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Working His Way Up: 1916
... links posted, one thing usually leads to another, etc. My kids have gotten a real hold on any potential weight problem, I should qualify ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/25/2015 - 10:40pm -

June 20, 1916. Fall River, Massachusetts. "Marian Viera, 101 Columbia St., Doffer in mill. Says he gets $7.74 a week." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Working His Way Up: 1916This is Joe Manning, of the Lewis Hine Project. Mariano was 15 years old when he was photographed. In 1916, Massachusetts enacted the most progressive child labor law in the country. Children age 14 and 15 could not work in factories unless they were certified by school authorities that they could read and write English, and that they had finished at least the fourth grade. A similar law, the Keating-Owen Act, was passed by the US Congress the same year. Hine was in Fall River to see if the Massachusetts law was being enforced. He confirmed that it apparently was. AppreciationI'd just like to say a long belated "thank you" to Joe Manning for all his hard work. I've been with Shorpy since the beginning and have learned so much from this site, as well as the contributors such as Joe. However, everything has a cost. By following all links posted, one thing usually leads to another, etc. My kids have gotten a real hold on any potential weight problem, I should qualify for an episode of "Hoarders" judging by the time I'm spending on my house and then there's my husband. Has anyone seen him lately??? (The Gallery, Factories, Lewis Hine)
Predator: 1923
Washington, D.C., 1923. "Mrs. Denby and kids at zoo." Say, don't I know you from back home? National Photo Company ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/19/2015 - 3:32pm -

Washington, D.C., 1923. "Mrs. Denby and kids at zoo." Say, don't I know you from back home? National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. The zoo is educationalIt will show you what Mommy's coat looked like before it was killed. Shore ExcursionProbably the family of Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy at that time. (The Gallery, Animals, D.C., Natl Photo)
Hill Country Color: 1952
... over which satellite radio station to listen to while the kids watch DVDs. The Real Star Her supporting cast varies from shot to ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/14/2015 - 2:08pm -

"7 October 1952 -- At Old Matt's Cabin." Hubert and Sally at the Shepherd of the Hills homestead, a farm in the Ozarks made famous by Harold Bell Wright's 1907 book, and the start of Branson, Missouri's transformation into a tourist destination. Kodachrome slide by Grace Tuttle. View full size. Restraining SallyI look at this and I just know that it was followed shortly after by Hubert yelling for Sally as she went off after a squirrel. I bet getting from Minnesota to Branson was a lot more fun in 1952. Now it's just set the cruise control and argue over which satellite radio station to listen to while the kids watch DVDs. The Real StarHer supporting cast varies from shot to shot, but the chief attraction is always the comely Sally. My SallyMy Dalmatian Sally (We had when I was a lad of 17 or 18) never got to do this. We lived in the heart of London at the time and all she saw was the tube and our house, and maybe the back yard. I can live the dream for her through this Sally though. Thanks Shorpy for bringing back a memory of one of my most precious. (Dogs, Landscapes, Minnesota Kodachromes)
Boardwalk Rollers: 1905
... wicker! I sure wish I had one of those to have my kids push me around in! (The Gallery, Atlantic City, DPC) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/22/2017 - 11:58am -

Atlantic City circa 1905. "The Shelburne, Michigan Avenue at Boardwalk." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. U-Drive-ItThe chap in the right foreground is clearly not a hired pusher. There's nothing like a topper and a Prince Albert coat to make you realize you're on vacation, is there? Smooth rideSometime after this photo two fore and aft lanes of boards were created for the rolling chairs for a smoother ride and push. Beautiful wicker!I sure wish I had one of those to have my kids push me around in! (The Gallery, Atlantic City, DPC)
Pledge of Allegiance: 1962
... Where the heart is It looks like a few of those kids aren't quite sure! San Jose School is now a Charter School: San ... at 2021 West Alwood St., West Covina, CA 91790. These kids in 1962 had no clue about the Cold War,the Cuban Missile Crisis,and civil ... 
 
Posted by Barrydale - 07/03/2012 - 9:19am -

West Covina, California 1962. This picture was taken by Mary Herbert of West Covina, California at San Jose Elementary School. View full size. Where the heart isIt looks like a few of those kids aren't quite sure! San Jose Schoolis now a Charter School: San Jose Charter Academy is located at 2021 West Alwood St., West Covina, CA 91790. These kids in 1962 had no clue about the Cold War,the Cuban Missile Crisis,and civil rights,and of course,Vietnam,and the impending murder or our President. All these things and more were on the burner,heating up,when I was attending Rowland Elementary,at Lark Ellen and Rowland. But,boy was I having fun living my suburban life! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Flotilla: 1961
... assignment "For Women Only -- Pool Life." Tell your kids about how back in the day people couldn't play cards or smoke in the pool, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/08/2014 - 1:54pm -

April 1961. "Sunbathing with the latest swimming pool equipment, including a lounge chair with floating beverage holders and game table attachments." From photos by Bob Sandberg for the Look magazine assignment "For Women Only -- Pool Life." Tell your kids about how back in the day people couldn't play cards or smoke in the pool, and all you're likely to get is a blank stare. View full size. I Must AdmitThat I enjoy the sight of women in one-piece bathing suits, and dresses hemmed a modest four inches below the knee. This has somewhat to do with what a paleoflatus I am, and rather more with "things seen cannot be unseen." Smokin' and cokin'And no sunscreen. Those weren't the days. (The Gallery, LOOK, Pretty Girls, Swimming)
Signs of Silliness: 1925
... hot, humid summer nights, listening to the screams of the kids and the rattle of the roller coaster through my open bedroom window in the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/06/2015 - 11:10am -

The Glen Echo amusement park fun house in Maryland circa 1925. Our second look at these silly signs. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size. Hats and heelsLooking at this, I have clothes envy! Forbidden FunThe mirth building was condemned by the Fire Marshal and boarded up just before I was old enough to partake. It did survive in a decaying state for another five years until it was torched under the supervision of the local fire department around 1954. There were many chinks in the deteriorating old barricades that allowed a view of this floor, with remnants of some of the attractions still present to the end (the barrel for one). I would occasionally spy older "delinquents" roaming around inside, but I always got caught before I could figure out how they got in (rumor was that it was through the back basement entrance where the equipment that operated some of the attractions was located). Seeing these pictures almost makes me think I'm peering through those cracks in the boards again. I used to live across the streetI remember hot, humid summer nights, listening to the screams of the kids and the rattle of the roller coaster through my open bedroom window in the late 50s, early 60s. I was 7. (The Gallery, D.C., Natl Photo)
The Night Porter: 1942
... of a porter who declined an offer of his books, saying his kids, aged two and three, loved his poems, but he himself liked Eliot and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/18/2020 - 12:32am -

March 1942. "Alfred MacMillan, Pullman porter resting in the men's washroom aboard the 'Capitol Limited' bound for Chicago." Acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Sam McGeeRobert Service wrote of a porter who declined an offer of his books, saying his kids, aged two and three, loved his poems, but he himself liked Eliot and Auden. Pullman Porter “When I was quite a little boy I used to savour them with joy; And now my daughter, aged three, Can tell the tale of Sam McGee; While Tom, my son, that’s only two, Has heard the yarn of Dan McGrew .... Don’t think your stuff I’m not applaudin’ — My taste is Eliot and Auden.” So as we gravely bade adieu I felt quite snubbed — and so would you. And yet I shook him by the hand, Impressed that he could understand The works of those two tops I mention, So far beyond my comprehension — A humble bard of boys and barmen, Disdained, alas! by Pullman carmen. A penny for your thoughts?This is comparable to an Italian Renaissance masterwork. I need to buy a copy of this photo for my already over-crowded Shorpy wall downstairs. Jack Delano had a fine touch. And it doesn't hurt that he picked a handsome subject. As always with the best of art, photography or writing, I wish I knew more. HopperesqueI am reminded of Edward Hopper's paintings "Compartment C, Car 193" and "Automat," among others. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Railroads)
Before Butterball: 1910
... by the mass marketers. When you're feeding twelve hungry kids, you don't think about subtle differences in flavor, you just want the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/08/2011 - 9:03pm -

Buying the Thanksgiving turkey circa 1910. Plucking required. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. Tom the king I've raised quite a few birds, and yes, they tasted richer and gamier than factory birds, but they were also much smaller and generally costlier. If your budget can afford that, good for you, but we poorer families couldn't pay those prices, and once we got out of the poultry business we had to buy the fatter and meatier birds offered by the mass marketers. When you're feeding twelve hungry kids, you don't think about subtle differences in flavor, you just want the biggest meal for the dollar. They still made nice gravy. (The Gallery, Animals, G.G. Bain, Stores & Markets, Thanksgiving)
Walter Reed: 1940
... 68 through Sep 69. Married a nurse I met there. Our four kids were born there. (The Gallery, Medicine, Theodor Horydczak) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/23/2019 - 5:19pm -

Bethesda, Maryland, circa 1940. "National Naval Medical Center, front from left." Part of the hospital complex known today as Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. 8x10 inch acetate negative by Theodor Horydczak. View full size. Sneak in the grassI see Ted left his calling card. Very stylish. What a handsome building.......except for the added on lean-to near the top of the tower. A pimple on an otherwise beautiful face. It's still there - see pic taken about 1 year ago. FestoonedWhen I saw Spanky's more current photo, I thought the word "festooned" fit. The building is festooned with antennas (antennae?). A couple of other observations? A typical Horydczak photo - bright, sterile, and devoid of human activity - but I like his photography, especially his pictures of private homes in Maryland and D.C. Also, the signature in the lower right-hand corner - I've viewed lots of Horydczak's photos on the LOC American Memory site over the years, but I've never noticed a signature like this on any of them. [Lower right?? - Dave] Used to live there!Was a patient on T13 and T7 from Dec 68 through Sep 69. Married a nurse I met there. Our four kids were born there. (The Gallery, Medicine, Theodor Horydczak)
Chuck Kennedy's Auto Sales: c. 1950s
... with the new car showings every year, and how we, as kids growing up in the fifties, had so much fun seeing the new models. View ... 
 
Posted by slekjr - 09/13/2013 - 12:11pm -

This Picture was Taken on Dresden Ave. at the gas station known as the Paramount, East Liverpool, Ohio in the Early 1950's. The fellow on the far right is Chuck Kennedy, and to the left of him is my father, Ed Bowyer. Kennedy sold new Nash's from his dealership on Walnut street, (I think it was 616) The car business is not the same today as it was then. I remember the secrecy involved with the new car showings every year, and how we, as kids growing up in the fifties, had so much fun seeing the new models. View full size. East Liverpool Hi slekjr, I just started a job at the Kent State at East Liverpool campus right off of Walnut Street. Do you have the address of Kennedy's Used Cars? I'm curious what the site looks like today. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses)
Learning the Ropes: 1942
... than those using only their arms. Of course, the little kids scrambled up like monkeys, lickety-split. (The Gallery, NYC, WW2) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/02/2015 - 10:24am -

October 1942. "High school Victory Corps. In true commando style, this young student at Flushing High School, Queens, New York, is learning to take care of himself no matter what the circumstances may be. High cliffs and walls won't stop him when he is old enough to serve in the armed forces." Medium format negative by William Perlitch for the Office of War Information. View full size. Up or Down?I can't tell if the young man is climbing or descending but he is certain to lose some skin if descending without some hand protection. We all seemed to learn this lesson the hard way. Former EventThis style of rope climb was once an official gymnastics event, along with the likewise now-discarded flying rings. The climber began seated on the mat and at a signal climbed to the top of the rope, using only his arms. Apparently, the number of spine compression fractures produced in the course of falls during this timed event produced sufficient pressure that it was abandoned, at least in HS and college meets, by the late '50s. Military rope climbing very much involves using the legs, a slower method but much safer, especially when burdened by 50-100 lbs. of combat equipment. To my knowledge, nobody even attempted to go up the cliffs hand over hand at Pointe du Hoc. Rope climbingAt a street fair this summer I watched as various passersby tried their luck at a rope climb, about 12 feet high. Those who wrapped a half-coil of rope around one foot to prevent downward slippage expended a lot less energy than those using only their arms. Of course, the little kids scrambled up like monkeys, lickety-split. (The Gallery, NYC, WW2)
Eagle-Picher: 1943
... went away, you could drive through there and see local kids riding bikes and ATVs up and down the piles for fun. If you're ever ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/15/2018 - 11:38am -

January 1943. "The operator of a zinc ore loader at a large smelting plant is protected against harmful dust by a mask. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort." 4x5 inch nitrate negative by Fritz Henle for the Office of War Information. View full size. That Look That Says"Hey--camera man. You really ought to be wearing one of these yourself. Trust me." Keep the mask onApparently, Eagle-Picher also produced a lot of asbestos and lead. The company went bankrupt and there's now the Eagle-Picher Industries Personal Injury Settlement Trust. Dirty placeEagle-Picher eventually started making batteries for space applications. In Tom Kelly's book about building the Apollo Lunar Module, he relates a story about having some battery issues, and going into the facility and finding it filthy - including the guy putting the batteries together wearing dirty farm overalls and smoking in the assembly area. Dust of unknown nature was all over the place. They read them the riot act and they eventually cleaned it up. This was a pretty serious issue, since the only power on the lunar module came from the batteries. Getting the lead outCardin, Picher, Treece, and other towns in the area are part of the Tar Creek Superfund site, due to all the old lead and zinc mines. There were very high levels of lead in the soil... for a while, the solution for residences was to dig up the first 6 to 12 inches of dirt in the yard and bring in fresh dirt from somewhere else. After that went on for a while, politics happened, and it was decided to be cheaper to write checks to the residents if they would move out of the area. Some people took the checks and moved, and some didn't. The Tulsa World ran a big story on Picher, and those who wanted to stay, in around March or April 2008. In May 2008, an EF4 tornado hit Picher. It killed six people in town and injured dozens more. That convinced a lot of the holdouts to finally move. Picher quit operating as a city in late 2009, and the last person who stayed passed away in 2015. The tornado didn't hit Cardin directly, but it was also part of the buyout. Its post office closed in 2009, and the last people moved out in 2010. The area is still dotted with a moonscape of tailings piles from the mines, which you can see from space at your favorite satellite imagery provider. Before the towns in the area went away, you could drive through there and see local kids riding bikes and ATVs up and down the piles for fun. If you're ever traveling I-44 in southwest Missouri or northeast Oklahoma, have a little extra time, and would like to do some environmental disaster tourism: from I-44 West, take a slight detour onto US-400 at the Missouri/Kansas/Oklahoma border, go west to US-69 (not Alternate 69), and then south on US-69 through Treece, Picher, Douthat, and Commerce, then to Miami, and back to I-44. (The Gallery, Fritz Henle, Mining, WW2)
Hot Little Number: 1958
... He sure looks like he's having fun, though. No tie! Crazy kids. Kodachrome from the Bert's Slides Collection. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by AAAndrew - 10/10/2014 - 7:34pm -

In 1958 some relative came to visit Bert and Iva in Wausau, Wisconsin. He brought along a hot little thing that Bert just couldn't resist taking a picture of. Kudos to the first who can identify the make and model of this car. He sure looks like he's having fun, though. No tie! Crazy kids. Kodachrome from the Bert's Slides Collection. View full size. Hillman Minx?Maybe. [Nope. -tterrace] Sunbeam Rapier1955–1958 7477 produced. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_Rapier Cool facial hair...for 1958 and he would fit in perfectly today. Series I Sunbeam RapierHis right hand is covering most of the name, but you can see the "RA" and the final "R" of the name "RAPIER" that his hand is covering up. This one has the antenna in the same place as the picture at: www.sunbeamrapier.com/gallery/series-1-02.jpg which is different from the Wikipedia picture. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Windmill: 1955
... the machinery -- the earliest "interactive" exhibit for kids that I can recall. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas) ... 
 
Posted by HankHardisty - 09/19/2011 - 2:12pm -

Does anyone remember Erector Sets? I remember this windmill that would turn when the electric motor was plugged in. Although I was only 2, I have pleasant memories of that set. I suspect there was "some assembly required" frustration on the part of Dad or Grandfather, but, oh the memory! 35mm Kodachrome slide, taken near Blandinsville, Ill., Christmas 1955. View full size. AC Gilbert Hall of Science"You are a lucky boy to receive this fine product of the AC Gilbert Hall of Science, the greatest institution of its type in the world". Or so read the introductory blurb on the late-40's instructions, whether for the Erector set, chemistry set (full of stuff no kid can buy today), or several other "Science products". The Hall of Science was housed in a small 5-story corner building in downtown New York, made to look larger with a dramatic angle. The first and second floors housed AC Gilbert train layouts, with offices upstairs. Their factory complete with smokestack was located in New Haven CT. Erector setsOh yeah, Erector sets. I had a simple one, no motor that I can remember, and maybe it didn't even come in a metal chest - or did they all? I think I alternately envied and was intimidated by the big sets with zillions of parts - it was like they obliged you to successfully construct some elaborate, fully-operational contraption, or else! Me, I think I was happy just randomly sticking parts together and tightening the nuts and bolts. That indicates either a free-thinking creativity or mere simple-mindedness on my part, I don't know which. You were obviously happy with yours! Erector setsI remember Erector sets. I even had one, or maybe it was some British equivalent, like a Meccano set (though Meccano is, strictly speaking French; you can still buy Erector sets but they're really relabeled Meccano). Great fun because even if they did come with instruction booklets that told you how to build some things, you could still "freelance" and build whatever you wanted. Lego used to be that way too. Nowadays when I go to buy a Lego set for my seven year-old nephew what I find are kits to build very specific things often with some sort of commercial tie-in like "Star Wars", and I can't seem to find a set that will let him free his imagination and just build whatever he wants to. Gilbert Hall of ScienceThe Gilbert Hall of Science was a wonderful place for a kid to visit back in the 1940s. I believe it was on East 26th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues, facing south onto Madison Square. Gilbert made the American Flyer line of electric trains, which were neat, but I always favored Lionel trains and accessories. I also owned a series of Erector Sets, culminating in one like that in the above photo that came with the motor on which you could shift gear speeds. Along with sets of Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys and "American Bricks", these were the Legos of their day, and they were all manufactured in the USA. Those were the days!!! Another great kid place in New York in those days was the Museum of Science and Industry, just off the lobby of the RCA building on the 6th Avenue side. The mechanized exhibits were housed behind glass cases mounted in the walls, with a button that allowed you to operate the machinery -- the earliest "interactive" exhibit for kids that I can recall. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Christmas)
Sharecropper Boy: 1937
... each time he came into the house to clean up and we kids would get to keep his "finds". It's all been relost over the years and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/25/2015 - 6:11am -

June 1937. "Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina." 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. I wonder what he foundThis hard-working kid may have discovered something in the dirt that has his attention. My grandfather, who enlarged his garden just about every summer, always found objects like commemorative coins and medals, old buttons, gadgets, small medicine bottles, etc. He would empty his pockets each time he came into the house to clean up and we kids would get to keep his "finds". It's all been relost over the years and hopefully refound by someone else, and could have been some wonderful keepsakes for all we know. Metal detectors had not become widely available at the time. (The Gallery, Agriculture, Dorothea Lange)
1920s Kit House
... several years ago when we drove through town. I told my kids that people could once order a complete home from a catalog and it boggled ... 
 
Posted by HankHardisty - 05/27/2010 - 9:42am -

This is a photo of my Grandfather, Joseph Ditzig, taken in 1948, in front of his "kit house" built in 1926. I understood that this house was built from a kit, sold by Sears and Wards at that time. Grandfather and his brother, Uncle Hank, dug the basement after the house was built. I would have liked to have seen how they did that! The house was purchased for $1200 and sold in 1965 for $20K. I remember a coal bin in the basement that fed a monster of a furnace, ugly with big black arms going all over! What a thing to scare a kid! But I also remember the smell of fried chicken that finally overcame the pervasive smoke of his Herbert Taryton cigarettes. Lost Grandfather in 1961. (Thanks American Tobacco Co.) View full size. Kit housesMy dad's grandparents built a kit house in Enterprise, Kansas, in the 1920s. Bungalow style. It's still there but I didn't get a good look at it several years ago when we drove through town. I told my kids that people could once order a complete home from a catalog and it boggled their minds. Sears Kit HousesThere are still a few of these "kit" house on the Jersey Shore. I have a co-worker who recently bought a "kit" home that was put together in the 40s. Sears catalog kit housesYou can still buy kit houses. They're especially popular in contemporary log cabin styles. The ones Sears sold have held up very well. There are two of them near me (northwestern lower Michigan, near Torch Lake), and both are snug and sound more than 70 years later. Nicely finished, too--nothing fancy, but everything of good quality. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
WWII Squaredance Group
... first from the right in front is her cousin. All of the kids were from in and around Walla Walla, Washington. I love this picture, from a time when kids did productive things to entertain themselves and took pride in knowing ... 
 
Posted by noelani - 08/11/2011 - 8:47am -

The first girl from the right in the back row is my mother and the first from the right in front is her cousin. All of the kids were from in and around Walla Walla, Washington. I love this picture, from a time when kids did productive things to entertain themselves and took pride in knowing those who were serving our country. View full size. Square dancersYour mother and her cousin obviously carried the same pretty-girl gene; they could be sisters. Tall guy in back later moved to Metropolis and went into the journalism racket, part-time. Pride in good groomingThese youngsters were so well-dressed, combed and shiny that I first thought this was a graduation picture. I think so much of our self-respect is reflected in our personal appearance and the Walla Walla teens seem to have a very healthy attitude. I particularly like the beaming, proud look on the face of the boy in the front row who has an elaborate tie clip (with a hanging chain and monogram) and I would bet he had a very successful future ahead of him. This group represents the results of excellent parenting and depicts "wholesomeness" at its finest. Very refreshing. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
St. Mary in the Mountains: 1966
... to see seniors playing basketball with the grade-school kids, or helping them get their galoshes on if the weather was bad. You have to ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 02/11/2018 - 10:48pm -

Unknowingly channeling Arthur Rothstein in Virginia City once more, I was a bit closer than he'd been to St. Mary in the Mountains Church when I took this Kodachrome slide in August 1966, and also got my mother, brother and, mostly hidden by him, my father, heading that way. I don't remember us going into the church, but another photo shows we'd parked a couple blocks down in that direction. View full size. Swing ShiftsI note a few changes in the playground equipment, but not as many as I'd expect in 25 or so years. I see a new fire hydrant. Other changesOver to the right is the high school, and all the other grades there in one small place, plus the gymnasium. Since the Rothstein photos, the parking lot and playground have been paved and the streets down to the church and school have been done as well. It was a great place to go to school, even for the short time I was there. It was common to see seniors playing basketball with the grade-school kids, or helping them get their galoshes on if the weather was bad. You have to like a school (and community) like that. Night viewHere it is at night, June 2015. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, tterrapix)
Roosevelt Repository: 1941
... the racket you would hear if a bus load of grade-school kids on field trip busted through those doors ? Now if I only had a bag of ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/21/2014 - 5:16pm -

May 2, 1941. "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Exhibition hall." Large-format negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size. VOTPOTUSVases of the President of the United States. Great place to visitFDR was the only child of a doting mother and she saved many, many artifacts from his childhood on. It's all there and makes for a very interesting trip. Cacophony DefinedCould you imagine the racket you would hear if a bus load of grade-school kids on field trip busted through those doors ? Now if I only had a bag of marbles... (The Gallery, Gottscho-Schleisner, Public Figures)
Tuned In: 1941
... father was topping and picking beets. I and a group of kids picked the good potatoes and sold them by the sackful in the labor camp. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/29/2008 - 11:34pm -

June 1941. Family at the "USDA farm family labor camp" in Caldwell, Idaho. View full size. Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. RadioI think the radio is an Airline 62-177 Tombstone (1935). "Airline" was the brand name for Montgomery Ward's radio line and was second only to Sears' "Silvertone" models in mail-order sales. Denny Gill Chugiak, Alaska 1939When I was 10, the potato farmer next to the labor camp said I could have the potatoes in his field since he could not harvest them due to the freeze. My father was topping and picking beets. I and a group of kids picked the good potatoes and sold them by the sackful in the labor camp. One week after we started doing that, there was a knock on the door of the room we all lived in (which looked just like this photo). Mom opened the door. A deputy sheriff was there and a man in a nice black suit. He was from the potato cooperative and told me to knock it off. That was my first experience of meeting big business. (The Gallery)
No Meddling: 1899
... electrified lumber in 1899 if it wasn't for those meddling kids. Can I get one of those signs? I need one for my office. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 05/26/2018 - 5:03pm -

Winona, Minnesota, circa 1899. "A sawmill plant." Our title comes from the cryptic sign on the utility pole: DO NOT MEDDLE WITH THE WIRES. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size. Self Lighting LumberAnd we would have perfected electrified lumber in 1899 if it wasn't for those meddling kids. Can I get one of those signs? I need one for my office. Bridge TracksI guess you would call it trackage. Very interesting. Looks like strap rail laid on planks. Even a switch, lower left. Must be an inhouse system for moving carts and dollies. Judging by the raised outside lip on the "track" the wheels must have been flange less unlike the wheels on railroad cars. Also, not seeing any wear between the "rails" from horse or mules - the carts, also lower left, must be hand pushed. (The Gallery, DPC, Industry & Public Works, Railroads)
Jolly Rancher: 1941
... have listened to it 'til I was blue in the face when my kids were taking piano lessons. This man is the personification of the happy ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 02/19/2015 - 10:35am -

September 1941. "Frank E. Hagemeister, treasurer of the cooperative association on Scottsbluff Farmsteads, Farm Security Administration project. He has been here since 1937. He came from around Crawford, Nebraska, an extremely dry section with no irrigation." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size. What's in a name? Before the Jolly Rancher, there was "The Happy Farmer" by Robert Schumann, which is an uplifting little ditty that is taught to beginning musical students in piano, violin, etc. I must have listened to it 'til I was blue in the face when my kids were taking piano lessons. This man is the personification of the happy farmer with the sweet disposition I imagined. Frank E. HagemeisterFrank was born in Syracuse NE on November 14 1896, the son of German-born Carl 1866-1927 and Illinois born Rachel Rambat 1872-1929. He married Georgia Frances Fuller on December 7th 1917. The appear to have been childless; Georgia died on her wedding anniversary in 1970 and Frank lived until September 1979. The couple are buried in Crawford Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68070282 Facts about Scottsbluff farmsteadsA small publication Facts about Scottsbluff farmsteads learns that: Scottsbluff Farmsteads was initiated by the F.E.R.A. in March, 1935, in conjunction with the Nebraska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. The latter agency assumed control until October 1, 1935 when the management of the project was transferred to the Resettlement Administration and is now under the jurisdiction of the Farm Security Administration. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was active from 1933 till 1935, the Resettlement Administration (RA) was formed in 1935 and reformed to the Farm Security Administration (FSA). The FSA is famous for its small but highly influential photography program, 1935–44, that portrayed the challenges of rural poverty. (The Gallery, Agriculture, M.P. Wolcott)
Music Tooter: 1928
... anywhere on it. And look at that finish. I wonder how many kids found out they didn't like playing in a band on that instrument. A ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/17/2014 - 11:15am -

Washington, D.C., 1928. Going out on a low note: "Women with contrabass tuba" is all it says here. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Beat upBoy is thing beat up. I don't see a straight piece of tuba anywhere on it. And look at that finish. I wonder how many kids found out they didn't like playing in a band on that instrument. A Hierarchy of ErrorWhen you're holding your instrument 90 degrees off the correct position, puffing your cheeks is but a minor infraction. I suppose that this is a relatively inoffensive example of humorous juxtaposition, and I'll admit to never having seen a female tuba or Sousaphone player, but I once knew a diminutive young woman who could really rock a baritone horn! (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Music)
Pennsy Es on the Horseshoe Curve
... the Pennsylvania Railroad after 38 years, used to take us kids in the 1940s and 1950s there to climb the steps up to the track level, ... 
 
Posted by notycoon22 - 06/03/2007 - 12:47pm -

My Dad wasn't really a train fan, so to speak, but we're genetically disposed to appreciate transport in its many guises. He roamed western Pennsylvania as a field director for the Presbyterian Church and on one of his trips in February 1960, he made a stop at the Horseshoe Curve and recorded this express train headed to points east. Photographer Don Hall, Sr. Don Hall Yreka, CA Pennsy E'sWhen I worked for Conrail in the early 80s, I had the opportunity to ride from Pittsburgh to Altoona on the head end of a freight train. Went by this spot and took pictures of people taking pictures of my train! Coming 'round the CurveThat's not an express train but a freight train, and right behind the diesel locomotives (looks like two A - or cab - units and two B - all engine - units) are a Railway Express box car and one with the Pennsylvania Railroad logo (PRR in a keystone, because Pennsylvania is the Keystone State). I grew up in Altoona and the world famous (and it was) Horseshoe Curve was maybe 20 minutes from town. My dad, who retired from the Pennsylvania Railroad after 38 years, used to take us kids in the 1940s and 1950s there to climb the steps up to the track level, where you could stand (with no fence, I think) and experience America's railroad traffic closeup in its glory years. The road to the Curve continued on through a culvert under the track right-of-way, and beyond that culvert the shallow mountain stream that bordered it had a low bank where lots of people would drive their cars into the water to wash them. I can still see all those soap suds (and various engine drippings, I'm sure) going through the culvert and on their way to the Altoona Reservoir. No one gave it an environmental thought. Nor did anyone seemed to be bothered by the deer and other wildlife that drowned in our city's water supply. But I'm sure it all was treated. Well, I hope it was. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Barber Shop Pennsylvania
... he lived too far away to travel home to his wife and kids in time to eat. And; we burned the hair that accumulated on the shop ... 
 
Posted by John.Debold - 09/20/2011 - 10:07pm -

This is where the caption would go. View full size. Mirror imageI love how you can see the photographer's reflection in the mirror! There's also the obligatory girlie calender reflected in the mirror. Ah, the good ol' days... The ShopDad ran a barbershop at our house. Two chairs and no appointment needed. I remember one customer who paid for his cuts in produce from his little farm. Dad's partner in the shop ate dinner with us every night because he lived too far away to travel home to his wife and kids in time to eat. And; we burned the hair that accumulated on the shop floor because back then, there was no trash service in rural communities. I can tell you the neighbors always knew when the hair was burning. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Stores & Markets)
Modern Photography: 1943
... took my sister and me there a few times when we were kids in the early '60's, and I remember the thrill of finally riding that big ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/21/2015 - 2:47pm -

July 1943. Glen Echo, Maryland. "Climbing the ladder to the sliding board at the Glen Echo swimming pool on a hot day." Photo by Esther Bubley. View full size. Glen EchoWhen I was about 7 (1960 or so), I lived across the road from Glen Echo. On hot, humid summer nights, I hand my windows open and remember the rattle of the coaster and the screams. My mom didn't believe in amusement parks, so my brother and I only got to go once (and not on the roller coaster), just before our family moved. You could see the water tower at CIA from my bedroom window. The coaster is gone, Glen Echo is a park now. The Crystal Poolka1axy, I'm about your age. I visited Glen Echo last month to ride the carousel and just wander around. My parents took my sister and me there a few times when we were kids in the early '60's, and I remember the thrill of finally riding that big roller coaster! We never used the pool though. (The Gallery, Esther Bubley, Swimming)
The Night Shift: 1909
... "Billy Creekmore" by Tracey Porter, seeing the smallest kids in that photo makes me sick. The book has a Lewis Hine photo on the dust ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/16/2012 - 12:26pm -

November 15, 1909. Bridgeton, New Jersey. "Cumberland Glass Works. Night shift going to work." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size. Billy CreekmoreAfter reading the novel "Billy Creekmore" by Tracey Porter, seeing the smallest kids in that photo makes me sick. The book has a Lewis Hine photo on the dust jacket, and part of it deals with the sad fate of a young boy who went to work in a glass company. While the story is fiction, it is based on the accounts of real people. Especially sobering is the author's note that the names of all characters in the book are those of children who died in mills, mines, and factories. Guff.Not one of these guys looks like they would stand for any. In fact, they all look like they would be more than happy to give you a sock in the kisser if you decided to try. Yeah. See. (The Gallery, Lewis Hine)
Meet Miss Vroom: 1920
... date of birth, date of death, husband's name, how many kids and all their names. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Harris + ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/20/2013 - 9:10pm -

UPDATE: the photo now has a caption. May 25, 1923. Miss Grace Gloria Ahr, chosen to be the modern emulator of Cleopatra in the "Congress of the Seas" during Shrine Week. From the other end of the forgotten-Washington spectrum comes this unlabeled Harris & Ewing plate from around 1920. 4x5 glass negative. View full size. Location, locationIs that the State, War, and Navy Building in the background? I want to knowMake, year and model of the car, who made her hat, who designed her clothes, the name of the jeweler that sold her the bracelet, who did her hair, her name, date of birth, date of death, husband's name, how many kids and all their names. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Harris + Ewing)
Flowers in Your Hair: 1968
... to fashion. Two Tone Blue A lovely Pontiac, cute kids and and awesome sky! What more could one want? (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by 1955 - 10/05/2011 - 4:39pm -

Photo of my family taken near Quebec City in 1968. Hippies influence. View full size. re: Flowers/HairI love this shot! Thanks. I fiddled around with the colors and came up with this: I can dig it!Yeah, that would have been the equivalent to me, the fellow on the right. Neck scarf worn proudly. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Slaves to fashion. Two Tone BlueA lovely Pontiac, cute kids and and awesome sky! What more could one want? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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