Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Burt V. Brooks Collection

Children running down a lane, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910
  
Group of women, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910
  
Rowboat on a pond, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910
  
Three couples in a field of boulders, Greenwich, Mass., ca. 1910
  
Washing vegetables at a pump, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910
 

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Frank B. Rodolph Collection

 A Tramp up Mt. Tamalpias
  
 Cabin at Austin Creek, Sonoma County
  
 J. E. H. Brown's residence, Oakland, 1886
  
On a car at Wright's Station, Santa Cruz County
  
Seven ladies in improvised dressing room near a stream in Sonoma County
 

Monday, December 5, 2016

Misc New Zealand

Caravans at Eastern Beach, Manukau City, 
Auckland, New Zealand, ca 1938
  
Cart on road submerged by flood waters, ca. 1930
  
 Ngati Poneke concert party on the promenade 
deck of the Wanganella, 1935-1939
  
People on the beach, Oriental Bay, Wellington, 1939
  
Two unidentified women on a swing, and 
a man unloading stores, Milford Sound, 1930s
 
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Sunday, December 4, 2016

William James Family

 House built in a day, ca. 1920
  
House, Oakville, ca. 1909
  
La Salle car in orchard, Whitby, 1929
  
Ladies' egg and spoon race, Centre Island, 1909
  
Ladies' orchestra at auto show, Toronto Armouries, 1912
  
Lake steamers at Jackson's Point, Lake Simcoe, ca. 1909
  
Low water level at foot of the bluffs, Oakville, ca. 1908
 

Saturday, December 3, 2016

Skiing in Alberta

These dramatic photos were taken in Canadian National Parks in Alberta.

 Crowds of skiers climbing hill, Mt. Norquay, Banff National Park, February 1956
  
Jasper Ski Meet, Jasper National Park, February 1959
  
Skiing at Mt. Norquay, Banff National Park, March 1956
  
Skiing at Mt. Norquay, Banff National Park, March 1956
  
Skiing at Mt. Norquay, Banff National Park, March 1956
  
Skiing at Mt. Norquay, Banff National Park, March 1956
  
 Snowmobile at Standish Hump, Dell Valley, 
Banff National Park, March 1953
  
Waterton Park skiing, May 1954

Friday, December 2, 2016

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Leslie Jones

 Albert Einstein at Harvard graduation, 1935
  
 Big surf raises havoc along Beachmont shore, November 1932
  
 Boston Red Sox manager Joe Cronin, Jimmie Foxx, and Ted Williams (all in civvies) surrounded by a crowd as Williams and woman in Esso gasoline uniform get acquainted, 1939-42
  
Boy chases chariot at Charles River Speedway
  
 Boys picking tomatoes
  
Braintree High School cheerleaders, ca. 1953
  
Brave Coastguardsmen from Manomet crew taken off USS Paulding to be rushed to Chelsea Marine hospital after they were injured during SS Robert E. Lee rescue, March 10, 1928
 
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection