Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Leslie Jones

Group pushing auto, New Hampshire
  
Hat check girls with Navy hats, WWII
 
Huge crowd outside Braves Field to see 
Red Sox and Phillies in 1915 World Series
 
Hunting for drowned bodies in pond, December 1934
  
Injured woman being pulled from auto, 1938
 
Italian fishermen mending nets
 
Ladies at ticket window, Fenway Park, 1940s
 
Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Monday, 1 May 2017

H. D. Girdwood

Mr. Girdwood photographed British Army activity in France during World War I, with emphasis on Indian troops.

2nd Leicesters rushing a position, Bout de Ville, France. 6 September 1915
 
A dispatch rider of the Indian Corps repairing 
motorcycle, Merville, France. 3 August 1915
 
Arrival of mail at Brigade Post Office, Linghem, France. 28 July 1915
 
Cooks in the field, Estaires, France. 28 August 1915
 
Highlanders skirmishing through ruined village, Fauquissart, France. 9 August 1915
[I love that bit of sardonic graffiti on the wall of the ruined house: "Warview Terrace"]
 

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