American Views

 

I've been cleaning out a closet and found a box of old photos that may or may not have already been posted here.  I'm fairly certain that this very faded and cheaply made stereo card hasn't been posted before. 

Summer Is Coming

  

And with summer comes swimsuit season.   Is it just me?  Are they on a golf course? 

Standing Up in a Rowboat

 

Not the safest and sanest way to propel a rowboat.  It looks like they are about to capsize. 

A Vacation In Hamburg 8

 

There's not much to say about this collection that hasn't already been said.  This collection is true found photography.  I found them all on the street.  Some are dated 1989, so I'm assuming that they are all from that year.  To see other photos, click on Hamburg Vacation Collection in labels.  There are many more to come, but I'm not sure when I'll get around to posting them. 

The Hospital Ship

 

I can't be certain, but my best guess is that this is a military hospital ship.  But is the man on the right a doctor or a patient?  

Two Women and the Shadow Stalker

  

My guess is from the 1920s to the early 30s.  The photographer's shadow intrudes. 

S.S. Drottningholm

 

The S.S. Drottningholm was built in 1904 by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Scotland.   Her first owner was the Allan Line and was named the Virginian.  During World War 1, she was chartered by the British as a troop transport.  Sold to the Canadian Pacific Line in 1917 and then sold to the Swedish American Line in 1920, renamed the Drottningholm, and operated by the line until 1951, then sold to the Home Lines, an Italian company that renamed the ship Brazil.  The ship's final owner was the Hamburg American Line, which renamed the ship the Homeland.  She was scrapped in Italy in 1955.

It's partially obscured, but I'm fairly certain that this postcard is postmarked, "NEW YORK N.Y. SEP 10 5 P.M. 1947."  The message, "The time is getting closer but just to say "Hello" Feeling fine and all looks interesting-Don't forget to write.  Love Ingrid."  The card was mailed to "Mrs. Imogene Abzug, 1342 Sunland Ave. Jamestown, N.Y." 

And the captions, BREKVORT CARTE POSTALE, S.S. DROTTNINGHOLM, SVENSKA AMERIKA LINIEN, SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN.   Printed in Sweden, 45.1 55,000 11.6.47, 645."