Wednesday, June 4, 2014

University of Kentucky

 Dr. Jeanette Sams, track veterinarian, performing 
a saliva test on a horse at the Lexington Trots in 1952
  
 Elementary school students ready for a field trip, 1941
  
 SAE dance at Lexington Club, 1949
  
 SAE house dance, ca. 1948-50
[my god! it's Obama (back right)]
[sure looks like him anyway (though I'm sure this guy is white)]
  
 SAE house dance, ca. 1948-50
  
 SAE X-Mas party, 1950
  
 Sigma Nu party, 1949
  
 Sigma Nu party, 1949
  
 Students walking to class, 1955
  
 Students walking to class, 1955
  
 Suzanne Freed (l) and Margaret Futwell (r) are unpacking in a dorm room, 1955
  
Three unidentified women in the lobby of a dormitory, 1955

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Arlington Farms

One more set of photos of this "residence for women who work in the U.S. government for the duration of [World War II]". Esther Bubley is the photographer.

 One of the bi-weekly "open house" dances at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 Reading the Sunday comics on the back porch at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 Service shop in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms. These shops, one in each 
residence hall sells cosmetics, drugs, sandwiches, cokes, etc, 1943
  
 Sunbathers on the sidewalk in the back of Idaho Hall at Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 Sunbathers on the sidewalk in the back of Idaho Hall at Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 The main lounge in Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
 Three residents of Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, admiring a photograph of a friend. 
Each girl has a different picture of him in her collection, 1943
  
 Waiting for and opening letters at the mail desk. Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, 1943
  
Washing clothes in one of the laundry rooms at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work in the government for the duration of the war, 1943

Monday, June 2, 2014

Adam MacLay

 A group of workmen sitting on planks of wood and barrels, ca. 1902-03
  
 Army soldiers, possibly from the No.1 Service Company 
of Wellington, with machine gun, 1905-26
  
 Country fairground with people looking at a chairoplane ride in action, 1905-26
  
 Couple on bicycles in front of trees, 1905-26
  
 Derry's Private Band, outdoors, with instruments, probably Christchurch district, 1900s
  
 Extended family group portrait on garden lawn with dog, 1905-26
  
 Exterior of a brick house, showing an man and woman 
with bicycles standing on front lawn, ca. 1910
  
 Exterior view of a house, showing family and garden, ca. 1920
  
 Family group including children in the countryside, 1905-26
  
 Family group outdoors, 1905-26
  
 Family group outdoors, showing couple and three children, 1905-26
  


Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Yacht Club

Photos from a Boston-area yacht club, taken by Leslie Jones.











Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Friday, May 30, 2014

Samuel J. Hood Studio

 A passenger vessel leaving Darling Harbour, Sydney, 1910s
  
 Group portrait in a ship's cabin, ca. 1916
  
 Man and woman kissing across two vessels
  
 Partial view of a passenger ship docked at a wharf possibly in Sydney, ca. 1925
  
 Portrait of Captain Edward Robert Sterling with three women, ca. 1913
  
 Portrait of two women and a baby possibly on board SS Ormiston, ca. 1934
  
 Professor Oscar Ulrich and Elsie Vonwiller next to Japanese 
Consul General and Madame K Inoue on board HNLMS Java, 1930
  
 Seaman with a cat and kitten, ca. 1910
  
 Ship's officer with pet dog, posed at ship's wheel, 1907-1928
  
 Spectators watching a naval vessel in the harbour, 
possibly the Japanese cruiser HIJMS Izumo, ca. 1905
  
 SS Ceramic departing the White Star Line wharf 
at Millers Point, with crowds and streamers, ca. 1925
  
Two women and ship's officer on the deck of SS Orungal

From the collection of the Australian National Maritime Museum