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| New York - January 1938. "Unemployed Workers." - Depression Era |
Showing posts with label vintage photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage photo. Show all posts
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Mr. Wu
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| Lon Chaney as "Mr. Wu" conducts orchestra of women. c. 1927 |
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Vintage Photo
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| Flatiron Building (or Fuller Building, as it was originally called) is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York City and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper. Upon completion in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city and one of only two skyscrapers north of 14th Street – the other being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, one block east. As with numerous other wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron. c. 1920 |
Friday, September 21, 2012
Vintage Photo
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| This picture was taken in 1911, and shows an early biplane flying over the city of Chicago. |
Vintage Photo
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| This photo was taken in 1922 and shows an Eskimo man enjoying some music on a record player. He is surrounded by seal pelts, presumably the take from the recent hunting season. He looks like he found a favorite song. |
W.C. Handy
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| W. C. Handy, age 19 |
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| William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was a blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues". Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians who played the distinctively American form of music known as the blues, he is credited with giving it its contemporary form. Handy was an educated musician who used folk material in his compositions. He was scrupulous in documenting the sources of his works, which frequently combined stylistic influences from several performers. He loved this folk musical form and brought his own transforming touch to it. |
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Mao Zedong
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| 1930s Mao Zhu De Zhou Enlai Bogu. Photo of Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai and Bo Gu in northern Shaanxi, 毛泽东、朱德、周恩来、秦邦宪在陕北的合影 |
Debutantes Ball
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| Debutantes Ball at the Hall of Memory, Goomeri, 1930s |
Peran Shops
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| Greek shops in the main street of Beyoğlu/Pera, Istambul, 1930s. |
Vintage Photo
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Some Children of Famous Families (Booker T. Washington III and Frederick Douglas III are here) - July, 1920 |
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Vintage Photo
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| Jewish new year, a young boy wearing prayer shawl and holding book, standing outside building, East Side, New York City, Published: 1911 |
Vintage Photo
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| The Cotton Club in Harlem, New York, 1923 to 1940, Harlem Renaissance, James Van Der Zee, Photographer |
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Vintage Camera Shop
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| Shutter Shak, This stand-alone building has the shape of a camera, complete with dials and flashbulb on top, and rivals the details of any kitschy roadside attraction. |
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Cheyenne Chiefs
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| Cheyenne Chiefs, members of the Southern Cheyenne Delegation of 1909, The lure of the frontier : a story of race conflict |
Friday, September 14, 2012
Vintage Photo
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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: flickr | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington,D.C. 20540 USA
Vintage Photo
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| Bed with bedside table and ventilator in the saloon car / railway carriage of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Turkey, 1927. |
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