Twin Cities 1924

I initially grabbed it because of the sheer volume of people they managed to pack into the photo and of course the clothes. But there's a little history there as well, did a little research and it seems it's from the 1924 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.

Bike boy

Photobooth

School Days

Summer break is almost here...

Army Control Station

Protect & Serve

Ranch Hand

Looks kinda like Paul Newman in Hud.

Camping

Some very dapper campers, with a bucket of moonshine?

Seabag

Contents of USN Seabag c.1940

Hanging out

Cars

Look at that badass in front of his stepside pick up

Fill Station & Harley

 A fill station near my hometown around 1940.

Dapper Gents

Man's Best Friend

Back reads: Pretty good, eh? Quite late when he came home.

Besides the amazing and cryptic note on the back of the first photo, the guy's overalls are pretty great.

The Sea

 

Good Clean Boxing

I'm told this is an old slide advert from the movies. I really like the homemade aspect to it where someone's scratched out half the image to hand write the announcement. You can tell this has been used over and over.

Hunting & Related

back reads: Shooting at Edgecliff (Archery golf)

back reads: Oct 1947 Aged 4 yrs

My favorite hunting related photos from the collection.

Grit & Steel

back reads: 8-14-66 Cock fights in Anahola

As the site was named after an old sport bird enthusiast magazine I found, it would only be appropriate to throw in a post in their honor. Here's two nice photos from the collection.

Woodworkers

I love everything about this photo, I just wish I had one of the inside of that workshop too.