Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Albert Rogers Crandall

The photographs of Albert Rogers Crandall date roughly from 1883 to 1890 and were taken mostly in rural Kentucky.

 Fog over Powell's Valley in the early morning
  
 Group of unidentified men on the Rock
[anyone from Kentucky know what "the Rock" refers to?]
  
 House and family of M.E. Mahan, outside house 
at Wolfe Creek in Whitley County, Kentucky
  
 R.C. Ballard atop a mule at the Cumberland Ford
  
 Snow scene with unidentified man taken at the corner of 
Broadway and High Streets in Lexington, Kentucky, March 29, 1883
  
 Unidentified adults and children in front of a school 
house near Jones Peak in Whitley County, Kentucky
  
 Unidentified group of State Survey men and students
  
 Unidentified man and horse beside a cliff near the mouth 
of Beaver Creek in Floyd County, Kentucky
  
 Unidentified man and women on horseback at 
the left fork of Beaver Creek, December 1890
  
 Unidentified men around a tent. Caption reads 
"Blighted Hopes-'Nothing but Iron, Sir.'"
  
 Unidentified people on the land of Bert Hutchinson in Elliot County, Kentucky
  
Unidentified women and children standing outside on 
the eastern side of the cottage of Albert R. Crandall

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Steffano Webb

 Billiards Championship, Christchurch, 1909
  
 Cannery at Christchurch Meat Company, 1880s-1920s
  
 Children and men beside a large traction engine with 
two boys sitting on a large stack of firewood, 1880s-1920s
  
 Christ's College 1st XV rugby team, 1911
[they look like an old-time chain gang]
  
 Group of men and women cycling along a road in Christchurch, 1907
  
 King's Theatre, Christchurch, ca. 1910
  
 Miss Symonds in a gig decorated with flowers, 
New Zealand International Exhibition of 1906-1907, Christchurch
  
 Motor cars and unidentified drivers outside the business premises of David Crozier Limited, motor car importers and engineers, Christchurch, ca. 1920s
  
 Motorcycles and riders at a show, probably Christchurch region, ca. 1926
  
Mr Broomfield and Kahu in a buckboard wagon, ca. 1910
["Kahu"?]

Steffano Webb Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Monday, August 18, 2014

George Robert Bull

George Robert Bull was a New Zealander photographing their troops in the European theater during World War II.

 'Spud barbers' at work near the cookhouse at 
Hove Supply Dump in the Cassino area, Italy, 29 April 1944
  
 A group of New Zealand Provosts attached to HQ 5 NZ Infantry Brigade 
at Hove Dump in the Cassino area, Italy, 29 April 1944
  
 A typical Regimental Aid post truck in the New Zealand 
Divisional Headquarters area in Casale, Italy, 23 April 1944
  
 Air force personnel talking over performance of a night bomber 
on an aerodrome at Caserta, Italy, 13 May 1944
  
 American medium bombers on way to join Allied attack 
on the Monte Cassino front, Italy, 15 March 1944
  
 Canine mascot Spandau loosening tent guy rope at the 
NZ LOB Camp near Capua, Italy, 20 February 1944
[LOB = "Left Out of Battle"; perhaps a convalescent camp for wounded?]
  
 Grace Douglas talking to Trooper D M Urquhart and Coporal A T Dewer at Maadi Camp, Egypt, after a performance by George Formby, circa 1 October 1943
[I've tried without success to find out who this Grace Douglas is]
  
 Members of the American Field Service at Aquafondata, Italy, 6 May 1944
  
 Men of NZ Division opening first mails since cessation 
of North African hostilities, Maadi, Egypt, 10 June 1943
  
New Zealand armoured vehicles in cover beside road 
near enemy in next village of Vicalvi, Italy, 29 May 1944

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Adam MacLay

 Family group outside their home, probably Christchurch 
district, includes two women with bicycles, 1905-26
  
 Five men in riding attire standing with Singer motorbikes on stands, 1905-26
  
 Group of bird and rabbit hunters, probably Christchurch 
district, showing men and boys with their catch and rifles, ca. 1915
  
 Group of men and women outside a tent, possibly Sumner, Christchurch, 1905-26
  
 Group of women and children outdoors, sitting 
in the branches of a fallen pine tree, ca. 1910s
  
 Large group of men, women and children, some 
holding musical instruments including a harp, 1905-26
  
 Men and women in formal clothes, 1905-26
  
 Men sitting and smoking at a camp site, 1905-26
  
 Portrait of a small girl, 1905-26
  
Two couples wearing similar clothing outdoors, 1905-26
 
Adam MacLay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Louis Edward Nollau

 4-H Debating team from Chaplin, Kentucky in Nelson County, 1926
  
 A woman swinging next to two men in front of Buell Armory, 1956
  
 Costume party, Engineering ball
  
 Eleanor Roosevelt in car, 1934
   
 Eleanor Roosevelt with group of children at Maxwell Place, 1934
  
 Field hockey players
  
 First battalion staff, 1931
  
 Group at Maxwell Place, 1935
[Maxwell Place is the official residence of the President of the University of Kentucky]
  
 Group picture of female band members
  
Gymnastics practice