Melvin Vaniman

Melvin Vaniman (1866-1912), an American adventurer, singer, aeronaut and photographer, had a passion for taking photographs from unusual vantage points such as ship's masts and balloons. Vaniman arrived in Sydney in February 1903 and left Australia in August 1904. During that time he travelled extensively throughout the country.

 Bennelong Point, Circular Quay and Dawes Point, 1904

 

Circular Quay from a ship's mast, 1903

  

Blue Mountains scenery at Leura, 1903

 

Harvesting wheat on Brundah Station, Grenfell, 1903

 

Harvesting wheat, Narramine Station, Narromine, 1903

Source: State Library of New South Wales

Australian Panoramas

Bondi Beach, Sydney, 1922 (photographed by R. P. Moore)

  

McNaughts, ca. 1921

 

Mitchell Library in course of construction, March 1907

 

Weemala, Ryde, ca. 1921

 

Weemala, Ryde, ca. 1921

 

Welwyn, Point Clare, ca. 1921

 

Source: State Library of New South Wales

Robert Percy Moore

Intersection of High, Manchester and Lichfield Streets, Christchurch, 8 May 1923

  

Lake Rotoroa, Westland, 1923-28

  

Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki, West Coast, 1923-28

  

Panoramic view of stands and crowd at Trentham Race Course, 1923-28

  

Reception to T.R.H. Duke and Duchess of York, 

Palmerston North, New Zealand, 4 March 1927

  

Steam laundry interior, Wanganui, 1923-28

  

 

Typical sheep scene, Poverty Bay, 1923-28

  

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Robert Percy Moore

 Gannets at Cape Kidnappers, 1923-28

  

 HRH Duke of York inspecting Sockburn Aerodrome, 15 March 1927

  

 Lake Paringa, Westland, 1923-28

  

Opening of duck season; a good bag on Lake Ellesmere, 1923-28

View of Cheltenham Beach, taken from above, 1923-28

  

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Robert Percy Moore

Robert Percy Moore was a New Zealand photographer who specialized in panoramas.

 Albury Park, ca 1925

  

 Catch of snapper, Bay of Islands, 1923-28

  

 Children's display in Parliament grounds for Duke and Duchess of York, 8 March 1927

  

 Custom House Square, Dunedin, 1923-28

  

Fire Brigade, Christchurch, 1924

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Panoramas

 Sixteenth Head Camp, M.W. of A., Buffalo, N.Y., June, 1911

[As far as I can tell, "Head Camp" refers to the governing body of a 

fraternal organization, presumably the "M. W. of A."
I  think it's the Modern Woodmen of America.]

  

 South Beach Alligator Farm, ca. 1910

[this may be the single coolest image I've posted on this blog]

  

 The officers quarters on the Hogsback and cavalry horses at Pine Camp, NY, ca. 1910

  

 Upper Eagle Falls & Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, ca. 1910

  

 West Point Centennial, ca. 1902

  

 White cotton, black pickers and a gin. Humble and crude, but the crop 

Uncle Sam depends on to maintain his gold balance, ca. 1915

  

 William Jennings Bryan's Presbyterian Tourist Bible Class, Miami, Fla., Feb. 6th, 1921

 [In the image below I've circled my best guess for Mr. Bryan]

  

Wreck on I.C.R.R., near Farmer City, Illinois, Oct. 6, 1909

["I.C.R.R." = "Illinois Central Rail Road"]

Panoramas

 Opening of San Francisco's new baseball park, Ewing Field, 

May 16th, 1914, 17,500 fans assembled

  

 Panama-Pacific exposition, group portrait, August 1915

  

 Panorama de Constantinople, pris de La Tour de Galata, ca. 1880s

  

 Panorama of San Francisco disaster, 1906

  

 Redondo Beach, California, ca. 1910

  

 Return of W. E. "Pusseyfoot" Johnson to Westerville from London, England, April 24, 1920

[I have tried without success to find out who "Pusseyfoot" Johnson was]

  

 San Francisco from Telegraph Hill, May 9, 1908

  

 Sarah Bernhardt Tent, Chicago, 1906

  

 Sarah Bernhardt Tent, interior, Chicago, 1906

  

Signal Hill, ca. 1923

Panoramas

 Harvard-Yale football game, 1913

   

 Labor Party, First National Covention, Chicago, November 22, 1919

  

 Los Angeles, California, Feb. 23rd, 1909, looking northwest from 4th and Broadway Sts

  

 Mariposa Big Tree Grove panorama, ca. 1906

  

 May Day at Baldwin College, 1907

  

 Motor Transport Co. 554 enroute to Santa Cruz, August 29, 1919 

to escort the Pacific fleet to San Francisco

  

 Motoring tourists homecoming, Arcadia, Florida, Jan. 4-10, 1932

  

 National Women's Trade League Convention, New York City, 1924

  

 National Women's Trade League Convention, St. Louis, 1913

  

Naturalization of aliens, June 25, 1918, 310th Cavalry, Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont