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Boys & Coils: 1910s
The Philadelphia Pipe Bending Company, founded in 1880, is still in operation today. Here we see two workers standing inside some large coils with advertising signage. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negati...
Margaret Combs: 1925
Dayton, Ohio, circa 1925. Mrs. Margaret Combs with her grandsons Arthur and Charles Neil (at left), and Robert and Edward Galloway. View full size.
Dry Docked: 1907
Maintenance being done on the USS Potomac (AT-50) in Dry Dock No. 1 of League Island (Philadelphia Naval Yard) in 1907. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative. View full size.
Mill Spill: 1914
October 21, 1914. Bronx, New York. A Cross, Austin, & Ireland Lumber Co. truck accident on the trolley tracks at East 138th Street and Southern (now Bruckner) Boulevard. 8x10 inch glass negative....
Anna Jaques Hospital: 1904
Newburyport, Massachusetts, circa 1904. A graduating class of nurses outside the main entrance to the Anna Jaques Hospital. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative. View full size.
Tony's Royal Lancer: 1957
My wife's cousin, Tony Granieri, with his new 1957 Dodge Royal Lancer at his house in Salt Lake City. Tony was a WWII veteran and earned the Purple Heart for injuries to his legs. He was self-con...
Lapping It Up: 1960
My brothers, circa 1960, from the family 35mm slide collection. I do not know the location, it does not look like any lot we lived on. My guess is it was a neighbor's house in South Bend, Indiana...
Christmas in Miami: 1954
> A holiday chestnut worth reheating over the Shorpy > Duraflame. "Christmas 1954." My grandmother Sarah Hall (1904-2000) in her living room in Miami Shores four years befor...
Happy Halloween: 1958
October 1958, somewhere in Pennsylvania. Big brother is ready for a night of trick-or-treating. Rob from the rich, and share with your understudy! Our fourth selection from a batch of Kodachrome...
Minnesota Munchkins, c. 1895
This despondent looking crew are the drawn from the various Scandanavian, German, and Irish families settled in or near Wadena, Minnesota during the late 1800s. Wadena, located in the west-centra...
Boomers, First Grade: 1953
It's seventy years ago in Idyllic Larkspur™ , where we find me (bottom left corner) with Bob, David, Bob, Jim, Jim, Margaret, Sandy, Donna, Rae Ann, Roberta, Virginia, Jerry, Buzzy, Fred, Gordy...
Autocar Truck: 1922
Johnson Gear & Mfg. Co., Berkeley, California, circa 1922.
Lady of Larkspur: 1955
Frances Dorsey "Fanny" Cagwin, along with her husband George , were our neighbors in Larkspur, California, where they'd lived since 1905. Frances had been a school teacher in Virginia City, Nevad...
Lionel Lines: 1946
From circa 1946 comes this 35mm Kodachrome of Jim and Jack Hardman and their Christmas train set in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. View full size.
German Band in Buffalo, New York
Frank Anneser (left) and friends decked out in lederhosen with their German Oktoberfest band. Bringing a taste of Bavarian music to Buffalo, New York, in 1925. View full size.
Senior Sneak: 1955
Senior Sneak was the name applied to Marin Catholic High School's pre-graduation recreation getaway day, which for the class of 1955, including my brother and his roll of Tri-X film, was on May 1...
Georgie: 195X
"Georgie #2". Found 35mm Kodachrome slide. View full size.
A Saint Named Thérèse
My mom Thérèse Helene (Larochelle) Lavoie (1943-2019) when she was around 20 years-old in the early 1960s near Saint-Isidore, Dorchester, Québec, Canada. A similar photograph taken at the same...
Bill and Bobby Little Cowboys
Grand Island, Nebraska. 1951.
San Francisco: Circa 1970
Second Street looking NW toward Market Street, which seems to still be coping with BART construction. Far as I know, 1970 is as good a guess as any. 4x5 Ektachrome, 180 mm Symmar and a polarizer.
Headed back to Dallas via the Grand Canyon
My college buddy and I drove in a 77 Ford Pinto from Los Gatos to the south rim of the grand canyon and got there right at day break. Hours through the desert at night was brutal in trying to sta...
Glass Princess: 1916
My mother's older sister Mary in a glass plate negative taken about 1916 in the family home in San Francisco. She's also been seen on Shorpy here in the same room and with her Model T Roadster h...
Lever Driven: 1867
A highly unusual Open Front, Hand Propelled Lever Driven Velocipede Tricycle. Date is ca 1867 but likely earlier. Steering is with the feet controlling the front wheels. One half of an Albumen St...
Early High-Wheel Cycle
Circa 1874. Albumen carte de visite. An early clubman. England. Bike has an open head, spoon brake with straight handlebars. Accessorised with a hub lamp. Photographer is C. Carter. View full siz...
Eggstravaganza: 1972
My niece and nephews were coming down for an Easter egg hunt, so that gave my brother, his wife and me an excuse to color some eggs for the first time since our own childhood. I made a caricature...
Patreons see us a little differently
Thank you to our Patreon supporters who help keep the lights on at Shorpy. Your contribution lets you browse Shorpy free of ads and get access to special content and other rewards (we've mailed o...
Snow Maid
From a box of family photos on glass purchased in England, along with a magic lantern projector.
Dad and Me: 1948
The photo was taken in south Philadelphia on Castle Ave. in front of my grandfather's house. The car is a Plymouth and I believe it is a 1939 model. One day my father was angry at me for playing ...
The Dalles
This is a 1950s Kodachrome stereo slide I bought some years ago, similar to the recent photo of Native Americans fishing in Oregon. Free viewing to see the 3D isn't difficult and worth doing to g...
Caroling Cousins
1961 (approx) Brownsburg, Indiana at our ancestral farm house. I'm the boy in the sweater. My sister is to my left and three of our cousins are pictured along with their mother playing the piano....