Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1896-1984) was one of the early organizers of the National Air Races, and managed the races from 1928 through 1939.
Source: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives
Postings of vintage photos from the mid 1800s through World War II. Most are lightly edited.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Stewart Collection
Believed to be on Myrtle Bank lawn, children and black attendant
Girl with black collar is Louise Learned Metcalfe, 'Ravenna'
Lady with black collar is Louise Learned Metcalfe with Robt. Livingston Stewart
Major Benbrook residence, SE corner of B St. and N. Pearl, ca. 1895
Side yard of Myrtle Bank
Source: Stewart Collection
Saturday, December 5, 2015
John Florea
John Florea was a photographer who specialized in celebrity portraits; during World War II he became a photojournalist. This set features some of his World War II pictures. Later in life he became a director of TV shows.
A Soviet soldier (left) and an American soldier (right) pose
for a photograph after the Allied forces meet in Torgau
American soldier looking over the bodies of some of the more than 80
American POW’s murdered by Nazi Waffen SS panzer unit under the
command of Lt. Colonel Joachim Peiper, Malmedy, Belgium, December 1944
Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, 1945
Cologne, Germany, 1945
Malmedy 1945
American soldiers walking past rows and rows of corpses at the Nordhausen
concentration camp just after its liberation, Nordhausen, Germany, April 1945
German civilians being forced by the Allies to bury prisoners killed
at the Nordhausen concentration camp, Nordhausen, Germany, April 1945
German civilians being forced by the Allies to bury prisoners killed
at the Nordhausen concentration camp, Nordhausen, Germany, April 1945
Friday, December 4, 2015
World War I
German prisoners carrying soup for their comrades.
In Champagne, sheltered behind a small pine wood,
the officers of a regiment lunch on the grass.
In Champagne. The distribution of 10,000 cigars
offered by a friend of the captain for his company.
In the Somme. In the trenches, the corpse
of a German soldier killed in the shelling.
On the British front (Somme). Artillery
observers signaling an enemy position.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Beach near Brockton Point in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1900s
Carriage in the Hollow Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1900s
Couple in Oldsmobile in the Hollow Tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1900s
Cyclists in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1900s
Entrance to Stanley Park , Vancouver, BC, 1900s
Group gathering in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1900s
Two views of Stanley Park bridge, Vancouver, BC, 1905
Zoo in Stanley Park , Vancouver, BC, 1900s
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Hops
These photos of the cultivation and harvesting of hops are from the Oregon State University Collection and Archive.
"Stringing time for hops" in Independence, Oregon
Camp Adair soldiers going to the Terhune hop yard
Dorothy and Olgo Brutke picking hops
Ernst Family at Horst Hop Ranch, 1946
Harvesting hops near Independence, Oregon
Hop house in Lowell, Oregon
Hop yard scene, Mollala, Oregon, 1905
Hop-picking time
Mr. and Mrs. William Rick, Baker, picking at the Mitoma hopyard near Independence.
They are old timers and have been picking each season for 30 years.
Soldiers picking hops
The county experimental hop yard recruited Oregon State
College coeds for a quick job of hoeing, ca. 1940s
Weighing hops
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Detroit Publishing
A glimpse of the parade grounds, West Point, NY, 1900-15
Alberta and Velvet hotels, Old Orchard, Maine, ca. 1904
Approaching Yonkers, Hudson River, New York, 1900-10
Bath house, Walloon Lake, Michigan, ca. 1906
Bathing beach, Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, 1900-10
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