vintage caps

[Blackthorn]

Always struck me as being Irish, Scottish or possibly English but I really don't know. I like the beard, the pipe & the cap. That's a big pipe, probably a group #4.

I had him idealized as a university professor, or a poet, or both.

 

[RJR]

I had him idealized as a university professor, or a poet, or both.

 

[Blackthorn]

January 1943. "Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago and Hammond, Indiana. Getting his waybills, Conductor Cunningham telephones his yardmaster with the number of cars he has to handle and where the delivery is to be made."

 

[Blackthorn]

 

[Blackthorn]

Jack London in Korea, 1904:

 

[1mach1]

^^^ Neat!

 

[Blackthorn]

from Shorpy:
November 1913. West, Texas. "Some of the younger boys working in Brazos Valley Cotton Mills at West.

 

[Gromulus]

Thanks again for all the great vintage pics Darvis!
Very cool.

 

[Blackthorn]

My pleasure, Vince!

 

[Blackthorn]

Here is a link to a great five minute video with lots of vintage caps, based around the famous photo of the workers high above NY city, called Lunch Atop a Skyscraper. Scroll down to the bottom of this page for the video:

http://100photos.time.com/photos/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper

 

[Blackthorn]

 

[Blackthorn]

 

[Blackthorn]

Washington DC, 1925:

 

[Blackthorn]

The First Commercial Flight In History: January 1, 2017 would be marked as the 103rd anniversary of the very first commercial flight in history. On January 1, 1914, the pilot, Tony Jannus took off from St. Petersburg, Florida with one paying passenger aboard a two seater Benoist XIV seaplane. The flight to Tampa, Florida took a total of 23 minutes, and flew from a speed of 75 miles per hour & with at an altitude of about 50 feet from across the open waters of Florida.

The first passenger was the former St. Petersburg mayor, Mr. Abram Pheil. He had paid $400, after winning a very tough bid in a popular auction to be on that very first historic flight. ($400 was a princely sum in 1914, and it would be the equivalent of over $9000 in today's currency.)

 

[Blackthorn]

Jack London on the left, his wife Charmian and I can't remember who that is on the right with the cool cap. If memory serves, this was the voyage of the Snark.

 

[Blackthorn]

Washington, D.C., 1924. "Charlie Becker, midget trainer with Singer's Midgets, walked the smallest elephant of his troupe to Merchant's Bank, and made a deposit for Keith's Theatre. The elephant delivered the money satchel directly to the receiving teller."

 

[Blackthorn]

 

[Blackthorn]

From Shorpy:Washington, D.C., circa 1921

 

[RJR]

From Shorpy:Washington, D.C., circa 1921

Great pic.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

My apologies if these have been previously posted.

This is a book that after last night I think I will be gifting to some friends: