Street Scenes.
I looked for any found-photograph that had a street or storefront in it.
The probable reasons for these photographs was to capture a moment on a city street. Sometimes people might be involved and sometimes not.
In most cases it was not about "who", it was about "where".
A "street" in Venice!
On the reverse: Glendale, Arizona
Anyone recognize the location? The Event?
A "street" in Venice ...
This is my favorite.
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Wow - you found a lot of shop front pics for this theme! There is some interesting architecture in these pics, but it is the people going about their daily business which fascinates me :-) Jo
ReplyDeleteAll kinds of interesting architecture on display here. I recognize that "street" in Venice. I think it looks the same, no matter what the year.
ReplyDeleteimagepast: Thanks for your visit! Yes, it usually comes down to the people caught candidly in the picture that makes them interesting.
ReplyDeleteWendy: Thanks for your visit. Yes, I doubt that area has changed much over the past century.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Loved your favourite too! Posting a letter was an Event!
ReplyDeleteThanks Eugenia 'O'Neal! Yes, mailing a letter was an event for these small boys. They were very suspicious of the man with the big camera too.
ReplyDeleteThe gem of the photograph though is the Savoy Ballroom across the street. From this small front entrance, it led to the ten-thousand square-foot second floor that held as many as 4, 000 happy dancers. It’s the place the big band classic “Stompin’ at the Savoy” was named after.
It was destroyed in 1958.
Another magnificent collection. A veritable shopping mall of shopfronts.
ReplyDeleteA great collection and I can see why you chose your favourite,
ReplyDeleteThanks Alan Burnett. I turned up more than I thought I had.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob Scotney. There is a lot going on in that picture. The reverse indicates that it was New York, 1935 but I have not been able to confirm that.
ReplyDeleteSo many images, where does one start. I like that image of the Toys and Dolls store - although on the face of it a very calm, peaceful shot, with the early automobile parked by the curb, there is so much to see, from the curtains pulled aside in the upstairs windows, the postcards in the display window, Dr Bixby's name plate, the car's driver coming down the steps and presumably about to drive off somewhere, the tram tracks ... it never ends.
ReplyDeleteAnd I haven't really looked at any of the others in detail - that will have to wait for another day, when there aren't so many Sepia Saturday contributers to visit. An incredible collection, as usual, thank you.
I noticed a Cash Store. The one someone else posted is the first time I had heard of a Cash Store.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brett Payne. Yes there are several street scenes. It just happens to be a category that I look for in found photographs. You have a sharp eye to spot the man on the stairs in the Toy Store shot; most people miss him. That one is from a large found negative of really good quality, so all those details are possible.
ReplyDeleteThanks Postcardy. I am not certain that “Cash Store” meant the same thing back then as it would today. A search for than online today turns up quick-loan establishments. Back in the horse and buggy days I think it meant a general merchandise store operating on a “cash-only, no-credit” basis.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit Lovely Blot.
ReplyDeleteWhat a group of great photos! Your last photo is probably my most favorite too, one reason is the boy on the left how he's looking at the photographer! What a great photo!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen S. That young man looks very suspicious. Perhaps it is the first camera he has ever seen. I still have not been able to confirm the information on the reverse which says simply: “New York, 1935”
ReplyDeleteWow. Wonder what they display in the Nut Museum.
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara and Nancy. I wonder if the lady knew where she was asked to pose.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is a great collection. Thank you for sharing them all with us.
ReplyDeleteKathy M.
Thanks for your visit!
ReplyDeleteI would love a gondola ride on that street in Venice. Your fave photo - I like it very much too. Those kids are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThanks Hazel Ceej. I wouldn't mind a lazy afternoon floating on a canal in Venice either.
ReplyDeleteThe mailbox photograph has so much going on in it. Some photographers really have the knack.