Friday, September 23, 2016

Stewart Collection

Unidentified African American men, women and children, ca. 1890
  
Unidentified family, ca. 1890
  
 Unidentified house
  
 Unidentified houses, ca. 1890
  
 
Walter McBee (fire engine on scene of fire), ca. 1890
 

Thursday, September 22, 2016

William Letts Oliver

Children dancing around maypole in front of Capitola 
and Sunny Side cottages, Blue Lakes, California
  
 Children playing on corner of Vernon and Lee Street, Oakland
  
 Man and two women in the mountains
  
Man with baby carriage in front of house on corner, Oakland
  
Roland G. Brown house with horse and carriage, 1389 Jackson Street, Oakland
 

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Vintage Vancouver

7th Victory Bond parade, Vancouver, November 1944
  
Boating in a pond, Stanley Park, Vancouver, August 1946
  
 Streetcar, Broadway, Vancouver, 1944
  
Woman mixing ingredients at Dale’s roast chicken kitchen, 
Granville Street, Vancouver, September 1945
  
“Pro Rec” demonstration, Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1940
  
Waitress serving a platter of oysters, Vancouver, 1941
 

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Robert French

 Robert French was born in Dublin and spent some time working in the Royal Irish Constabulary, then joined the William Lawrence Photography Studio, and he worked his way up as printer, artist and then assistant photographer. He took over 30,000 photographs of the “Lawrence Collection”.

 Linen Bleach Green, near Kilbroney, Rostrevor, Co. Down, ca. 1890
  
 Long Cars, Gorey, Co. Wexford, ca. 1900
  
Main Street, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, 1865-1914
  
 Main Street, Blackrock, 1905
  
Main Street, Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone
 

Monday, September 19, 2016

Adair County

The first three photos show the aftermath of a large ice storm that hit Kirkville, Missouri on January 23, 1897.

 Robert & Ella (Shoop) Lorenz had this new home built during the summer and fall of 1896. The couple along with their children, and possibly a son-in-law, are standing among the ice-damaged trees on their front lawn after the January 23, 1897 ice storm.
   
The tremendous ice storm that hit Kirksville Saturday evening,
January 23, 1897, presented residents with, according to local papers,
“the severest touch of winter that has been felt for many years.”
 
Tree damage in the ice storm of January 23, 1897
  
 Richard Ringo, seated in the rocker on his front lawn, was cashier, then president, of Kirksville Savings Bank. The young ladies at the porch railing are their daughters, Eugenia & Althea.
  
 This home, known as the B.F. Heiny House, was rental property
until after the turn of the century. Joseph S. Conner and his family
were tenants in 1900 and the Heinys moved in sometime later.
 
Unidentified house
 

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Bridgewater Plate Glass Negatives

These glass plate negatives depict the State Normal School and the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts at the end of the 19th century. Images include the Normal School buildings, campus and students, as well as scenes of the town such as the Central Square, railroad station, firehouse, church buildings, houses, and local businesses.

 Bowman's Express delivery wagon, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca. 1880–1895
  
 Bridgewater Normal School students from the 120th Class 
posed in a park-like setting on the school's campus, 1896
  
 Group of female Normal School students with 
tennis rackets in Boyden Park, ca. 1890–1896
  
Marshall House, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca. 1880–1895
  
Normal School students on horse-drawn cart, 1892-94
  
Two students in a dorm room in the Normal Hall dormitory building at the 
State Normal School, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, ca. 1892–1894
 
Source: Digital Commonwealth

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Alexandra Studio

 Baby clinic
  
 Lord Halifax watching female war workers at John Inglis Co., Ltd., January 24, 1944
  
 Miss War Worker Beauty Contest 1942, Canadian National Exhibition Grandstand
  
Soldier embracing two children, 1940s
  
Two women posing with air raid sirens in machine shop, 1940s