Found at Shorpy.
Photo by Arthur Siegel in the summer of 1941 in Detroit. One of a 5-part series from the Office of War Information archive seen here. This photo bore the annotation, “This image in jacket marked ‘Killed’.”
“Detroit, Michigan. Girls playing cards and drinking Coca-Cola.”
I wonder if there was anything else in that Coke…
The Old Wolf has spoken.
July 1955. “Rome, Italy. Coverage focuses primarily on people, places and historical monuments.” From photos by Philip Harrington for the Look magazine article “Can Catholics Separate Church and State?”
Found at Shorpy.
My father on a Vespa in Calabria around 1939. These little scooters were ubiquitous in Italy.
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Center Street in Rutland. Notice the eatery on the right: “U Want a Lunch:” prescient spelling.
8×10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.
The trees are barren and coats are being worn; it’s cold, but there’s no way of telling just what season we’re seeing here. But it’s a charming picture; I love old photographs like this.
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Dutch photographer Niki Feijen specializes in urban exploration; capturing boarded-up buildings and decaying farm houses. His images reveal furniture and clothes that remain in decaying homes where owners have long since departed.
Layers of blankets remain on the bed in the empty farmhouse, which is still surrounded by crosses and statues of Jesus belonging to its former owner
Frozen in time: The occupants of this abandoned farm house are long gone, but their belongings remain; from the paintings hanging on the walls to the neatly made bed.
For more such haunting images and further information, visit MailOnline, or Niki Feijen’s own website.
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1910. Wellington, New Zealand.
“David Taylor’s butcher shop, Wadestown, showing decorated carcasses and horse-drawn delivery cart. David Taylor in doorway.”
Glass plate negative by Frederick James Halse.
A virtual friend of mine enjoys doing daily “Caffeine Doodles” – you can see a lot of these over at his website, Mind4Sale.com.
His daily efforts came to mind when I found a series of photos out there on some random Iranian blog – these are very pleasing, so I share them with you without comment.
Windows
Containers
Pencils
Awnings
Boats
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Found at Shorpy.
Women garage attendants at the Atlantic Refining Company. Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
Female worker bottling ketchup at the original Heinz factory circa 1897. Pittsburgh, PA.
I mentioned this image over at “Lost Cartoons,” but it’s appropriate to include here:
A little history:
Henry J. Heinz introduced the marketing slogan “57 Varieties” in 1896. He later claimed he was inspired by an advertisement he saw while riding an elevated train in New York City (a shoe store boasting “21 styles”). The reason for “57” is unclear. Heinz said he chose “5” because it was his lucky number and the number “7” was his wife’s lucky number. However Heinz also said the number “7” was selected specifically because of the “psychological influence of that figure and of its enduring significance to people of all ages”. Whatever the reasons, Heinz wanted the company to advertise the greatest number of choices of canned and bottled foods for sale. In fact by 1892, four years before the slogan was created, the Heinz company was already selling more than 60 products. (Wikipedia)
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“The Gare Montparnasse became famous for the derailment on 22 October 1895 of the Granville–Paris Express, which overran the buffer stop. The engine careered across almost 30 meters (100 ft) of the station concourse, crashed through a 60-cm (2 ft) thick wall, shot across a terrace and smashed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes 10 meters (33 ft) below, where it stood on its nose. Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries, along with the fireman and two conductors. The only fatality was a woman on the street below, Marie-Augustine Aguilard, who was temporarily taking over her husband’s work duty while he went out to get the newspapers. She was killed by falling masonry. The railway company later paid for her funeral and provided a pension to look after her two children. The accident was caused by a faulty Westinghouse brake and the engine driver, who was trying to make up lost time. A conductor was given a 25-franc fine and the engine driver a 50-franc fine.” (Wikipedia)
The Montparnasse wreck recreated at The Mundo a Vapor (“Steam World”) museum in Brazil.
A happier train wreck (From “Silver Streak”)
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Certainly would have been a good time to buy. Wonder if I could rent me a Tardis for a couple of days?
Playing in the World Game 