Shorpy Historic Photo Archive - ShorpyBlog

Pre-Avatar: 1982

tterrace — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:01 +0000

A friend of mine and I "enjoy" 3-D on television in 1982, when there was a boomlet of local stations showing 3-D films such as "Creature from the Black Lagoon" using the anaglyph method, which used red and blue lenses to separate the images rather than the polarized system originally used in the theaters thirty years earlier. I say "enjoy" because the effect was problematic. If you had your color adjusted correctly it was possible to get a moderate dimensional effect out of the blur. With my never-rectified amblyopia, I could get it mostly when things were flying at the camera.

We're watching it on my Advent VideoBeam, no longer in the basement of my folks' house, but in my new digs in Petaluma. Fans of the yellow lamp will notice that it's already starting to deteriorate, the hinge holding the middle shade being secured with duct tape. Another indication of the absence of parental caregiving is the burst cushion of my red chair. Other necessary video room adjuncts visible are Ritz Crackers, a TV Guide (is that Farrah Fawcett?) and shelves full of Betamax tapes. Oh, and under my chair a metal file box storing my card catalog of said tapes. The blue binder contains a hand-typed list of just the cartoons. Computerization of the collection was still four years in the future.

Scanned from a print from a friend's 110 camera. View full size.

Main Street Racine: c. 1905

Euphoric — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:56:37 +0000

Main Street in Downtown Racine, Wisconsin about 1905. Scanned from the original glass negative in my possession. City Hall is the building with a clock and bell tower. View full size.

Chuck Kennedy's Auto Sales: c. 1950s

slekjr — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:43:42 +0000

This Picture was Taken on Walnut Street, East Liverpool, Ohio in the Early 1950's. The fellow on the far right is Chuck Kennedy, and to the left of him is my father, Ed Bowyer.

The car business is not the same today as it was then. I remember the secrecy involved with the new car showings every year, and how we, as kids growing up in the fifties, had so much fun seeing the new models. View full size.

Grandparents: 1924

cribsie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:41:39 +0000

My Grandparents in Germany, 1924, two years before they married. This was not long after they met, she was 18 and he was 26.

Duerkop Family: 1953

cribsie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:39:41 +0000

My Mother (middle) at her confirmation in West Germany, 1953. View full size.

Leimert Park Bowling Team: c. 1940s

mhallack — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:39 +0000

Grandpa Frank Hallack is in the middle here with his local bowling league during the late 1940's in Los Angeles. I don't know which one was his team, likely though not PMS. View full size.

Medicine Show: 1935

rich — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:40 +0000

I think the dapper fellow on the far right is/was my father, Jessie C. Hayes, b. 1909. He left the farm for Chicago as soon as he could, then came back to this area about the time of this photo before meeting and marrying our mother. View full size.

National Biscuit Company: 1925

Donovan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:31:03 +0000

[What city is this?] The National Biscuit Company factory was constructed in 1925 for a cost of $2 million. Conceived as the west coast headquarters for NBC, this landmark structure was designed by E.J. Eckel. In 2006, the building underwent a $25 million renovation to convert the building to live/work lofts. View full size.

National Biscuit Company: 1925

Donovan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:27:37 +0000

The National Biscuit Company factory was constructed in 1925 for a cost of $2 million. Conceived as the west coast headquarters for NBC, this landmark structure was designed by E.J. Eckel. In 2006, the building underwent a $25 million renovation to convert the building to live/work lofts. View full size.

Klein's Restaurant: 1945

FredKlein — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:36:25 +0000

World War II was winding down and Biloxi, Mississippi, famous for its seafood industry, found new life-blood when Keesler Air Force Base came to town, and with it thousands of young soldiers flooding town for decades to come.

The Klein family, founders of Klein's Biloxi Bakery 30 years earlier, opened a an ultra modern art deco restaurant that was "always hoppin'" seven days a week. Billy de Wolf and Elvis were among the restaurant's many famous and soon-to-be-famous clientele.

This photo, intended for the local newspaper, was cut in half to fit the publishing space. Two of the Klein brothers, Fred & Junie Klein, kept each half as a souvenir. I inherited one half from my dad. Last year, while visiting my uncle Junie I discovered the half in his scrapbook. With a little Photoshop magic the halves were re-united after a 65 year "divorce."

The chatter, laughing, music from the jukebox, the smell of burgers on the grill all come back when I see this picture. The building was demolished for a new Federal Court House in 1973. Today, the court house stands vacant, awaiting the wrecking ball. The Biloxi Bakery history, photos, stories and recipes can be found in the book Remembering the Biloxi Bakery, available from LULU.com. View full size.

Threshing Machine: 1911

Jim Carpenter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:22:18 +0000

Jesse B. Higdon, standing by horse, showing what appears to be a new threshing machine. Taken in Leesville, Missouri in 1911. He and family moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1912 and then to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1916, where they settled. Scanned from an old photo that has been kept by the family since 1911. Jesse Higdon was my wife's grandfather. View full size

On Our Way to Yellowstone

mhallack — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:25:55 +0000

My great-grandfather Grant Webb Sr. with most of the family, still putting out to Yellowstone in the 1920's. Traveling in those old rickety cars, roads mostly of mud, must have been quite an adventure. The trip was from Burley, Idaho to Yellowstone.

WWII Patch Girls

Championhilz — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:08 +0000

This photo was taken in front of a USO Club, location unknown. The women in the picture are not identified, but both wear "patch jackets" which have patches from the various allied units that served in Europe during World War II. This picture was made after the war ended, as there are several patches on the jackets that were not used until the occupation period in Europe. View full size.

Foggia,Italy: c. 1943

tgoral — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:19:26 +0000

This is my father during WWII in Foggia, Italy, in 1943 or '44. He and his fellow soldiers had befriended the local children. Scanned from a print. View full size.

Acworth: 1868

ChrisBuick — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:17:30 +0000

This image of Upper Lynn Hill Road was taken as part of the Acworth Centennial Celebration in 1868. It is a fantastic visual record of the old village in New Hampshire, as it was. Mostly it hasn't changed at all. View full size.

Grandpa in His Toy Car: 1920

freeparking — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:12:52 +0000

A snap of my Grandfather Glenn in a toy car. Hayden, Arizona, around 1920. View full size.

Downtown Dallas: 1929

timcdfw — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:36:11 +0000

I found this print in a Dallas antique shop recently. What a great find of Elm Street in 1929. Elm Street was well known at the time for its venues and theaters. Note the Ritz, the Old Mill and the Palace. View full size.

Sageeyah Farm: 1943

Jim Carpenter — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:30:56 +0000

Taken at the Sageeyah community near Claremore, Oklahoma, c. 1943. Dave and Maggie Carpenter had recently purchased a farm which was in need of many repairs. The small boy is me with my father, Dave, making repairs to the old house. My father was about 35 years old in this picture and I was about 7. In the far left can be seen the Claremore Mound, a historical landmark in the area.

Dave died at age 54 while living on this farm and my mother, Maggie, lived here until her death in 1985. The house is still standing in 2010 though completely remodeled. Scanned from original negative. View full size.

Flint, Michigan: 1929

Jking — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:27:56 +0000

Flint, Michigan 1929. My mother was 7 years old at the time. She is sitting in the buggy. View full size

Edwardian Wedding: 1904

Pinto19 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:07:34 +0000

An old Edwardian wedding that took place in 1904. It includes, from what I understand, the bride's maids and groom's men with the bride and groom front and center. View full size.

The Marine Transportation Hall: 1939

D_Chadwick — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:02:18 +0000

One of the Transportation Zone’s exhibits at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The twin ship prows were each 80 ft high. The architects of the building were Ely Jacques Kahn, William Muschenheim and Morrison J. Brounn. Scanned from the original 2.25x2.25 inch negative. View full size.

Ladies in Juarez, Mexico: c. 1930

timcdfw — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:40:47 +0000

This is a picture of my great Grandmother, Jennie Martin (far left). Her husband at the time was Jack Hayes, a Dallas Area Horse Trainer. She and friends probably made many trips to tracks all over the US and Mexico. This is most likely from one of those trips.

On reverse is written:

Jennie Martin - visits Juarez, Mex
On reverse: written in pencil

Made in Juarez, Mex
Mrs Josie Kissinger
Mrs Marion Martin
& Angie Bess
Mrs Jack Hayes

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Kitchen Duty: 1945

Palmateer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:37:03 +0000

My Dad's platoon on kitchen police duty. In the early months of 1945, my Dad (sitting on the shiny can) was at camp in the state of Washington waiting to see if the platoon was going to have to go and invade Japan. In 2009, Dad celebrated his 92nd birthday by playing a round of golf. View full size.

Hager and Meseth

hager2007 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:30:06 +0000

This photo is in our family photos, and is tentatively identified as Emil Hager, my grand-uncle. The Hager and Meseth family came to Chicago in 1884, but the date of this photo is unknown.

John Meseth's Service Station: c. 1930

hager2007 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:22:26 +0000

This Chicago service station was owned by John Meseth, before WWII. The man on the far right is my father, William Hager. The man in the middle is Harry Meseth. The man on the left is another Meseth. The 2nd and 4th men are unknown and the date is uncertain, but my dad was born in 1907, so this is probably around 1930. View full size.

Officers of the 107th Canadian Battalion, Co. "A"

Mudhooks — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:12:36 +0000

Photo of my ex-husband's great-great-uncle, Lieut. James David Moses (#6), Delaware Indian from the Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, somewhere in France, WWI. "Smoothtown" is the section of the reserve where the Delaware live. He eventually switched to the Royal Air Force as an Observer and was shot down on April 1, 1918, the day the RCAF came into being. He is counted as the first RCAF airman lost in action. His remains were never found.

Also in the photo is another Six Nations man, Edward Oliver Martin (aka Oliver Milton Martin), a Mohawk (#1). Oliver Martin survived the war and went on to serve in WWII. He retired in 1944 with the rank of Brigadier. Like James David, he also moved on to the RAF, trained as an Observer and then qualified as a pilot. After WWII, he was appointed a Provincial Magistrate, the first Native person to hold a judicial position.

107th Battalion, mobilized over 500 Aboriginal soldiers from Saskatchewan and elsewhere in Canada. Some of these Aboriginal units, with reputations for valour, were disbanded for fear they might be wiped out all at once. View full size.

Little Dutch Girls: c. 1930s

Mudhooks — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:09:42 +0000

Little girls in traditional costumes, Volendam, Marken Island, Holland. 1930s. View full si ze.

Holland: c.1930s

Mudhooks — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:04:58 +0000

Volendam, Marken Island, Holland, a touristy fishing town (still is). My grandparents visited sometime in the 1930s. View full size.

Cora Maybel and Fern Young

abba92 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:53:22 +0000

Cora Maybel and her daughter Fern out for a ride in 1909, upstate New York. View full size.

Fred and Fred, Mary and Grace

abba92 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:51:00 +0000

Taken in Hartsville, NY, in 1912. From left to right: Fred Hartman, Fred Hartman Jr, Mary Hartman, Grace Hartman. View full size.