Marion Post Wolcott - Coal Mining Families

From Marion Post Wolcott, here are photos of families of coal miners in West Virginia.

 Coal miner and his family on their back porch, Bertha Hill, West Virginia, 1938

 Coal miner's wife and child, Mohegan, West Virginia, 1938

 Coal miner's wife carrying home water from the hill, Bertha Hill, West Virginia, 1938

 Coal miners' wives making ice cream to sell on Saturday afternoon after payday, 

Osage, West Virginia, 1938

Mexican miner's wife, Scotts Run, Bertha Hill, West Virginia, 1938

William Gottlieb

Here are some more of William Gottlieb's photos of jazz artists.

 Ann Hathaway

 Art Tatum

[here's a documentary about Art Tatum]

 The Apollo Theater

[the hotspot in Harlem]

 Artie Shaw

[Where or When?]

 Benny Carter

[Again and Again]

 Benny Goodman

[Sing, Sing, Sing]

 Benny Goodman

[Stompin' at the Savoy]

 Benny Goodman

[Roll 'em]

 Buddy Rich

[Drum battle vs. Gene Krupa!]

Cab Calloway

[Jumpin' Jive]

John Vachon

A set of photos from FSA photographer John Vachon.

 A farm boy takes a break from his labors in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, 1939

 Blind beggar on the sidewalk, Omaha, Nebraska, 1938

 Cherry pickers getting off truck which brought them back to camp, 

Door County, Wisconsin, 1940

 Employees of Coca-Cola plant on strike, Sikeston, Missouri, 1940

 Family living in a log cabin, Ozark Mountains, Missouri, 1940

 Family of FSA borrower. Cut-over area of Itasca County, Minnesota, 1941

 Farm family in town, Washington, North Carolina, 1938

 Farm in Coffey County, Kansas, with 30-year-old mule, 1938

 Farm wife and baby waiting in car while husband attends auction, 

Oskaloosa, Kansas, 1938

 Farm wife, Lincoln County, Nebraska, 1938

Farmer at sorghum mill, Lancaster County, Nebraska, 1938

Detroit Publishing - Belle Isle Park, Detroit

The Detroit Publishing Company was a photographic publishing firm. The mostly anonymous photographers who worked for them produced many thousands of "slice-of-life" images from the last decade of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century.

The Library of Congress has two ways to enter their DPC archives: here and here. Shorpy has a huge collection of DPC photos that he has edited. Although his edits are better than mine I am doing him the courtesy of not republishing any of his.

Here is my first set of DPC photos. These are all taken at Belle Isle Park, Detroit.

 Band concert, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1907

 Belle Isle Park ferry dock, Detroit, 1900-1906

Bridge in the woods, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, 1900-1906

 Children's playground, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1905

 Detroit, Michigan, water parade, Belle Isle, 1900-1910

 Skating at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1910

 Skating pavilion and canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1908

Waders, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1908

Frances Benjamin Johnston

Some more from this early 20th century American photographer.

 Cooking Class

 Elementary School Class on Native American Culture

 Female students exercising with dumbbells, Western High School, 

Washington, DC, 1899

 Frances Benjamin Johnston having tea with Elbert Hubbard and an unidentified man at her studio in Washington, DC, 1900

 Geography Class at the Hampton Institute

[what was the Hampton Institute?]

 Girls in a science laboratory at Eastern High School, Washington, DC, 1899

 Girls on the playground, 1899

Group portrait of friends at social gathering, seated and standing with tea cups

Composers

Here are some photos of classical composers.

 Aaron Copland

[Fanfare for the Common Man]

 Cesar Franck

[Organ Prelude, Fugue, and Variation]

 Clara Schumann

[Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7]

 Claude Debussy

[Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun]

 Antonín Dvořák

[Symphony No. 9, "New World"]

 Edward Grieg

[In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt Suite]

 Edward Grieg

 

 Sir Edward Elgar

[Enigma Variations]

 Franz Liszt 

[Grande Etude No. 8]

Frederic Chopin

[Polonaise in A flat major]