Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Vintage Deseronto

Deseronto is a town in Ontario, Canada, on the shore of Lake Ontario.

 At 12 O'Clock Park, ca. 1910
  
 Crew members of the Rapids King, June 1921
Crew members of the Rapids King, a steamship operated by the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company (Canada Steamship Lines after 1913). The middle decks of the ship are visible in the background. The photograph was taken by the photographic firm of Black and Bennett, 85 Bleury Street, Montreal. The Rapids King was built in Toronto in 1907 and was retired from service in 1931.

An article in the New York Times of 18 July 1921 describes the crew's rescue of passengers of this ship on the previous day, after its rudder chain was broken in the Long Sault Rapids en route from Prescott, Ontario, to Montreal, Quebec. It is possible that this picture was taken after this event. 
 Deseronto Hockey Team, 1911
  
 Group portrait of a "Citizens' Band", ca. 1900
  
 Metcalf Foods Ltd., Deseronto, ca. 1938
  
 Staff of Shannonville Canning Ltd., Shannonville, Ontario, in September 1938
  
Students and staff of Deseronto High School, 1927-1928
 

Monday, May 30, 2016

Misc New Zealand

Some great shots of celebrities from the 1960s here.

 Beatle John Lennon with second cousins from 
Levin, New Zealand. 23 June 1964
  
 Dave Brubeck Quartet arriving at Wellington Airport, 28 March 1960
  
 Fans demonstrating during Beatles' concert 
at Wellington Town Hall, 24 June 1964
  
 Morrie Hill - The Beatles on the balcony of the 
Hotel St George, Wellington, 20 June 1964
  
Police restraining fan during Rolling Stones concert, 
Wellington Town Hall, 28 February 1966
[it's dangerous being a pop star!]
 
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Vintage Ireland

At Gweedore, Co. Donegal, 1880-1900
  
Bathing Strand, Co. Wicklow
  
Fair Day, Glenties, Co. Donegal
  
Group in motor cars, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford, Ireland
  
Halfway House at Gweedore in Co. Donegal, ca. 1890
 

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Painter Collection

 Henry Gowan Feild and Noble fishing on Moon Lake
  
 Moon Lake Club House
  
 Moon Lake
  
 On way to Helena stopping near sand pump, 1913
  
View taken on trip to Beulah, Mississippi
 

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Andreas Moe

 On sleigh rides in winter wonderland, ca. 1910
  
 Picnicking in the green, ca. 1920
  
 River Crossing with Hudson at Nes in Harran, ca. 1920
  
 Summer excursion on the fjord, ca. 1920
  
Sunday drive in the country, ca. 1910
 

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

William Letts Oliver

 12th Street between Linden and Chestnut, with carriages, Oakland, June 6, 1886
  
 Carriage with woman and two children at corner of Filbert and 10th Streets, Oakland
  
 Fabiola Flower Fete, Oakland, 1895
  
 Horse and carriage on top of cliffs, Santa Cruz, California
  
Horses and carriage in front of house, Los Angeles? 1897
 

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Alice Austen

Alice Austen (1866 - 1952) was one of America's earliest and most prolific female photographers, and over the course of her life she captured about 8,000 images. Though she is best known for her documentary work, Austen was an artist with a strong aesthetic sensibility. Furthermore, she was a landscape designer, a master tennis player, and the first woman on Staten Island to own a car. She never married, and instead spent fifty years with Gertrude Tate. A rebel who broke away from the ties of her Victorian environment, Alice Austen created her own independent life. [Alice Austen House]

 Alice Austen with her bicycle
  
 Alice Austen, June 1888
  
 Children waltzing at the Women's Club, 1883
  
 Group in bathing costumes.  Thursday, September 17th, 1885
  
 Group in park
  
 Self-portrait, age 26
  
 Staten Island tennis players, 1892
  
 The Darned Club
  
Trude and I masked, short skirts, 1891

Monday, May 23, 2016

Vintage Alkmaar

 Bergen aan Zee. The beach with a long row of bathing carriages, seen to the northeast. 
Right into the Dome of the Strong, with a tent and changing rooms in front, 1920
  
 Dijk, ca 1930
  
 Strandafgang Zeeweg, seen from the beach, 
with a view of hotel Nassau Bergen, 1920
  
 The beach of Bergen aan Zee, just south of the Seaway flop, given to the north-east, with the prospect of hotel '' Nassau Bergen. In the foreground a punt on a wheelset, 1920
  
 Village street, 1914
  
Wilhelmina Dairy, 1914
 

Sunday, May 22, 2016