway Express: 1940
September 1940. Montrose, Colorado. "Loading express packages into Denver & Rio Grande Western truck, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/30/2018 - 7:56pm -

September 1940. Montrose, Colorado. "Loading express packages into Denver & Rio Grande Western truck, which takes them to points on the narrow gauge railroad where passenger and express service is not otherwise available." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Crate address deciphered Father J. Lane was Joseph Francis Lane, a Catholic priest residing in Montrose. Mrs. Rose Off___ was Rose Offerman, residing on Main Street, Ouray. She was the widow of Herman W. Offerman. The sender was most likely Urban J. Vehr, Bishop of Denver from 1931. If this were a Western, the crate would be labeled Bibles and contain either firewater or rifles for the Indians. We Shorpyites love us some Westerns. I wanted one!I remember how excited I was seeing these hand trucks in railway stations in my youth ('40s & '50s). I could easily imagine getting a couple of friends together and riding roughshod over the trikes, scooters, Radio Flyers, and Irish mails of less fortunate neighbor kids. Motive power? What kid wouldn't want to help push one of these babies? Like Better Buggy Whips, Inc., Railway Express is no more, but while they were around, they were an American icon -- literally so, their red lozenge logo prominent on their ubiquitous delivery vans and depot carts. I'd venture to assert that the REA logo was as familiar as its contemporary, the AT&T "Public Telephone" sign that adorned cafes and corner stores all over the country. REA to UPSWhen the Post Office canceled its shipping contracts with the railroads in 1968, the REA likewise ceased to exist because its express cars rode alongside the mail cars at the front of passenger trains -- "head-end business," as it was known. The REA was reorganized as UPS. I'd say they've done all right in the years since. Potatoes then, potatoes now!That building still stands: (The Gallery, Railroads, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
A Bumper Crop: 1939
October 1939. "Garden Park, Fremont County, Colorado. Mrs. R.C. Williams, wife of FSA borrower." An obvious connoisseur of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/30/2013 - 6:33pm -

October 1939. "Garden Park, Fremont County, Colorado. Mrs. R.C. Williams, wife of FSA borrower." An obvious connoisseur of corn. Medium-format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. Times have changedIt is difficult to look at this without applying the morals of 2013, if you know what I mean. I am old enough to remember when we pulled ears of corn and shucked them by hand to have animal feed all winter. However, I have never seen anyone look at an ear of corn with such tenderness! Oh what beautiful corn! (colorized)All I can see is the sun and the bright sky and her joy! BeautifulAfter nearly a decade of drought in that part of the country a large, fully filled corn crop was truly a sight of beauty. That is a very genuine smile. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein)
The Last Picture Show: 1940
... September 1940. "Entrance to abandoned theater. Silverton, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/15/2020 - 12:21pm -

September 1940. "Entrance to abandoned theater. Silverton, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. FiretrapI wonder if the projection booth was also walled with combustible material. Safety film was still about a decade away. Lode TheatreThe address is 1309 Greene Street. According to the Cinema Treasures web site, the theater did not permanently close until 1960. It is now home to a liquor establishment. Pinocchio, the Last Movie shown?Going by the current theater poster, the 1940 classic, may have been the last movie shown. (The Gallery, Movies, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Farm Fresh: 1917
... in sacks holding 165 pounds; and from the California and Colorado sections in sacks holding 100 pounds (everything in this region being ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/02/2014 - 10:53am -

1917. "City Market. Washington, D.C." Our third glimpse of this produce market. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Unusual barrelsI worked in the wooden barrel industry for 33 years, and have never before seen helically wound staves, nor double walled barrels, such as the slack barrels in the left background! Thanks, Shorpy, for posting this unusual glimpse into the past! Re: Unusual barrelsCould these actually be "bushels"? These were used for holding 32 dry quarts of things such as produce and were a unit of measure in and of themselves. To me, they did not look as sturdy as actual barrels. BushelsThe basket of cucumbers in front of the boy looks like what we called a bushel basket when I was a child in the 60s. The barrels in the back appear to be much larger, holding two or maybe three bushels. They do appear to be made of the same thin slats as the bushel basket. They'd be much lighter than an oak whiskey barrel, but not nearly as sturdy. Still, they'd probably suffice for hauling and storing fruit and vegetables. Open Stave BarrelsThe previous post shows a better view of the barrels and reveals the contents to be potatoes and cabbages. Knowing the crops, I was able to find a bit of contemporaneous information. These types of ventilated barrels were called "slat barrels" or "open stave barrels" and typically transported produce from truck farms to market by railroad. The two photos (I can't find the third) show the same uniformed man and group of women. Is this some sort of inspection? Why are the women in white? Are they from a women's club? a benevolence league? suffragists? the average shopper? and the hats! Farm and Garden Rule-Book, A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference, Eighteenth Edition, 1912. Packages for truck crops (L.C. Corbett) Potatoes. — Truck crop potatoes are shipped from the Atlantic seaboard points in ventilated barrels holding 2¾ bushels; from the Mississippi Valley and Gulf States in sacks holding 190 pounds; from Maine in sacks holding 165 pounds; and from the California and Colorado sections in sacks holding 100 pounds (everything in this region being sold by net weight rather than by bushel). In northern sections of Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, potatoes are largely sold in bulk by weight at so much per bushel. Cabbages from the Atlantic seaboard states south of Baltimore are shipped either in crates or ventilated barrels holding 2¾ bushels. … Photos below: Figure 57 from Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett, 1913; Figures 13 and 14 from Farm Inventories by James S. Ball, 1920. Jute, not plasticApparently, one upon a time, there has been a life before and without plastic. Speaking as as an engineer, I like those lightweight barrels with the biased staves. A very elegant solution for a ventilated, light-weight transport packaging. After all, the didn't yet have forklifts to push pallets around. And a barrel rolls all on its own. You do have to pack the contents more carefully, though. Or else you might bruise the produce when doing so. If I had to guess, they might also have been short-time use-and-discard containers. Not something where you would want to use expensive waterproof oak barrels. Addendum: No Great Pacific Garbage Patch with that stuff. Why did we ever change to plastic? (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, Stores & Markets)
Washstand Cowboy: 1939
... must have been a year for pith helmets Here and on the Colorado farmer from last week. Would like to see what type rifle that is under ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/23/2018 - 3:18pm -

June 1939. "Cowhand using roller towel. Quarter Circle 'U' Ranch, Big Horn County, Montana." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the FSA. View full size. Pith HelmetsThat type of pith helmet was strongly identified with the Marine Corps during WWII...I believe it was model of 1936. It was heavily used in training to protect the recruits from sunstroke, and seems to have been worn at war anyplace hot and slightly behind the risk of death. Marine ones can be distinguished from the also popular civilian ones by an extra vent grommet at front center to hold the globe and anchor emblem. Inside is dark green, because the unpainted inside on some civilian types made the thing into a very efficient solar cooker for the head if the occupant was on a reflective surface like sand or concrete. The inverted bowl shape makes the thing highly resistant to blowing away...the aerodynamics provide the downforce that most broad rimmed hats lack. They left the service in 1963, and with some gray paint became a commonly seen hat for Post Office letter carriers. Rolling alongAgh, roller towels, one of the banes of my existence when I was young! I can't count the number of times I would pull the towel along only to find it grey, grimy-looking and wrinkled. The first time that happened I thought I must have pulled it the wrong direction, but no. Roller towels, gah! No frillsI suspect this "roller towel" just kept going around with everyone using the same one until it was just too wet to use. Talk about a spartan existence; I don't see a single thing in this bunkhouse that is in pristine or even sanitary condition and I can't even guess what the community teaspoon below the windowsill was for. Eye to EyeRoller towels! And their cousin, the towel with the grommet on a spindle. It's all fun and games until somebody gets pinkeye! Shabby chicAll of this décor, with the exception of the disgusting and unsanitary roller towel (I just barely remember those things) has now been repurposed in some nearby tiny house or vardo or yurt or log cabin, to rent at $400 per night to tourists from LA and San Francisco, flying in for a week to "slow down". 1939 must have been a year for pith helmetsHere and on the Colorado farmer from last week. Would like to see what type rifle that is under it. Down with rollingRoller towels. Didn't feed enough towel or not at all. That's one device I don't miss, even in the age of electric hand dryers! (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein)
Full House: 1938
... Uncle Clark who (while living in a half dug-out near Kim, Colorado) had 16 (!) children by about the time this photo was taken, though ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/07/2017 - 9:47am -

1938. "Andrews Log House, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Norwell, tenant." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size. Creating your own villageNot certain about which one is "Mama", though I'm guessing it's the standing woman holding a baby. This family makes me think of my Aunt Zella and Uncle Clark who (while living in a half dug-out near Kim, Colorado) had 16 (!) children by about the time this photo was taken, though some did not survive childhood. It was a very different time back then (as we are routinely reminded on Shorpy). Old log homeThat home has some age on it, even then. The hand-hewn logs give that away. It was old enough to have reached the point where these old log homes were covered with clapboards to look more modern. I'm sure Mark Bowe and the "Barnwood Builders" would love to get their hands on this one, if it still survives. On the positive sideThey look like they're getting enough food. (The Gallery, F.B. Johnston)
Candy, Electricity: 1940
September 1940. "Main street in Montrose, Colorado." Special guest appearance by Reddy Kilowatt. Medium format negative ... co-ops http://www.montrosehistory.org/western-colorado-power-company Interesting history of providing power to rural ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/02/2018 - 10:18am -

September 1940. "Main street in Montrose, Colorado." Special guest appearance by Reddy Kilowatt. Medium format negative by Russell Lee. View full size. Reddy has left the buildingAnd his building has left as well, but the adjacent buildings beyond it appear to have survived. Interestingly, the bank location is still still a bank, but the beautiful old structure is long gone. Car IDL-R: 1937 DeSoto, 1936 Ford, 1931 Chevrolet, 1930 Chevrolet, 1936 Chevrolet, 1938 Chevrolet, Buick?, 1937 Chevrolet, 1940 Ford, 1937 Hudson Electric co-opshttp://www.montrosehistory.org/western-colorado-power-company Interesting history of providing power to rural areas. Few people realize electric cooperatives supply power to over half of the US land mass. [Almost three-quarters of the country by land area, but only 11 percent of kilowatt-hours consumed. - Dave] (The Gallery, Russell Lee, Small Towns, Stores & Markets)
San Juan Federation: 1940
September 1940. "Miners' union hall. Silverton, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2020 - 2:04pm -

September 1940. "Miners' union hall. Silverton, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. We found a survivor, but not the restaurant next door. Still serving!I had a beer there in 2002, there weren’t many miners left, but it was very congenial. At the cornerIt looks too big, too heavy duty, to be a ledger press. Given the location, I suspect that it is used to crush ore samples for assay. (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Mining, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Sangre de Cristo: 1943
... Mountains above Penasco, New Mexico, looking north into Colorado. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome by John Collier. The Road ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 2:03pm -

January 1943. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains above Penasco, New Mexico, looking north into Colorado. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome by John Collier. The RoadThis reminds me of a Cormac McCarthy scene. (The Gallery, Kodachromes, John Collier, Landscapes)
Sixteenth at California: 1908
Denver, Colorado, circa 1908. "Sixteenth Street at California Street." At 11:06. 8x10 ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/15/2018 - 11:48am -

Denver, Colorado, circa 1908. "Sixteenth Street at California Street." At 11:06. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Denver DryThat big building on the left is the Denver Dry Goods department store, one of the city's finest retailers for decades. The upper floor was a famous tearoom In the 1990s part of it became the flagship store for Robert Waxman Camera & Video, where I worked in the advertising department. That was back when cameras used FILM. +104Below is the same view from July of 2012. Still shiningI walk along 16th St in Denver quite often and had always assumed that the elaborate lamp posts along the street to the north were fanciful creations meant to evoke an earlier era. But thanks to this picture, I see that they are either the real things or very accurate reproductions. (The Gallery, Bicycles, DPC, Kids)
Au Gone: 1940
... along Million Dollar Highway immediately south of Ouray, Colorado, in Ouray County." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/19/2020 - 9:05am -

September 1940. "Abandoned gold mill along Million Dollar Highway immediately south of Ouray, Colorado, in Ouray County." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Au naturelBest title of a post yet, Dave. Pure gold. [ ♥ ♥ ♥ - Dave] Au shucksJennyPennifer beat me to it. I logged in just to say it's a great title, Dave. (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Landscapes, Mining, Russell Lee)
Official Ouray: 1940
... September 1940. "Walsh Library and City Hall. Ouray, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/25/2020 - 4:35pm -

September 1940. "Walsh Library and City Hall. Ouray, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Still therebut the fire department has moved. Ouray City Hall: 1974City Hall was rebuilt after it burned down in January 1950, and looked quite different in 1974! According to Wikipedia a restoration effort in 1976 as part of the city of Ouray Centennial failed, but another restoration effort succeeded in 1988. So the 1988 building is still there, but not the 1900 building. [The frame and foundation of the 1900 building are the basis of the current structure with its restored facade. - Dave] (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Leadville: 1941
... September 1941. "Houses in old mining town of Leadville, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/03/2020 - 7:10pm -

September 1941. "Houses in old mining town of Leadville, Colorado." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Car IDCirca 1930 Essex (companion car to the Hudson). (The Gallery, Frontier Life, M.P. Wolcott, Mining)
Mohawk Airlines
... routes between Denver and small towns like mine (Montrose, Colorado). I think the 580 was out of passenger service by around 1985. ... 
 
Posted by John.Debold - 01/25/2013 - 8:08pm -

I bought a group of pictures about 7 years ago from a man in Niagara Falls. My grandmother used to take Mohawk out of Newark Airport to visit relatives in Spencerport, NY. View full size. Body SurfingThis looks more like the front rows at a concert. There's even a guy body surfing (though it doesn't look like he intended to do it). My guess is this is a sports team returning home after a big win. Sterling Coopers #1 ClientOn the show Mad Men the advertising for Mohawk is handled by Sterling Cooper. Convair 580When I was a kid in the early 80s, Aspen and Frontier Airlines were still flying those LOUD 580's on various routes between Denver and small towns like mine (Montrose, Colorado). I think the 580 was out of passenger service by around 1985. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Baby Squash: 1939
... borrower, with grandson in garden near Eaton, Colorado." It may be time to revise the cabbage-leaf theory. Photo by Arthur ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/29/2013 - 9:29pm -

October 1939. "Mrs. Calvin Brown, wife of Farm Security Administration borrower, with grandson in garden near Eaton, Colorado." It may be time to revise the cabbage-leaf theory. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. View full size. The Baby Squash is bigger than the baby.I don't know if it was typical of farm wives at that time but she has a face which reflects strength but also the cares by which that strength was developed. I like the way the grandson is positioned so you can compare him to the squash. Grandmother in 1939I was born in early 1938 and lived with my Grandmother. She also had a big garden. I was about the age of that boy in 1939. This picture brings back a lot of pleasant memories. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Arthur Rothstein, Kids)
Car 222: 1900
Denver, Colorado, circa 1900. "View from Tremont Place of Trinity Methodist Episcopal ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/19/2020 - 10:23am -

Denver, Colorado, circa 1900. "View from Tremont Place of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and Brown Palace Hotel." 5x8 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size. Shorpy's Rules of EngagementSection 2.2 (a)1 - Don't duel with Dave. Older date?The photo could be much older than 1900, since the electric trolley car is running on old Denver Tramway Company cable car tracks in Tremont Place that last had cable service Nov. 28, 1891. Denver City Cable Railway opened their cable car line on 17th Street in the foreground across Tremont Place Dec. 22, 1891. There are no Tremont Place cable car slots in the crossings with the 17th Street line. [The Brown Palace was built in 1892. - Dave] (The Gallery, DPC, Streetcars)
Será la Victoria: 1943
... workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/11/2008 - 12:51am -

May 1943. "Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota by the Farm Security Administration to harvest sugar beets under contract with the Inter-mountain Agricultural Improvement Association." View full size. Office of War Information. MexisotaI always wondered why there were so many Mexicans in Minnesota. I laughed the time I saw one particular immigrant worker in a lawn service crew wearing insulated coveralls on a 70° June day. La Victoria"Victory will belong to the democracies." (The Gallery, Railroads)
Small Town News: 1939
October 1939. Newsboy in Montrose, Colorado. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/21/2007 - 6:00pm -

October 1939. Newsboy in Montrose, Colorado. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. Does anyone know what a Uropractor does?The sign on the bottom of the column reads "Sprog & Sporg Uropractors" I am not sure what that is. Internet search pulled up nothing. [There are no "uropractors" on this sign. No Sprog or Sporg, either. What we have are the Mssrs. Spong, chiropractors. - Dave] (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Kids)
Hard Worker: 1913
... aware that in the Fort Logan National Military Cemetery in Colorado, there lies a former U.S. Marine named Daniel Wesley Dalton whose ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/20/2013 - 5:21pm -

        The incorrigibly industrious Eugene Dalton 100 years ago -- we last saw him in 2007, in the second photo ever posted on Shorpy. November 1913. Fort Worth, Texas. "Some results of messenger and newsboy work. For nine years this 16-year-old boy has been newsboy and messenger for drug stores and telegraph companies. He was recently brought before the Judge of the Juvenile Court for incorrigibility at home. Is now out on parole, and was working again for drug company when he got a job carrying grips in the Union Depot. He is on the job from 6 A.M. to 11 P.M. (seventeen hours a day) for seven days in the week. His mother and the Judge think he uses cocaine, and yet they let him put in these long hours every day. He told me 'There ain't a house in "The Acre" [Red Light] that I ain't been in. At the drug store, all my deliveries were down there.' Says he makes from $15 to $18 a week. Eugene Dalton." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. If you're going to do cocaine, marry a nurse.His draft notice says he served honorably in WWI and in 1927 he married Kathryn Brown, an R.N. Couldn't find his obit, and there's no information available on whether his two children were incorrigible, but it probably would have been poetic justice. http://records.ancestry.com/Eugene_Trice_Dalton_records.ashx?pid=1924015... Happy wife, happy lifeI hope he and Kathryn were able to manage a somewhat normal life after Eugene's awful teenaged years. Doesn't sound like he enjoyed much of a childhood and WW1 wasn't exactly a walk in the park for anyone. Eugene Dalton, the second generationOnce again the 1940 Census logs come in handy. That year, Eugene was living with Katherine in Laramie, Wyoming, where he worked as a fireman for a steam railroad company. They had two children: 11-year-old Daniel Wesley Dalton and 10-year-old David Livingston Dalton. As for whether those children were incorrigible, be aware that in the Fort Logan National Military Cemetery in Colorado, there lies a former U.S. Marine named Daniel Wesley Dalton whose birth year and state matches that of Eugene's oldest son. He lived until 1979. (The Gallery, Lewis Hine)
Agfa Supreme: 1941
September 1941. "Highway southwest of Denver, Colorado." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/13/2014 - 12:45pm -

September 1941. "Highway southwest of Denver, Colorado." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Buffalo PeaksThe rounded peaks are the Buffalo Peaks - east and west as seen from highway 24/285 in the center of the state. Wow!I don't think colorizing this photo could do it justice. [Dittorissimo. -tterrace] (The Gallery, Landscapes, M.P. Wolcott)
Father and Son 1946
... great-granddaughter liberating her ashes near Pike's Peak, Colorado. RIP Venita Alice Jalbert (wife of John J. Stafford Sr.) ... 
 
Posted by pico - 12/23/2007 - 12:36pm -

John J. Stafford Jr. and John J. Stafford III. Airport Homes, near Hartford, Connecticut. 1947 Airport homes was a former military quarters area on a decommissioned airport. After WWII it was an economical area to live as veterans and others got back into civilian life. Photo by Venita Jalbert Stafford Venita DeceasedMy Mother, Venita Alice Jalbert died on Mothers Day, 2011. Her eldest great-granddaughter liberating her ashes near Pike's Peak, Colorado. RIP Venita Alice Jalbert (wife of John J. Stafford Sr.) Follow-upLittle John Stafford III is still alive and well in 2013, and his hair is once again platinum at 67 years-old. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
George Richardson x4
My great-granduncle George Richardson Jr., Denver, Colorado, ca. 1897. He was pretty into trick photography as a young lad. View ... 
 
Posted by Anonymous Tipster - 12/22/2017 - 5:32pm -

My great-granduncle George Richardson Jr., Denver, Colorado, ca. 1897. He was pretty into trick photography as a young lad. View full size. There's moreI've posted a couple more photos from my great-great-uncle George's photo book to the Member Gallery here on Shorpy; the entire album is viewable on Flickr. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Curiosities)
Telluride P.O.: 1940
... miners' hospital, now the post office at Telluride, Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/04/2020 - 1:57pm -

September 1940. "Former miners' hospital, now the post office at Telluride, Colorado." Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Miners Hospital, now apartments Everything has a reasonIn the Google street view the stairs go straight up from the sidewalk to the front door. In the 1940 photograph it looks like that was the original arrangement, but for some reason the stairs had been rebuilt to the side. The change resulted in a minimal number of fewer stairs that could have been covered either way. At some later date someone decided it was worth the effort and expense to [re]build a straight staircase. (The Gallery, Frontier Life, Russell Lee)
Top Drill: 1940
... contest at the Labor Day celebration in Silverton, Colorado." Photo by Russell Lee. View full size. Movie Star good looks. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/30/2020 - 2:10pm -

September 1940. "Miner who won power-drilling contest at the Labor Day celebration in Silverton, Colorado." Photo by Russell Lee. View full size. Movie Star good looks. Kind of reminds me of John Garfield. Call the cops!Someone sold tobacco to a miner. (The Gallery, Mining, Russell Lee, Small Towns)
Creede: 1942
December 1942. "Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former ghost town." Photo by Andreas ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/09/2018 - 8:43pm -

December 1942. "Creede, Colorado. Lead and silver mining in a former ghost town." Photo by Andreas Feininger, Office of War Information. View full size. I Believe There is Faith in CreedeSo far, I have spotted at least three church buildings in this photograph. According to my quick-and-dirty StreetView-aided research, all three remain today! Beautiful, but desolate It is worth you time and effort to visit this spot. I have been there in the 1980's. (The Gallery, Andreas Feininger, Landscapes, Mining)
War Wife: 1943
Taken at a studio in Denver, Colorado, Mary Ann Arroyo was about 16 years old and the wife of U.S. Army ... 
 
Posted by SanLuis - 12/26/2011 - 9:12am -

Taken at a studio in Denver, Colorado, Mary Ann Arroyo was about 16 years old and the wife of U.S. Army Private Tony Arroyo, who was away, fighting in the South Pacific. Already a mother in this picture, Mary Ann and Tony married when she was 13 and he was 16. World War II separated the couple for five years, giving them each time to grow up. View full size. Howwas she able to get married at 13? Also, did they stay together after the war? So many people didn't. The Age of MarriageThe age at which a girl could marry at varied from state to state. Today most states have a set age of 18 without parental consent. In most states today minors as young as 15 can marry with parental consent and even younger with parental consent and the permission of a judge. Even today, in the state of New Hampshire a 13 year old girl can be married with the written permission of her parents and a waiver, and the minimum age in South Carolina with parental permission is 14 for a girl (16 for a boy). 14 year-olds can get married in Texas with parental permission. It's just my guess but it's likely that in some places at least the legal age for marriage with or without consent was lower than it is today. 50 YearsTony and Mary Ann remained married for 50 years, until her death and raised 11 children. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Garden of the Gods: 1944
... My grandparents (on the right) visiting Garden of Gods in Colorado on June 1944 before leaving for Germany. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by jmanelis01 - 11/12/2010 - 1:43pm -

My grandparents (on the right) visiting Garden of Gods in Colorado on June 1944 before leaving for Germany. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, WW2)
The Experiment: 1942
October 1942. "Colorado School of Mines at Golden. Chemical prospecting for oil becomes more ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/03/2017 - 11:06am -

October 1942. "Colorado School of Mines at Golden. Chemical prospecting for oil becomes more important as the war goes on and the demand for oil increases. Petroleum engineers call chemical prospecting the first scientific approach to the detection of oil in the earth. The big glass condensers, with which these engineering students are working with a professor of geophysics, are used in a soil analysis test. The percentage of wax left as residue at the end of the experiment indicates the nearness of petroleum to the site from which the soil sample was taken." Photo by Andreas Feininger, Office of War Information. View full size. When I was in college...We would've made one heckuva bong out of that apparatus! From an old chemist1. The glassware used in the experiment/analysis is very modern for the year: it's 'Standard Taper" so that the students didn't have to fit corks or stoppers into the joints. Mines was an advanced campus then as now. 2. Safety glasses were not offered nor required. Now the students would have face shields as well as other protective gear! 3. As grad students in the 60's, we learned the hard way to wire or clamp the rubber tubing onto the reflux columns and other places where water was used as a coolant. The way we learned is that a poor grad student failed to wire his tubing, and went home for the weekend, leaving his pot boiling. The tubing came off and flooded the lab and the floors below, including the Dept Chair's expensive library. OOPS! (We never heard from that guy again.) (Technology, The Gallery, Andreas Feininger)
A leg to stand (sit?) on.
... to stand on" but my uncle had one to sit on! 1931 in the Colorado mountains somewhere around Crawford. I never did get an explanation ... 
 
Posted by rsavage - 12/05/2007 - 12:16am -

Some people don't have "a leg to stand on" but my uncle had one to sit on! 1931 in the Colorado mountains somewhere around Crawford. I never did get an explanation of the photo. It would be interesting to hear where the leg came from. He made good use of it anyway. CrawfordJoe Cocker ("With a Little Help From my Friends") lives on Crawford. Joe CockerYes. He has/had a bar/restaraunt there. His business is in the same place that the old country store used to be. My great grandfather Will Savage and my uncle Lee Savage used to sit out front and debate politics and every day life. Crawford is a neat little town. Savage (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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