Kristian Berge

 A happy evening, 1921

  

 Brattestø harbor, Asmaløy, ca. 1918-20

  

 Cross-country race in Standaldalen, 1924

  

 Dancing in the snow, 1923

  

 Easter at Høgåsen, 1920

  

 Jøssingfjorden, 1917

  

Skiing at Pollfoss, 1923

 

Source: Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane

Tesla Studio

These photos are from the Tesla Studio collection. The photographer is either Frank Denton or Mark Lampe.

Abbott and Saunder families playing cards, ca. 1900

  

 Alldays & Onions motor car and passengers, ca. 1910

  

 Aramoho Girl Guide and Brownie units, Wanganui, 1924

  

 Chevrolet house-truck/caravan, 1927

  

Picnic group with the launch Benares, Whanganui River, ca. 1911

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Charles Elliott Gill

Musicians gathered at the Russell home, 1905-10

  

 Portrait of Maude and Grandma Hannah Gunnett, 1900-10

  

Sunday afternoon music in the Ozarks, December 9, 1906

  

Teacher leans against a school house door, 1900-10

  

The Harvey Gill family seated on pumpkins in a pumpkin patch, ca. 1912

 

Source: Charles Elliott Gill Photograph Collection, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City

Mud

From Toronto photographer William James comes this group of photos of vehicles and people slogging through the mud. Let's hear it for paved streets!

Source: Toronto Archives

Beaman Memorial Public Library Historical Collection

The photos in this collection document the history of West Boylston, Massachusetts. Highlights include photographs taken around 1890, at the time of the building of the Wachusett Reservoir, and photographs by James Higgins.

James Higgins was born in 1867 in Fitchburg, married Lila G. Dana of Hudson in 1892, and according to the 1900 census he and his family were living in West Boylston. His occupation was given as grocery man. He moved about during his lifetime and had various occupations but never "photographer." This seems to be a hobby for him and, based on the images, he was highly skilled.

 Albert Hindes?, Arthur Tidd?, 1895-1900

  

 Cora Sawyer (seated on ground), Sadie Sawyer, Mildred Prescott Luce, 

Carl Sawyer (in hammock), Ralph Sawyer (standing), 1895-1900

  

 Couple in horse-drawn sleigh, 1895-1900

  

 Girl seated with dog, 1895-1900

  

 Hotel, Central House, lower village, 1895-1900

  

 In front of Sawyers' store in valley

  

 Laborers' huts for reservoir workers

  

Unidentified man with bike and child

 

Source: Digital Commonwealth

Nils Olsson Reppen

 Farmstead, ca. 1888-1905

  

 Farmstead, ca. 1888-1925

  

 Hiking, ca. 1897-1910

  

 Tuftene farm at Haukareid, Sogndaldalen, 1900

  

View of Vadheim (?), ca. 1888-1925

 
Source: Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane

Arthur Griffin Collection

Arthur Griffin was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 12, 1903. Originally trained to be an illustrator, in 1929 he picked up his first camera -- a second-hand folding Brownie -- and thus began a passion that would last a lifetime.

By the mid-1930's, Arthur Griffin had become the exclusive photographer for the newly created Boston Globe Rotogravure Magazine and the New England photojournalist for Life and Time magazines. He went on to become a pioneer in the use of color film and provided the first color photographs to appear in the Saturday Evening Post - a two-page layout on New England.

 Artists, Ogunquit, Maine. Perkins Cove, 1939

  

 Old cars at Framingham

  

 Old cars at Framingham

  

 Old cars at Framingham

  

Old cars at Framingham

 
Source: Digital Commonwealth