Vintage China

Greatest of China's statesmen - Li Hung Chang in the 

court of his yamen, Tientsin, China, 1901

  

Natives at breakfast, movable chow shop, Canton, 1919

 

Newly married couple dining together for the first time, Canton, China, 1919

 

Rich merchants dining with the singing girls, Peking, China, 1901

 

Some of China's solemn daughters at recreation--

recess at So. Gate Presbyterian Mission School, Shanghai, 1901

G. G. Bain

Mexican rebels in action, 1910-15

  

Motorcycle machine gun, 1915-20

  

Orphans going to Coney Island, June 7, 1911

 

Women in large carriage on street for Cleveland New Party

 

Women's Motor Corps on Recruit, 1917-18

 

Wright's new machine, ca. 1910

Great Patriotic War

 A column of German Tiger I heavy tanks and a MAN ML 4500 truck 

of the 1st SS-Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler become 

bogged down during the fight for Western Ukraine, November 1943

   

A Soviet Army soldier feeds a Russian baby he has found abandoned 

in an empty cabin in the village of Izvekov 14 March 1943

  

Russian civilians in Murmansk watch an aerial battle between 

Soviet and German pilots taking place over the city, 6 April 1943

 

Russian civilians in Nevel greet Soviet troops with flowers following the liberation 

of the city from German occupation following the Battle for Nevel, October 1943

 

Russian civilians joyously greet a Soviet Naval Infantryman following the 

liberation of Tagnarog from the occupying Germans, September 1943

 

Soviet machine gunners take up positions on the banks of the 

Dnieper River during the Battle of the Dnieper. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers battle through the ruins of a house in a village near Kiev during 

the Battle of the Dnieper. The battle was one of the largest operations in 

the war, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on both sides. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers help Russian refugees return to their homes following the Third Battle of Smolensk when Soviet forces of the 39th, 43rd and 10th Armies recaptured of the city and surrounding areas from Axis occupation. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers in a trench fire on a German plane during the 

opening phase of the Battle of Kursk.  7 July 1943

 

Soviet soldiers of 248th Separate Infantry Brigade greet Russian 

civilians of a kolkhoz (collective farm) west of Kursk. February 1943

 

Soviet soldiers of the 270th Rifle Division, Soviet 7th Guards Army, 

begin a counteroffensive during the Battle of Kursk. 12 July 1943

 

Soviet soldiers talk to recently liberated Russian civilians 

in a small village near Rzhev, March 1943

 

The Soviet commander of the Budak Company of partisans (left) 

points out enemy German positions on a map to Komsosmol fighters 

Mariya Yelnik and Pavel Kiselev. Near Kursk, February 1943

 

Source: Anti-Worlds

Vintage Trondheim

Constitution Day in Ila Park, 1915

 

Kitchen at Trøndelag exhibition, 1930

 

Lunde family summer outing in Sæter, ca. 1915

 

Nordregate, 1920s

 

Taxi driver and his cab, 1917. The "balloon" on the roof is a container 

for gas, which was used instead of petrol during WWI and a 

couple of years later. Cabdriver is car owner Isak Garmo.

 

Source: Trondheim Archives

Leslie Jones

Back with new posts. I am close to winding this up, probably in a week or so.

Public playground, Boston area, 1917-34

  

Rum runner Mary seized with $175,000 in liquor in 

Dorchester Bay, brought in to Boston Waterfront, 1932

 

Second party at Bill Marr's, Milton, April 1942

 

Shirley Temple at child birthday party, July 1938

 

Showgirls backstage

 

Singers at the Apple Blossom Festival, Groton, ca. 1940

 

Soldiers and their ladies in the front row. Probably World War II era

 

Stars who will appear in the United Nations benefit show at the Boston Garden. 

Left to right, Anne Miller, Jinx Falkenburg, and Evelyn Keyes, ca. 1942

 

Tea room

 

Team of horses plow snow on Tremont Street Mall, ca. 1930

Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Indiana University

 Summer prom, July 1947

  

Sycamore Hall Recreation Room, May 1941

 

Tea time, April 1939

  

University School Lounge and Snack Bar, February 1944

 

W.A.T.C. girls working on motor, December 1942

 

Woman diving into pool, 1945

 

 Women in a dorm room, January 1948

 

Source: Indiana University Photo Collections

Well Project, Saint Mary's County

This appears to have been a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal agency. Photos by John Collier.

 A Ridge project family and neighbors made a real holiday of the 

installation of the new well. Saint Mary's County, Maryland, July 1941

  

Children are always watching and waiting. Ridge well project, 

Saint Mary's County, Maryland, July 1941

 

Fourth generation from slavery. Grandfather Briscoe's 

great grandchildren. Near Ridge, Maryland. Saint Mary's County, July 1941

 

Front porch. No one dares sit out here anymore. John Briscoe farmhouse 

near Ridge, Maryland. Saint Mary's County, July 1941

 

Little John Fredrick stands on the outside "where the flies ain't so bad." 

John Fredrick's privy, Saint Mary's County, Maryland, July 1941

 

The Fredrick womenfolk shell snap beans. 

Saint Mary's County, Maryland, July 1941

 

Two supervisors and borrower talk over the home problem. 

Saint Mary's County, Maryland, July 1941

  

Washing clothes near the old well. Ridge well project, 

Saint Mary's County, Maryland, July 1941

 

Witching for water with a peach limb. Safe well demonstration, 

Ridge, Maryland, Saint Mary's County, July 1941