The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[M Hatman]

Here is a Circa 1935 Multigraph photo postcard of Cowboy Author Will James from my collection.....His initial work "Lone Cowboy, My Life Story" went through several editions......I have two of his works including that one.

The Multigraph processes is quite interesting......more on it here:https://dyingcharlotte.com/2017/04/12/photo-multigraphs-the-mirror-and-the-camera/

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Durango, CO

Cowboys from the Hashknife Ranch

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Kansas site of 1870s ‘Bloody Benders’ serial killings is on the auction block

Read more here: https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article239501418.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[Frunobulax]

Early funk in Funkytown. The Dayton Peoples Band (no date given). Dig the cookie duster on the guy in the back on the right (in the light hat).

It looks like they may be at the old Montgomery County Fairgrounds, in front of the grandstand. If so, this structure behind them was torn down last year as the fairgrounds was moved out of the city to a bigger property west of town.

 

[BobHufford]

"In 1933 one of the brothers that owned the Ozark Mill decided to build a concrete croquet field for the community to use. Fred Hawkins developed his little croquet "park" on the south side of the mill complex and put in lights so people could enjoy the clean sport just about anytime they wanted to."

 

[RBH]

Pie Town New Mexico by Russell Lee circa 1940

 

[Hurricane Jack]

"In 1933 one of the brothers that owned the Ozark Mill decided to build a concrete croquet field for the community to use. Fred Hawkins developed his little croquet "park" on the south side of the mill complex and put in lights so people could enjoy the clean sport just about anytime they wanted to."

I wonder what Hawkins would think of today's concrete skateboard parks?

 

[Cornelius]

Born in 1896 as Sophie Peirce-Evans in County Limerick, Ireland; after studies at the Royal College of Science for Ireland, she joins the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in 1917 as a motorcycle dispatch rider on the Western Front, returning in July of 1919 to finish her studies. Heads to Aberdeen for a PhD. Becomes the first woman to hold a commercial pilot’s license, in 1926; in May of 1927 she breaks an altitude record (15,748 ft / 4800m), and in October marries an English Baronet, becoming known as Lady Mary Heath. Tops that in 1928 by flying an open-cockpit plane from Cape Town to London, the first human to do so, her contemporary fame rivaling that of Amelia Earhart. Suffers a serious head injury crashing at a Cleveland, Ohio air race in 1929 & is never quite the same again; dies in 1939 following a fall on London public transit.

Rather remarkable her biography has not been scavenged by Hollywood, no?

 

[RBH]

Dorothea Lange

 

[Hurricane Jack]

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Born in 1896 as Sophie Peirce-Evans in County Limerick, Ireland; after studies at the Royal College of Science for Ireland, she joins the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in 1917 as a motorcycle dispatch rider on the Western Front, returning in July of 1919 to finish her studies. Heads to Aberdeen for a PhD. Becomes the first woman to hold a commercial pilot’s license, in 1926; in May of 1927 she breaks an altitude record (15,748 ft / 4800m), and in October marries an English Baronet, becoming known as Lady Mary Heath. Tops that in 1928 by flying an open-cockpit plane from Cape Town to London, the first human to do so, her contemporary fame rivaling that of Amelia Earhart. Suffers a serious head injury crashing at a Cleveland, Ohio air race in 1929 & is never quite the same again; dies in 1939 following a fall on London public transit.

Rather remarkable her biography has not been scavenged by Hollywood, no?

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A flask to stay warm at altitude in that open cockpit. Great info & pics!

 

[BobHufford]

Dorothea Lange

^^^^^ That's how I feel when I post in the What Hat Are You Wearing Today thread (and everyone else's hats look so good).

 

[BobHufford]

Jimmie Hutchinson's Tavern, Kirkwood, Missouri, 1944. Feel free to caption...

 

[jlee562]

So here's something cool. With some fancy-schmancy AI powered software (click here for a more technical explanation), this 1896 clip from the Lumiere brothers has been upgraded to 60fps 4k resolution.

 

[Frunobulax]

So here's something cool. With some fancy-schmancy AI powered software (click here for a more technical explanation), this clip 1896 clip from the Lumiere brothers has been upgraded to 60fps 4k resolution.

That is so cool. I saw it on another site earlier today.

Technology is awesome.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Undated & unidentified except for the name "Dean" handwritten across the bottom.

Obviously a soft felt hat. Post Civil War? The extra "gingerbread" around the brim ribbon would appear to be officers cords with acorn knots. Looks to be twisted which would indicate a unit & not an officer.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

That is John Singleton Mosby. He was a Confederate Calvalryman called "The Gray Ghost."

 

[Hurricane Jack]

That is John Singleton Mosby. He was a Confederate Calvalryman called "The Gray Ghost."

Thank you!

 

[BobHufford]

On a Lincoln side note...

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-vi...lac-and-lincoln-were-launched-by-the-same-man

America had mixed emotions about the war in Europe. President Woodrow Wilson hoped to broker peace without losing American lives, at least until a German U-boat sank the Lusitania, killing 1198 passengers, 128 of them Americans. The U.S. finally declared war against the Central Powers in 1917, whereupon the French requested support in the form of 4500 airplanes and 5000 pilots.

The best America could do was supply engines using auto industry design and manufacturing expertise. After hasty consultations with British and French military experts, a group of designers were cloistered in a Washington, D.C., hotel to work around the clock. Led by Packard’s Jesse Vincent and Hall-Scott Motor Car Company’s Elbert Hall, this 200-person team designed what became the Liberty V-12 in a remarkable five days. Less than three months later, this engine completed its 50-hour durability test.

The patriotic Lelands hoped to hope to convert Cadillac’s new assembly plant to aircraft-engine production, but GM chairman Durant would hear nothing of the kind. Without hesitating, the Lelands resigned from GM to offer their manufacturing expertise to the war effort.

Well in advance of any government contract, the Lelands leased property in Detroit and spent their own funds to prepare for aircraft engine manufacturing. Four days after the Liberty completed its shakedown test, the Lincoln Motor Company—a name chosen in part because Henry Leland’s first-ever vote was for Abraham Lincoln—was incorporated with an initial capital of $1.5 million. Most of the backing came from investors who believed in the Lelands’ cause. Shortly thereafter, Lincoln won a government contract to build 6000 engines.

The first Lincoln-built Liberty was finished in February 1918 and shortly thereafter production commenced at a second plant. In the month of October, Lincoln delivered 1111 engines, a volume topped only by Ford. Even though the armistice signed November 11, 1918, ended the war, production continued for a couple more months.

Seemingly untroubled by substantial debt and 5600 employees on their payroll, the Lelands prepared for their next manufacturing enterprise. After briefly pondering supplying engines to others, they aimed higher to produce “the finest motor car ever built.”

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The Progressive Farmer went into print in the 1880's as a newspaper, switched to a magazine format in 1903 & is still in print today.