Adam MacLay

More images from early 20th-century New Zealand.

 A group of unidentified people, two women and 14 children, 

on the porch and lawn in front of the house, ca. 1915-20

  

 Family birthday portrait, with elderly couple surrounded by family on front lawn, 1905-26

  

 Family outside in garden in front of house, 1905-26

  

 Group at a picnic, ca. 1910

  

 Group of men, sitting in and on a motorcar, ca. 1920s

  

 Group with rowboat

  

 Large group, including men and women who have swapped hats with each other, ca. 1910

  

 Man and three women having tea outdoors, 1905-26

  

 Men on a park bench with beer barrel, jug and bottle, having a drink, 1905-26

  

Outdoors portrait of man sitting on veranda of wooden house with two large dogs, 1905-26

Adam Maclay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Kids

I always love vintage photos of kids. They generally make much more natural (i.e., less guarded) subjects than do adults.

 Halloween party, possibly Children's Hospital

  

 Kiddies in wading pool

  

 Kids eating

  

 Kids in Boston Common Frog Pond, 1940s

  

 Kids sledding on underwater ice in Charlestown, 1921

  

 Little boy and collie

  

 Little girl with umbrella

[these captions sure are prosaic, aren't they?]

  

 New sprinkling device used by the city of Boston for the kids on hot days, 1921

  

 Pie eating contest

  

Two children with dog

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

M. D. Elias

Mr. Elias was another New Zealander photographing in the Mediterranean theater during World War II.

 A crowd of Syrian women and children during the distribution of flour organised by New Zealand troops in combination with the American Red Cross in Syria, 29 April 1942

  

 A line of New Zealand infantry troops awaiting the signal for advance, probably 4 NZ Infantry Brigade exercises at Kabrit, Egypt, 7 September 1941

  

 A section of Maori troops, forming part of the NZ representatives, swing past 

during the United Nations Day Parade in Cairo, Egypt, 18 June 1943

  

 Close up of NZ soldier broadcasting home from the Broadcasting Unit 

at Maadi Camp in Egypt, 1 May 1942

  

 Crew members of HMS Leander playing deck hockey 

while the ship is berthed in Alexandria, Egypt, 22 July 1941

  

 Crowded street scene in Tunis celebrating the Axis defeat 

in Tunisia, World War II, 20 May 1943

  

Members of the population of Tunis giving a demonstration of welcome 

to the 8th Army following the defeat of Axis troops during World War II, 23 May 1943

 

 Enthusiastic supporters at a race meeting held by 

36 NZ Survey Battery in Trans Jordania, 1 June 1942

  

 They're watching this:

 

 Start of race at the race meeting of 36 NZ Survey Battery 

in Trans Jordania, 1 June 1942

 

 Former New Zealand prisoners of war trying on German helmets at the NZ Base Camp after their return from imprisonment in Bardia, Libya, 16 December 1941

  

 General view of play during the NZEF versus the Rest of Egypt 

rugby football match at Alexandria, 21 February 1943

   

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Harold Gear Paton

Harold Gear Paton was a New Zealand photographer active in North Africa and the Middle East during World War II.

 A member of NZ Divisional Cavalry demonstrates rugby football 

to Syrian tribesmen during a visit to villagers in the Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

  

 A Syrian family resting by the roadside, 30 April 1942

  

 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meets officers of the New Zealand 

Division following the parade held outside Tripoli, Libya, on 4 February 1943

  

 Divisional Signals office during action in the Western Desert, January 1943

  

 Finale of a Kiwi Concert Party performance in El Alamein, Egypt, 

just before the opening of the successful offensive of October 1942

  

 Italian prisoners of war being issued with water by NZers in Tunisia, 7 April 1943

  

 Looking out of a dugout at El Alamein, Egypt, 29 August 1942

  

 Members of Maori Battalion and transport outside the 

Benito Gate at Tripoli, Libya, 10 February 1943

  

Members of NZ Divisional Cavalry (officers and NCOs) visit 

native villagers in Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Barbara Wright

 Client of Pine Mountain Valley Rural Community Corporation, 1938

  

 

 Pine Mountain Valley, 1938

 

 Fish hatcheries, a public park NYA project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, ca. 1941

  

 National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) 

and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 1941

  

 National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) 

and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 1941

  

 New Mexico, ca. 1941

   

 New Mexico, ca. 1941

  

 NYA park near Cheyenne, Wyoming, ca. 1941

Dick Whittington

 Hat manufacturing shop, Ross-Cordez, Southern California, 1931

  

 Hollywood Music Box girls at beach, Southern California, 1927

 

 Jacqueline Logan at her home, Southern California, 1928

  

 Japanese children dressed in colorful robes and garb of the Orient 

as they paraded in Buddhist ceremonies at Treasure Island yesterday, April 1939

  

 Judges and judgesses, California Breakfast Club, Southern California, 1931

["judgesses"?]

  

 Ken Murray and Paramount girls at Malibu La Costa, 1931

  

 L.A. Creamery girls, Southern California, 1926

  

 Lions Club, going for a ride, Beverly Hills, 1929

  

Marmon car with dancer on radiator, Southern California, 1926