Thursday, June 19, 2014

Adam MacLay

 Birkenhead double deck steamship moored at the dock, 1905-26
 
 Children sitting with a dog in front of a tent with carpet, 1905-26
  
 Exterior view of a wooden cottage, showing a man and woman with baby on verandah, ca. 1910
  
 Five people in an unidentified park, 1915-20
  
 Group dining outdoors, ca. 1910s
  
 Group of men, boys and one girl, in front of house on lawn, 
with refreshments, cricket set and potatoes, 1905-26
  
 Group portrait of twelve older people in hats 
grouped around a man with walking stick, 1905-26
  
 Man and woman with domestic pets, including two dogs, a cat, and a bird in a cage, 1905-26
  
 Mounted rider from Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 1905-26
  
Outdoor portrait of six women in a snow covered backyard, ca. 1915-20

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

William George Weigel

William George Weigel was a New Zealand photographer.

 A crowd at Lyttelton who are farewelling troops about to leave to serve 
in World War II. In the centre front is Jessica Sturt (without a hat 
and wearing a print dress) who is farewelling her son, 1940
  
 Country Library Service bus and librarians, Christchurch, 1955
  
 Crowds watching the Inter-Dominion surf life-saving championships between New Zealand and Australia held at New Brighton, Christchurch, 26 February 1950
  
 Karitane nurses holding babies, probably in Christchurch, 1945
  
 Marmaduke Bethell and Thyra Melvase Bethell, in a field of daffodils, 
at Pahau Pastures in Culverden, 1954
  
 Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force repairing a plane at Wigram aerodrome, 1943
  
 Serving counter at the Christchurch railway station refreshment rooms, 1952
  
 Women's Auxiliary Air Force wireless operators, 1942
  




Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Photochroms - UK

All dating to 1890-1900.

 Market place, Carlisle, England
  
 New Brighton Beach, Liverpool, England
  
 Old post office, Lee, Devon, England
  
 On the beach, Llandudno, Wales
  
 
 Piccadilly Circus, London, England
   
 
 Sea front, Dover, England
 
 South Parade, Herne Bay, England
  
 Southsea beach, England
  
 St. Augustine's Bridge, Bristol, England
  
 The beach, Exmouth, England
  
 The beach, Portobello, Scotland
  
 The cross, Kilmarnock, Scotland
  
 The fort, Weymouth, England
  
 The jetty, Yarmouth, England
  
 The market, Yarmouth, England
  

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

John Dobree Pascoe

John Dobree Pascoe was another New Zealand photographer. He was active during World War II.

 "Mothering time" at Karitane Hospital, Christchurch, 1943
  
 A female linen flax worker driving a tractor in Geraldine, 2 June 1943
  
 Children and nurses from the Wilson Home for crippled children 
in Takapuna, Auckland, at the home's private beach, August 1943
  
 Children from the Otaki Health Camp playing in the sea, 1945
  
 Crowd at Rotorua Railway Station prior to departure 
of troops for active service, 11 January 1944
  
 Crowd at VJ day celebrations in Wellington, 15 August, 1945
  
 Crowd enjoying entertainment provided for 
United States servicemen at Ngaruawahia, 1943
  
 Group singing in a Wellington street on VJ day, 15 August 1945
  
 Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the Dominion Physical Laboratory, 
Gracefield, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 1943
  
Two primary school girls drinking their school milk, Linwood, Christchurch

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Monday, June 16, 2014

Vintage Finland

These are taken from this Flickr set.

 Balloons for sale at Yrjönkatu, Helsinki, ca. 1900
  
 Central railway station square and the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki, ca. 1900
  
 Eira-Ullanlinna (Ulrikasborg), Helsinki, ca. 1900
  
 Erottaja (Skillnaden), Helsinki, ca. 1900
  
Group of teachers at Klippan in May 1906
  
 Kaivopuisto (Brunnsparken), ca. 1900
  
 Kasarmintori in Helsinki, ca. 1900
 [Kasarmitori (Barracks Square) is a rectangular square in the Helsinki city Guards, bounded to the south and in the north and the Southern North Granary Street, East Fabianinkatu. The west side of the square and the Barracks of the street between the Robotics Martaksen originally an exhibition hall, designed by a two-storey hall Guards.] 

 Kleinehs Hotel, Pohjoisesplanadi 9, Helsinki, ca. 1900
[The sign in the middle, "Tapettikauppa," is for a wall-paper store.]
  
 Restaurant Klippan around 1906
  
Resting in a park in Helsinki, ca. 1900