John Thomson

More photos of London street life. Previous set by Thomson here.

 The street locksmith

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 London cabmen, 1877-78

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 Mush fakers and ginger-beer makers

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 Omnibus driver

 Quack

 Recruiting Sargeants at Westminister, 1877

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 Shoe-shining

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 St Giles, cheap fish, 1877

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 Tailor's widow, 1877

Vintage clothing, St Giles

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Atwater Kent radio factory

The Atwater Kent radio factory, owned by Arthur Atwater Kent, was the largest maker of radios in the United States in the 1920s. This set of photos of work at the facility is from National Photo. The first two show Mr. Kent himself observing various facets of work at the factory.

 Mary Ramsey starting assembly of set, 1925

 Philadelphia factory, 1925

 First loud speaker operation pressing from flat piece of metal, 1925

Radio set assembling room, 1925

 Shaping bell for loudspeaker, 1925

Winding transformer coils, 1925

Berenice Abbott

Previous set of photos by Berenice Abbott here.

 Lyric Theatre, Third Avenue, New York, 1936

 Miner, Greenview, West Virginia, 1935

 Night View, 1932

 Patchin Place, 1930s

 Pike and Henry Street. New York City, March the 6th, 1936

 Tin Man Wagon

 Triborough Bridge, East 125th Street Approach, New York City, June 29, 1937

 Warehouse (Yuban), Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn, New York, May 22, 1936

 Zito’s Bakery, New York, 1937

Waterfront, South Street, October 25th, 1935

Eugène Atget

Previous set of Atget photos here.

 Avenue de l'Observatoire, 1926

 Balcon 16 Rue Beaujolais, 1913

 Boulevard de Strasbourg, 1912

 Cour 7, rue de Valencia

 Cour du Dragon, 1913

 La Villette, rue Asselin 1921

 Nôtre Dame de Paris, 1922

 Parc de Sceaux, 1925

Three Prostitutes, Rue Asseline 1924-25

G. G. Bain

 Board walk and esplanade review, on beach, Asbury Park, New York, 1911

 Brox sisters

[they were a singing trio of vaudeville performers]

 Brox sisters
[movie clip of them]

 Brox sisters
[singing "Red Hot Mama"]

 Chicago Opera Girls knit

 German actress Hedwig Reicher wearing costume of "Columbia" 

with other suffrage pageant participants standing in background 

in front of the Treasury Building, March 3, 1913, Washington, DC

 Helen Keller & Mrs. Macy, 1913

 Jessie Stubbs and "General" Rosalie Jones, who led 

the woman suffrage hikes to Albany, NY, and Washington, DC, 1910-1915

 Mrs. H. Riordan, suffragette, New York, 1910

 New York - Paris racecars lined up to start, New York, 1908

 New York, East Side eviction

 On beach, Belmar

 Robert Cameron Beadle and Alfred H. Brown, members of 

the Men's League for Woman Suffrage with others, outside 48 East 34th St., 

headquarters of the Woman's Suffrage Party of Manhattan, 1913

Suffragette Trixie Friganza, descending steps, New York, 1908