Friday, April 26, 2013

Harris & Ewing - Kids

 Junior Marines, 1919

 Liana de Bayle, daughter of the Minister of Nicaragua and Señora de Bayle, 1938

 Lord Lothian, British ambassador to the United States, came to be entertained, but instead, entertained the girl scouts at their headquarters here today on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the founding of the organization. March 1940

 Marjorie Bertha Morgenstierne, daughter of the Minister of Norway and Mme. Morgenstierne. 1938-39

 Mirga Zadeikis, daughter of the Lithuanian Minister and Mrs. Zadeikis, 1938

 N.B.C. party. National Children's Frolic. March 1938

 National Children's Frolic NBC, 1937

 Neighborhood house. Kitchen

 Neighborhood house. Library

 Neighborhood house. Meeting room

Princess von Hatzfeld with child

Thursday, April 25, 2013

George Brassaï

George Brassaï was the pseudonym of Gyula Halász, a Hungarian photographer who did most of his work in France. His photos of the underbelly of Parisian life capture the essence of its joys and sorrows.

 A la Cabane Cubaine, Montmartre, ca. 1932

 An English girl in her dressing room at the Folies-Bergère, 1932

 Bal Musette

 Brouillard, Avenue de l'Observatoire, 1934

 Chairs in the Luxembourgh Gardens in Winter, Paris, 1953

 Couple at Bal Nègre, rue Blomet, 1932

 Couples dancing

 Dali and his wife Gala
[note reflection of the photographer at left]
Girl playing snooker

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Photographic Times 1893, ctd

 Henry Newton: Mullens

 Herbert O. Warner: In the Meadow

 John Dumont: Columbus Caravels

 John Dumont: Gossip by the Wayside

 Juvia Johnson: A Chautauqua Student with a Camera

 Oliver J. Bailey: Richland Farm Pets

 Otis P. Gould: The Chain Bridge at Newburyport, Mass

 Pach Brothers Studio: H.R.H. Princess Eulalie, Infanta of Spain

 W.C. Walker: The Old Old Story

 W.H. Richardson: A New Jersey Road

W.N. Jennings: Philadelphia from a Balloon

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Photographic Times 1893

 Alfred Stieglitz: Chianti

 Benjamin J. Falk: Leonora von Stosch

 C.D. Arnold: The Columbian Fountain

 C.D. Arnold: The Court of Honor. Columbian Exposition

 D. W. Carter: In the Country

 Emilie Clarkson: Santa Claus

 Ericksson: The Vikingship

 Ernest Edwards: From the Battery, New York

 F.B. Mitchell: Reflections

 H.R. Taylor: U.S.S. Philadelphia

Charles N. Parker: In the Hay Field

Monday, April 22, 2013

Eva Besnyö

Eva Besnyö (1910-2003) was a Hungarian-born photographer who lived in the Netherlands for much of her life. More about her here and here.

 Amsterdam, 1951

 Docks

 Expo 37, France, 1937

 Girl on table, 1939

 Gypsies, 1931

 Gypsy boy with cello, Hungary, 1931

 The beach at Wannsee, Berlin, 1931

Mother and children at the beach