History in Photos: 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014

Hiatus

Greetings, all. I am announcing that this site will be on hiatus for around a month. I am finding that the time I have to devote to image preparation is more constrained lately and rather than feeling stressed about it I'm just taking some time off to build up my store of postable photos.

I will be back sometime in February. Happy 2015!

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Mack Hughes

Lambda Chi formal, ca. 1950s

Square dance, ca. 1950s

Friday, December 26, 2014

Steffano Webb

Tailoresses at work, clothing factory, Christchurch, 1911

Turnbull and Jones, electrical engineers, staff at work in workshop, Christchurch, 1917

Unidentified woman standing beside a Kinman cannon at Britomart Reserve, Akaroa, ca. 1920s

[There have been seven ships named "HMS Britomart".

I suspect this is the one referred to in the picture.]

Victoria Street, Christchurch, with tram, ca. 1910

Steffano Webb Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Christmas, Part 2

These Christmas photos are from Harris & Ewing.

Elinor and Gloria, daughters of Capt. and Mrs. Emmett Gudger and granddaughters of Sen. Walsh of Montana, and their Christmas tree. 1930

Elizabeth and J. Hamilton Fish, 3rd, children of Rep. and Mrs. J. Hamilton Fish of New York, and their attractive Christmas tree. 1930

Group of children with Santa, 1930

Perhaps the Rhineland grows bigger yule trees than this one, but these German kiddies are quite happy with the American product. They are Adelaide, Hubert and Charlotte, children of Rudolph Leitner, First Secretary of the German Embassy, and Mrs. Leitner. 1930

The children of Sen. and Mrs. James J. Davis and their Christmas tree. The youngsters are Jewel, Joan, Jean, Jane and James, Jr., the five J's. 1930

Xmas tree and children, 1930

These happy boys grouped about their Christmas tree are George, Jr., Clarkes, and Frederick, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Akerson. Mr. Akerson is President Hoover's Secretary. 1930

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Christmas, Part 1

Photos of Christmas scenes from Lafayette Photo Studio.

Baby next to Christmas tree, 1944

Baby sitting next to Christmas tree, 1944

Children opening presents beneath Christmas tree while parents watch, 1945

Girl playing with a doll next to a Christmas tree, 1939

Girl sitting next to Christmas tree, 1943

Montgomery Ward Company, children's Christmas display, 1946

Odd Fellows Hall, Christmas Party with Santa, 1942

Santa parade, 1935

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Russell Lee

Lumberjacks near Littlefork, Minnesota, July 1937

Mrs. Smallwood and her baby in the shack which they

share with another family near Alvin, Wisconsin, April 1937

Rural school in session near Tipler, Wisconsin, April 1937

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Harris & Ewing

More uncaptioned photos from Harris & Ewing.

1925

1926

1930

1936

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Winter in Boston

Cart horse slips in the snow

Wharf during Valentine's Day storm. Biggest storm in 50 years, 1940

Woman. Beauty of nature on the snow

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Friday, December 19, 2014

Dorothea Lange

Cotton camp near Exeter, California. The woman is a native of California, November 1936

Eighteen year-old mother from Oklahoma, now a California migrant, March 1937

Mobile housing--a trend. One of the many housecars under construction

by homeless people who formerly lived in tents. California, May 1935

Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. In grower's camp for migrant labor on the edge of the pea fields. Public health nurse interviews and advises prospective mother, aged seventeen, before arrival of first baby. Husband, aged twenty-three, is out picking. Made seventy-three cents this morning. February 1939