Friday, September 9, 2016

World War I

 Arrival in Marseille of a new Russian contingent. The men line up on the dock.
  
European war. Bombardment of Senlis by the Germans. 
General view of the neighborhood of La Licorne in Senlis.
  
In Argonne. A sentry at his front-line post.
   
On the Somme front. Resupplying troops in the trenches with convoy of donkeys.
  
The advance on Laon. Near Margival, first aid to a wounded soldier.
 

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Vintage Sweden

 A farmer plowing a field with oxen, Hjortsberga, Småland, Sweden, ca. 1945
  
 The local choir at the artist Zorn's Gammelgård (Old farmhouse) in Mora, Dalarna, 1931
  
 Two women in a yard in Vadstena, Östergötland, Sweden, ca. 1885
  
 Women washing at timber jetty in Vindelälven river in Lapland, 1937
  
Women washing laundry by a lake, somewhere in Sweden, 1915
 

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Fergus O'Connor

The Fergus O'Connor collection consists, for the most part, of topographical views of locations in Cork city and county. Also featured are images of townscapes in Dublin, Ballycastle and Lurgan and places of interest in counties Kerry and Wicklow.


 Blackrock Road, Cork City, ca. 1910
  
 Couple seated by a weir, River Dodder
  
 Donnybrook, Dublin, ca. 1920
  
 Doyle's Corner, Dublin, ca. 1905
  
 Horse drawing carriage leaving from the 
Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff, Co. Cork, ca. 1910
  
Street scene in Cork with tram and passengers, ca. 1910
  

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Augustine H. Folsom

Augustine H. Folsom, also know professionally as A. H. Folsom, was a commercial photographer based in Roxbury, listed in the City Directory from 1879-1903 at 48 Alleghany St. He was also the owner of a carpet factory.

The Boston Public Library holds many of Folsom's photographs taken in the Roxbury neighborhood, as well as his photographs documenting the Boston Public School System from 1890-1893, some of which were exhibited at the 1900 Paris Expo.

 Appleton Street kindergarten, 1892-93
  
Everett School - interior - 3rd class, 2nd division, 1892-93
  
 Hyde School, kindergarten, 1892-93
  
 Primary school, class I, Prince District,1892
  
Winchell School, Wells primary, 3rd class, room 7, ca. 1890
 
Source: Boston Public Library

Monday, September 5, 2016

Abbot Academy

Abbot Academy (also known as Abbot Female Seminary) was an independent boarding preparatory school for women boarding and day students in grades 9 to 12 from 1828 to 1973. Located in Andover, Massachusetts, Abbot Academy was notable as one of the first incorporated secondary schools for educating young women in New England. It merged with Phillips Academy in 1973, and its campus continues to be used by the combined school. The photograph collection documents Abbot Academy's athletics, buildings, and people (trustees, faculty, staff, students, and alumnae) as well as student life.

Badminton, May 15, 1886
 
 Badminton
  
 Cosmopolitan group, February 1933
  
Cross-country skiing and snow shoeing, 1925
  
 Fall field day
  
Fall field day
 

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Henry Charles Wright

Three people and two dogs by the verandah of a house
  
 Unidentified Maori group, Captain William Shilling (back, kneeling) and the photographer's daughter, Amy Elizabeth Wright, photographed at Karaka Bay, 1889-90
  
Unidentified ship docked at a Wellington wharf, 1890-1910
  
 View of part of the rocky shoreline at Island Bay, Wellington. 
Amy Elizabeth Wright, the daughter of the photographer, 
is seated on the shore with a cocker spaniel 
and an unidentified dog in her lap, 1890s
  
Wharf, boat and group at Seatoun, circa 1890s. Shows two men, one in work clothes and the other in a suit with bowler hat. Amy Elizabeth Wright stands with a greyhound to the left.
 
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand