Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Prairie Towns

Kensington Lake, Bredenbury, Saskatchewan
  
Vera Hunt and Branch, Broadview, Saskatchewan
 
Viola School, Bulyea, Saskatchewan, after 1905
 
Gull Lake, Saskatchewan
 
Gull Lake, Saskatchewan
 
Girl in an ox cart, Kindersley, Saskatchewan, 1912
 
Kindersley, Saskatchewan
 
Off to war, Kindersley, Saskatchewan, August 17, 1914
 
Source: Prairie Towns

Monday, August 7, 2017

Vintage Japan

Japanese (9th Reg. 4th Div.) ready for battle - awaiting orders 
for the advance - siege of Port Arthur, 1905
  
Peasant praying before long row of images of the God of Light. 
South bank Diya river, Nikko, Japan, ca. 1904
 
Street advertisers, Japan, 1905
 
The Ginza (looking north) the most important 
thoroughfare in Tokyo, Japan, ca. 1904
 
The principal thoroughfare of busy Tokyo, Japan, 1905
 
Watching a free show, on Theatre Street, looking north 
to Asakusa Tower, Tokyo, Japan, 1904
 
Women and children of a Japanese family in Uyeno park, 
during the Cherry-blossom festival, Tokyo, Japan, 1904

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Eugène Trutat

 Anglers
  
Assier - enfants Murat, 30 June 1901
 
Botanical garden, canal and bridge, 8 August 1900
 
Dancer from Ceylon with embossed silver helmet
 
Mme…, Luchon, ca. 1900
 
Monte Carlo. On the terrace, April 1904
 
Toulouse. Entrance to the bridge, 25 June 1899
 
Valley of Bethmale, Ariège. Group of spinners using feet
 
Vallée d'Aran, July 1899
 
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Detroit Publishing

Coney Island, entrance, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1900-15
  
Skating on Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1895-1910
 
Steamer Islander nearing Frontenac wharf, Round Island, NY, 1890-1901
 
The Bi-Pass, Mt. Tom Railway, Massachusetts, 1900-15
 
The Fishing pier, Chicago, Illinois, 1910-20
 
The Hippodrome, Euclid Beach Park, Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1905
 
The Lake, Central Park, New York, ca. 1905
 
Three little maids agoing to sea, 1900-05
 
U.S.S. New York, Admiral Sampson's son and "Pitch" the mascot, ca. 1899

Friday, August 4, 2017

Vintage Alberta

Ballet dancers, Vermillion Lakes, Alberta, July 1957
  
Banff, Alberta, 1952
 
Lunch overlooking the mountains, Alberta, 1953
 
Mrs. C. Hamill paints a scene from roadside 
in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, 1952
 
Queen Elizabeth at Lake Louise, Alberta, July 1959
 
RCMP constable Wright and police dog named 
Rough, Calgary, Alberta, August 1948
 
Students paint the scenery, Banff national park, Alberta, July 1957
 
Water skiing at Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, August 1961
 

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Vintage Ireland

"A raal convanience - a woife," a country farm-yard in Ireland , 1903
  
"An' phwat 'ill yer give me for me sheep"--Killarney, Ireland, 1901
 
A Jolly group in the market-place, Galway, Ireland, 1902
 
An old mother of Erin in her donkey cart going to 
her son's funeral, County Kerry, Ireland, 1905
 
Limerick boys and girls on their playground 
by famous Treaty Stone of 1691, 1903
 
Picturesque life and customs of an Irish village, 1901
 
Starting out for town, market day in Ireland, 1903
 
Vegetable market and bridge over the river 
Shannon (E.), Athlone, central Ireland, ca. 1903