Eyes on Vintage

Showing posts with label 1916. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1916. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

William Frazier

New York, May 1943. "Policeman William Alexander Frazier, born 1916 in Harlem."
Source: junipergallery

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Harry Houdini

Crowd watching Harry Houdini, Over 500,000 people gathered in front of the Sun Building to watch Harry Houdini hang upside-down, 50 feet above the ground, for the two and a half minutes it took for him to escape from a straitjacket, Charles Street, Baltimore, April 26, 1916
mdhsphotographs | Baltimore City Life Museum Collection | Maryland Historical Society

Friday, September 14, 2012

Jewel and Harold Walker

Jewel and Harold Walker, 1916 October 10,   6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day, Comanche County, Oklahoma, Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940, photographer.
Source: flickrLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington,D.C. 20540 USA | Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 

Vintage Photo

Colored School at Anthoston. 1916 September 13,  Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands."... Location: Henderson County, Kentucky, Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940,  photographer.


Source: flickrLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington,D.C. 20540 USA


Sunday, August 12, 2012

Vintage Photo

 Studio Portrait of Children, siblings -1916 (they all have the same little noses:)

Source: amazonaws