Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Greene County

Another set by Jack Delano taken in Greene County, Georgia in 1941. Previous set here.

 A sale of pots and pans in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 At the Mary-Leila cotton mill in Greensboro, Georgia, October 1941
  
 At the May Day pageant in Siloam, Greene County, Georgia, May 1941
  
 At the May Day pageant in Siloam, Greene County, Georgia, May 1941
  
 Daughter of a Negro FSA (Farm Security Administration) 
client, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Band at a football game, Fall 1941
  
 Saturday afternoon in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 Saturday afternoon outside of a Negro store and barbershop 
in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
  
 The second shift at the textile mill in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, May-June 1941
  
Union Point, Greene County, Georgia. Union Point hosiery mill, 1941

Monday, April 6, 2015

Steffano Webb

 Birch trees, Glentui, North Canterbury, early 1900s
  
 Captain Meikleham and family on a verandah, 1914
[about "Captain Meikleham"]
  
 Colombo Street, Christchurch, with the Federal
Coffee Palace in the foreground, early 1900s
  
Dennis Bus with unidentified passengers, ca. 1914
 
Elmwood School, Christchurch, 14 December 1920
 
Steffano Webb Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

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