World War I - women workers

These photos of women workers during World War I come from here.

 A woman delivers coal in France

  

 A woman makes and repairs shoes

  

 Women filling shells in a munitions factory in Scotland

  

 Women grease and inspect the signals at the Gare du Nord, in Paris, France

  

 Women pilots in flying suits

  

 Women shovelling snow from the road, in Paris, France

  

Women unloading a coal wagon in England

Dorothea Lange

 Latter Day Saints portrait group. These people, man and wife, are both 

eighty-five years old. Converts to Mormonism from South Africa. 

She was the first schoolteacher in Escalante, April 1936

   

 Log house now occupied and enlarged by the Halley family. Mrs. Halley in doorway with youngest child. Bonner County, Idaho, October 1939

  

 Longshoremen's lunch hour. San Francisco waterfront. California, February 1937

  

 Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery school for migrant children is conducted in camp under nursery school teachers trained by WPA (Work Projects Administration), and assigned to work in the camp under WPA project. February 1939

  

 Meeting of the Mothers' Club in Arvin camp for migrant workers, an FSA camp. The discussion this evening centers on the possibility of buying kerosene oil in large quantities and distributing it cooperatively in camp, to cut costs. Kerosene is used both for cooking and for lighting purposes. November 1939

 

 Migrant agricultural labor family. Tenant farmer with six children, refugees from Texas, near Wasco, California. "People just can't make it back there with drought, hailstorms, windstorms, duststorms, insects. They'll all be here in another year or two. People exist here and they can't do that there. You can make it here if you sleep late and eat little, but it's pretty tough--there's so many people." June 1938

  

Migrant agricultural workers' home. California, February 1937

21st Birthdays

From Revelle Jackson, these are pictures taken at 21st birthday parties - apparently a big deal in 1960s New Zealand.

 November 1965

 

 October 1967

 

 May 1968

 

Leslie Jones

 Cowgirls at Boston Garden for the Rodeo, November 1931

  

 Faneuil Hall Market, South Market Street, ca. 1930

  

 Girls at clam bake, 1947

  

 Kids dressed to go to the old fishing hole

  

Skater Barbara Ann Scott in action, 1951

 

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Harris & Ewing - Kids

 "Our Gang" comedy stars call on President Coolidge, May 18, 1927

  

 Children crossing street, February-March 1935

  

 Despite a cold drizzle, nearly 1000 Washington youngsters romped over 

the south grounds of the White House today as the guests of President and 

Mrs. Hoover at the traditional Easter eggrolling. Washington playground 

teachers staged a number of games for the enjoyment of the children. March 28, 1932

 

 Navy children boxing, 1932-33

[this is wrong on so many levels]

  

 Safety first for this Miss, Washington, D.C. August 8. Equipped with 

bumpers fore and aft, 4-year-old Betty Buck is taking unnecessary 

chances as she tries her first pair of roller skates, August 8, 1936

   

Snow, children sledding, Washington, DC, 1915-23

Albert Percy Godber

 Albert Percy Godber boating on the Waihou River at Te Aroha, in 1917

  

 Four people with a car parked at the Summit on the Rimutaka Road, 1924

  

 Group outside the fire damaged soap factory of Allender & Co, Petone, 21 January 1906

  

 Men camping near the Waipapa River, 1918

  

Men in a scow being towed by two horses, on the Waipapa River, near Rangiahua, 1918

Albert Percy Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Skateboarding

These photos of people skateboarding in New York City in 1965 come from here.

World War II

 These were found at this site.

 German soldier with cat, Voronezh Oblast, USSR, July 16, 1942

  

 Observer who spotted a machine gun nest finds its location on a map so they can send the information to artillery or mortars. Iwo Jima, February 1945

  

 Soldiers in bunks on Army transport, S.S. Pennant, 

Port of Embarkation, San Francisco, California. November 1942

  

 The crew of B-29 Superfortress 42-24598 "Waddy's Wagon. 

Saipan, November 24, 1944

[this may be one of the coolest photos ever!]

  

VMF 214 "Black Sheep" Squadron at Espiritu Santo. September 7, 1943