In honor of Black History month I’m posting a new gallery of about 60 recent acquisitions. See them here. Or take the deep dive and check out the bulk of my collection (274 in all) here.
High Plains Drifter: The Photographs of G.R.M.
Last summer I picked up a large lot of postcard sized glass negatives, many damaged, at an antiques market in Wisconsin. There were about 120 in all and they all appear to be the work of the same photographer who initialed some of the photos G.R.M. Given the size and subject matter of the photos my guess is he was a professional (or at least semi-professional) photographer specializing in postcard photographs in and around South Dakota. I think this lot was a mix of his professional work and personal photographs. I’ve scanned about 50 for your viewing pleasure- see them all here.
Happy Valentines Day!
In honor of Valentines Day I’ve added a new gallery of (mostly) romantic pics- see them all here.
A Chronology of Claus
For your holiday pleasure: More than fifty photos of our beloved St. Nick arranged in more or less chronological order.
Click here to see them all.More Season’s Greetings
Some more examples from my collection of photo Christmas cards.
Click here to see them all.Seasons Greetings from Darlene!
Darlene wants to wish you a merry Christmas and who am I to say no?
Click here to see more of Darlene’s Christmas cardsHow I Spent the War (or Memories of My Melancholy Whores)
WWII wasn’t all D-Day and Guadalcanal. These photos were taken from an album of a soldier who spent the war stationed in Venezuela and Antigua and he and his buddies seemed to have spent most of their time drinking and literally whoring around. I should note that I don’t know if all of these women were prostitutes but given the effect of the war on what was already a pretty bleak third-world economy (food shortages, inflation, etc…) you could hardly blame them if they were. See the full gallery here.
Of Politics and Patriots
It’s election day so I thought I’d post a gallery of politically themed photos for your perusal. You can see them all here. Now get out there and Vote! Vote! Vote!
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween! I’m giving you this gallery of 80 or so spooktacular pics just in case you need a few last minute costume ideas. Click here to see ’em all.
The Mysterious Chin-Tickler and Her Military Men
Who is this woman and why is she ticking these soldiers under their chins? These were part of a huge lot of 1940s era photo booth photos that has since been dispersed into many different collections. There were photos of her with lots of other non-military men as well as plenty of photos taken in the same booth (if in fact it was a booth) without her in them at all. Was she working for the U.S.O entertaining soldiers about to head off to war? Or were these soldiers just returning from overseas? A mystery. Click here to see the series.