Miami and Other Places

One of the things about the great depression and World War 2 was that it forced people to travel. Not great photos, but this small estate collection shows people in Miami, the only photo with any sort of labeling is the couple sitting in front of the building and palm trees, "PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHEN BLAKE 3688 S. W. 23RD STREET MIAMI, FLORIDA TELEPHONE." There are some images that seem to be from the desert ands coupled with the mountain shots, maybe California or Nevada.

Souvenir Photos From Syracuse

I have a number of these old souvenir photo folders in my collection. They speak of a time when people got dressed up, went dancing and to listen to music in nightclubs. Most of these folders are from specific clubs, and by clicking on night clubs in the label section at the bottom of this post, others can be accessed. These two are more generic, with just a city, probably sold through a number of clubs and restaurants in Syracuse, New York. Both folders have the name Mary Barnello written on the inside front cover. The group photo is labeled, "Bob O'Donnell, Bob Close, Dick Cole, Bones Martin, and one name that is no longer readable." Probably from the World war 2 era.

In the Arctic

This is one of my favorite small collections of photographs. Written on the back of the photo of the man in the kayak, "2185-1927-L.D.L." Native Ak-ah-Malak at Pond Inlet. Baffin Island." On the back of the image of the boat being towed by the dog team with the land in the background, "6685-1931-J.S.S. J.S. Soper and family-Assistant Moosa and family-leaving for zoological trip en route down Westbourne Bay to outer coast-June 6th, 1931. Lake Harbour, Baffin Island." The closer shot of a boat on a sled with the dog team to the side, "6028-1931-R.S.F. It's comforting to travel with a boat on the sled when the ice is beginning to disintegrate. Coronation Gulf, 30th May, 1930." Of the two images of the kayaks, the one where the boats are spaced out, "6966-1934-D.L.M. Finish kyak race. Port Burnell, July 1934." Where the kayaks are all in a row, "6965-1934-D.L.M. Start kyak race. Port Burnell. July, 1934." I'm guessing that these photos are from some sort of Canadian government survey. Maybe from a university. The misspelling of kayak is as written on the back of the photos.

Pin-Up Postcards

No, actually, these weren't all that racy. From either the 50's or early 60's.

A Bicycle Photo From a Pocket Kodak

This very small picture, it measures 1 1/2x 1 5/8 inches, was taken with a Pocket Kodak camera. The Pocket Kodak was manufactured from 1895 to 1900. The camera used 120 film and made a negative with an image area of 1 1/2x 2 inches. Kodak did the printing and mounted it on a card with the Pocket Kodak name embossed on the card. I didn't' scan the card, since it was pretty badly damaged, but enough of it was left to clearly make out the Pocket Kodak mark. For more info on the Pocket Kodak, go to www.boxcameras.com/pocketkod.html

Team Photo

A team on a military base, or some sort of early 20th century ROTC?

The German Girl

The seller told me that this image was from the estate of a German who immigrated to the United States between World War 1 and World War 2. Can I just say how much I hate sellers who break up collections of old photographs. This image, beautiful as it is, would have been so much more interesting in context of a large collection. My guess is it's from the 1920's. Printed on post card stock.