Harris & Ewing

 Mrs. Claude Pepper, 1937-39

  

 Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of the Democratic Senator from Florida, 

goes shopping on fashionable Connecticut Avenue. July 1937

  

 Mrs. Pepper, 1937

  

 One of the most beautiful of the Senate Ladies, Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of the Senator 

from Florida, needs little artificial makeup to enhance her beauty. 1937

  

 Mrs. Raymond Ashdown

  

 Noted in the diplomatic set for his expertness in concocting new salads, Mexican Ambassador Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, is now teaching his daughter, Ermita, this culinary art. 1939

  

 Rep. E.E. Cox, Democrat of Georgia, and his daughter, Gene, whom he has appointed 

to serve as his personal page, this session in the house. Gene is 13 years old and 

will be the first girl in the history of Congress to serve as a page. 1939

  

 Rep. W.R. Poage of Texas working the ground in the Botanical Gardens. May 1937

  

 Representing the Rosebud Tribe of the Sioux Indians of South Dakota, Chief Joe Thin Elk 

and Chief Steven Brave Bird were in Washington today to describe conditions 

at Rosebud, South Dakota, before the Senate Committee. 1939

  

 San Diego, Calif., sent a delegation from its Chamber of Commerce 

to Washington today to plump for a national highway. 1939

  

 San Francisco by wagon from Staten Island, 1915

Photochroms - Belgium

 A Brussels milkmaid, ca. 1890-1900

  

 Chateau des Comtes, Ghent, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 Entrance to port, Ostend, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 Milkseller, Brussels, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 Milksellers, Brussels, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 Milksellers, Brussels, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 Milksellers, Brussels, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 Pier, Ostend, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 The beach and hotels, Blankenberghe, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 The beach and the Cursaal, Ostend, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 The beach and the sea, Blankenberghe, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 The beach and villas, Blankenberghe, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 The beach, Blankenberghe, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

 The Cursaal, Ostend, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

  

The hotels, Blankenberghe, Belgium, ca. 1890-1900

William Rittase

William Rittase (1894-1968) had quite eclectic subject matter, ranging from college life to industrial processing. Here are the college kids...

 Chandler Secretarial School students walking down a flight of stairs

  

 College students

  

 Girls listening to records in a 1958 dorm

  

 Three young women walking arm in arm outside of a brownstone in Boston, 

Chandler Secretarial School, Northeastern University, 1941

  

 Young women singing together at a piano

  

Young women sitting at typewriters in a classroom

Panoramas

Panoramic photographs were popular in the first several decades of the 20th century. These are from the Library of Congress collection.

 Beach, Santa Cruz, California, 1908

  

 City market of Los Angeles, California, 9th & San Pedro St., Aug. 8th 1910

  

 Desolation Valley, Lake Tahoe, ca. 1910

  

 First colored world series, opening game Oct. 11, 1924, Kansas City, Missouri

  

 Fleet at Long Beach, California, ca. 1908

  

 Gilmore Lake & Desolation Valley, Lake Tahoe, ca. 1910

  

 Hollywood, California, 1923

  

 Lake George (Mammoth), Mono County, California, 1911

  

 Lake Tahoe, California, showing hotels and board walk, ca. 1908

  

Long Beach oil field, California, May, 1923

Vintage Montreal

This is a set of vintage photos taken in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They come from Coolopolis.

 1849-1853 St. Catherine Street West

  

 Arrival parade of the Cole Bros. circus, Montreal, 1937

  

 Belmont Park, 1944

  

 Cote des Neiges reservoir under construction, Montreal, 1938

  

 Cote des Neiges reservoir under construction, Montreal, 1938

  

 Crossing the street, 1947

  

 Dog show, Oxford Park, Montreal, 1940

  

 F. Paul Gagnon service station, Montreal

  

 Fender bender, 1940

  

 Field day, Trenholm Park, 1938

  

 Field day, Trenholm Park, 1938

  

 Field day, Trenholm Park, 1938

  

 Field day, Trenholm Park, 1938

  

 Funeral of Arthur English, Canada's hangman, 1938

  

 Gouin and Lachapelle, 1914

  

House being moved, 1947