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