ca 1910 Catalina Island, California, USA ~”Avalon Bay Aquarium wharf and beach”; 5”x7” glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. via
March 24, 1925 ~ “Lt. L.T. Hunt, U.S.N., with barograph, and Commander W.H. Lee.” Nat’l Photo Co. Collection glass negative via
April 27, 1922, NYC, NY, USA “Vreeland” ~ The lyric soprano Jeannette Vreeland, whose accomplishments include what is said to be the 1st concert given from an airplane - a radio broadcast from a Fokker over NYC in support of tubercular veterans. Bain News Service glass negativevia
ca 1918 Washington, D.C., USA. In the inimitable stylings of Harris & Ewing: “Cleveland, Esther, Miss. Group.” Esther Cleveland at right, daughter of Grover Cleveland, the only presidential child born in the White House via
June 1911; Norfolk, VA, USA; “Gus Hodges, age 11, instructing his brother Julius, age 5, in the finer points of Street Vending. Gus sells as late as 9 pm, and he said that he made over one dollar a day. Julius and another brother, 9 years old, had made 25 cents that day.” Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. via
September 1938, Abbeville, LA, USA; “Farmer’s truck at state rice mill” by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration via
ca 1905 The Jersey Shore, “Crowded beach, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA”
These boys have been standing here for over an hour, hoping to spy a bare ankle via
ca 1909 NYC, NY, USA ~ Lady Richardson
The British dancer and writer Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883–1932), author of “Dancing, Beauty and Games.” 8x10 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection via
ca 1905 Coney Island, New York, USA “Picnicing on the beach — a hasty lunch.” 8.5”x6.5” dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co via
c 1905 Virginia Avenue strollers (and rollers) in Atlantic City, NJ, USA 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company via
c 1923 Washington, D.C., USA; “Mrs. W. Galbraith ~ group.”
Yep … just about as colorful as you can get in black-and-white. Harris & Ewing glass negative. via
Dirty Girls ca 1922 Washington, D.C., USA; “Potomac bathing beach.” Our second glimpse of these sandy lasses; Nat’l Photo Co glass negative via
ca 1900 New Jersey Bergen Tunnel, east end; Detroit Photographic Special on the tracks. 8”x10” dry plate glass negative via
March 1909; Hartford, Connecticut, USA, Newsgirls coming through the alley. The smallest girl has been selling for 2 years; photo by Lewis Wickes Hine via
ca 1907 Primitive ferry, High Bridge, Kentucky River, Kentucky, USA; 8”x10” dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co via
