W. D. Hogan

W. D. Hogan was a photographer active in Ireland during the Irish Civil War (1922-23).

British soldiers searching trains on Kerry line for Republicans, 1921

 

Casks of tobacco guarded by soldiers, Ireland, 17 May 1921

 

Children chatting to troops passing through to an attack 

on Irregulars Stronghold, Irish Civil War, ca. 1922

 

National Army troops at the South Western Front 

during the Irish Civil War, July 24, 1922

 

Vigil at negotiations between England and Ireland, July 24, 1921

 

Source: National Library of Ireland

Fred Stein

Fred Stein was born on July 3, 1909 in Dresden, Germany. As a teenager he was deeply interested in politics and became an early anti-Nazi activist. He was a brilliant student, and went to Leipzig University, full of humanist ideals, to study law. He obtained a law degree in an impressively short time, but was denied admission to the German bar by the Nazi government for “racial and political reasons.” The threat of Fascism grew more and more dangerous and after the SS began making inquiries about him, Stein fled to Paris in 1933 with his new wife, Liselotte Salzburg, under the pretext of taking a honeymoon.

New York was a vibrant center of culture, and Stein seized the opportunity. He met and photographed writers, artists, scientists, politicians, and philosophers whose work he knew through his extensive reading and study. This enabled him to engage them in conversation during portrait sessions. He continued his fascination with humanity, walking through the streets of New York, documenting life from Fifth Avenue to Harlem. He worked unobtrusively and quickly, valuing the freedom to capture the telling moment that reveals the subject in its own light, not as incidental material for photographic interpretation.

Source: Monovisions

Charles C. Pierce Collection

Navajo family living in ancient cliff dwellings, Canyon de Chelly

 

Navajo mother with children, New Mexico

  

Old Indian women of San Fernando Mission, 1890

 

Paiute woman grinding acorns in wooden mortar, Yosemite Valley

 

Wallapai women at home, Arizona

 

Yuma Indians ready to play Pole & Hoop game, Arizona

 

Source: California Digital Archive

Japan

These are from the Library of Congress Stereograph Collection.

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - 

along the Old Avenue, Nara, Japan, ca. 1906

 

Japanese mothers and children on a fishing trip, 1919

 

Passing away a dull hour - Geisha girls dancing, Japan, 1906

 

Peasant women heading rice with steel combs 

in the fields on Suruga Bay, Japan, 1906

 

The little daughter of a Japanese gentleman 

playing the koto, Tokyo, Japan, 1906

Philip Timms

 Bathhouse at English Bay, Vancouver, BC 1900s

  

Bridge at Stanley Park, Vancouver, ca. 1900

"Crowding Into the Park"

 

Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, BC, 1920s

 

Man reading on a bench, Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1900s

 

Streetcar 36 at Stanley Park, 1900s 

"First Sign of Spring"

 

Source: Vancouver Public Library Historical Photo Collection

A.H. Poole

Chevalier O'Loughlin wedding, 27 September 1911

 

Market Square, Enniscorthy, ca. 1892

 

Passengers going to Graiguenamanagh in brakes, 23 September 1911

 

Swiss Cottage, Newtown Road, Co. Waterford, on or before 1901

 

Two ladies with elegant hats and dogs, 31 August 1910

 

Source: National Library of Ireland

Burt V. Brooks

Couple in front of house, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Men in a wood-cutting camp, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Two women driving a buggy, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Woman in a carriage, with horse, dressed for cold 

weather, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Women and horse in front of house, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Women on a porch, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Source: Digital Commonwealth