Sunday, April 5, 2015

George Frederick Kaye

 New Zealand tankmen, possibly 4 NZ Armoured Brigade personnel, 
in Cassino, Italy, on the day it fell to the 8th Army, 18 May 1944
  
 Personnel sorting out maps during 2 NZ Division's rapid advance in Italy, 8 June 1944
  
 Refugees are brought to the town of Sora, Italy, from heavily shelled 
areas in an ambulance jeep driven by C P Kerrisk, 3 June 1944
  
 Soldiers drinking tea during break in manoeuvres in the Cassino area in Italy, 5 April 1944
  
Two New Zealand Infantrymen receive a glass of wine from one 
of the inhabitants of the village of Barbiano, Italy, 10 April 1945

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Mack Hughes

I suppose this set can relate to the University of Kentucky being in the Final Four and the favorite of many prognosticators to win the national college basketball championship.

 Lexington Public Library
  
 Library scene, ca. 1950s
  
 People pointing at a map, ca. 1950s
[this has to be one of the more random photos I've posted]
  
 Spivey on campus, ca. 1950s
[Bill Spivey was a UK basketball star. Unfortunately he got involved in a point-shaving scandal.]
  
 Spivey on campus, ca. 1950s
  
 UK fans at train station, 1952
  
Students eating, 1954

Friday, April 3, 2015

John Vachon

 Girl in the picket line at the King Farm strike. Morrisville, Pennsylvania, August 1938
  
 Picket line at the King Farm strike. Near Morrisville, Pennsylvania, August 1938
  
 Playground scene at the Irwinville School, Georgia, May 1938
  
 Rural schoolchildren, Minnesota, September 1939
  
 Rural schoolroom, Wisconsin, September 1939
  
 Schoolteacher and children, Irwinville School, Georgia, May 1938
  
State capitol from backyard, Des Moines, Iowa, May 1940

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Adam MacLay

 Group of cyclists standing in a row on an unidentified street, 1905-26
  
 Group of young women outdoors, 1905-26b
  
 Large unidentified group, with cast-off hats on ground, 
probably Christchurch district, ca. 1910
  
 Outdoors portrait in front of false backdrop, unidentified woman with high neck collar dark embroidered blouse, standing with old Jack Russell Terrier dog, 1905-26
  
Studio portrait of a young woman, ca. 1910s
 
Adam MacLay Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Dorothea Lange

 Oklahoma drought refugees stalled on highway 
near Lordsburg, New Mexico, May 1937
  
 Oklahoma migratory workers washing in a hot spring 
in the desert. Imperial Valley, California, March 1937
  
 Oklahomans bound for Oregon along a highway in California, February 1937
  
 Part of family arrived the night before from Rockwell, Texas. Picked their way across the country. Encamped on the river bottom. Near Holtville. Imperial Valley, California, February 1939
  
U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-route to 
pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke-down. "Want to get back 
to Missouri if they can ever get the money."  February 1939

Monday, March 30, 2015

Louis Edward Nollau

 Children in a homemade train
  
 Children painting a mural
  
 Children spinning wool
  
 Two men in dorm room, 1935
  
 Woman sitting under a trellis
  
Women and man and rock formation