“India House. A yard filled with diversions, ca. 1880s,” Nantucket, Massachusetts, via Nantucket Historical Association Commons on flickr.
You can click on either photo to enlarge it. I particularly like the striped skirts on the two older girls.
“Two women with bicycle,” Hoquiam, Washington, photographer unknown, via University of Washington Libraries Commons on flickr.
Modern and stylish, ca. 1900. That’s an interesting device for keeping the kettle warm.
Young women of that time must have been pretty desperate to get out on their own — to bicycle in corsets, puffy high-necked blouses, and large hats.
Beautiful, thick vines on the porch behind them. (You can click on the photo to enlarge it.)
. . .Tell, tell your griefs ; attentive will I stay,
Tho’ time is precious, and I want some tea.— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, from “Thursday; the Bassette- Table“
“J.D. Irvine Residence, Brownsville[, Oregon],” ca. 1918, via Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Commons on flickr.
What is green? the grass is green,
With small flowers between.— Christina Rossetti, from “Color“
“Bruckman’s Breitenbush Springs Foot Bath, Breitenbush, Oregon,” ca. 1937, via OSU Special Collections & Archives Commons on flickr.
Ah, come on folks. . . take off those shoes.
Like these guys. (Tie removal optional)
Merle Bruckman bought the property around the Breitenbush hot springs in 1927 and turned it into a wilderness health spa. He sold it in the mid-1950s, and the operation changed hands a few more times before closing in 1972 after two large floods.
In 1981, it re-opened as a retreat and conference center — owned by its workers since 1989.
“Price Street corner York Lane,” Savannah, Georgia, 1939 or 1944, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The Library of Congress catalogue entry for the image above includes the note: “Once in the ‘Restricted District,’ hence the lattice work” — meaning the house had been a bordello. (That would also explain the panel of shutters across the front.)
Looking at Google Maps street view, a very similar house (built 1828) at one of the four possible corner sites still stands in good condition. Across York Lane from it is a two-story building that was probably there at the time of the photo. There are new condos on the other side of Price Street.
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