Friday, October 7, 2016

Henry Armytage Sanders

 A New Zealand soldier reading from a 
German magazine, Grevillers, 20 August 1918
  
 New Zealand and French soldiers 
at Louvencourt, France, 2 June 1918
  
 New Zealand Engineers take a break, 
Spree Farm, Ypres Salient, Belgium 1917
  
 Soldiers having their hair cut at an open air barber-shop 
in the transport lines near Louvencourt, 21 April 1918
  
Tug of war with horses, New Zealand Artillery 
sports, Louvencourt, 22 June 1918

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Vintage New South Wales

 In Gibberagong Creek, from Big Wattle Point 
Station. Kuring-gai Chase National Park
  
 Kuring-gai Trustees' house-boat
  
 Manly Harbour pool, 1930s
  
 Trustees oil launch, Kuring-gai Bay, Kuring-gai Chase National Park
  
The Upper Causeway, Royal National Park
 

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Vintage New York

Clam seller in Mulberry Bend, NY, ca. 1900
  
Herald Square, New York, NY, 1900-15
  
 Macy's, New York, NY, ca. 1908
  
 
 Manhattan entrance to Brooklyn Bridge, New York, ca. 1905
 
 On the streets in a New York blizzard, 1899

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Pacific National Exhibition

The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) is an annual fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1910.

 Carousel at P.N.E. Playland, 1950s
  
 Miss Vancouver Anna Finlayson named Miss PNE 1959 
and all of the other contestants, August 1959
  
 P.N.E. adult 'girlie' show, August 1961
  
 P.N.E. Playland giant roller coaster, August 24, 1960
  
Pacific National Exhibition fireworks, 1960
 

Monday, October 3, 2016

The European Wars

These photos from Bain are of early 20th century European wars - a couple from pre-World War I Balkan conflicts and some from the Great War itself.

 Bulgarian giving water to dying Turk, Adrianople, 1912-13
  
 Bulgarians? burying dead soldiers at Çatalca, Turkey 
during the Balkan Wars, 1910-15
  
 English prisoners of war working in fields near the 
prisoner of war camp at Döberitz, Germany during World War I
  
 German soldiers marching through the Serbian town of Paracin during World War I
  
Russian and Serbian prisoners in Serbia during World War I

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Howard Seminary for Women

The Howard Collegiate Institute began its classes on October 2, 1883 for girls and young women. Funds to start the school were provided by Capt. Benjamin B. Howard born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts on March 2, 1788. It became known as The Howard Seminary for Women. It was a separate enterprise as a private high school with buildings on the same campus as The Howard High School. Drury Hall and Packard Hall were buildings for this school. 


 Archery, ca. 1954
  
Celebratory meal in Drury Hall, ca. 1947
  
Christmas party concert Drury Hall, ca. 1948
  
Drury Hall dorm room, ca. 1954
  
 Students playing records, ca. 1947
  

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Frank B. Rodolph Collection

Horse-drawn stage "Favorite", 1886
  
 In Santa Cruz Mountains (eight people near a dwelling)
  
In the Cove, Angel Island, September 9, 1885
  
 Scott's Turnout, Oakland, California
  
Our 4th of July jaunt, 1885