Shorpy

Today I discovered the great shorpy website and their collection of historical photographs (in HD) from the 1850s to 1950s, really who needs a time machine this site is so efficient. Many of the photos are from the library of congress archive site and users of the site submit their personal photos as well. There are loads of photos, thousands in fact, I thought I'll share some on here. The site is named after a teenage (he looks about 10) coal miner called Shorpy Higganbotham who was photographed in 1910 at work in Alabama (below) By Lewis Wickes Hine.

Shorpy  (1910) 

"A 6-year-old newsie who tried to short change me."  Los Angeles, California (1915)
Photographer:  Lewis Wickes Hine

Love Before Breakfast (1936) Houses in Atlanta By Walker Evans

A model floating in the water at Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida. The image by fashion photographer Toni Frissell was published in Harper's Bazaar in December 1947.

Coney Island (1905)

Sennett Girls (1919)

Traffic Stopper (1924)
"The license plate is almost as large as her automobile, but Miss Mary Bay likes her car because it is easy to park".

3 out of the 4 Novelty Grahams. Acrobatic performers; Victoria Theatre, Philadelphia(1910)

April 1865. "Farmville, Virginia, vicinity. High bridge of the South Side Railroad across the Appomattox.