Oct/100
47-49 North Richmond Street. F.51
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47-49 North Richmond Street. F.51
Image by National Library of Scotland
Photograph of a four storey building with shops on the ground floor: A tobacconists’s, stationer’s and newsagent, a wholesale and confectioner’s retail shop, and half of another wholeseller’s on the right are visible. A street lamp can also be seen. Some children with a toddler in the pram are playing in font of a street lamp
14-20 North Richmond Street. F39 + 41.
Image by National Library of Scotland
Photograph of a row of five three storey buildings with a shop on the ground floor of the last one and a three-storey cinema called "The Abbey Picture House". A horse and cart loaded with sacks is passing the cinema.
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Oct/100
Amazing Signs photos
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107-115 Pleasance. F70.
Image by National Library of Scotland
Photograph of a two storey building with shops on the ground floor. The Shops are Scott and Wells Fishmongers, Draper Clothier Outfitter and Groceries & Confections.On the right there is part of a cart wheel visible. At the edge of the building there is a black board which is for the fishmongers pricelist. In the doorway of the fishmongeres there is a woman.
22-28 Potterow. P.121
Image by National Library of Scotland
Photograph of a three storey buildings with a gateway on the left leading to a stage door and a smallwares shop next to it. On the right, the Salvation Army have an office. In front of it a car is parked. A man is standing in the doorway of the smallwares shop.
Oct/100
Amazing Signs photos
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Pheasant
Image by LlGC ~ NLW
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Ffesant
Ffotograffydd/Photographer: John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882)
Nodyn/Note: A similar print sold at Sotheby’s 28 June 1978 – ’Donovan’ was signed and dated 1857. Probably No 637 in Photographic Society of London Exhibition 1858.
Dyddiad/Date: 1856-8
Cyfrwng/Medium: Print taken from an oxymel process negative.
Cyfeiriad/Reference: dil00016 (pb08732/07)
Rhif cofnod / Record no.: 3590003
Rhagor o wybodaeth am Ffotograffiaeth Gynnar Abertawe yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
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El Capitan – 3600 ft. Yosemite.
Image by New York Public Library
Digital ID: 435024. Watkins, Carleton E. — Photographer. 1861-1866
Notes: Numbered at left and signed at right, in ink, on mount below print edge; titled in pencil along lower center edge of mount.
Source: Yosemite views. / C.E. Watkins. (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
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Nevada Fall, 700 ft., Yosemite.
Image by New York Public Library
Digital ID: 435046. Watkins, Carleton E. — Photographer. 1861
Notes: Numbered at left and signed at right, in ink, on mount below print edge; titled in pencil along lower center edge of mount.
Source: Yosemite views. / C.E. Watkins. (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
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Oct/101
Wise old owl lived in an oak
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Wise old owl lived in an oak
Image by National Library of Scotland
Station platform, near Amiens, France, during World War I. Two unidentified men on a station platform. One appears to have a British Army greatcoat and an officer’s cap, although he is wearing civilian trousers. The cap badge is indistinct but possibly bears crossed carbines. The second man is in a dark uniform, with a braided kepi-style cap of the type worn by French officers.
The photograph has no original caption. The station is likely to be in the area near Amiens, as one sign reads ‘Vers Amiens’ (towards Amiens). The second sign is a propaganda notice against careless talk. It reads ‘A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Soldiers should imitate that old bird.’
[Original reads: No original caption.]
Burt Harwood
Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: One cabinet photograph of Harwood, signed "Very Truly Yours, Burt Harwood", ca. 1890., and one photograph of Harwood working with wood at the Minnesota Art School, ca. 1900, photographers unknown.
(Image 2 of 2)
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Date: After 1890
Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5243
Repository: Archives of American Art
Accession number: aaa_miscphot_8121
Petticoat Row Shop, c. 1880s
Image by nha.library
Interior of a Petticoat Row shop, with three shop keepers standing below a large Bric-A-Brac sign. The shop offers general household goods. Note the Nantucket baskets on the left. c. 1880s
In the early and middle years of the 19th century, the preponderance of women merchants, selling everything from daily necessities to exotic goods, gave Centre Street the nickname "Petticoat Row." Generally, in the 19th century, women’s roles became increasingly confined to the home as the shortage of male labor was overcome. But on Nantucket, whaling husbands were away for long stretches— as long as five years—and the dangers of whaling often left women widows. The Quaker influence, which valued competence of all sorts in women, and hard work and thrift in everyone, was crucial as well.
Image number: GPN444
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Oct/100
On Highway 80, Maricopa County, Arizona. Ranch Advertisement During Cotton Harvest
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On Highway 80, Maricopa County, Arizona. Ranch Advertisement During Cotton Harvest
Image by The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: "On Highway 80, Maricopa County, Arizona. Ranch advertisement during cotton harvest. Highway signs reading "cotton pickers wanted" are but the last stage in the process of attracting seasonal laborers to Arizona from areas as remote as Yakima Valley, Washington, and the bootheel of Missouri."
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NWDNS-83-G-44120
From: Series: Photographic Prints Documenting Programs and Activities of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Predecessor Agencies (Record Group 83)
Created by: Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Division of Economic Information, (ca. 1922 – ca. 1953 )
Production Date: 11/1/1940
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965
Persistent URL: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=522289
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html
Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html
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Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
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The John Wesley tree
Image by The Field Museum Library
The John Wesley tree on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Sign on tree reads : Do not mutilate or cut tree. Tree under which John Wesley preached his first sermon. 1908. Photo by Huron H. Smith.
Location: St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, U.S.A., North America
Original material: 5×7 inch glass negative
Digital Identifier: CSB29535
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New York Times Advertisement, 03/29/1960
Image by The U.S. National Archives
Title: New York Times Advertisement, 03/29/1960
From: Record Group/Collection: 21
Record Hierarchy Level: Item
Scope and Content Note: This advertisement is an exhibit from the court case Abernathy v Patterson involving Martin Luther King, Jr. The advertisement calls for support of the civil rights movement and is signed by 100 prominent citizens
Reference Unit: National Archives at Atlanta
Persistent URL: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=2641477
Repository Contact Information: NARA’s Southeast Region (Atlanta) (NRCA), 5780 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, 30260
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Oct/101
Sweet Signs photos
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Portrait of Tomás Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), Philosopher
Image by Smithsonian Institution
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 21 cm x 15.1 cm
Date: Prior to 1937
Collection: Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology – As a supplement to the Dibner Library for the History of Science and Technology’s collection of written works by scientists, engineers, natural philosophers, and inventors, the library also has a collection of thousands of portraits of these individuals. The portraits come in a variety of formats: drawings, woodcuts, engravings, paintings, and photographs, all collected by donor Bern Dibner. Presented here are a few photos from the collection, from the late 19th and early 20th century.
Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?t=5&id=3563&q=SIL14-M002-01
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Accession number: SIL14-M002-01
[Young boys and girls in traditional customs in the street on Lunar New Year]
Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library
Title: [Young boys and girls in traditional customs in the street on Lunar New Year]
Date: ca. 1904
Place: Asia: South Korea
Type: Photographs
Description: A group of young boys and girls look over something in the street. They wear the jackets called a echogorie and pants called a epajie. Both boys and girls have long braided hairs. Girls have etaenggie at the end of the braids. Their costume would have been worn only on festival days, in this case (because of the heavy winter clothing worn by them) almost certainly on the Lunar New Year, which occurs in late January or early February.
Identifier: 1260.62.08.06
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5xq3
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
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Oct/102
Cool Signs images
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Two turtle doves (two turtles)
Image by State Library of Queensland, Australia
Title: Sea turtles on the back of a truck, 1934
Photographer: Unidentified
Location: Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
Description: Two large sea turtles on the back of a truck at the Wynnum fish markets in July 1934. A sign ‘ Phone 101 Wynnum.’ is visible on the back of the truck.
Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/
Storefront in Cerro de Pasco
Image by The Field Museum Library
Street and men, sign above storefront reads Callo Herma…Cerro de Pasco. 1923.
Name of Expedition: Captain Marshall Field South American Expedition
Participants: J. Francis Macbride, Dr. George Bryan
Expedition Start Date: February 22, 1923
Expedition End Date: September 25, 1923
Purpose or Aims: Botany Plants
Location: Peru, South America
Digital Identifier: CSB47234
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Once a farm – now just marked by a board
Image by National Library of Scotland
The two soldiers seen here have paused next to a sign for ‘Marten’s Farm.’ Tragically, the war has taken its toll on the farm. The ground is battle-scarred and laced with barbed wire, and the trees have been reduced to splinters. The two men sit amongst the rubble of what was once possibly a farm building.
It is estimated that in France alone approximately 8,000 square miles of farmland were laid to waste as a result of the war.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Once a farm - now just marked by a board.']
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Oct/101
Sweet Signs photos
A few nice signs images I found:
Potterow 104-110 Ref132 Area Q.
Image by National Library of Scotland
Photograph of a three storey tenement street with shops on the ground floor. On the left there are men working on the road with piles of rubble and equipment around them. Further up the street on the right there are people walking up the street and some standing outside the shops. In the centre there is a confectioner’s shop, the sign reads: E. Lister Meats. Home Confections. Outside this shop there is a woman, a push chair with a child in it and two children sitting on the pavement. Further up on the right of the confectioner’s there are a group of people standing by the archway. In the upper storeys of the building laundry has been hung on the washing lines.
Systematic Mineralogy
Image by The Field Museum Library
Hall 62 Systematic Mineralogy. Physiographic Geology. Meteorites with security guard in uniform and wearing white gloves. Sign says: Variety of siderite, [Canyon] Canon Diablo, Arizona meteorite. In back is a "facsimile of meteorite from Mexico." Field Columbian Museum. 1899.
Original size and material: 5×7 inch glass negative
Digital Identifier: CSGEO3039
Part of the Illinois Urban Landscapes Project: www.fieldmuseum.org/urbanlandscapes/
Street scene with two-story buildings
Image by The Field Museum Library
Looking down street, a few people. Two-story buildings with small balconies, signs painted, "cademia" [verify the rest]. 1899.
Name of Expedition: Allison V. Armour Expedition
Participants: Charles F. Millspaugh, Edward P. Allen, Edward S. Isham Jr.,Jordan L. Mott Jr.
Expedition Start Date: December 21, 1898
Expedition End Date: March 11, 1899
Purpose and Aims: Plant collecting and photography for Botany in the Bermuda, Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Yucatan.
Vessel Name: Utowana (Yacht, Sailboat)
Location: Central America, Mexico, Yucatan, Merida
Original material: 5×7 inch glass negative
Digital Identifier: CSB4142
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Oct/100
Sweet Signs photos
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Mont Saint-Michel. The King’s Gate
Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01379
Title: Mont Saint-Michel. The King’s Gate
Photographer: Neurdein Frères (French, active ca. 1863-1912)
Building Date: ca. 1450-ca. 1521
Photograph date: ca. 1895-ca. 1925
Location: Europe: France; Mont Saint-Michel
Materials: gelatin silver print
Image: 11.0236 x 8.6614 in.; 28 x 22 cm
Style: Late Gothic
Provenance: Transfer from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5tk9
There are no known copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
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Snow Hill, London
Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
Accession Number: 15/5/3090.00826
Title: Snow Hill, London
Photographer: Carl Norman (British, active ca. 1870-ca. 1890)
Photograph date: ca. 1865-ca. 1885
Location: Europe: United Kingdom; London
Materials: albumen print
Image: 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 in.; 26.9875 x 21.59 cm
Provenance: Transfer from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5swt
There are no known copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
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Oct/101
Sweet Signs photos
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Boarding ferry for fresh air outing (LOC)
Image by The Library of Congress
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Boarding ferry for fresh air outing
[no date recorded on caption card]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13072
Call Number: LC-B2- 2698-3
Cheerio!
Image by National Library of Scotland
British and French soldiers drinking wine together, France, during World War I. Adapting a windowsill into an ‘al fresco’ bar counter, these French and British soldiers toast each others health with a glass of wine. From a propaganda angle, such a friendly gathering of soldiers drinking and talking with one another would have been the perfect image to convey an impression of harmonious co-operation between the two Allied countries.
As the original caption for this image has ‘Cheerio!’ written on its back, it could be that this photograph was taken just after the armistice had been signed. The nationalities of the Allied soldiers who fought on the Western Front were easy to identify because of the contrasting shapes of their helmets. The British wore flat helmets, while the French wore big, rounded helmets – similar to a old-fashioned firemans helmet – that were called ‘Adrian’ helmets, named after the helmet’s designer.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Cheerio! British & French in the war area.']
Up the Valley, Yosemite.
Image by New York Public Library
Digital ID: 435027. Watkins, Carleton E. — Photographer. 1861-1866
Notes: Numbered at left and signed at right, in ink, on mount below print edge; titled in pencil along lower center edge of mount.
Source: Yosemite views. / C.E. Watkins. (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
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Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?435027
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