Vintage Maine

 Emmie Fountain seated on the ledges at Ogier Point, Camden in 1900

  

Minnie Babb, Emma Babb & Margaret, July 8, 1898

  

Mothers & daughters, September 1899

  

 Summer house group: Lizzie, Myrtle French, 

Teresa?, Grace, & Margaret, June 24, 1898

  

Woman walking along Turnpike Drive (now Rt. 52) in October 1899. 

She is carrying a camera and has a dog and bicycle with her.

 

Source: Camden Public Library

Malayan Emergency

The Malayan Emergency was a counterinsurgency war fought by British Commonwealth forces against Communist guerillas in Malaya (the former name of Malaysia) between 1948 and 1960. These photos depict New Zealand forces in action (or in some cases, inaction) during this conflict.

 Carrying supplies after an air drop, Malayan jungle, 27 Jul 1958

  

 Men of the Special Air Service in the jungle during 

the Malayan Emergency, 21 January 1955

  

 New Zealand troopers in Malaya, April 1957

  

 On patrol, Malaya, ca 1955

  

 Privates T Farley, R A Smith and M J Pickworth of the New Zealand 

Regiment in the Malayan rain forest, 23 October 1958

  

 Second Lieutenant P Scott addressing New Zealand Regiment 

troops and marines in jungle base camp, 1955-60

  

 Trooper J J Croty and tracker dog, Malaya, April 1957

  

 Troopers in the Malayan jungle, ca 1955

  

Two native headmen from local tribe call at New Zealand camp, ca. 1955

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Matthew Brady

 Doctor Mary Walker

  

 Mrs. M. Hogan

  

Probably Lucille Western, actress, ca. 1863

Kids

Group of children at a playground, 1937

  

Group of kids on a street

  

 Hotdog stand in North End, corner of Hanover 

and Blackstone Street, Boston, 1937

  

 Little cowgirls, ca. 1954

  

North End children cool off with ice cart on Copp's Hill, Boston, ca. 1930

 

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Vintage SoCal

Buryl Polk breaks ground on Beverly Hills Drive, Los Angeles, 1927

  

Crowd listens to the World Series outside Sturgis radio store, Los Angeles, 1929

  

Crowds at 31st managers sale, Broadway department store, Los Angeles, 1931

  

Family outing, Los Angeles, 1935

  

 Homecroft Market, Los Angeles, 1930

  

Kern County, California, November 1938

[too late]

State Parks

Missouri State Parks, to be exact. 

 A woman stands on a wooden bridge, Wallace State Park, ca. 1960

  

 Four women hold a formation on water skis 

during a pageant, Lake of the Ozarks, 1960

  

Group of children fishing at Pershing State Park, ca. 1960

  

 Group of people on walkway near Chain of Rocks Bridge 

north of St. Louis on Mississippi River, ca. 1960

  

 Rides at the State Fair, ca. 1960

  

Ruins of castle at Ha Ha Tonka State Park, ca. 1960

  

 Two women and a man pose on rocks 

at Johnson Shut Ins State Park, 1961

  

Visitors swim, play and relax at Public Beach #1, 

Lake of the Ozarks State Park, ca. 1960

 

Courtesy of Missouri State Archives

War Workers, World War I

 These photos of British women in "war work" factories during World War I were taken in 1914.

 General view of brass fittings shop

  

 View of canteen at munitions factory

  

 Woman at battery drills, drilling angles and T bars for ribs of airship sheds

  

 Women copper banding t60 pdr shrapnel

  

Woman operating vertical drilling machines, drilling 

angles for connections to ribs of airship sheds

 

Source: University of British Columbia, World War I British Press Photo Collection