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Oh! Toledo!
1905. "Madison Avenue, Toledo, O." The Hotel Madison at left. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/25/2020 - 2:26pm -

1905. "Madison Avenue, Toledo, O." The Hotel Madison at left. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size. Wow.This is a pretty amazing streetscape. Are any of those buildings still standing? All Gone NowAn old Toledo directory gives the address as 718 Madison Ave. I\That whole side of the block is a parking lot now. Historical ContextWe can look back in historical context to any period and make value judgements, but how can today's streetscape be, in any way, better than the 1905 version? Will anyone in 115 years look at the car park photo (published by commishbob) with envy and say, 'wow - look what we lost'? (The Gallery, DPC, Toledo)
Metropolis Rising: 1900
... J. Hardenbergh (better known for his designs for the Plaza Hotel and the Dakota Apartments). It was an unusually narrow building designed ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/10/2017 - 3:16pm -

Manhattan circa 1900. "New York's business district from the Woodbridge Building." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size. Lots to see here!The Woodbridge Building stood on the east side of William Street, between Platt and John Streets, so we are looking south along William Street at the left-hand edge of the photo. The dark colored building with the nifty brick gables (and a guy leaning out of the top story window) is the Wolfe Building of 1896, designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh (better known for his designs for the Plaza Hotel and the Dakota Apartments). It was an unusually narrow building designed in the seldom used Flemish (or German) Renaissance style. To the right of center, in the background, is the slender Gillender Building of 1896-97, with its telescoping blocks capped by a little square domed tower. This one stood at the northwest corner of Wall and Nassau Streets. It was designed by Berg and Clark and demolished very early (in 1910!) to make way for the Bankers Trust Building with its stepped tower based on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. To its left you can see the twin domes of the Commercial Cable Building (also built 1897) by Gooch and Harding, which stood at 20 Broad Street, right next door to the New York Stock Exchange. Needless to say, all three buildings, like the Woodbridge Building itself, have been demolished, along with a great deal else in this photograph. So what's going up behind the Wolfe?I assume all the chewing gum and baling wire on the roof is indicative of ongoing construction (and it looks like all the windows are not yet in place, either). Identifying the new neighbor might help us narrow down the year of the photograph, as well. (The Gallery, DPC, NYC)
The Dennis (Colorized): 1905
... here . I originally started this image coloring the hotel a brilliant blue. *Then* I decided to do a little research. One colorized postcard from the era showed the hotel as all red. One postcard showed it as all green. *Two* postcards from ... 
 
Posted by scottr - 04/29/2017 - 10:35am -

The original is here. I originally started this image coloring the hotel a brilliant blue. *Then* I decided to do a little research. One colorized postcard from the era showed the hotel as all red. One postcard showed it as all green. *Two* postcards from back then showed a tan color with a green top. The votes were in. Unlike in many of my colorizations, therefore, the color scheme here is probably more or less accurate. As with all of my images, this functions as wallpaper for my desktop, and has been cropped to those dimensions. View full size. (Colorized Photos)
The Odyssey of Esther Bubley: Part 1.
"Without engaging a hotel room, traveling servicemen may take a shower, shave, and wash and iron ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/13/2007 - 7:46pm -

"Without engaging a hotel room, traveling servicemen may take a shower, shave, and wash and iron clothes at the United Nations service center in Washington, D.C." View full size. Photograph by Esther Bubley, one in a series 2,105 pictures she took of servicemen going about their lives in 1943, and we looked at them until our eyes bled. (Soap? Razors? Towels? In the Control Room, heh heh.) (Curiosities, Esther Bubley, WW2)
The Chittenden: 1904
Columbus, Ohio, 1904. "Chittenden Hotel." Opened 1895, razed 1973. The final installment of our Columbus Day ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/14/2013 - 7:17pm -

Columbus, Ohio, 1904. "Chittenden Hotel." Opened 1895, razed 1973. The final installment of our Columbus Day trilogy. 8x10 glass negative. View full size. Third time is a charm.The first two had a fire problem. Read more. An odd combinationThe architecture looks "Sino-Romanesque" to me. Appropriate, perhaps, in a city named after Columbus. (The Gallery, DPC, Streetcars)
Lux Nocturna: 1933
January 6, 1933. "Manhattan from St. George Hotel in Brooklyn to financial district, night view." 5x7 acetate negative by ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/19/2016 - 1:33pm -

January 6, 1933. "Manhattan from St. George Hotel in Brooklyn to financial district, night view." 5x7 acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size. A Gershwin momentI'm sure this is what he had in mind when he wrote Rhapsody in Blue (or, if not, it's what he SHOULD've had in mind). World-famous indoor swimming poolI stayed in the St. George several times as an Army brat going and coming from Germany. The military had a contract to provide lodging for in-transit military families. The one thing I remember most is the huge basement swimming pool at the St. George. As I recall, that was quite a calling card back in the '50s. I remember it being very dark and reeking of chlorine. (The Gallery, Gottscho-Schleisner, NYC)
23rd Street Y: 1904
... side, at 213, a little bit to the east of the Chelsea Hotel. The Y operated at this location until 2002 (since 1941 known as the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/30/2019 - 5:35pm -

New York circa 1904. "23rd Street Branch, Y.M.C.A." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size. $14.5MThe original Y on 23rd Street, built in 1869, was over at Fourth Avenue, and moved to this location in 1904, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, where the Beaux-Arts building still stands on the north side, at 213, a little bit to the east of the Chelsea Hotel. The Y operated at this location until 2002 (since 1941 known as the McBurney Y) when it moved to 14th Street. Note the distinctive steel roof trusses in all three photos, including (below) a view of the gym and upper running track in later years, and the 7,000-square-foot loft in the same space when it was for sale in 2016 for $14.5 million. And, yes, it’s the YMCA in the background of The Village People video in 1978. Balcony TrackIf this is the same as the Y that I used to go to on Saturday mornings back in the '60s, the wraparound balcony should be a banked track. After swimming lessons in the basement pool, we’d go up there and run laps because the track was small and the corners were banked. We’d jog the straightaways and accelerate through the turns to see how high we could go. My parents liked it because it kept us amused, out of the house, and not watching Saturday morning cartoons. I lived here in 1983That’s the old McBurney Y, now in a new building on 14th Street at the site of the former 14th Street Armory. The McBurney was the ”YMCA” of Village People fame, and a zoo it was. The management staff were genuinely good honest people. It was $31 a day, herds of roaches included. if you stayed there with regularity you were put on a list for a statutory lease at $240 per month. I got one and it saved my life. (The Gallery, DPC, NYC, Sports)
Hawaii: 1965
... This was almost certainly taken at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. I have a series of slides my in-laws took on their honeymoon in 1954 ... 
 
Posted by JoeV - 08/15/2012 - 3:52pm -

My parents took a trip to Hawaii in 1965 and took some very colorful photographs. Here's one of a welcoming celebration of sorts for tourists. View full size. PCCI can't see enough to be certain, but it looks to me like this was taken at the Polynesian Culture Center, in Laie, on the island of Oahu. This was only a few years before I moved to that island, two years after which I went to college in Laie. The college, now known as BYU-Hawaii, and the PCC were together and most of the dancers in the night show were students. Royal HawaiianThis was almost certainly taken at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. I have a series of slides my in-laws took on their honeymoon in 1954 (will have to post some of the better ones). The Royal Hawaiian on Waikiki constantly had hula shows and the like on the grounds. The hut in the background looks to be the same one in those shots. Polynesian Cultural CenterI agree with noelani that this looks like the PCC, which was still quite new in 1965. It was built on the grounds of what was then Church College of Hawaii (now, as noelani said, BYU-Hawaii). I was there many times in 1963-4; it was considered prime hunting ground for Marines stationed at MCAS Kaneohe, which was about an hour away. Kodak Hula ShowI believe this pic was of the Kodak Hula Show but I will have to find the old photo albums to recall where it was held. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Central Station: 1909
... size. Looking Back Looks like at least one of the hotel wagons as well as the freight wagon next to it may be the same as four ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/04/2019 - 12:52pm -

Circa 1909. "Central Station, Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Looking BackLooks like at least one of the hotel wagons as well as the freight wagon next to it may be the same as four years earlier. A SignMa Bell was here. (The Gallery, DPC, Horses, Railroads)
Two ladies on the beach at Paignton, Devon, England. 1890s.
... served with the Royal Bengal Engeneers. Converted into an hotel in 1904 (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Benicek - 10/08/2011 - 12:42pm -

Paignton, Devon, England. View full size. Seaside castleThe fanciful architecture and its location suggest a Victorian-era seaside resort amusement pavilion rather than an actual castle or residence. There were scores of examples in England alone, a few of which survive. I haven't been able to track this one down, and it may not even be in England. Found it!http://www.redcliffehotel.co.uk/ About the seaside castleRedcliffe Tower, Paignton, Devon, England. built as private residence in 1856 by Colonel Robert Smith (1787-1873) who served with the Royal Bengal Engeneers. Converted into an hotel in 1904 (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
On the Way Up: 1900
... "Otis Elevating Railway, looking up toward Mountain House Hotel, Catskill Mountains, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/08/2017 - 11:42am -

Circa 1900. "Otis Elevating Railway, looking up toward Mountain House Hotel, Catskill Mountains, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size. Going upAny relation to Otis Elevator Corporation? Interesting twist on the usual conflagrationBarely visible to the left of the tracks at the top of the hill was the Catskill Mountain House, which operated from 1823 to 1941. The State of New York retroactively declared the land it occupied as "forever wild", and torched it in 1963. The Otis Elevating Railroad only ran from 1892 to 1918. It's a wonder those square timber breaking braking rails didn't cause it to go up in flames before its commercial demise, but they were primarily for emergency use as this was the usual (almost) counterbalanced funicular. Looking Back DownIf you look hard enough you might see the camera way down at the other end of the tracks. (The Gallery, DPC, Railroads)
It's Delovely: 1900
Savannah, Georgia, circa 1900. "Hotel DeSoto." Last glimpsed here . 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/14/2017 - 1:02pm -

Savannah, Georgia, circa 1900. "Hotel DeSoto." Last glimpsed here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. What is that wheeled contraptionthe boy is sitting in, in the center of the photo? Looks like fun. Wheeled contraptionA velocipede tricycle, or variation thereof, but without the backrest. (The Gallery, DPC, Savannah)
Corner Rooms: 1905
Circa 1905. "Fort Pitt Hotel, Penn Avenue, Pittsburg." Demolished 1967. 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/14/2015 - 2:05pm -

Circa 1905. "Fort Pitt Hotel, Penn Avenue, Pittsburg." Demolished 1967. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. A bit severeLooks a bit severe from the outside, but inside were wonderful rooms like the English Room, the Writing Room, and, my favorite, the Norse Room The Fort PittOnce considered one of Pittsburgh’s most elegant hotels. (The Gallery, DPC, Pittsburgh)
Big & Little: 1908
New York circa 1908. "Broadway at Times Square -- Hotel Astor and Astor Theatre." Now playing: Paid in Full , an "effective ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/21/2016 - 3:07pm -

New York circa 1908. "Broadway at Times Square -- Hotel Astor and Astor Theatre." Now playing: Paid in Full, an "effective play," according to the New York Times. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Summer in the cityThe beer garden on top of the Astor is a little bit visible. A reminder that before WWI, there was a strong German influence on American culture. Kodak?I'm a bit perplexed at the Kodak phrase on the awning at the far right. The brand was just about 20 years old in 08. [And already so ubiquitous that "kodak" and "kodaking" had entered the vernacular as synonymous with snapshot photography. -tterrace] (The Gallery, DPC, NYC, Streetcars)
New York World's Fair: '64 or '65
... injection molding process. Ah, Band Trip to NYC, the Taft Hotel -- what could be better? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... 
 
Posted by Dana - 07/23/2009 - 8:02pm -

This is a picture of my mom and her brother at the New York World's Fair. I guess my grandma wanted to get the at much as she could in the photo so my mom and uncle are really far away, but you can see my mom's pretty plaid dress. My grandpa worked for the airlines in Miami, Fla., the now defunct Eastern Airlines. So they were able to get cheap tickets up to New York. When talking about the Fair my mom always mentions seeing the talking Abraham Lincoln robot. View full size. Me too!My mom and dad went to that World's Fair too. Dad was also fascinated by the Abraham Lincoln robot. When Disney World was built, we had to go right away so Dad could once again see "Lincoln" in the Hall of Presidents. Me ThreeMom and Dad didn't make it, but I was at that World's Fair. The Bull City (actually Durham, N.C.) H.S. Band played a concert at one of the outdoor venues there. I came away with a piece of spin art (the first time I had encountered that medium) and a Sinclair brontosaurus made by the injection molding process. Ah, Band Trip to NYC, the Taft Hotel -- what could be better? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Windsor: 1905
Circa 1905. "Windsor Hotel -- Saratoga, New York." A sort of Potted Palm Springs. 8x10 inch glass ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/15/2014 - 8:18pm -

Circa 1905. "Windsor Hotel -- Saratoga, New York." A sort of Potted Palm Springs. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Broadway and Williams Streets, Saratoga SpringsTorn down in the 40's and replaced with a Holiday Inn, which is still there. Wiliams Street was truncated at some point so there is no longer an intersection there. Triple HungI love those tall triple hung windows opening onto the porch. (The Gallery, DPC, Saratoga Springs)
First of the Mohicans: 1904
1904. "Sagamore Hotel dock, Green Island, Lake George, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 06/11/2016 - 8:02pm -

1904. "Sagamore Hotel dock, Green Island, Lake George, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. SkiffsThose row boats are what we called St Lawrence skiffs when I was a kid. My family had a cottage on the St Lawrence River at Point Vivian, near the International Bridge. Our only boat was a double oar-lock skiff very similar to the ones pictured. It was a beautifully made and maintained wooden boat, but I yearned for something with an outboard motor and drooled over the Chris-Crafts and other inboards seen at the public docks in Alexandria Bay! Mohican I (1894 - 1908)"The first Mohican [shown here] was built in Lake George Village on Pine Point. She was launched in 1894, she was 93 feet long and 17 feet wide and weighed 150 tons (the current Mo weighs 200 tons). She was propelled by a single 200 horsepower steam engine which worked a single propeller. "She wasn't originally built for the Steamboat Company, but she was later purchased by the company. The company then improved the main deck, added steam heating, carpeting, and toilets among other things. "She sailed daily from Baldwin (Ticonderoga) at 7:20 am, stopping at all of the landings when signaled to, and arrived at Caldwell just in time to catch the 11:25 am southbound train. She then left Caldwell to head back up to Ti at 2:45 pm and (once again after making all her landings) arrived in Baldwin at 6:30 pm. During busy times in the summer, she also made stops in Paradise Bay and the Narrows. "After 14 years of faithful service the Mohican (I) was retired on 1908, just as the new steel-hulled Mohican (II) was rolled into service to replace her. The first Mohican was dismantled in Ticonderoga that same year." Source: Lake George Steamboat Company. The Lake George Steamboat Company turns 200 years old in 2017. The Mohican II, which is still in service and is on the National Register of Historic Places, also has the antlers mounted at the top of the wheel house. The Mohican II is shown in the first photo below, and the other photo shows another view of the Mohican I. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC)
Car 222: 1900
... of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and Brown Palace Hotel." 5x8 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size. ... 
 
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)
Old Florida: 1898
... Port Tampa Inn could fish from their rooms and have the hotel staff prepare their catch. (The Gallery, DPC, Florida, Railroads, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 12/08/2016 - 4:01pm -

"Tampa Pier, Fla." The Port Tampa Inn, wharf and rail line circa 1898, captured on an 8x10 glass plate by William Henry Jackson. View full size. Self-Serve Room ServiceAccording to a 2011 article in the Tampa Bay Times, guests of the Port Tampa Inn could fish from their rooms and have the hotel staff prepare their catch. (The Gallery, DPC, Florida, Railroads, W.H. Jackson)
San Luis Obispo: 1955
... I love the shot and want to stay at the Anderson Hotel! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Small Towns, tterrapix) ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 09/22/2011 - 4:58pm -

Summer 1955, San Luis Obispo, California. The days when old-looking buildings downtown really were old and Studebakers could roam the streets freely. My brother's Anscochome slide. View full size. Where's Joe Friday?This looks like it could be from the 1950s version of "Dragnet." I love the shot and want to stay at the Anderson Hotel! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Small Towns, tterrapix)
Funniest Place on Earth: 1914
... Atlantic City circa 1914. "Bathers in front of Chalfonte Hotel and Steeplechase Pier." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/05/2017 - 11:47am -

Atlantic City circa 1914. "Bathers in front of Chalfonte Hotel and Steeplechase Pier." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. I'm CuriousIs there any significance to the white bathing dresses we see, very rarely, in these photos? Or were they just not very popular? (The Gallery, Atlantic City, DPC, Swimming)
Peoria: 1917
... Block of South Adams, Peoria, Illinois Summer of 1917. Hotel d'Europe/Fey Hotel and Wheelock's China, Glass and Lamps in the distance. 'Enlist for the ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 11/09/2018 - 8:00am -

The 300 to 100 Downtown Block of South Adams, Peoria, Illinois Summer of 1917. Hotel d'Europe/Fey Hotel and Wheelock's China, Glass and Lamps in the distance. 'Enlist for the Period of War Only, US Marines'. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Idyllic Isle: 1904
... since 1915, a few years after the massive Manhanset House Hotel burned down in 1910. For many decades it has been New York's least ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/23/2019 - 12:52pm -

Circa 1904. "Sylvester Avenue, Manhanset Manor, Shelter Island, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size. Warning SignNo "fast driving," or else. Tiny townManhanset Manor has officially been known as Dering Harbor since 1915, a few years after the massive Manhanset House Hotel burned down in 1910. For many decades it has been New York's least populous municipality. The 2010 census showed a total population of 11. Fish or cut grassNotice the man past the sign tree on the lawn near the water. He appears to be wearing something like a sombrero and is holding a pole. Was he fishing, or is he scything grass? (The Gallery, DPC, Horses)
Cadillac Corner: 1906
Detroit circa 1906. "Hotel Cadillac, Washington Boulevard." Last seen here , with a different ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2020 - 1:20pm -

Detroit circa 1906. "Hotel Cadillac, Washington Boulevard." Last seen here, with a different cast of characters. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. It's the Cadillac of hotelsDrape heights, plus the curtain billowing outward onto the fire escape, and open windows tell you the two photographs were taken on the same day in 1906. My guess is the first had the plume of smoke and the photographer waited for it to clear before taking the second. [The other photo was taken as part of a three-section panorama. - Dave] Sure, the crowd has changedBut the horse droppings are still in place. (The Gallery, Detroit Photos, DPC)
The Pavilion: 1904
Circa 1904. "State Street and Pavilion Hotel, Montpelier, Vermont." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/20/2014 - 10:43am -

Circa 1904. "State Street and Pavilion Hotel, Montpelier, Vermont." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Same as it ever was.For the most part, on the corner of Taylor street: View Larger Map Is that a water tank wagon?On the right side of the road, in the distance, is what appears to be a water dispersing wagon, perhaps spraying the road to keep down the dust? If so, I wonder how long that would last before the water evaporated away. Oil works so much better, as the American military realized when treating dirt roads in the South Pacific, prompting some Japanese officer to comment that he knew the war was lost when he saw the Americans using that precious commodity for such a mundane task. Or, is it something entirely different? [Note the spray. -tterrace] Bingo! What do you use to create that further enlargement? [The full-size 168 Mb scan from the LOC, also enlarging that to 150%. -tterrace] (The Gallery, DPC)
Cast of Characters: 1897
Brevard County, Florida, circa 1897. "Hotel Eau Gallie, Indian River." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/24/2018 - 5:14am -

Brevard County, Florida, circa 1897. "Hotel Eau Gallie, Indian River." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size. PosesLate 19th century Florida, where five out of six males covered their assets. No landscape companies hereThat white sand in the picture takes me back to 3rd Grade in Edgewater School in Fort Lauderdale. How something that is white can make a kid so dirty, I will never know. Nowadays, everything is covered with landscaped grass and the only sand you see is at the beach. (The Gallery, DPC, Florida, W.H. Jackson)
Ames Higher: 1902
... Completed in 1893, this 13-story office building (now a hotel) was Boston's first skyscraper. 8x10 inch gelatin silver glass ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/28/2020 - 8:43am -

Boston, 1902. "Ames Building and Washington Street." Completed in 1893, this 13-story office building (now a hotel) was Boston's first skyscraper. 8x10 inch gelatin silver glass transparency, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size. Lost BostonIn the distance, you can see Adams Square subway station. Adams Square, along with the more famous Scollay Square, fell to urban renewal circa 1960. They don't make subway stations like that anymore. Boston MassacreThe building with the eagle on the roof at the right margin of the photograph is the Old State House, where the Declaration of Independence was read from a second story balcony a few days after July 4, 1776, and in front of which the Boston Massacre occurred about 6 years earlier. It's still there, the figurative center of Boston's Financial District. The other buildings across the street from the Ames Building in the photograph are long gone, replaced by tall, rectangular boxes of offices (which are currently almost completely empty). The street running from front to rear of the photograph is now a pedestrian walkway, leading to City Hall. And the Ames Building was recently sold to Suffolk University, which is converting the building to a dormitory, which will also likely be vacant for ... who knows how much longer. (The Gallery, Boston, DPC, Streetcars)
Hat-Mart: 1915
... look more like the bird cages used at some zoos and hotel lobbies. (The Gallery, New Zealand, Stores & Markets) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/31/2014 - 7:47am -

New Zealand, 1915. "Display cases in the Economic drapery store, Wanganui." Tesla Studios glass negative by Frank J. Denton. View full size. Gilly Selfie Downunder Selfie ninety-nine years ago.....but your legs show. Camera is in left corner mirror reflection. Aviaries Those huge showcases look more like the bird cages used at some zoos and hotel lobbies. (The Gallery, New Zealand, Stores & Markets)
Servicemen Ski Outing: 1944
... Switzerland and Northern Italy, staying at the Park Hotel, Alpenhof in Switzerland and Adler Hotel & Erica Schweizerhof in Lugano, Switzerland. The servicemen were with ... 
 
Posted by Christoph Traugott - 01/11/2019 - 3:40pm -

Unknown (of yet) World War II Servicemen from Peoria, Illinois, R&R time in the Lake Lugano Area. Lake Lugano is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and Northern Italy, staying at the Park Hotel, Alpenhof in Switzerland and Adler Hotel & Erica Schweizerhof in Lugano, Switzerland. The servicemen were with the logistical unit of ADSEC or ADSEC/COMZ (Technical Corporals and Sergeants), "The Advance Section, Communications Zone", European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), 1944 to 1945. ADSEC was responsible supplying the advancing army, with ordnance and munitions; operated field hospitals, and supplied the front-lines with much needed blood, they also provided transportation of oil and gas, and were instrumental in the detail supply planning for Normandy. (Recovered from fused and water-damaged 120 and 135 roll film) (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Farmers Market: 1969
... trucks as a kid. No doubt they dealt with bed linens, hotel towels and uniforms, but what I noticed them delivering were those rolls ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 11/30/2012 - 7:52pm -

Los Angeles, March 1969. Farmers Market and CBS Television City. Does this viewpoint look the same today? I haven't been back since. Love the Linen truck in the lot. View full size. It pays to keep cleanIn the same era but a world away from California in Winnipeg, Manitoba, I recall seeing those very same trucks as a kid. No doubt they dealt with bed linens, hotel towels and uniforms, but what I noticed them delivering were those rolls of cloth towels used in public washrooms. Extremely few of those are left nowadays, although I know one place that still uses them. Remember when the towel came to the end of the roll and you'd be left with the gross, damp, filthy end hanging from the spool? A Few Years EarlierYou asked if the view would be the same today. I don't know, but I do know that the view would have been different a few years earlier - say in 1956 - because Television City wouldn't have been there. Instead you would have seen Gilmore Field, home of the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League and Gilmore Stadium, an oval football and auto racing venue that hosted the NFL Pro-Bowl game in 1939 and 1940. Once So CommonIt's always interesting to look at a picture like this and recall how all those vehicles were once everywhere in my life. Some of them I never see anymore, even at an antique auto show. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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