Vintage shots from days gone by!

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Vengeance: 1943

February 1943. Readying a "Vengeance" dive bomber for landing gear installation at Consolidated-Vultee, Nashville. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

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J.D. Estes: 1942

J.D. Estes at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.

 

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Memorial Day: 1942

May 1942. Patriotic display at the Beecher Street School in Southington, Conn. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Fenno Jacobs.

 

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Art Star: 1943

Touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Consolidated-Vultee's Nashville division. February 1943. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

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Thingamabobs for Victory: 1943

February 1943. "Capping and inspecting tubing that goes into the manufacture of the 'Vengeance' A-31 dive bomber made at Consolidated-Vultee's Nashville division." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

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Madonna of the Sandbags: 1942

"Noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company." October 1942. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.

 

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Mustang in Flight: 1942

P-51 "Mustang" fighter in flight near the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation. October 1942. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

 

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Tutti Frutti Trucks: 1943

Freight depot of the Army consolidating station at Chicago. April 1943. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.

 

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The City That Works: 1943

Chicago, April 1943. "General view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.

 

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A Cup of Fire: 1942

February 1942. "Casting a billet from an electric furnace, Chase Brass and Copper Co., Euclid, Ohio. Modern electric furnaces speeding the production of brass and other copper alloys for national defense. Here the molten metal is poured or cast from the tilted furnace into a mold to form a billet. The billet later is worked into rods, tubes, wires or special shapes for a variety of uses." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.

 

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June 1942. Lockheed Vega aircraft plant at Burbank, California.

“Hollywood missed a good bet when they overlooked this attractive aircraft worker, who is shown checking electrical sub-assemblies.” 4×5 Kodachrome transparency by David Bransby for the Office of War Information.

 

I did not know the diesels came on the scene in the 40s,I thought it was the early 50s.

 

#103 shown here was part of the first four sets of FT engines that ATSF purchased from EMD (General Motors) in January 1941. Units #100-104 each consisted of a cab lead engine, two cabless boosters and a trailing cab unit (an "LABC" configuration). A total of 320 FT units were acquired by August 1945. These were used primarily in CA and AZ resulting in total dieselization of "through" freight trains (Winslow, San Bernardino, Bakersfield) when this great photo was taken.

After the war, the #103 set was moved to the Argentine-Corwith freight pool on the Illinois-Missouri division of the ATSF (KC-Chicago). #103 lasted until 1960-61 when it was traded back to EMD for a new road switcher.

The early nose paint scheme shown here only existed on the #100-104 units. The red striping and SF shield were replaced by the classis yellow "cigar-band" used on all later blue FT/F3/F7 and ATSF passenger engines.
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Sixty Special: 1941

July 1941. Cadillac Fleetwood parked on a Chicago street. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.

 

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Meet the Flintstones: 1962

The Manitou cliff dwellings west of Colorado Springs - 1962.

 

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College on Fire: 1963

December 16, 1963. Fire destroys the old gymnasium at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. Arson suspected. The building had already been condemned for public assembly and was scheduled for demolition. 35mm Kodachrome.

 

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The Salmon Kitchen: 1964

Kodachrome slide.

 

Steve Perry, a.k.a. “Uncle Steve Eberhart,” c. 1934.

 

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Downtown: 1966

Downtown Larkspur, California in April 1966, two grocery stores, a pharmacy, hardware store, garage, variety store, even a roofing company, four of whose red pickups are seen in the center. Ektachrome shot taken from the balcony of City Hall.

 

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Family Car: 1954

Parked in Guernewood Park, California. 2-1/4 square Ektachrome transparency.

 

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Kodachrome Karnival

Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, California 1979.

 

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NYC - Night Light: 1913

New York noir circa 1913. "The Woolworth Building at night." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

 

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NYC - The Knickerbocker: 1909

New York, 1909. "Knickerbocker Hotel, Broadway & 42nd Street." Decked out for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. 8x10 inch glass negative.

 

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NYC - Cafe Martin: 1908

New York circa 1908. "Cafe Martin, Fifth Avenue and 26th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

 

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NYC - Metropolitan Life: 1910

New York circa 1910. "Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, Madison Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

 

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NYC - The Plaza Hotel: 1912

New York circa 1912. "Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

 

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Crippled Children's Auto Outing: 1908

"Auto Rides for Crippled Children," New York. May 25, 1908. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.

 

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New York Times Building - circa 1903

New York circa 1903. "New York Times building under construction." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

 

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Flatiron Building: 1909

New York circa 1909. "Panorama of Madison Square." This glass plate, part of a nine-exposure panorama, affords yet another view of that enduring architectural icon, the Flatiron Building. 8x10 dry-plate glass negative.

 

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Rush Hour, Detroit: 1942

Traffic at 5:30 on 2nd Avenue at West Grand Boulevard, Detroit. July 1942. Kodachrome by Arthur Siegel. The General Motors Building is at left. The picture was taken from the 28-story Fisher Building (green copper roof) across the street.