Friday, February 19, 2016

Louis Edward Nollau

 Women archers
  
 Women dancing, 1920
  
 Women's athletics, group photograph (field hockey, 
basketball, baseball, volleyball, archery, tennis), 1935
  
 Women's dormitory
  
Women's Residence Hall, interior, 1920

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Detroit Publishers

 Aunt Charlotte, ca. 1900
  
 Beach in front of Sea Foam House, Old Orchard, Maine, ca. 1904
  
 Bi-centenary celebration, floral parade, automobile 
of Wm. Metzger, Detroit, Michigan, 1901
  
 Boardwalk, Asbury Park, NJ, ca. 1905
  
 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1910-20
  
 Broadway and American-Adelphi, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1900-10
  
Camel riding, Coney Island, NY, ca. 1905

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Thelma Kent

Group crossing a swing bridge over the Rangitata River in Canterbury 
to get to the ice skating ring at Mount Harper, ca. 1940
   
Man seated on a horse by a pond in Rees Valley, Otago, ca 1939
  
 Men with horse and cart, during road construction alongside the Makarora Bush nature walk and the Mt Aspiring National Park ranger station, Makarora, 1930s
  
 Scene with a car on a rural unsealed road, next to a fern covered 
bank, Fox Glacier district, West Coast region, ca. 1939
  
Woman standing on a fallen tree on the shores of Lake Hauroko, Southland, 1930s
 
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Northwood Brothers

Group with the aeroplane 'Faith in Australia' on Ninety Mile Beach, 1934
  
Gum diggers playing cards in camp, ca. 1910
  
Lunchtime on the gumfields, ca. 1910
  
 Postmistress, Miss Sophie Mathews, at the 
door of the Kaitaia Post Office, ca. 1915
  
Unidentified group of women and children in a gum 
digging village in the Northland Region, ca. 1910
 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Monday, February 15, 2016

Vintage Alkmaar

 De Dijk, ca 1898
  
 Floats in the parade on the occasion of the inauguration 
celebrations of Queen Wilhelmina on September 13, 1898
  
 Mient, 1898
  
 Mient
  
Two orderlies with a stretcher on wheels, 1916

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Love is in the Air

In honor of Valentine's Day, these are from the Library of Congress Stereograph Collection.

A game of chess, 1905
  
The Summer girl and her sweetheart, 1897
  
Translating a love letter from a Boston girl - 
"Now, does that mean yes or no?", 1907
   
Before marriage, 1900
  
After marriage, 1900

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Alexandra Studio

Series consists of negatives produced by Lou and Nat Turofsky, Roy Mitchell, and Hal Crellin while assosiated with the Toronto-based commercial photography firm, Alexandra Studios. The photographs were commissioned by a diverse clientele, including Maple Leaf Gardens, Canadian National Exhibition, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, City of Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission, Royal Alex Theatre, Wood Gundy, and the Ontario Motor League. There are photographs of schools, churches, hotels, medical facilities, and monuments; as well as commercial, financial, and municipal buildings. There are also photographs of sporting events, and informal and formal photographs of prominent local and visiting personalities.

 A Good Hotel dining room, ca. 1945
  
Adelaide Street West and Sheppard Street, 1946
  
Animal trainer Clyde Beatty in cage with tigers and lions
  
Ballet dancers in dressing room
  
Bay Street at Adelaide Street West, 1940s