Category: Photographs

Getting the porter to sneak you in to see how the other half lives while they are away for the summer. Photographs by Charles Joseph Antoine Lansiaux shot in around 1918. Collections of the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

Salon with the silken bag keeping the dust off the chandelier. 28 rue Saint-Dominique. Hôtel de La Tour d’Auvergne. du salon. 7ème arrondissement, Paris. June 1, 1918 photograph. Inventory Number PH27191. French. Charles Joseph Antoine Lansiaux, photographer (1855-1939). Photographer’s stamp. Collections of and image Musée Carnavalet, Paris. The photograph itself is in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/28-rue-saint-dominique-hotel-de-la-tour-d-auvergne-detail-de-porte-du-salon#infos-principales

Départ d’escalier. 18 rue du Cherche-Midi, 6ème arrondissement, Paris. September 10, 1917 photograph. Inventory Number PH24875. French. Charles Joseph Antoine Lansiaux, photographer (1855-1939). Photographer’s stamp. Collections of and image Musée Carnavalet, Paris. The photograph itself is in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/18-rue-du-cherche-midi-depart-d-escalier-6eme-arrondissement-paris-10#infos-secondaires-detail
Cabinet de la directrice, intérieur du lycée Fénelon, 2, rue de l’Eperon, 6ème arrondissement, Paris. May 26, 1921 image. Inventory Number PH26874. French. Charles Joseph Antoine Lansiaux, photographer (1855-1939). Photographer’s stamp. Collections of and image Musée Carnavalet, Paris. The photograph itself is in the public domain due to age. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/interieur-du-lycee-fenelon-cabinet-de-la-directrice-2-rue-de-l-eperon-0#infos-secondaires-detail

Six inches of snow on the ground but time to be off with the puffer coat and Ugg boots. Tulle, gardenias and dancing slippers only at the Snow Ball. Colorado State University, January 1945.

Snow Ball Queen and her court promenading into the Snow Ball. Colorado A and M College (Colorado State University), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. January 1945. American. Photographer not given. University Historic Photograph Collection, Colorado State University Libraries. Fair use license. https://archives.mountainscholar.org/digital/collection/p17393coll50/id/19994/rec/1
Snow Ball Queen and her court posing next to a Christmas tree. Colorado A and M College (Colorado State University), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. January 1945. American. Photographer not given. University Historic Photograph Collection, Colorado State University Libraries. Fair use license https://archives.mountainscholar.org/digital/collection/p17393coll50/id/20019/rec/2
The Snow Ball Queen and her escort promenading, the Snow Ball Queen wearing her crown. Colorado A and M College (Colorado State University), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. January 1945. American. Photographer not given. University Historic Photograph Collection, Colorado State University Libraries. Fair use license. https://archives.mountainscholar.org/digital/collection/p17393coll50/id/17906/rec/3
The Snow Ball Queen and her court with corsages and bouquets with the queen wearing her crown which reads ‘ball’. The band must have been on break or else they didn’t start yet. Colorado A and M College (Colorado State University), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. January 1945. American. Photographer not given. University Historic Photograph Collection, Colorado State University Libraries. Fair use license. https://archives.mountainscholar.org/digital/collection/p17393coll50/id/17960/rec/4

Having a little colonial afternoon in honor of the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth with the Second Grade class at the Thayer School in Franklin Massachusetts one cold March afternoon in 1932. A little Betsy Ross, too.

Colonial Afternoon in Honor of George Washington Bicentennial. March 18 (?) 1932. Second Grade, Thayer School, Franklin, Massachusetts. American. Front cover of a photograph album with photographs of an event celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennial
Second grade classroom at the Thayer School with most of the children and their teachers in costume, some seated around what I think is a model of Mount Vernon. There are several mothers and grandmothers seated over on the right by the window flanked by American flags. Love the little colonial wigs. Photograph from a photograph album with photographs of a pageant celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennial
Children seated at their desks in costume as 18th century people, a few of the boys wearing socks with stars. Their teachers are in costume too. The mothers over on the left are not and the man on the left is wearing a business suit. The school superintendent? a father? it doesn’t say. Photograph from a photograph album with photographs of a pageant celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennial

George Washington holding his tricorn hat and surrounded by his classmates and teachers in the back, all of them dressed as 18th century people more or less, many in little white wigs standing in front of a 1932 American flag. Photograph from a photograph album with photographs of a pageant celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennial
Children dancing in front of a 1932 American flag, the boys in white wigs and the girls in caps with I think George and Martha Washington being the second couple from the left. Photograph from a photograph album with photographs of a pageant celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennial
Three girls, all in 18th century costumes sitting in front of a 1932 American flag. Photograph from a photograph album with photographs of a pageant celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennial
Betsy Ross holding up the flag she just finished sewing with George Washington being I think the boy with the tricorn hat, posed in front of a 1932 American flag. Photograph from a photograph album with photographs of a pageant celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennia
Second grade class teachers also in 18th century costume posing in front of a 1932 American flag. Photograph from a photograph album with photographs of a pageant celebrating the Bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, held in March 1932 by the Second Grade at the Thayer School in Franklin, Massachusetts. Photographer not given. Image © 2025 Eclectibles. Fair use license. via https://www.eclectibles.com/pages/books/27005215/photo-album-colonial-afternoon-in-honor-of-george-washington-bicentennia

Off for the summer with fresh air to breathe. Photographs taken at Camp Nyoda, a camp for girls in Oak Ridge, New Jersey in the long ago but fun summer of 1920. Promotional photographs shot by Jessie Tarbox Beals who was a professional photographer who probably worked off part of her daughter Nanette’s camp fees by shooting these.

Sharpshooting. Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, New Jersey USA. 1920 photograph. American. Jessie Tarbox Beals, photographer. Image © 2025 Capitol Hill Books. Fair use license. via https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/30160/jessie-tarbox-beals/collection-of-eleven-photographs-taken-at-camp-nyoda-oak-ridge-new-jersey-many-signed-by-tarbox
Basketmaking, the campers costumed up as Native Americans. Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, New Jersey USA. 1920 photograph. American. Jessie Tarbox Beals, photographer. Image © 2025 Capitol Hill Books. Fair use license. via https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/30160/jessie-tarbox-beals/collection-of-eleven-photographs-taken-at-camp-nyoda-oak-ridge-new-jersey-many-signed-by-tarbox
Basketball. Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, New Jersey USA. 1920 photograph. American. Jessie Tarbox Beals, photographer. Signed by the photographer on the lower left. Image © 2025 Capitol Hill Books. Fair use license. via https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/30160/jessie-tarbox-beals/collection-of-eleven-photographs-taken-at-camp-nyoda-oak-ridge-new-jersey-many-signed-by-tarbox
Basketball. Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, New Jersey USA. 1920 photograph. American. Jessie Tarbox Beals, photographer. Signed Beals N.Y. on the lower right and numbered 32 on the lower left. Image © 2025 Capitol Hill Books. Fair use license. via https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/30160/jessie-tarbox-beals/collection-of-eleven-photographs-taken-at-camp-nyoda-oak-ridge-new-jersey-many-signed-by-tarbox
Elaborate canoe procession. Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, New Jersey USA. 1920 photograph. American. Jessie Tarbox Beals, photographer. Signed Beals N.Y. on the lower right and numbered 32 on the lower left. Image © 2025 Capitol Hill Books. Fair use license. via https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/30160/jessie-tarbox-beals/collection-of-eleven-photographs-taken-at-camp-nyoda-oak-ridge-new-jersey-many-signed-by-tarbox
Musical performance (I think). Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, New Jersey USA. 1920 photograph. American. Jessie Tarbox Beals, photographer. Signed Beals N.Y. on the lower right and numbered 32 on the lower left. Image © 2025 Capitol Hill Books. Fair use license. via https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/30160/jessie-tarbox-beals/collection-of-eleven-photographs-taken-at-camp-nyoda-oak-ridge-new-jersey-many-signed-by-tarbox

Fishing. Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, New Jersey USA. 1920 photograph. American. Jessie Tarbox Beals, photographer. Signed Beals N.Y. on the lower right and numbered 32 on the lower left. Image © 2025 Capitol Hill Books. Fair use license. via https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/30160/jessie-tarbox-beals/collection-of-eleven-photographs-taken-at-camp-nyoda-oak-ridge-new-jersey-many-signed-by-tarbox

A new outfit and a smile for a new year. Off to have fun watching the “Fairy Tales in Flowers” Tournament of Roses parade. 1933 images from the Digital Collections of the University of California Los Angeles.

Fairy Barge float, with Ruth Henry as the fairy princess and three girls as members of her court. The float was entered by the San Jose Fiesta de Las Rosas Association. Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California 1933. The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was Fairy Tales in Flowers. January 1933 image. Photographed for the Los Angeles Times Image © The Regents of the University of California. Fair use license. Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, University of California Los Angeles Digital Collections. https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cnpb0
“Queen of the Fairies” float in the Tournament of Roses Parade: View of Dorothy Edwards, queen of the tournament, seated on a floral throne beneath a floral canopy with one of her fairy attendants seated next to her. Pasadena, California. 1933. The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was Fairy Tales in Flowers. January 1933 image. Photographed for the Los Angeles Times Image © The Regents of the University of California. Fair use license. Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, University of California Los Angeles Digital Collections. https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cnpkm
Queen of the Fairies” float in the Tournament of Roses Parade: View of Dorothy Edwards, queen of the tournament, seated on a floral throne beneath a floral canopy with her fairy attendants Eleanor Braden, Joyce Dunkerly, Norma Hassler and Jeanne Thomson. Pasadena, California. The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was Fairy Tales in Flowers. January 1933 image. Photographed for the Los Angeles Times Image © The Regents of the University of California. Fair use license. Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, University of California Los Angeles Digital Collections. https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cp8h7
“Rainbow Palace” float in the Tournament of Roses Parade: Close-up of one of the guards on the Rainbow Palace” float, entered by the city of Inglewood. Pasadena, California. The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was Fairy Tales in Flowers. January 1933 image. Photographed for the Los Angeles Times Image © The Regents of the University of California. Fair use license. Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, University of California Los Angeles Digital Collections. https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cp84j
Two float riders costumed as fairies standing on a residential street at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade route: Two little girls, who were probably float riders, dressed as fairies and standing on Orange Grove Boulevard or a nearby residential street before the start of the Rose Parade. Pasadena, California. The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was “Fairy Tales in Flowers.” . January 1933 image. Photographed for the Los Angeles Times Image © The Regents of the University of California. Fair use license. Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, University of California Los Angeles Digital Collections. https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002cp831

Doing a bit of window shopping with a dreamscape in your mind. 1920s photographs of the display windows at Kaufmann’s Department Store which was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. All of these being from the website of Historic Pittsburgh.

Helena Rubenstein display: A toiletries window display featuring products by cosmetic industry pioneer Helena Rubinstein. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1926 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0149
Toys at the Theater: A Toyland display depicts a theatrical scene. The store’s toy displays during the holiday season were its most highly visited. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1925-1930 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0156
A Christmas window display of children’s toys. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1925-1930 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0152
A Kaufmann’s toy window display depicts a circus scene. The store’s “Toyland” shop was located on the ninth floor. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1925-1930 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0154
56rd Anniversary window: Adoria Beauty Salon was featured in a 56th anniversary diorama window display. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1927 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0140
Alice in Wonderland: A Kaufmann’s toy window display depicts the Mad Hatter scene from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1925-1930 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. via https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0153

56rd Anniversary window: Women’s gloves were featured in one of Kaufmann’s Department Store’s 56th anniversary window displays. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1927 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0139
Sea Diver: A sporting goods display contained a sea diver’s suit and a machine which pumped air. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1926 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0145
Women’s shoes: A painted backdrop for a women’s shoe window display evokes Paris’ Place de la Concorde. The window display coincided with the International Exposition of Arts and Industries, held during Kaufmann’s 50th year in business. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1926 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0143
Glove display: A window display of women’s gloves during the International Exposition of Arts and Industries. The exhibition highlighting achievements in industry and the arts coincided with Kaufmann’s 50th anniversary. The glove counter included a exhibit of gloves worn by royalty. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1926 image. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0144
Women in Aviation: Kaufmann’s included a display of women’s aviation apparel in its suite of window designs during the International Exposition on Arts and Industries. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Image ca. 1926. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0157
Health Builder: A household appliances window display features a sun lamp and the Battle Creek Health Builder, a vibrating belt exercise machine which debuted in the late 1920s. Display window at Kaufmann’s Department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Image ca. 1926. Photographer not given. Kaufmann’s Department Store Photographs Collection, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center. Copyright not established but probably in the public domain due to age. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A20181026-hpichswp-0148

Time to grab some Silly String and a tin horn to toot and head downtown to see the parade. Imagery of 1954 Homecoming parade floats from the archives of the University of Kentucky.

Homecoming Float with SUKY on the back. There are seven women on the float. 1954 image. American. Mack Hughes, photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_1?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
Banner and float for the Homecoming parade. 1954 image. American. University of Kentucky photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_24?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
UK (University of Kentucky) Monopolizes UT (University of Tennessee?) themed float. 1954 image. American. Photographer not given. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_8?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
Dog-Gone. 1954 image. American. University of Kentucky photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_29?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20

Homecoming Parade with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity float with the Crescent Girl in the car. 1954 image. American. Lexington Herald-Leader staff photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_10?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
Wildcat Whipping Bowl – Stir’em up cats! First place Homecoming decorations, Sigma Alpha Epsilon winner. 1954-1957 image. American. Glen Thomasson, photographer. Image that appears second on page 208 in the 1957 Kentuckian yearbook. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_2?q=Homecoming&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&offset=40&per_page=20

Off to the air show. An afternoon at the Exhibitions aeronautique. Photographs of early 20th air ships of various types by Léon Gimpel.

Exhibition aeronautique dans le Grand Palais à Paris. January 2, 1909 image. Paris, France. Léon Gimpel, photographer. Image source http://www.yellowkorner.com/en/p/grand-palais/767.html In the public domain because the photographer died over 70 years ago. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeonGimpelGrandPalais.jpg though I found it here https://www.instagram.com/ad_magazine/p/DCGbKJ7sMsf/?hl=en
Léon Gimpel
Le Dirigeable Ville de Bruxelles en cours de gonflement à Issy-les-Moulineaux, 22 mai 1910. Léon Gimpel, photographer.
Collection SFP © SFP / DR. Fair use license. https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/whats-on/exhibitions/leon-gimpel-1873-1948-audacious-work-photographer
A color photo from 1909 showing the Zodiac III taking off. Attributed to Gimpel on a number of sites including by the auction house Catawiki. https://av8rblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/french-zodiac-type/

A link to many air show pictures from aviation shows held in Paris at around the same time.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/albums/72157691276267544/with/15998263500

“Quelques vues du Mexique” and a Mexico that isn’t coming back. Views of the port of Vera Cruz, photographed between 1864 and 1867. E. Leroy, photographer. Must have gone out with Emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota because the years are the same. Collections of Gallica BnF.

Fountain – Mexico. 1864-1867. View 10, Figure 5, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f10.item
Guadalupe – Mexico. 1864-1867. Figure 8, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f13.item
Querétaro Alameda. 1864-1867. Figure 14, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f19.item#
Aguas- Calientes. 1864-1867. Figure 18, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f23.item#
Durango. 1864-1867. Figure 32, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f37.item
Guadalajara. 1864-1867. Figure 36, one of 38 albumen photographic prints in the album Quelques vues du Mexique. E. Leroy, photographer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Gallica BnF with the photographs themselves being in the public domain due to age. via https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432925f/f41.item#

Shopping for your next Halloween costume in the produce aisle. Entries in a fashion show organized by the Weslaco Texas Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley.

Lucille Parrish: red bell peppers and citrus leaves. An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Miss Parrish from the Beta Sigma Phi Club is wearing a costume made out of bell peppers and citrus leaves. 1948 image. American. Yoder of Weslaco, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21142/?q=Weslaco
Howard Wiley: Eggplant. An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Howard is representing the Kiwanis of Weslaco. Costume of “Mammy Yoakum.” Made of eggplant and mums. Stockings made out of ebony leaves and poinsettias, shoes of corn, and pipe of corncob. Undated, mid 20th c. American. Yoder of Weslaco, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21254/?q=Weslaco
Claricia Balli: An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Claricia Balli is wearing a suit made of shattered green fern. The lapels and her purse are made of mums and the hat and shoes are of the fern trimmed in mums. December 1952 image. American. Yoder of Weslaco, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21369/?q=Weslaco
Nikki Lettunich: An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Miss Nikki Lettunich (7 years old, daughter of Mr. N.J Lettunich) Jack & Jill’s childrens shop, 1950. Party dress of orchid yellow short circular skirt: grapefruit membrane ruffling. Bodice and Bonnet: bachelor button petals. Shoes: glypsolphelia seed sprayed with lacquer. Nikki Lettunich became Ms. Texas. December 14, 1950 image. American. Photographer not given but probably shot by Yoder of Weslaco. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21399/?q=Weslaco
Contestant 24: An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Women wearing a Red Cross Nurse costume and shield. Nurse uniform was made of inside citrus peel shield was of cornflowers in red and blue and white mums. Undated image, 1940s or 1950s perhaps. American. Edrington Studio, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Library and via the Portal to Texas History. See the link to see it bigger or to download. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21319/?q=Weslaco
An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Elizabeth McKeehan is wearing a dress made out of citrus peel with feather like trimming. December 1937 image. Photographer not known. Collections of the Weslaco Library and via the Portal to Texas History. See the link to see it bigger or to download. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21384/?q=Elizabeth