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- The Eastman Hotel: 1901
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1901. "The Eastman Hotel." Completed in 1890; demolished 1946 after serving as a hospital annex ... Posted by Dave - 05/16/2017 - 1:25pm -
![Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1901. "The Eastman Hotel." Completed in 1890; demolished 1946 after serving as a hospital annex and transit hub for the military during World War 2. Panorama of three 8x10 glass negatives. View full size.
"Easy Payments"The only thing that has changed with that phrase over the intervening years is the addition of numbers, e.g. "3 easy payments of $29.95!"
Always-----So when did it burn?
[A photo caption is your friend. - tterrace]
(Panoramas, The Gallery, DPC, Hot Springs)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY-Eastman_Hotel_1.thumbnail.jpg "The Eastman Hotel: 1901")
- National Hotel Fire: 1911
- The National Hotel Fire (corner of Hamilton and Jefferson Streets), Nov. 12, 1911. Opening ... 1883, the National quickly became the preeminent elegant Hotel in Peoria, until its untimely demise. Firefighter Chester Mooberry of the ... Posted by Christoph Traugott - 09/30/2017 - 11:14am -
- Park Hotel Alpenhof: 1944
- ... same trip, on same Lake, a ski outing, staying at the Park Hotel, Alpenhof in Switzerland and Adler Hotel & Erica Schweizerhof, in Lugano, Switzerland. The servicemen were ... Posted by Christoph Traugott - 01/11/2019 - 3:39pm -
- Hotel Windsor: 1900
- The Jersey Shore circa 1900. "Hotel Windsor, Atlantic City." At left, the Traymore. 8x10 inch dry plate glass ... Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 3:11pm -
- Exchange Hotel: 1906
- Circa 1906. "New Exchange Hotel. Montgomery, Alabama." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit ... Posted by Dave - 03/12/2015 - 4:46pm -
- Hotel Rainbow: 1941
- September 1941. "Buildings on main street of ghost town. Judith Basin, Montana." Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Geyser MT It's Geyser, Montana. The bank building is st ... Posted by Dave - 02/14/2020 - 10:55am -
- Atlantic City: 1907
- ... Including Young's Million-Dollar Pier and the Hotel Marlborough-Blenheim (Marlborough House at center and the domed Blenheim ... Park I'm happy to see the little park next to the hotel is still there, even though the lovely old hotel has been replaced by an ... Posted by Dave - 04/08/2024 - 12:49pm -
- Hotel Casey: 1910
- Construction of the Hotel Casey on Lackawanna Ave. in Scranton, Pa. June 1910. View full size. ... Posted by MindTimeSpace - 02/03/2010 - 9:15am -
- Hotel Henry: 1908
- Perpendicular Pittsburgh circa 1908. "Fifth Avenue from Grant Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
+103 Below is the same view from July of 2011.
1914 Pierce-Arrow The touring c ... Posted by Dave - 09/17/2014 - 3:23pm -
- Hotel Seaside: 1907
- Wildwood, New Jersey, circa 1907. "Hotel Seaside." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2016 - 11:23am -
- Des Moines: 1940
- ... this is? I'm sure it's downtown. I tried to search for Hotel Franklin, but came up with nothing.
[The Hotel Franklin was at Fifth and Locust. - Dave]
Hotel Franklin The ... Posted by Dave - 05/29/2008 - 1:10am -
![May 1940. "Afternoon, downtown Des Moines, Iowa." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
All Together NowNow all together, put your right foot forward. Hmnnn, how did Busby Berkeley, I mean John Vachon ever get all them folks to synchronize like that, now that's a photographer.
Des MoinesDoes anyone know where in Des Moines this is? I'm sure it's downtown. I tried to search for Hotel Franklin, but came up with nothing.
[The Hotel Franklin was at Fifth and Locust. - Dave]
Hotel FranklinThe image is looking north on 5th Avenue at Locust. One can tell the direction and street by the bend in the road in the near distance. In the downtown area, only streets on the north edge (mostly numbered streets) bend that way.
The Franklin Hotel became a rat trap by the '70s and was torn down toward the end of that decade or in the 1980s.
The people look reasonably well-dressed, but so thin -- almost gaunt in some cases. Busby Berkeley indeed.
(The Gallery, John Vachon)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/8a06255u.thumbnail.jpg "Des Moines: 1940")
- Hotel Ten Eyck: 1908
- Albany, New York, circa 1908. "The Ten Eyck." At two fifty-seven. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
At the oak Ten Eyck is a Dutch name, which roughly translates to "At the oak." The name wa ... Posted by Dave - 09/10/2012 - 11:21am -
- Hotel Seminole (Colorized): 1910
- ... original. I may not achieve the level to Dennis Klassen's Hotel Astor (Colorized): 1909, but I've been inspired by his perfection. I also ... Posted by Lamyflute1 - 04/18/2014 - 7:15pm -
- Hotel Navarre: 1907
- A 1907 postcard of the Hotel Navarre in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania which is just west of Harrisburg ... Posted by geekgrandma - 06/22/2010 - 10:27am -
- Imperial Hotel
- Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, 1936. View full size.
(ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery) ... Posted by chiliangel - 01/13/2012 - 9:09am -
- Washington Duke Hotel
- Washington Duke Hotel, Durham, North Carolina. From my collection of architectural photos. ... Posted by John.Debold - 12/15/2017 - 8:45pm -
- Transit Hub: 1906
- Circa 1906. "Atlantic City, N.J., hotel busses at P.R. depot." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit ... one of those newfangled horseless carriages. Wonder which hotel sent THAT.
Such aristocratic horses! Most of them must be hitched ... Note the horseless carriage!
Yesterday's hotel buses and todays... It makes perfect sense, but I had no idea that ... Posted by Dave - 08/15/2012 - 4:16pm -
- Main Street U.S.A.: 1925
- ... Also in the archive is nice photo of the Occidental Hotel .
Who are they? I think I see Lincoln in the series of portraits ... the building on the left. But who are the others?
$6 hotel suites What do they think -- we're made of money?
Neat Photo is ... Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 6:37pm -
![March 1925. Washington, D.C. "Pennsylvania Avenue." Lots of Shorpy landmarks here. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Childs' RestaurantI spent the longest time trying to make out the letters on the lighted sign on the white building to the left. I should have known I could more easily find an alternate view in Shorpy's archive. The building is Childs' Restaurant, now with three stories! Also in the archive is nice photo of the Occidental Hotel.
Who are they?I think I see Lincoln in the series of portraits just under the cornice of the building on the left. But who are the others?
$6 hotel suitesWhat do they think -- we're made of money?
NeatPhoto is taken at just about the same spot as that KKK march photo of some time back. And there's the Willard in all its glory. Amazing how bright he Occidental sign is, like it was highlighted.
WhewSo much to look - I love these street scenes. Love the landmarks.
Thankyou very muchJust spent two whole days going back through the whole archive ... quite wonderful ... thanks.
[You're welcome, and the bathroom's at the end of the hall. - Dave]
My FavoritesMy two favorite Shorpy subjects are here. Both the U.S. Capitol and a United Cigar Store.
The OccidentalA restaurant "famous for food" -- what will they think of next?
Legibility: what a concept"Henry, what does that sign in the middle of the street say? I can't make it out."
"Me neither, Martha. It'll be on your side when we go past, see if you can read it."
That one in the background is still thereLooks like I've found my new desktop background. Whenever I place a Shorpy picture for my desktop background, I also find a modern day version of the same pic to show anyone who asks about my black and white background. So, here's the Street View. Enjoy!
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No wires for the trolley.No wires for the trolley. Were these not electric?
[They were electric. The wires were under the street. - Dave]
LocationI don't think that's the Willard on the left. The building to the farthest left is the Washington Hotel, at 15th and Penn. It's still there and looks the same. The White House and the Willard would be in back of the photographer. The Post Office tower is still there, but the buildings on the far right have been replaced by the District Building, the DC town hall.
[The Willard is indeed in this photo, at 14th and Pennsylvania, rising next to the much smaller Occidental Hotel. - Dave]
More LandmarksOther Shorpy hallmarks included here: ghosts on the sidewalk, vintage cars & streetcars in action, funky roadsigns, promotional posters for upcoming events, and a glimpse into a long-gone way of life.
Who they yam"I think I see Lincoln in the series of portraits just under the cornice of the building on the left. But who are the others?"
The man on our right (Abe's left) is definitely George Washington. The fellow on the left is a puzzler - presumably another president, but he looks like Socrates. Or maybe Popeye.
Department storeYou can just see a sign for Raleigh's on the top of the building just left of center, above the Jacksonville sign. Raleigh was a Washington, DC department store that finally went out of business in 1992. I remember my mom having a Raleigh's charge card back in the 1970s.
[The RALEIGH sign is for the Raleigh Hotel. Raleigh Haberdasher was a tenant on the ground floor. - Dave]
Wires You Can't See and other trolley triviaHey y'all, I just joined up and in going through the photos found this one of the Washington DC streetcar system. As I am a railroad historian and transit consultant I know a bit about this system.
Indeed Washington DC had electric streetcars. The Washington Streetcar System, began in 1862 and operated with mule power affectionately called "hay burners." In 1890 Washington got swept up in the Cable Car Craze. This is very odd because successful electric cars were in operation by 1886 and by 1890 most larger systems were either converted or in the process of converting. Cable Cars on the other hand were outrageously expensive to build, operate and maintain.
Though they once blanketed the country their era was only about 10 years, usually between about 1875-1885 when electric experimentation took the wind out of cable railroads. Washington's experimentation into cable railroading was short lived and represented a gigantic investment in what was already an out dated technology. Cable railway cars have no motors or other power source, they are simply free rolling rail cars not unlike the older mule cars. The big breakthrough was the wire rope cable that ran in a slot in the center of the street. The operator, called a gripman, would apply a mechanical gripping device which was under the center of the track in the street. The grip was controlled by a lever running from the car down into the rope-way. The cable never stopped moving, powered by a large steam engine turning giant pulleys with miles of continuous cable rope down in those slots. Grip operators had a choice of a full contact grip for forward momentum, a slip grip for slowing, and a full release when stopped.
When Washington electrified its municipal railways, there was great concern that overhead wires might make the views of the national monuments rather tacky.
Certainly the cable railway suppliers had every reason to push this view on the public. The whole argument came to naught as it was decided to run the electric cable in the center of the street. A trolley pole on the bottom of the car contacted the wire providing energy for the large motors on the electric trolleys. Today Washington like most other cities is rebuilding its streetcar system, but this time around it will have wires ABOVE the tracks.
(The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Streetcars)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/20459a.thumbnail.jpg "Main Street U.S.A.: 1925")
- Markham From Main: 1910
- ... on the left is still there as the elegant Capital Hotel. Its surroundings aren't as cluttered looking now, and the hotel is looking much better about 100 years later and after a $24M renovation. ... Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 7:18pm -
![Wrapping up our tour of Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1910. "Markham Street west from Main." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size.
Wires I'll bet the wires are to keep people from putting up leaflets.
[They're an electrical ground for the pole. See the cable running down the side. - Dave]
The New Capitalon the left is still there as the elegant Capital Hotel. Its surroundings aren't as cluttered looking now, and the hotel is looking much better about 100 years later and after a $24M renovation.
Can anyone explainthe wires around the bottom of the telephone poles? Perhaps to keep horses from chewing them.
[They seem to be ground wires. - Dave]
Hotel Marion on the rightThis was a hangout for the legislators -- crony business no doubt. The hotel used to have a bar when I was in college called the Gar Hole. Another place for deals to be struck. Long gone now. Union Station is seen in the distance down Markham.
How OddSimply look at the hi-def version of the photo and scroll from the near corner to the left, which looks like a scene out of England to me, to the near right corner, which is more fitting to this photograph. It just looks like two different photographs of two different places. So odd!
What a ChangeAll these middle American cities like Little Rock -- with their miles of sturdy houses on tree-lined streets, brick and stone business districts, schools, colleges, urban transit, rail connections, and electric power and telephone systems - were raw prairie barely ninety years before. When you think about the literal building of 19th-century America, what was accomplished is astounding.
The SweeperNo one has commented on the man atop the hotel's marquee sweeping it off. I hope he had the courtesy to warn the folks below when he was about to sweep a load off the edge.
Incidentally, the heavy iron bar on the left of the pole has a turnbuckle in it about half way down. It does not connect to the overhead wires, although it looks like it does.
As for a ground wires, they usually just go straight down the pole and into the ground. They never would get wrapped around the pole so many times.
Unintended comic consequencesAnd now we see why "Spider-Man" was not set in Arkansas. Just think of the merchandising that Little Rock missed out on.
Nor Iron BarsThe iron bar with turnbuckle is a reinforcement for a pole that's under a great deal of stress. There are many wires going off to the right, very few to the left, and that would tend to make the pole bend. When the turnbuckle is tightened, the two "saddles" near top and bottom force the pole to straighten out. The arrangement is still used once in a while; most cities don't need it any more because the utilities are underground, and in the country there's usually plenty of space for a normal guy wire.
Tightly wrapping the part of the post under the most stress with iron wire helps prevent splinters from popping out, which would be the first sign of incipient failure, and keeps passing carriages from nicking it, which might cause a weak spot that could propagate into failure. The sheet-metal guard serves much the same purpose.
+105Below is the same view from July of 2015.
(The Gallery, DPC, Little Rock)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a23593a.thumbnail.jpg "Markham From Main: 1910")
- Palenville Hotel (Colorized): 1902
- Colorized from this Shorpy original using Gimp. So many trees. So many rocks in the wall. Took me about 6 hours. View full size.
Finessed the Color Excellent. The time you took shows. Even the little ash tree waving to the right ... Posted by Popeyelegs - 12/06/2016 - 1:37pm -
- Grand Hotel (Colorized): 1908
- Colorized from this Shorpy original. View full size.
A Masterpiece! Wow, so a amazing work!
(Colorized Photos) ... Posted by SirCarl - 09/04/2015 - 7:14pm -
- Beach Chic: 1957
- ... keeps things clean.
O Hawai'i!
Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1958 When our family moved from Canada to Australia in October of ... was the 1950s, we dressed up for travel and dinner at the hotel. My father took this Kodachrome of Mum, myself at right with sister ... Posted by Dave - 02/27/2023 - 1:56pm -
![Honolulu, 1957. "On the beach at Waikiki." 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Hawaii -- The Sporting Look." View full size.
She knows!How to wear a sarong. If it weren't a family publication, more would be showing!
I like the "paved" beach, keeps things clean.
O Hawai'i!
Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1958When our family moved from Canada to Australia in October of 1958 we flew in a United Airlines DC-6B from San Francisco to Hawaii. We stayed at the Royal Hawaiian for several days, and my first impression was that there were no doors into the lobby. After living in an industrial city everything seemed very exotic. Since it was the 1950s, we dressed up for travel and dinner at the hotel. My father took this Kodachrome of Mum, myself at right with sister Heather and brother Rob.
It will be two more yearsbefore Hawaii becomes our 50th state. Beautiful beach, lovely sarong ... very, how you say in French ... Oh là là. I like your title, Dave ... but didn't you leave out the k?
Whose sari now?Sports Illustrated still had 7 years to refine their editorial approach before the first sarong swimsuit issue.
Longboards for loanout.Classic style and obviously the same color scheme for loaning out to the people willing to try that sport. Only a few years later would California surfing and surf culture explode in the early 1960s.
GET UP!! The lady to the right looks disgusted with her lazy husband.
[They're not related. - Dave]
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Pretty Girls, Swimming, Toni Frissell)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY-42924a.thumbnail.jpg "Beach Chic: 1957")
- Michigan Avenue: 1942
- ... of War Information. View full size.
Conrad Hilton Hotel on the left This view of South Michigan Avenue is taken from just ... Drive (formerly known as 7th Street) looking north. The hotel now called the Hilton Chicago, originally called the Stevens Hotel, is ... Posted by Dave - 08/20/2021 - 10:52am -
- Happy New Year!
- ... photos in circulation.
Future ghosts of the Overlook Hotel "Good evening, Mr. Torrance."
"You could, too, with those ... Party? Anyone recognize the location? It looks like a hotel ballroom/meeting room. My guess is that it is at the Shoreham, but maybe ... Posted by Dave - 08/06/2012 - 1:57pm -
![Washington, D.C. "New Year celebration, 1940." Happy New Year from Shorpy! National Photo Company Collection safety negative. View full size.
Happy New Year!!!Happy Shorpy New Year, for those of you in the East.
We still have 55 minutes to wait until the new year reaches CST, but I'll wish it to "you" anyway.
2009. We can finally say goodbye to the old year and hello to the new. Here's a "toast" that 2009 will be a good one.
A Dry CelebrationThere's nothing like bringing in the new year with a nice glass of Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
Happy 2009 everyone!
Dry?Looks like the guy on the right managed to paste one on.
Happy New Year, Shorpians!
Steve Miller
Someplace near the crossroads of America
Best to allHappy New Year fellow Shorpys (Shorpies?). And to our Fearless Leader Dave....thanks for all your wonderful work and keeping these great photos in circulation.
Future ghosts of the Overlook Hotel"Good evening, Mr. Torrance."
"You could, too, with those shoulders."This looks like the New Year's party David Niven took Ginger Rogers to in Bachelor Mother.
Bachelor Mother and New Year's EveDavid Merlin: So how do you like her?
Louise King: Pretty good for a fill-in. I'd just as soon go stag.
Polly: You could, too, with those shoulders.
Putting on the RitzThere was a theory about formal wear for New Years Eve, that people tended to behave better if they dressed up. It may have had some merit. Happy New Year to all.
Just like a movieEveryone looks so elegant & refined. It's nice to see in these days when shorts and T's are party gear. Just looking at them makes me smile.
A wonderful 2009 to our leader, Dave, and all my fellow Shorpyites!
Guy Lumbago and his Royal CanadiansI miss those old-timers who have been replaced by rockstars and scantily clad teens I never heard of gyrating around in front of other casually dressed teens. I don't think I saw anyone over 40 in yesterday's New Year celebrations except Dick Clark. I think that Dick Clark should interview Kirk Douglas (something my son suggested), as I like them both. Guy Lombardo had a career from 1924 until his death in 1977 and HE was the one who made "Auld Lang Syne" a national standard for New Year's Eve. Older Americans will remember scenes like this from places like the Waldorf-Astoria for most of their growing-up years and it was stunning to lowly small-town kids to see how wealthy uptown people lived. May 2009 be kind to ALL the Shorpy creators, workers and readers, ya'll make my day EVERY day. May there be a chicken in every pot and a snazzy car in every garage.
Clever and so right on!I just watched "The Shining" the other night and that scene is fresh in my memory. One of my favorite movies.
-- Kathleen from Northern California
Young revelersI, too miss the elegant New Year's Eves of my youth. But it's only the styles that have changed, not the ages of the revelers. Drinking and dancing till the wee hours has always been a young person's game. Check the photo again and I think you'll agree everyone present seems to be under 30! Every year my mom had a new cocktail dress for the occasion, and Dad would shine his shoes until they fairly sparkled! They would dance till dawn then sleep till noon. Happy New Year.
New dressEvery year my Mom would get a fancy cocktail dress for New Year's Eve, and she and Dad would go out and dance til dawn. One year, so the story goes, Mom was on a crowded dance floor and a woman came in the door wearing the EXACT same dress (a fitted bodice/full skirt black taffeta with a swirling white ruffle, diagonal from hip to hem). When the other woman caught sight of Mom, she turned on her heel and left the party. Mom's comment was "She's got great taste."
Why the Canada DryI bet this picture was taken in the waning hours of 1939. Here's why. First, as Phil noticed, the only visible bottles are of Canada Dry. Second, December 31, 1939 was a Sunday. Third, the District of Columbia didn't allow Sunday sales of hard liquor in restaurants, bars, or hotels until August 1968. Thus, they had a special reason to want the clock to strike midnight.
[The evening of Dec. 31, 1939, District clubs served champagne and beer before midnight, and the harder stuff after. These kids are mostly high school students. - Dave]
Happy 2012Thought I'd be the first to say, "Happy 2012." It was weird to see all the best wishes for 2009. Time flies.
Where's the Party?Anyone recognize the location? It looks like a hotel ballroom/meeting room. My guess is that it is at the Shoreham, but maybe it is the Mayflower.
Happy 2012 everybody, and especially Dave!
Storm cloudsLooks like the ball already dropped. Boy, if they only knew what was on the horizon after the next New Year's Eve bash!
(The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo, New Year)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/28339u_0.thumbnail.jpg "Happy New Year!")
- Equitable Trust: 1921
- New York, 1921. Equitable Trust Building and Hotel Biltmore. View full size. Photograph by Irving Underhill.
OK, I ... The very last building on the right is the Manhattan Hotel.
Roosevelt Hotel The building on bottom left is the Railroad YMCA ... Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 12:24pm -
![New York, 1921. Equitable Trust Building and Hotel Biltmore. View full size. Photograph by Irving Underhill.
OK, I give upWhat are the doohickies next to the road on the right? Look like drainage culverts and was the rock field construction or landfill?
[It's the edge of the roof. - Dave]
Re: OK, I give upThat's the cornice on the roof of the building the camera is on.
NYCThe very last building on the right is the Manhattan Hotel.
Roosevelt HotelThe building on bottom left is the Railroad YMCA Bldg. which was demolished for the Roosevelt Hotel circa 1924 which takes up the whole block from 45th to 46th and Vanderbilt Avenue to Madison Avenue. The tall building on the left next to Grand Central on Vanderbilt Avenue is the Vanderbilt Concourse Bldg. Behind it on Vanderbilt Avenue and 44th is the Yale Club. Behind the Equitable Trust Bldg. on Madison Avenue is #343-345 and behind these is #341 Apartments on 44th and Madison.Behind the Biltmore is the Bank of the Manhattan Co., also known as Charles And Company. Behind it is the Liggett Bldg. And behind Liggett is the Manhattan Hotel, birthplace of the Manhattan Cocktail.Biltmore Hotel was built in 1913, demolished 1981. Love this website, Peace.
(The Gallery, Irving Underhill, NYC)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/3g06490u.thumbnail.jpg "Equitable Trust: 1921")
- Mystery Building
- ... View full size.
Mum Liked it Hot That's the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California - the hotel featured in the classic Billy Wilder comedy Some Like it Hot.
Hotel ... Posted by chiliangel - 01/09/2012 - 1:43pm -
- Watering Hole: 1907
- ... interest in this corner of the Campus Martius include the Hotel Pontchartrain, Bagley Fountain and Sol Berman's "Misfit" ... Posted by Dave - 05/16/2024 - 5:01pm -
![Detroit circa 1907. "A glimpse of Woodward Avenue from City Hall." Points of interest in this corner of the Campus Martius include the Hotel Pontchartrain, Bagley Fountain and Sol Berman's "Misfit" haberdashery. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
TodayHere's roughly the same view today, from the street.
Misfit?Hopefully that's not a clothing store.
[It is a clothing store. -tterrace]
(The Gallery, Detroit Photos, Stores & Markets, Streetcars)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY_4a18237a.thumbnail.jpg "Watering Hole: 1907")
- Nether Again: 1900
- New York, 1900. "Hotel Netherland, Fifth Avenue and 59th Street." Our sixth look at this ... Posted by Dave - 05/02/2024 - 4:57pm -
![New York, 1900. "Hotel Netherland, Fifth Avenue and 59th Street." Our sixth look at this historic hostelry. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
I can't prove itBut I think I am descended from the lady in the far right of the photo with the huge black bow on her head and what I suspect is a perpetually quizzical look on her face. That snazzy skirt gives it away too.
Complicated then, forgotten nowPark and Tilford, founded in 1840, were ... well let's just call them "grocers." The actual history seems to be as involved as 220,877 newspaper hits might suggest. An importer of fine foods, after Prohibition they became known for a line of whiskies.
Bryan-StevensonNote the Tammany Hall banner promoting the Democratic presidential ticket of William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson, who ended up losing the 1900 election to William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt.
Illuminate usIs that a gas or electric light in the foreground?
[Carbon arc lamp. - Dave]
Carbon Arc LampsWhich would literally turn night into a nightmarish form of day. They're so bright.
We used to have WWII surplus arc lamp spotlights at our state fair that would send beams tens of thousands of feet into the air. Some idiot sold them to a company in Houston.
Snazzy skirtThe distinctively-patterned skirt on the 1900 avatar of JennyPennifer on the far right is remarkably similar to the skirt on the woman behind her and to the left a bit. Is it simply a coincidence, a fashion of the day, or some photographic effect?
(The Gallery, DPC, NYC, Streetcars)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY-4a08183a.thumbnail.jpg "Nether Again: 1900")
- Miami, Florida: 1908
- ... townsite. They began by grading the site of Flagler’s hotel. (72) By late March the railroad extension had reached a point just below ... a place to stay, Harrington and Tyler leased the Miami Hotel from Julia Tuttle — even before it had a roof over it. Located on ... Posted by Dave - 10/14/2014 - 12:58pm -
![Circa 1908. Who would care to hazard a guess as to the location of this bustling metropolis? Extra points for Street View. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
UPDATE: The guesses as to the location of "Anytown, USA" (this post's original title) were, quite literally, all over the map -- from Deadwood to Buffalo to Whitehouse, Ohio. Many incorrect guesses for Titusville, Florida. The correct answer, and original caption: "12th Street, looking east, Miami, Florida."
Cigars, anyone?It looks like the main street of Ybor City near Tampa, Florida.
[Close, but no cigar. - Dave]
Titusville, FloridaMain Street
Titusville FloridaTitusville was the home of E.L. Brady Groceries!
GuessingI'm guessing it is Titusville.
Miami, 1200It would appear the MacArthur highway removed this locale:
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Location is.Titusville Florida
Titusville, FLTitusville. FL? A grocer with the same name had a building there:
I have to admit I'm not too confident; the bank building looks wrong.
Florida?Google search suggests that this may be early Miami, with E.L. Brady Groceries on right, and Frank T. Budge Hardware on the left.
Miami, FLI believe this is Miami, Florida, corner of 12th Street (now Flagler Street) and Avenue D (now Miami Avenue).
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I know, I know!It's the home of the Ace Novelty Company in Walla, Walla, Washington. What do I win?
Miami Map 1919This map shows Avenue D (now Miami Avenue) and 12th Street to be somewhere under the pilings for MacArthur Freeway. Too bad about the grand old house on the left a few blocks up. That shoulda been a keeper.
E.L. Brady's grocery storetells me this is Titusville, Florida.
Miami, FloridaThis is 12th Street, looking east, Miami, Florida.
Miami?A guy named E.L. Brady was a grocer in Miami around that time.
Wild GuessBrooklyn, New York
IdentityWashington Avenue, Titusville Florida.
Possible answerI cheated and Googled "E.L. Brady" grocery store" and got Titusville, FL. Did I win?
MiamiSome research indicates Flagler Street and Miami Avenue , although street view is hard to recognize.
MiamiAvenue D (now Miami Ave.) and 12th Street, Miami, Fl. It looks like it's beneath the MacAurther Causeway now.
Titusville FLA.Main Street?
Is it KC?It could be my eyes playing tricks, but I think I see a reference to Kansas City in the banner stretched across the street.
I'm guessingTitusville, Florida?
Taking a guessI think the location is somewhere in Titusville, Florida.
Titusville, Florida?Okay, here's my detective work. I Googled C.W. Schmid's Restaurant to no avail, but then I saw the E. L. Brady and Co. Groceries sign and tried that. It took me to this site, which mentions a store by the same name in Titusville. Am I right?
Brady Grocery, Titusville, Florida407 S. Washington Avenue, Titusville, Florida
"Titusville's first grocery store, L.A. Brady Grocery Store, was built in 1880. This and other buildings immediately south were occupied by Jackson Garage, Coca Cola, Bryan-Conway Realtors, Grower's Supply and Sears. The building was renovated and reopened in 1988 as the Granada Building, housing several government agencies and businesses including Gulf Atlantic Title, Cathedral Holdings and Loys Ward Surveying and Engineering."
I had not a clueBut I thought maybe somewhere up north because of the awnings, which I thought might protect from the harsh winter snow. Duh! I could not have been more wrong. Turns out they were protection from the hot sun of Florida! Having lived there for a tortuous 6 months, I should have known better.
I'm guessingTitusville,FL.
Jacksonville, Florida.It has to be Jax. There's crap in the street and it looks like a slum. Nothing has changed.
My guess is MiamiSearching for E.L. Brady's lead me to this conclusion based on this page, and this quote:
On March 3, Flagler dispatched John Sewell and twelve of his best black workers from Palm Beach to Miami to begin work on the townsite. They began by grading the site of Flagler’s hotel. (72) By late March the railroad extension had reached a point just below Arch Creek near today’s Northeast 135th Street. (73) Increasing numbers of people were coming to Miami. In order to provide them with a place to stay, Harrington and Tyler leased the Miami Hotel from Julia Tuttle — even before it had a roof over it. Located on today’s South Miami Avenue near the river, the hotel contained a dining room on the first floor and rooms on the second which only could be reached by ladder, since a staircase had not been completed. (74) A former steamboat, the Rockledge, was converted into a floating hotel by E. E. Vail, towed to Miami and docked at the foot of Avenue D (today’s Miami Avenue). (75)
Several new businesses had just opened or were about to open as March drew to a close. These included Frank Budge’s hardware store, Frank Duren’s meat market and green grocery, E.L. Brady’s grocery store, and the Lummus Brothers’ general store; additionally, a drug store, candy shop and pool room looked out over Avenue D. The lumber to build the Bank of Bay Biscayne building was being hauled to its lot next to the Brady grocery store. (76)
Survey saysI believe this is Brooklyn, NY. I took the easy way out and just searched for 1200 Avenue O from the side of the grocers wagon
Joe from LI, NY
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Miami?A Google search for
"e l brady" grocer 1200 ave d
turned up this link. On page 69 of which is mentioned a small grocery in Miami, run by an E.L. Brady.
A guessIs it Titusville Florida?
It's downtown MiamiThe Historical Museum of Southern Florida puts E.L. Brady Grocers, 1200 Avenue D, in Miami at that point. Avenue D is now South Miami Avenue. I'm not familiar with the area to know if the street numbering was retained.
Schmids Furniture, Whitehouse, OhioWhitehouse, Ohio? There is a reference to a "Schmids Funiture" still there in 1937 when this was written.
An updated guessIs it Miami, Florida?
MaybeTitusville, Florida?
TitusvilleStill working on the street view.
Miami, Florida?Miami, FL, 12th Street.
Anytown USA = Whitehouse OHIf you google "Schmid's Furniture" and have google uncorrect it, there's a PDF link to a report on Early Whitehouse History. In there is a reference to Schmid's Furniture on Toledo Ave (which looks very different today in Street View)
Some leadsA search for E.L. Brady's grocery brought up a couple things. This page mentions the cart part of the business, which would place this in Titusville, Florida, to the East of Orlando.
This link contains a picture of an historical marker in Titusville, which mentions that the building where Brady's grocery would have been housed in 1908 still stands, and is to the right of the sign. I'm pretty sure I've located the sign in street view here:
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The gardening has changed from the pictures, but the background matches up perfectly. The only step from here would be to go a few ticks over on street view and turn around, but this is where I stopped. Either I have the wrong spot or the view has changed considerably.
Found it?I found reference to E.L. Brady's grocery store which leads me to believe this is Titusville, Florida.
The building was home to E.L. Brady's grocery store. He first established his business in LaGrange, but moved to Titusville in 1886, occupying a wooden building at Main Street. The 1895 fire destroyed his store and many wood structures in the commercial district. Brady rebuilt his grocery in this building
Is this it?Not much left from 1908.
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No DoubtThat's downtown Anytown. (Read the heading.)
Titusville?Looks like E.L. Brady's Grocery store was located in Titusville, FL. That could be the site of this shot, perhaps...
Fort Pierce / St. Lucie, FLMan, is this a depressing indicator of change.
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ETA: Darn, not correct!
Miami, Fl ?http://www.hmsf.org/collections-south-florida-birth-city.htm
On March 3, Flagler dispatched John Sewell and twelve of his best black workers from Palm Beach to Miami to begin work on the townsite. They began by grading the site of Flagler’s hotel. (72) By late March the railroad extension had reached a point just below Arch Creek near today’s Northeast 135th Street. (73) Increasing numbers of people were coming to Miami. In order to provide them with a place to stay, Harrington and Tyler leased the Miami Hotel from Julia Tuttle — even before it had a roof over it. Located on today’s South Miami Avenue near the river, the hotel contained a dining room on the first floor and rooms on the second which only could be reached by ladder, since a staircase had not been completed. (74) A former steamboat, the Rockledge, was converted into a floating hotel by E. E. Vail, towed to Miami and docked at the foot of Avenue D (today’s Miami Avenue). (75)
Several new businesses had just opened or were about to open as March drew to a close. These included Frank Budge’s hardware store, Frank Duren’s meat market and green grocery, E. L. Brady’s grocery store, and the Lummus Brothers’ general store; additionally, a drug store, candy shop and pool room looked out over Avenue D. The lumber to build the Bank of Bay Biscayne building was being hauled to its lot next to the Brady grocery store. (76)
Anytown, USA is Titusville, FloridaAnytown, USA is Titusville, Florida
"E.L. Brady and Brother Grocery Store, a well established business located on Washington Ave. in downtown Titusville, put into use a delivery wagon in order to provide better customer service."
Judging by the number of wiresI would say: NYC.
Miami, Florida ...perhaps the corner of D (now Miami) and 12th Avenues?
After Titusville, FLAfter Titusville FL Mr. E.L. Brady, Grocer, moved to Miami and opened up his grocery store on Avenue D. Not sure what that is called now though.
Titusville Fla. Probably S. Washington St.
That was funThat was fun.
I was one of the Titusville people. Got it wrong. Oh well.
How about doing something like this once a week?
Not a palm tree in sightThe grocer E.L. Brady originated in Lagrange, Florida and relocated to Titusville, Florida in 1886. He would eventually became the first grocer in Miami, Florida at Ave. D and 12th Street. Today, this intersection would be Flagler Street and Miami Avenue. An interesting 1901 photo of the mustachioed Mr. Brady can be seen here.
A guessBuffalo, NY.
Found a reference to a wedding in the NY Times where Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Brady from Buffalo attended.
Brooklyn?Probably wrong, but I'll hazard a guess at Brooklyn; 1200 Avenue D is near the intersection of Flatbush, which would make that little side street on the left E. 23rd St.
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Is it Louisville?I think this may be Avenue D in Louisville, KY.
Miamihad an Avenue D in 1908 and a grocer called E.L. Brady.
Welcome to MiamiLooks like it's somewhere on what is now South Miami Avenue - possibly where the Route 970 overpass is now located?
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Stop 17 on the historical walking tour.
Historical marker north of the building.
Hazarding a GuessI'm going to guess we're looking at Old Miam, South Miami Avei?
Just a GuessTitusville or Miami, FL.
Titusville, FLJust a guess.
Titusville, FLI think I see an atlas rocket taking off from the cape in the background.
Florida townI believe this is Titusville Florida.
LocationThis was taken in Miami, Florida at the corner of what is now Flagler Street and Miami Avenue. Everything in the original photo is gone, even the street names! Flagler and Miami used to be 12th Street and Avenue D, respectively.
Titusville, FloridaHome of E.L. Brady, Grocer.
Doesn't Look Like Florida to MeMy guess is Titusville FL, because that is the only place I can find a E L Brady that is a Grocer on the 1900 and 1910 census. Am I correct?
Miami, FloridaThat's my guess.
Deadwood, SD?Shot in the dark guess. Just seems very western.
Gag! I was wrong, wrong, wrong. Embarrassing since I was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, and my grandparents + my mother moved to South Florida in 1917.
Miami, FL?Possibly Miami, as per an obituary for E.L. Brady (pulled from the "E.L. Brady and Co" store on the right, beyond the real estate agent).
That would make this shot somewhere in the vicinity of Flagler and Miami Avenue.
Miami FloridaAvenue D and 12th Street. Now Flagler Street and Miami Avenue. See if I can get a Street View.
Definitely MiamiFrom "Early Miami Through the Eyes of Youth" by William M. Straight, M.D., p.69:
"How did you get your dairy products and your groceries? Well, there were two grocery stores, little things. I think the first one was operated by a Mr. Brady, E. L. Brady, who moved here from Titusville."
On Page 63, there's mention that Avenue D is now Miami Avenue. 1200 Miami Avenue:
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MiamiE. L. Brady opened one of the first grocery stores in Miami, Florida. In 1908, the Bank of Bay Biscayne was located next door. I think this is the intersection of Miami Avenue and Flagler Street.
Let's see nowThere's a tag that says "Florida," but there's also a tag that says "Detroit."
Follow upFollow up to my earlier comment about E.L. Brady; according to the same obituary, E.L. Brady was an earlier settler of Titusville, FL, and started a grocery there, too.
So this could be Titusville, FL.
E. L. Brady Co. GrocersAt the corner of Avenue D and 12th Street in Miami:
Titusville, FLLooks like it's in Titusville, FL, though I'm having trouble pinning down the exact location for a Google Street View.
Halcyon HometownFinally, a shot of MY hometown, Miami!
When Miami scrapped its old street naming system in 1921, they threw out the house numbers along with the street names for the present day quadrant system.
The shot was taken on today's Flagler Street (formerly 12th Street) looking east at Miami Avenue (formerly Avenue D). The lions on the left guarded the Bank of Bay Biscayne, which stood on the northwest corner of Miami Avenue and West Flagler Street. The Halcyon Hotel, with its distinctive turrets, stood at East Flagler and 2nd Avenue (formerly 12th Street and Avenue B). It can be seen down the street on the left side.
It'd be great to see some more Old Miami shots! Thanks, Shorpy!
Let me guessI'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that this city is in Florida?
I'm thinkingTitusville, FL
Thank you, Mr. Brady the grocerIt's Miami.
HOW COULD YOU TELL????I enlarged the photo, combed all the print details, how can you possibly recognize it a hundred years later????!!
(Thanks for the fun though.)
Bay Biscayne BankAccording to the Sanford Fire Map of 1899, the Bay Biscayne Bank was around the corner on D Avenue, on the NE side of the intersection, up the block on D Avenue slightly. Of course, it may have moved across the street to the NW corner by 1909. In the 1909 edition of Florida East Coast Homeseeker, it ran an ad noting it had moved to new digs in the Fort Dallas Bank Building; the one with the columns on the immediate left, and just west of the bank building, would have been the Biscayne Hotel in 1899. The weather bureau opened a station in the Bank of Bay Biscayne Building at that same location in 1911, so by then the building seems to have dropped the Fort Dallas appellation. The picture of the bank building provided by the NOAA website must be looking NW at it catercorner across the intersection.
(The Gallery, DPC, Florida, Miami)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY-4a25100a.thumbnail.jpg "Miami, Florida: 1908")
- Dancing Glass Balls: 1905
- ... Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Crystal Hotel "Charles Vollmer, who conducts the Crystal Hotel on Ocean Avenue, is considered one of the most popular hotel keepers in ... Posted by Dave - 11/16/2012 - 11:35am -
![Rockaway, New York, circa 1905. "The Bowery looking east." Much intriguing signage here. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Crystal Hotel"Charles Vollmer, who conducts the Crystal Hotel on Ocean Avenue, is considered one of the most popular hotel keepers in Seaside. His guests always seem to be in a happy frame of mind, which is evidence that the genial proprietor sees to it that there is nothing lacking for the comfort and amusement of his patrons.
The hotel is one of the oldest on Rockaway Beach, and is noted for its original style of serving German dishes. The well appointed cafe is also an attraction". NYT July 17, 1904.
The article also mentions Curley's Hotel, which was still in existence when I was a yute. Seaside is roughly in the area of Beach 90th to about Beach 110th Streets, and was damaged in the recent floods.
I need glassesFor a second I thought there was a satellite dish on the 2nd roof on the left. I said to myself "Hey they had satellite back then?" When we all know they only had cable TV.
Oyster StewI think I start with some oyster stew from Frederick's. Then, I'll get one of those frankfurters, and finish with some ice cream.
I could also use one of those canes that guy is hawking. I can't reach most of the nuts on my pecan tree and a came would really help to pull those branches down where I could reach them.
Where can I sign up?"WANTED: 500 men to eat Frankfurters"
Organ Grinder ?Man in the right foreground wearing a striped vest and white, western style hat seems to be holding a box and the two people to his right seem to be looking down and are amused by something. Could he be an organ grinder an his monkey is just out of sight? Any other speculations ?
What's In a Name?The real Bowery (in Lower Manhattan, not Rockaway Beach) was an unsavory area that has only recently lost its reputation for cheap dives, flop houses, and rampant street crime. The song "The Bowery," popular about the time this photo was taken, in no way presented that thoroughfare as having any redeeming characteristics. In popular culture, the area was synonymous with a trap for the unwary and a refuge for the reprehensible. Why then, one wonders, was a site of innocent amusement in Queens named after such a place -- perhaps to simulate the thrilling allure of counterfeit sin in an area of relative safety?
[Coney Island also had a Bowery. - tterrace]
Basket Parties WelcomeI'm afraid to know if there is some modern day euphemism, but circa 1900 a "basket party" consisted of couples or families on a day-long excursion with a picnic lunch packed in a basket.
Round-About New York, 1902.
M. ZIMMERMAN
Established 25 Years and now the largest and best-known manufacturer in the United States.
Sausages, Bologna, Frankfurters and Wiener Wurst, Smoked and Corned Beef, Smoked and Corned Tongue, Kosher Cooking Fat, 1,3,5 & 10 lb. cans.
Goods shipped to all parts of the United States. Orders solicited.
318 and 320 E. Houston Street, New York.
(The Gallery, DPC)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY_4a17141a.thumbnail.jpg "Dancing Glass Balls: 1905")
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