Friday, May 23, 2014

Dick Whittington

 Football kicking contest, Southern California, 1931
  
 Free lunch for dogs, Southern California, 1934
  
 Girl in surf, Southern California, 1935
  
 Girl with dog, Southern California, 1930
  
 Girls at Polytechnic High School, Southern California, 1925
  
 Girls with drawings for Valencia Orange show, Southern California, 1930
  
 Ground breaking for market at Vernon Avenue and 
Angeles Mesa Drive, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1928
  
 Group of dancers, Los Angeles, 1931
  
 Group of women at El Royale, Southern California, 1929
  
Harmonica band, Southern California, 1931

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Frederick Nelson Jones

Frederick Nelson Jones was a New Zealand photographer.

 A dictation session using a shorthand typewriter, 1912-25
  
 A truck filled with household items, ca. 1920
  
 At Nelson racecourse, ca. 1910
  
 Finish of the Great Road Roller Race, Cathedral Steps, Nelson, January 1923
  
 Grape vine and children, in a glasshouse, ca. 1910
  
 Group in a motor car, ca. 1910
[what a cool car! doesn't look very safe, though...]
  
 Group surrounding the first aircraft to land at Nelson, an Avro 504 K, 11 November 1921
  
 Market day at the helping hand shop, Nelson, 1916. Helping Hands Shops 
were set up to raise money for various patriotic funds during World War I.
  
 Miss Fergusson inspects Girl Guides and Brownies, 1 August 1925
  
Two storied house with Reo buggy alongside, Nelson, ca. 1905

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

University of Chicago

These photos are from the University of Chicago Photographic Archive, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. The coded numbers after the picture caption are identifiers from the collection (their inclusion is requested as a condition of use).

 Dramatic production at Shakespeare Tercentennial, 1915 [apf4-03726]
  
 Men socializing in a residence hall, 1943 [apf4-02802]
 
 Pi Beta Phi south side alumni association party for servicemen, 1942-45 [apf3-02927]
  
 Residence hall Christmas party [apf4-02911]
  
 Roasting hotdogs at cookout [apf4-02131]
  
 Student golfers [apf4-00728]
  
 Studying in Harper Library [apf4-01938]
  
 Unidentified students [apf4-03602]
  
 With almost Seventy-five families occupying the "Prefabs," 
on the 61st Street and Greenwood Avenue site, there are at least 
half a dozen or more lines full of clothes every day. 1946 [apf4-02905]
  
 There is a lot of neighborliness, such as visiting in each other's houses, at the 
clothes lines, and over the fence that holds the garbage pails, 1946 [apf4-02907]
  
 Women students in evening gowns [apf4-02835r]

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Charles Fenno Jacobs

More of Fenno Jacobs' photos of Southington, Connecticut.

 School children in Southington, Connecticut performing the Bellamy salute in May 1942
[This extremely creepy form of patriotic display was abandoned in favor 
of the right hand on the heart salute sometime in 1942, when people 
realized that the Bellamy salute was a lot like the Nazi salute]

 Southington, Connecticut. A bridge party, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. A group of children, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. A group of women rolling bandages 
and preparing surgical dressings, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. A highlight in the town's life 
is the annual girls' glee club recital, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
 Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
  
Southington, Connecticut. At Beecher Street School, May 1942
[interesting to have a bw and color shot of virtually the same scene]

Monday, May 19, 2014

Adam MacLay

Adam MacLay was a New Zealand photographer. He seems to have specialized in portraits.

 Donald George McKinley, family baker, Christchurch, ca. 1908
  
 Family group camping, unidentified parents with elder daughter and sons, 
with younger son and daughter and dogs, 1905-26
  
 Group of people having a picnic outside tent in backyard of house, 1905-26
  
 Group of unidentified man and women in a [Ford Model T Tourer?] motorcar, 1905-26
  
 Group of unidentified men, women and child with bicycles in front of house, 1905-26
  
 Group photo of unidentified young women and girls, 1905-26
  
 Large social outing group portrait of unidentified men 
and women in hats with children in front, 1905-26
  
 Outdoors portrait of three unidentified men with baby in christening gown, 1905-26
  
 Three unidentified women and child, 1905-26
  
 Unidentified coxed four men's rowing team with a 
young boy coxswain on the Avon River, Christchurch, ca. 1920s
  
Unidentified man and three women having tea outdoors, 
shows table set with cups and saucers, 1905-26

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library