Friday, October 10, 2014

Marion Post Wolcott

 "Cherished customer." Negro buying gas, near Atlanta, Georgia, June 1939
  
 A portable cane mill. The owner gets every sixth gallon for making the sorghum syrup. This is on the property of a Negro owner, Wess Cris, a tobacco farm of about 165 acres in a prosperous Negro settlement near Carr, Orange County, North Carolina. September 1939
 
 Bohemian miners (coal loaders) unemployed since mechanization of mines. Jere, West Virginia. They live together in one house with a woman housekeeper. All on relief. Spend most of their time fighting about politics. Call their dog "Hitler" because he's so mean and nasty. To the left is an outdoor oven for baking bread. September 1938
  
 Carrying home groceries and supplies across 
the swinging bridge, Breathitt County, Jackson, Kentucky, 1940
  
 Children shining shoes on street corner, Hartford, Connecticut, May-June 1941
  
 Children's favorite playground, around coal mine tipples. 
Pursglove, Scotts Run, West Virginia, September 1938
  
 Farmer who comes to town on Saturday afternoon to sell 
his chickens from door to door. Greene County, Georgia, Spring 1939
  
 Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers and families, Charleston, West Virginia, September 1938
  
 Juice from sugarcane being poured into barrel. It is cooked in vat or still, 
into sorghum molasses. Racine, West Virginia, September 1938
  
Kewpie doll bathing girls for sale along main highway 
near Charleston, West Virginia, September 1938

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Agustín Centelles

Agustín Centelles was a Spanish photographer who documented the Spanish Civil War - a brutal, bloody affair, as civil wars always are. Warning: some of these photos are quite intense.

 An assault guard takes cover behind dead horses in Barcelona, July 19, 1936
  
 Barcelona, July 1936
  
 Bombardment of Lérida, 2 November 1937
  
 Bram concentration camp, 1939
  
 Child victims of bombardment of Zaragoza, March 1937
  
 Guard assault in Barcelona, 19 July 1936
  
 Militiawoman
  
 Plaza de Catalunya in Barcelona, July 1936
  
 Republican militiawomen on the Aragon front, 1936
  
Self-portrait on the Aragon front

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Gallipolis

These photos of Gallipolis, Ohio were taken by Arthur Siegel in 1943.

 Gate man opening front gate of Gallipolis lock as steamboat goes through
  
 Girl flag bearers at Decoration Day ceremonies
  
 Girl scouts at Decoration Day ceremonies
  
 List of county boys who have gone off to war
  
 Part of crowd listening to Decoration Day ceremonies
  
 School band playing at Decoration Day ceremonies
  
Towboat Catharine Davis in Gallipolis locks

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Russell Lee

 At the Imperial County Fair, California, February-March 1942
  
 Beer party given by contractor at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot 
for employees. Hermiston, Oregon, September 1941
  
 Children resting during recess at a rural school near Tipler, Wisconsin, May 1937
  
 Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley. Near Smithfield, Iowa. 
Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie, December 1936
  
 Dinner in the home of William Howell. Near Tipler, Wisconsin, April 1937
  
 Girls checking quality of peas at canning factory. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, July 1937
  
 Mrs. Herman Perry in her home at Mansfield, Michigan. She is the wife of an oldtime iron miner who worked in the mines before they were abandoned, May 1937
  
 Scene in Shawneetown, Illinois, April 1937
  
 Skylarking at the Imperial County Fair, California, February-March 1942
  
Trucks call for milk every morning on Indiana farms. Near Battle Ground, Indiana, Mar 1937

Monday, October 6, 2014

Photochroms - UK

 The Pantiles, looking North, Tunbridge Wells, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The pier, Clacton-on-Sea, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The pier, Dunoon, Scotland, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The pier, Portobello, Scotland, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The Promenade, Blackpool, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The Promenade, Deal, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The promenade, Hunstanton, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The promenade, Margate, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The promenade, Market Day, Taunton, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The Sands, Dumfries, Scotland, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The sands, Gorleston, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The Sands, Morecambe, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 The tower with beach, Blackpool, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 Valley Gardens, Harrogate, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 Waiting for a job, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
 Welsh spinners and spinning wheel, Wales, ca. 1890-1900
  
 Windsor, Boulter's Lock, London and suburbs, England, ca. 1890-1900
  
York Gate, Broadstairs, England, ca. 1890-1900