Postings of vintage photos from the mid 1800s through World War II. Most are lightly edited.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
Joseph Pennell
Miss Walker's School group, 1910
People in costumes at Officers' barn dance, 1913
Portrait of class in front of school, Junction City, Kansas, 1903
Portrait of John Edward's girl with photographs, 1895
Portrait of Nellie Jackson, 1898
[this looks like a really risque pose for 1898]
Sam Ziegler with three women in his Studebaker;
Contestant at the Lyric Cup Run Race, 1909
Soldiers of 7th Battery Glee Club sitting on beds
playing guitars and mandolins, Fort Riley, 1906
Soldiers reading in front of billiard table, Fort Riley, 1897
Soldiers with shovels standing near wagon loaded with dirt, Fort Riley, 1903
Wetzig in REO Auto - The Official Lyric Cup Race Pathfinder, 1909
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Lafayette Studio
Kawneer Company bowling team, 1949
Kentucky Central Life & Accident Insurance Company, banquet, 1945
Kentucky Coach Company, fair tents, 1929
Kentucky Houses of Reform, group on stage in costume, 1943
[it took several viewings to notice the unusual twist in the crossed legs]
Kentucky Theatre, "Hell's Angels," three men sitting outside theater with signs, 1930
Kentucky Theatre, awning and promotional car
decorated for "Fayssoux the Hypnotist", 1932
Kentucky Theatre, indoor golf course to promote "Follow Thru", 1930
Kentucky Theatre, ushers, 1931
Kentucky Utilities Company, office workers, 1942
Kentucky Utilities Company, woman demonstrating wringer-type washing machine, 1943
Kroger, people shopping in store, 1947
Kroger, people shopping in store, 1947
Friday, July 11, 2014
Photochroms
A Lapp family, Norway
Folgefond Glacier, Hardanger Fjord, Norway
Hammersdorf, Hermannstadt, Hungary, Austro-Hungary
Interlaken, highway and hotels, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Interlaken, Music Pavillion, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Lugano, on the quay, Tessin, Switzerland
Mostar, Turkish quarter, Herzegowina, Austro-Hungary
Nasch Market, Vienna, Austro-Hungary
Norwegian carriage
Peasant wagon, Bosnia, Austro-Hungary
Peasants dancing, Bosnia, Austro-Hungary
The cathedral, Lucerne, Switzerland
Hauptstrazze and market, Debreczin, Hungary, Austro-Hungary
Women of Champéry, Alps of Valais, Switzerland
Zara, Erbe Square, Dalmatia, Austro-Hungary
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Steffano Webb
Steffano Webb was a New Zealand photographer active in the first several decades of the 20th century. An informative biography of him is here.
A group of men, women and children sitting at a table
for afternoon tea in the outdoors, 1880s-1910s
A play group at a school in Sydenham, Christchurch, ca. 1900
Cadillac motor car with unidentified passengers, 1920
Clothing factory, Christchurch, 1908
[photo was mistakenly captioned as a "shoe store"]
Family group with tennis rackets, ca. 1900
Family posing in a Siddeley Deasy motor car, Christchurch, ca. 1915
Groundsmen with a horse-drawn lawnmower at south end
of quadrangle, Christ's College, Christchurch, ca. 1920
Hay being forked onto cart after haymaking, 1880s-1920s
Interior of a cycle shop, Christchurch, 1910
Maori family group with a maize crop, 1880s-1920s
Steffano Webb Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
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