Friday, August 31, 2012

After the Gold Rush

Dawson City, Yukon (present day Nome, Alaska), circa 1890.  Photographer unknown.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Street Sweeping

Street sweeper takes a break.  London, East End, 1965.  Photo by Steve Lewis.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Florence, Italy, circa 1940. A trucker stops to refuel. Photo by Alberto Lattuada.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Before Rosie

Long before America's Rosie the Riveter represented women in the workplace during war, the French were already in the game.  Women like these worked in munitions factories from 1914 through 1918 to support the war effort while troops fought under the hellish conditions of trench warfare at the front.  Photo by Roger Viollet, 1914. 

Monday, August 27, 2012

Scraping the Sky

Steel beam workers in New York City, 1925.  Photographer unknown. 

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Catch of the Day: Abalone

Abalone fisherman sort the catch.  California, 1940, photographer unknown.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Checking the Plaque

After completing the Williamsburg Bridge (New York City) workers check the finish on the plaque. Circa 1903, photographer unknown.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Boiling Sausages

Boiling sausages at the sausage factory.  Photographer and location unknown.  Circa 1920.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Workers on the Silent Highway


 From the series "Street life in London,"  1877.  Photo by John Thomson

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Youngsters in Harlem

Youngsters play in the street, Harlem, 1920s.  Photo by New York Daily News.

Monday, August 20, 2012

"London Contrast"

Circa 1860, published by London Stereoscopic Company, photographer unknown.  Staged split-screen to illustrate the difference between rich and poor children in London, England. 

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Roadhouse

Roadhouse in the southern United States.  Exact location not listed.  Photographer, Michael Ochs. 

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Lunch Break

Workers take a break, London, 1920s.  Photographer unknown.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Spring Clean

Docker cleans figurehead at Chatham Dockyard in Kent, 1931.  Photographer unknown.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Glass Factory kids

Outside the glass factory, Alexandria, VA, 1911.  Photographer unknown.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Tow Rope

Dock worker hoisting tow rope, London, 1912.  Photographer unknown.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Street Scene

Street scene in Harlem, 1920s.  Photo by New York Daily News. 

Monday, August 13, 2012

Last Call

Last call - Covington KY, 1919, the day before Prohibition was enacted.  

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Welding at the Shipyard

Two female welders at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards in Baltimore, MD.  Photo by Arthur Siegel.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

The Purple Sage Tavern

The Purple Sage Tavern, Texas, 1939.  Photo by Carl Mydan.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Aftermath

Day after Harlem riots of 1943.  Photo by New York Daily News. 

Thursday, August 9, 2012

On the Waterfront


Dock workers in New York, circa 1920s.  Photographer unknown.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Liverpudlian Neighbors

Neighbors sit on a stoop in Liverpool, July, 1949.  Photographer unknown.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Monday, August 6, 2012

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Drinking at Art's

Art's Sportsmen's Tavern, Colchester Connecticut, 1940.  Photo by Jack Delano

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Children and wagon

Children with bucket and wagon in Washington, DC, 1911.  Photographer unknown.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Albert Docks

Loading the Arawa.  London, circa 1885, photographer unknown.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

"A Rope Walk"

From Wild Life on a Tidal Water, 1890.  Photograph by Peter Henry Emerson.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

"Breydon Smelter"


From Wild Life on a Tidal Water, 1890. Photograph by Peter Henry Emerson.