TVA - Knoxville

More photos from this set by Barbara Wright.

Circuses and Fairs

These are from Boston photographer Leslie Jones.

 Brockton Fair, showgirls doing gymnastics, 1938

  

 Brockton Fair, showgirls, 1938

  

 Circus aerialist on the high wire, 1948

  

Circus clowns and showgirls, 1948

  

 Circus comes to town, 1935

  

 Circus or fair

  

 Clown and circus queen in speedster

  

 Elephants arriving at railroad yards in Charlestown for circus, 1939

  

 Elephants visit South Boston when circus comes to town, 1928

  

 Man shot out of a gun at Topsfield Fair, September 1934

  

Stunt rider, Brockton Fair, 1938

[another entry in the "coolest vintage photo" contest]

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Mack Hughes

Mack Hughes lived and worked as a professional photographer in Lexington, Kentucky. Harry Mack Hughes received an A.B. in Journalism in 1939 from the University of Kentucky where he was a member of Delta Sigma Chi, was the football manager, and on the golf team. Many of his photographs were published in local newspapers.

The photos at this set were taken at a college event in 1957 called the "Lanus Carnival," seemingly good clean fun (but a lot of the photos seem to have a salacious edge to them).

 [this seems pretty innocent until one sees the pin-up girl calendar images tacked up on the side]

 

 [I'm not seeing much innocence on display here...]

 

 [precisely what "skill" is being celebrated here...?]

 

Central Kentucky

These are from a collection titled "Central Kentucky Photograph Albums." The photos date from 1905-1920. There is some splendid scenery here - makes me want to visit Kentucky!

 At Ballou's

  

 At Mrs. Darbishire's - Jim and Anne Clay and Dinah, 1920

  

 Baptism in river

  

 Dix River Cliffs, Thistler's Mill

  

 Dix River

  

 Gathering hemp

  

 Jim and Anne Clay at Mrs. Darbishires

  

 Log cabins next to creek

  

 Man, woman, two children

  

 Man, women, and children

  

 On Dix River

  

Salt River near Harrodsburg

Doris Ullman

Doris Ullman was best known for her portraits of people in Appalachia.

 Aunt C. Ritchie, basket-maker, Hindman, Kentucky

  

 Barefoot boy and girl standing behind woman 

and three men in doorway with bags of cotton

  

Children at Play. Two girls and a boy in winter coats 

and hats, girls seated with boy looking over their shoulders

  

 Drying Nets. Nets hanging up to dry, with shadows on the ground below

  

 Elderly bearded man in hat, glasses, coat, and overalls, seated with broomstick

  

 Elderly man with mustache, in hat and suit

  

 Girl kneeling behind bushes

  

Miss Roselie Pless seated at loom, Russelville, Tennessee