Vintage Photos

Made with Neocities and Phoenix Code

This page is a scrapbook of vintage photographs I've come across, with photographer credit where available. Some I find in listicles, others I find while perusing local history archives. I have more categories that I'll add later; I have an unsorted collection and am creating the categories based on patterns I see in it.

Contents

1Dogs
2Homes
3Having Fun
4Portraits of Women

Dogs

"Cheyenne couple, Inez and John Bull, with their dog." From Oklahoma Historical Society, c.1898

A little boy stands with his hands in his pockets, a terrier stands next to him with its ears perked up. There's an old car in the background, and a river

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A woman in a stylish Edwardian dress and cravat holds a parasol in one hand and a leash in the other. Her little fluffy dog is standing behind her, distracted by a dark pomeranian. The Pomeranian's owner, a mustachioed man with a cane tucked under his arm and wearing a bowler hat, turns to look at the woman as he's walking the opposite direction.

"A stylish woman walking her dog at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris," 1910

An old woman sits with a grim face and her arms crossed in front of a canoe. A medium-sized white dog sleeps behind her

"A Coast Salish woman, Mary Adams, and 'Jumbo,' one of the last Salish wool dogs," 1912

A woman in a fur coat kneels in the snow with her arms around a dog. The dog is on a lead, and there are two husky-like dogs in the background.

"Woman in a fur coat with a dog (possibly sled dog)." From Oregon Historical Society, c.1923-1936

From the collection of Catherine Johnson (no dates):

A man on the steps of a front porch offers a treat to a small dog, which is standing on its two back legs. A larger dog stands behind it

A young boy stands on a scooter, a dog sitting in front of him with its paws over the handlebars

An old woman sits on a chair and kisses a large fluffy white dog on the nose

Homes

I really love photos of everyday life, and have a lot of photos of interiors and exteriors of peoples' homes. Log cabins are a big favorite.

Five peasants sit around a table outside of a wooden house with a thatched roof.

"Group of peasants posed at outdoor table, Russian Empire." Photographed by B. Avanzo, c.1875

a woman and a girl stand in front of a stone house with a thatched roof.

Ireland, 1885

a man, woman, dog, two horses, and a cow stand in front of a tiny house decorated with an antler over the doorway.

"Nebraska Gothic," Solomon D. Butcher, 1886

an older man and women with a younger man and woman sit around a table working with fabric in a cramped room. The young man is playing a violin or fiddle.

"Mountain Eagle and his family make Native American handicrafts while his son plays violin in their tenement at 6 Beach Street." 1895

an old woman with glasses and a pipe sits in a tiny, cluttered room and is concentrating on a beaded object in her hands

"Mrs. Benoit, a Native American widow, sews and beads while smoking a pipe in her Hudson Street apartment" 1897

a woman faces the camera, bent over a large bowl on a chair. A cast iron stove is behind her, and the floor and walls are made of bare wood planks

Montana frontier, taken by Evelyn Jephson Cameron, late 19th century

A man and a woman stand in front of a small log cabin. There's a horse to the left, and in between
the people a dog is standing on its hind legs, its front paws held by them.

Homesteaders in Alaska. It's hard to see, but they're holding the paws of a dog between them. c.1900-1930

a young woman reads in a rocking chair in front of a fireplace in a log cabin, a dog sitting at her feet. The cabin's walls are decorated with furs and antlers.

"Miss Frantz reads in front of her fireplace with her dog at her feet," c.1909

a dog lies on a bed with woven blankets in a log cabin, whose walls are covered in animal skins

"Bed corner in Miss Frantz's homestead cabin in southern Oregon," c.1909

a woman sews in a rocking chair. Across from her are a young boy and girl sitting in a bed. The boy holds a book with squares in it, possibly photos or drawings. A doll is next to the girl, and there are shelves of books above the bed and framed wall decor.

"Ella Burnham sews while Howard and Myrtle play," c.1909

a woman in a long dreess bends over to put a muffin tray into a cast iron oven. Behind her is what looks like a gas range and a counter with pots and cooking utensils

Woman with cast iron stove, 1910

a Black woman uses a long stick to point at a wall hanging which has a cursive alphabet and the words 'The rain are fallin' written on it. Two Black children sit on chairs in front of it, watching.

"A mother homeschools her children in Transylvania, Louisiana," 1937

An older woman with two long braids sits in a rocking chair in front of a small woodstove. A little white dog stands in front of her. There's a large bed to the left, and behind her is a dresser with a mirror and a desk. The walls are covered in unframed pictures.

"Woman and her dog in her one room house, Texas," 1938

a woman in a home with floral wallpaper is placing a skettle on a cast iron stove.

"Mrs. Boris Komorosky at home in Hartford, CT," John Collier, 1942

A woman with short curly hair, wearing jeans and an argyle sweater, holds two bread pans full of dough. She's in a small log cabin kitchen.

"Rusty Lancashire in her cabin kitchen, Soldotna, Alaska," 1956

a young woman with a striped apron sits in front of a stove, facing the camera.

"Young Romani woman in Sweden," 1964

In a kitchen with tiled walls, a woman sits at a table writing on paper. Her head is covered with an inflated plastic hairdryer

"At home with a Braun Astronette Hairdryer," 1972

in a small room with wooden walls and a small cast iron stove sits a Black family on sofas and armchairs. From left to right is a woman with a hand on a small boy, an old woman with another small boy in front of her, two young men next to an older man with a red baseball cap, and another young man.

"A large family inside their one-room home in Plains, Georgia," 1976

Having Fun

"Edith Poey jumps off a wooden pole onto the sand at Coney Island," 1887

four photographs of a young black woman smiling and making various poses

Photos by Hugh Magnum, c.1890s

three Edwardian women hold their skirts up as they step towards the water on a beach

"Gertrude Hubbell, Ruth Peters, and Mildred Grimwood play near the water at Arverne, Queens," 1897

a young black woman wearing a hat decorated with ribbon and feathers makes an exaggerated pouting face, her arms crossed

"Omaha mug shot of Goldie Williams, also known as Meg Murphy, arrested for vagrancy on Jan. 29, 1898. She listed her home as Chicago and her occupation as prostitute." 1898

two women laugh at each other as they hold their skirts over their knees, standing in water that goes up to mid-calf

"Two Edwardian women wading," 1900

a Chinese man grins with his mouth open, posing with a bowl of rice and chopsticks

"The Happiest Man in China," 1901

two young men, one holding a rifle, and a young woman pose in front of a log cabin while holding pieces of pie up to their mouths. Behind them, in the doorway, is a horse wearing a hat

"A country girl and her friends munch pie after a morning of hunting. Note the dapper horse, wearing a jaunty cap," c.1910s

four women in bathing suits laugh while standing in shallow water on a beach. Two are holding what appears to be a sheet of ice, and one is riding piggyback on another

"Swimmers," 1924

amid a group of people, a woman wearing a bathing suit laughs

Rockaway Beach, NY, taken by Sam Shere. 1946

two young women, one white and one east Asian, kneel in the grass holding chains of white flowers. They're both wearing floral dresses in earthy colors and bright purple tights

"Making flower chains," c.1960s

"Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, England," 1969

Portraits of Women

A young Indian woman wearing traditional clothing rests while propping her head with her hand.

"Portrait of a nautch or dancing girl from Kashmir, taken by Frith & Co., Ltd.," c.1860-1870

A young woman with long dark hair and many bead necklaces raises her hand to shade her eyes.

"Sioux activist Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša)," 1898

a seated young woman has long, thick dark hair that reaches to the floor. She holds a mirror as she combs her hair.

Woman with long hair, c.late 1800s

Two women with curly hair stand in a backyard. One is wearing a white floral dress with an underbust corset, the other a blouse and long skirt. They're holding hands.

Chicago, relationship unknown but likely sisters or mother and daughter. c.1910s

Two women sit in front of a window. The one on the right has her arms around the left one. The left one is touching the right's chin with her hand.

"Aunty Mary and her 'friend' Ruth," 1910

(in color). A woman sits on a couch in front of a window with lace curtains, the light softly shining through. She has a little fluffy dog in her lap.

"Mrs. A. Van Besten, taken by Alfonse Van Besten," 1910

(in color). A woman wearing a headkerchief sits with her head propped by one hand, showing off small black tattoos on both her forearms.

"A tattooed woman in Bosnia," 1912

A young woman with long dark braids, a headscarf, and dark striped dress holds a large amphora propped on her shoulder.

Georgia, c.1920s

"Woman doing her hair in the traditional teapot style in the Lost Tribe country," Hedda Morrison, c.1933-1946

A girl on a roof faces the camera confidently, a rifle slung over her shoulder, with a city behind her.

"Marina Ginesta, a 17-year-old communist militant, overlooking Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War," 1936

An east Asian woman looks like she's contemplating something, touching her finger to her mouth. Her baby's head is visible from behind her shoulder, and a sash is knotted in front of her chest.

"Young mother carrying a child on her back in the market, Hong Kong Island," Hedda Morrison, 1946