vintage caps

[Blackthorn]

Circa 1920. "Bimini, Bahamas. Fish dock with day's catch."

 

[Zombie_61]

^ Intriguing photo. At a glance it appears to be a fishing crew, but then you notice the young lady in the shawl collar sweater and the gent crouching behind her. Married tourists out for a day of pleasure fishing? The boat's Captain and his wife or daughter? And in the full version of the photo, on the left there's this guy posing on the beach:

Part of the crew? Wiseguy taking advantage of the situation to insert himself in the photo? These photos definitely tell a story, even if we don't really know what that story is.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

...then you notice the young lady in the shawl collar sweater and the gent crouching behind her.

That's Thurston & Lovey Howell. It was just supposed to be a 3 hr tour.

 

[Zombie_61]

That's Thurston & Lovey Howell. It was just supposed to be a 3 hr tour.

Must be an early photo; I don't remember Lovey being quite so voluptuous by the time they reached that island.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Must be an early photo; I don't remember Lovey being quite so voluptuous by the time they reached that island.

Probably from the Bermuda Triangle. What I thought was interesting is it appears she is wearing gaiters.

 

[Zombie_61]

Probably from the Bermuda Triangle. What I thought was interesting is it appears she is wearing gaiters.

That's what I thought too. Maybe an attempt to keep her feet drier?

 

[Blackthorn]

October 1931. "Imperial Airways aircraft refueling at Semakh, British Mandate Palestine."

 

[Blackthorn]

Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion:

 

[Blackthorn]

The South Mayo Flying Column of the IRA, 1921

 

[Blackthorn]

March 1937. "Migratory agricultural worker family making tire repairs along California highway U.S. 99." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration

 

[Bamaboots]

March 1937. "Migratory agricultural worker family making tire repairs along California highway U.S. 99." Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration

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I have seen that pic elsewhere before and am always struck by the mom smiling. How many of us have seen that within our own lives, no matter the circumstance.

 

[Blackthorn]

December 1909. "Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoon

 

[Blackthorn]

IRA, County Mayo, 1921:

 

[Blackthorn]

I need to be more diligent about keeping this thread up.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920:

 

[1mach1]

I need to be more diligent about keeping this thread up.

Washington, D.C., circa 1920:

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Cool post! My hometown.

 

[Bamaboots]

1933, workers at the site of the Norris dam, TVA's first major project.

 

[Bamaboots]

Fish catch at Wilson dam, 1940.

 

[Bamaboots]

Worker at the Wheeler dam project, 1935.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Fish catch at Wilson dam, 1940.
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I thought the guy in the bathing suit must be a noodler but I don't see no bloody scared up arms.

 

[1mach1]

I thought the guy in the bathing suit must be a noodler but I don't see no bloody scared up arms.

He's just there for the calendar shot [emoji14]