Shorpy Historic Photo Archive - Vintage Fine Art Prints

The Dancing Dozen: 1925

Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:51:58 +0000

New York circa 1925. "Tiller girls." Arriving from England, 12 chorus girls in the troupe originated by British musical-theater impresario and precision-dancing pioneer John Tiller. 5x7 glass negative, Bain News Service. View full size.

Hancock County: 1944

Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:44:36 +0000

Hancock County, Georgia, circa 1944. "House, Sparta vicinity." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

By the Seashore: 1905

Dave — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:34:23 +0000

Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Ross's Pavilion and beach." Desperately awaiting the invention of the beach towel. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

For Sale: 1920

Dave — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:01:14 +0000

Washington, D.C., real estate circa 1920. "16th Street Northwest and Webster, south side." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Revenuers: 1920

Dave — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:53:06 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Internal Revenue income tax story." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Picket Fences: 1905

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:58:22 +0000

Ocean Grove, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Tent life." Looks relaxing, doesn't it? 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Mystery Tent Camp: 1903

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:15:42 +0000

Circa 1903. "Striped tents in two rows." This looks a little like California to me. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Lunch Among the Ruins: 1862

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:31:55 +0000

Bull Run, Virginia, winter 1862-63. "Ruins of railroad bridge at Blackburn's Ford." From photographs of the main Eastern theater of the war, Second Battle of Bull Run (Battle of Second Manassas). Wet plate glass negative. View full size.

Jammin': 1919

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:08:40 +0000

1919. Washington, D.C. "Beauty contests at Tidal Basin." Stand back, fellows, and give the ladies some room! Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

The Spring House: 1944

Dave — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:53:28 +0000

Wilkes County, Georgia, circa 1944. "Spring house, Hill Plantation. Washington vicinity." 8x10 inch safety negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston for the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. View full size.

Keeping Fit: 1920

Dave — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:42:31 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "U.S. Public Health Service." On the left we have Abe Lincoln, who "kept himself fit by working in the open air." By the time we get to the right side of the exhibit, there's a diagram with a caption about "the youth who achieves self-control." Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

Easy Women: 1920

Dave — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:40:32 +0000

Circa 1920. "U.S. Public Health Service." More frank advice for young men on clean living. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

3 Days Cure for Men: 1920

Dave — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:18:20 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "U.S. Public Health Service." Dubious nostrums for, um, down there. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

To Splitsville: 1925

Dave — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:44:51 +0000

New York circa 1925. "McCall." Marion McCall Converse, the future ex-wife of Converse M. Converse, a society couple whose split came in a much-publicized divorce. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.

Fifth Avenue Stage: 1900

Dave — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:34:40 +0000

New York circa 1900. "A Fifth Avenue stage." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Waiting for the Sunday Boat: 1902

Dave — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:27:15 +0000

Florida circa 1902. "Waiting for the Sunday boat." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

From the Outside Looking In: 1944

Dave — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:22:59 +0000

October 1944. Wilkes County, Georgia. "Woods Plantation Country House, Washington vicinity." Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

Passageway: 1944

Dave — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:08:56 +0000

October 1944. Wilkes County, Georgia. "Woods Plantation Country House, Washington vicinity." Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

Meats and Groceries: 1905

Dave — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:02:30 +0000

Continuing our visit to Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Atlantic Avenue West." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Atlantis: 1905

Dave — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:49:22 +0000

Glimpses of a lost world circa 1905. "Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

My Italian Grandpa: 1954

tterrace — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:56:06 +0000

My paternal grandfather in his home in Calpella, California, in late December 1954. Born February 1874 in Murialdo, Italy; married a local girl in 1901. Arrived New York July 1904. After getting settled in Northern California, sent for my grandmother (age 24), father (age 4) and uncle (age 2) in 1906. Naturalized in 1914, then a year later purchased a ranch in Calpella, built a house, and grew wine grapes for nearly 40 years. A couple years before this was taken he sold the ranch and moved next door to this house. He died in August 1961, aged 87. He was always Grandpa to me, but his given name was Agostino. Photo by my brother or sister. View full size.

Endless Summer: 1905

Dave — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:47:08 +0000

The Jersey Shore circa 1905. "On the beach, Atlantic City." Who has the Frisbee? 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Shipshape: 1906

Dave — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:47:42 +0000

Ecorse, Michigan, circa 1906. "Great Lakes Engineering Works. Some of the shops." Our second look at this gritty shipyard near Detroit. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Turnaround Time: 1905

Dave — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:01:13 +0000

Philadelphia circa 1905. "Pennsylvania Railroad ferry terminal, Market Street." A busier view of the streetcar loop seen here a couple weeks ago. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

The Rookery: 1938

Dave — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:10:19 +0000

1938. St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. "The Rookery, Trepagnier House. Norco vicinity. Abandoned plantation house now occupied by Negroes." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

Glazier Stove Works: 1905

Dave — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:50:27 +0000

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1905. "Brass foundry, Glazier Stove Co." Shorpy makes an exciting visit to the stove factory. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Qwerty Women: 1902

Dave — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:31:27 +0000

Dayton, Ohio, circa 1902. "Typewriting department, National Cash Register." 8x10 inch glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Milledgeville: 1944

Dave — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:04:39 +0000

1944. Baldwin County, Georgia. "Former slave cabin, Milledgeville vicinity." A locale perhaps best known as the stomping grounds of the writer Flannery O'Connor. 8x10 acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.

Detroit Opera House: 1900

Dave — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:37:30 +0000

Circa 1900. "Opera House and Campus Martius." The leftmost section of a four-part panorama whose center includes the Detroit City Hall view posted yesterday. Photo by Lycurgus S. Glover, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Star Vehicle: 1920

Dave — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:44:28 +0000

Washington, D.C., 1920. "Mack truck." As seen in the major motion picture "What's Your Hurry?," starring Wallce Reid as truck driver Dusty Rhoades. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.