Shorpy Historical Photo Archive - Vintage Fine Art Prints

The Old Post Office: 1907

Dave — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:32:14 +0000

February 1907. Washington, D.C. "Post Office." This space is now a food court in the Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue. In just a few years the P.O. would decamp for a bigger facility near Union Station. View full size.

Mail Equipment Shops: 1915

Dave — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:26:56 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "Post Office Department." The Mail Equipment Shops last glimpsed here. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

Chinatown: 1900

Dave — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:50:34 +0000

New York circa 1900. "Chinatown -- Mott Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Mack's Girls: 1919

Dave — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:35:55 +0000

Washington, D.C., 1919. "Mack Sennett girls." Producer Mack Sennett's comedy reels featured a bevy of "bathing beauties," among them Marvel Rea, seen here in the harlequin costume. More on these ladies here. | View full size.

Vegetable Kingdom: 1924

Dave — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:01:06 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1926. "Thos. R. Shipp Co. -- A.A. Anselmo stand, Center Market." Delectable produce from all points of the compass, fetchingly arrayed. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Lincoln at the Capitol: 1924

Dave — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:07:04 +0000

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Ford Motor Co. -- Lincoln at Capitol." The Great Transportator. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

Get Milk: 1922

Dave — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:52:44 +0000

September 6, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Miss Elizabeth U. Hoffman." Last spied here four years ago, Miss H. is still stuck in this institutional-looking kitchen. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Work Zone: 1920

Dave — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:18 +0000

Washington, D.C., 1920. "Street scenes, 14th & New York Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Visiting the Torpedo Boats: 1906

Dave — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:06:47 +0000

New Orleans circa 1906. "Visiting the torpedo boats." The Porter and the Dupont. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

American Beauty: 1942

Dave — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:16:27 +0000

September 1942. "New York, New York. Getting a manicure while drying hair at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on West Eighth Street." Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Grandpa Fred: 1958

Radio Free Babylon — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:16:28 +0000

Chula Vista, California, 1958. Grandpa Fred in his MGA on Madrona Street. Photo by my father, home on leave after his second year at West Point. View full size.

Laptop Recharge: 1941

Dave — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:36:33 +0000

July 1941. "Mother and child. Alley dwelling area. Washington, D.C." Happy Mother's Day from Shorpy! Photo by Edwin Rosskam. View full size.

Shelton Square: 1908

Dave — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:00:30 +0000

Buffalo, New York, circa 1908. "Shelton Square -- St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Prudential Building, Erie County Savings Bank." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Dairy Queen: 1977

rizzman1953 — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:33:11 +0000

Late one evening, summer of '77 on Mount Auburn street in Watertown, Massachusetts; it is now long gone. I loved the sign and the car. Taken with a 4x5 view camera. I can still taste the ice cream -- dipped in chocolate of course -- and the sticky fingers. View full size.

Rubberneck Auto: 1911

Dave — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:35:34 +0000

New York circa 1911. "Grant's Tomb. Rubber-neck auto on Riverside Drive." To your left, General Grant. To your right, the Inter-Net. View full size.

Quartermaster Corps: 1865

Dave — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:34:58 +0000

April 1865. "Washington, District of Columbia. Group of Quartermaster Corps employees." I detect a pattern here, and it's checks. Wet plate glass negative. Civil War glass negative collection, Library of Congress. View full size.

V: 1942

Dave — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:29:36 +0000

August 1942. "Crowds at Pennsylvania Station, New York." Medium format negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

The Summer of '42

Dave — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:20:58 +0000

New York, August 1942. "Italian girls watching parade on Mott Street and flag raising ceremony in honor of boys from the neighborhood in the U.S. Army." Photo by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Major Mite: 1922

Dave — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:25:31 +0000

December 7, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Two in one. The smallest midget and smallest 'camel' shriner in existence. Maj. Mite had to skirt the camera left carelessly by a photographer when leaving the White House." Clarence Chesterfield Howerton (1913-1975), a.k.a. "Major Mite," was 9 years old when this photo was taken. According to his obituary he was in the "Our Gang" movies and played a Munchkin in "The Wizard of Oz." National Photo Co. View full size.

Hanging Out: 1922

Dave — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:15:03 +0000

July 1922. Washington, D.C. "Kallipolis Grotto, Potomac bathing beach." The Grotto being one of Washington's many Masonic lodges. A big cigar, a bottle of pop, and Thou. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.

Muncie Wheel & Jobbing: 1908

Dave — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:35:34 +0000

October 1908. Muncie, Indiana. "Noon hour. Muncie Wheel & Jobbing Co. Most of the boys were gone home to dinner." Photo by Lewis Hine. View full size.

The Farm: 1905

Dave — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:13:56 +0000

Toledo, Ohio, ca. 1905. "The Farm." Which may be reached by streetcar, horse or one of the newer self-propelled conveyances. Detroit Publishing. View full size.

Prices Cut to the Bone: 1909

Dave — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:26:07 +0000

Toledo, Ohio, circa 1909. "Summit Street." Our second glimpse along this bustling retail corridor, home to the Taft Dental Parlors, Baltimore Lunch, Kugler's, Stein's and Mockett's. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.

Last Rose of Summer: 1921

Dave — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:50:38 +0000

New York, 1921. "Victor record display, New York Band Instrument Co. window." Over two dozen Nippers here by my count, as well as some handsome Victrolas in the kind of place that was the Apple Store of its day. View full size.

Bustling Detroit: 1915

Dave — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:01:42 +0000

Detroit circa 1915. "Woodward Avenue and Campus Martius." Among the Motown landmarks in this panorama of two 8x10 glass negatives are the Hotel Pontchartrain, Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument, Ford Building, Detroit City Hall and Dime Savings Bank. Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

A Fast Crowd: 1914

Dave — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:46:05 +0000

Washington, D.C., 1914. "Boy Scouts -- field sports." Our second look at these kids. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

Caught Napping: 1942

Dave — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:17:57 +0000

February 1942. "Midday nap at FSA camp nursery school in Harlingen, Texas." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

Nipper's Love Nest: 1920

Dave — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:46:05 +0000

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Jordan Piano Co. window." National Photo usually shot its window displays at night to avoid the kind of glare seen here; close study will reveal a number of spectral reflections inhabiting the scene, as well as a row of employees behind the latticework. Plus, Nipper center stage. View full size.

Uber Boston: 1936

Dave — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:08:07 +0000

"The Hindenburg over Boston Common, 1936." Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of the German airship's explosion at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Medium format acetate negative by Leslie Jones. Boston Public Library. View full size.

Goodbye, Sailor: 1900

Dave — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:53:57 +0000

New York circa 1900. "Operating room in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.