June 30, 1925. "Miss Dorothy Brautigam of the National American Ballet." National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Water Nymphet: 1925 | Shorpy :: History in HD

New York, 1917. "Washday on landship Recruit." Sailors doing their laundry on the Navy's pretend battleship moored at Union Square, used for recruiting during World War I. In back is the Automatic Vaudeville penny arcade, two of whose backers -- Marcus Loew and Adolph Zukor -- went on to found Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures after a few years in the nickelodeon business.

Shipshape: 1917 | Shorpy :: History in HD

Some Day I Will Be This Cool - dog'S faint!!

The deal was in motion.
As he guided the BMW Z3 roadster onto Highway
280, Matthew Locke felt as though his mind were spin-
ning as quickly as the wheels that propelled him for-
ward.
Appraising his position, he quickly cut over to the
fast lane. He briefly wondered why the traffic was so
light, then shrugged it off. He had more important things
to think about. Bright sunlight and warm air rushed
through the open windows as he gained speed and set
the cruise control at seventy miles per hour.
Then Matthew noticed the clock, and realized that,
for the first time in as long as he could remember, he
was two hours ahead of the nightly 280 rush. His work-
day had ended sooner than usual. There was nothing
more for him to do except wait for tomorrow to come.

Deal, a cool book, being serialized on BoingBoing.

deal-01.pdf (application/pdf Object)

A light tank, called the Honey in Britain. Machine gun ports in the hull help distinguish this model, as well as the hexagonal commander's hatch. The M3A1 ditched the hull mounted side machine guns.

At least this mudhole is shallow, one in France swallowed up a later M5 model in 1944.

Big Muddy: 1942 | Shorpy :: History in HD

June 1942. "Why greases must be saved. Introducing two good soldiers of the home front: the housewife who saves her waste household fats and greases, and the butcher to whom she gives this salvaged fat after she has collected at least one pound, strained it through a metal sieve and poured it into a large, wide-mouthed can. Butchers displaying the poster shown here will pay househoulders for the fat, and sell it to rendering plants thereby turning this valuable material into industrial channels where it will be processed into ammunition for America's fighting men." Medium format negative by Ann Rosener for the OWI.

Burgers to Bombs: 1942 | Shorpy :: History in HD

Hoola Hoops and Bombers Oh My.

Hoola Hoops and Bombers

Atlanta, March 1915. Mrs. Dora Stainers, 562� Decatur St. 39 years old. Began spinning in an Atlanta mill at 7 years, and is in this mill for 32 years. Only 4 days of schooling in her life. Began at 20 cents a day. The most she ever made was $1.75 a day & now she is earning $1 a day when she works. Her little girl Lillie is the same age she was when she started work, but the mother says, "I ain't goin to put her to work if I can help it. I'm goin' to give her as much education as I can so she can do better than I did." Mrs. Stainers is a woman of exceptional ability considering her training.

Atlanta: 1915 | Shorpy :: History in HD

Steve Ballmer egged at Hungarian University

Wow. It's tough to be CEO of a multi-billion dollar software company these days, what with it being so difficult to extend desktop monopoly to the web and getting egged during speeches....

Yes, egged.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was egged by a protester during a speech he gave at a Hungarian University. As this video shows, the protester rose to his feet to challenge Microsoft for stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money, then started hurling eggs at Ballmer, who was forced to take cover behind a desk.

Steve Ballmer egged at Hungarian University | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs

Interesting. I want to veg out on pain killers and meditate to these DVDs on a very large screen.

8 DVD Worlds Fair Collection Historical Events Box Set: 1939 � 1940 New York, 1964 New York, 1919 San Francisco, 1939 San Francisco & 1933 Chicago