Monday, June 5, 2017

John Boyd Sr. Collection

Fishing for eels on the Humber River, Lambton, May 29, 1921
 
Humber - autos parked, June 25, 1922
 
Ice cutting - Grenadier Pond, February 10, 1923
 
Milk and bread wagons, Parkside Drive, January 13, 1929
 
Snelgrove - cross roads picnic, May 24, 1921
 

Sunday, June 4, 2017

World War I

In Lyon. Bron airfield. The delegation 
of Greek troops marching past the flags.
  
On the Somme canal. Within hours the bridges destroyed 
by the Germans are replaced by boat decks.
 
The gala of the three guards - Serbs, Belgians 
and French. Allied guards fraternizing.
 
The promenade of the seriously wounded in the Tuileries Gardens
 
Under bombardment, Paris is a "city at the front". Despite the 
German shells, a crowd of Parisians came to the scrap fair.
 

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Fab Four

These guys again. Good way to celebrate 50th anniversary of Sergeant Pepper.




Meeting the Queen Mother
 

Thursday, June 1, 2017

British Women Workers

These ladies are shown working in industrial settings during World War I. Some are in directly war-related industries, while others are not, but they all aided the war by taking the place of men who would have had the jobs but were instead away at the war.

British rubber workers in Lancashire spreading 
machine for coaling canvas for tire making, 1914
  
British woman winding cotton from spools 
on to rollers at lace factory in Nottingham
 
British women aeroplane workers near Birmingham 
welding frame tugs for planes, 1914
 
British women chemical workers in the Midlands taking limestone 
from stock, loading and wheeling barrows of lime to wagons, 1914
 
British women chemical workers in the Midlands, 1914
 
British women oil workers in Lancashire moulding cakes, 1914
 

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Vintage Ireland

Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, Co. Antrim, ca. 1890
  
Carrigogunnell Castle, ca. 1870
 
Chicks and ducks, Galway, ca. 1910
 
Doyle's Corner, Phibsborough, Dublin, 1914
 
Junction, Rathmines, August 1911
 

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Poker Game

This odd sequence depicting a strip poker game was taken in 1941 by Arthur Siegel.