RON HENGGELER

1900 New Jersey circa. " Bergen Tunnel, eastend"

1900 Chicago . "A walk in Lincoln Park "

Marin County, California, circa 1921. "Mount Tamalpais Tavern and Gravity Car with REO auto." 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative.

1900 Buffalo , New York. " Labor Day parade, Main Street "

1900 "U.S.S. Oregon quarterdeck"| Edward H. Hart

San Francisco rebuilds after the devastating earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. 8½x6½ inch glass negative from Wyland Stanley Collection of San Francisco historical memorabilia later acquired by Marilyn Blaisdell.

1900 "U.S.S. Chicago. One of the crew"

June 11, 1940. "General Motors exhibit at Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco. Transparent Car with Pontiac Chassis and Body by Fisher." And what a body it is! 8x10 inch Agfa acetate negative.

1901 Buffalo , New York. "Unloading ore from whaleback carrier"

1901 "Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville , Pennsylvania "

December 8, 1941. "Corner of Montgomery and Market streets. Monday morning after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor." Photo by John Collier.

1901 Detroit "Excursion steamers Tashmoo and Idlewild at wharves"

San Francisco circa 1880s. "Chinese Mission House of the M.E. Church, 916 Washington Street." 5x5 inch glass heliograph transparency, formerly of the Wyland Stanley and Marilyn Blaisdell collections.

1901 Colorado. "Station and hotel, summit of Pike's Peak "

1902 "A happy family"

1902 Iowa " Chicago & North Western Railway steel viaduct over Des Moines River

"Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco." Aftermath of the April 1906 earthquake and fire. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co.

1903 New York . " Brooklyn Terminal at Brooklyn Bridge "

1903 "S.S. Proteus. High water at New Orleans levee"

1903 "Unloading bananas at New Orleans , Louisiana "

1904 The Jersey Shore. " Steeplechase Pier and bathers, Atlantic City "

1904 "Michigan Central Railroad. Oiling up before the start"

1904 New York . "The Ponies, Coney Island "

San Francisco, 1935. "Oldsmobile coupe and Golden Gate Bridge under construction." Only two more years and this lady will be able to cross. 8x10 film negative, originally from the Wyland Stanley collection.

1905 St. Clair , Michigan. "Launch of steamer Frank J. Hecker"

1905 St. Augustine, Florida. "They were on their honeymoon"

July 8, 1939. "Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco -- General Motors Day badge held by Miss Fisher Body." Whose parts all seem to fit unusually well. 8x10 negative originally from the Wyland Stanley collection.

1905 Coney Island , New York. "Surf bathing"

San Francisco, 1921. "Sonora Fire Dept. (Tuolumne County) REO trucks at Engine Company No. 15 firehouse, California Street." Firemen and their machines, and one other guy off to the right. 6½ x 8½ inch glass neg

1905 The New Jersey shore. " Boardwalk and beach, Asbury Park "

1905 Cleveland , Ohio. " Cuyahoga River from the Viaduct"

1905| Buffalo , New York. "Jack-Knife Bridge, City Ship Canal , foot of Michigan Street"

1906 Palo Alto, Ca. . . Stanford University Memorial Church after earthquake. The chapel at Stanford University was eventually resurrected, but with significant alterations. The wrecked bell tower was never rebuilt.

1905 The Detroit River. "Transfer steamer Detroit in the ice"

April 1939. "San Francisco, California, seen from the First Street ramp of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge." Before BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) crossed the bay, there was the Key System. Photo by Dorothea Lange.

1905 Houghton , Michigan. "Loading copper on steamer Juniata"

San Francisco March 1940. "Built as the largest and safest office building in San Francisco, the Montgomery Blockbecame the headquarters of professional men from 1853 to 1890. It was the only major downtown San Francisco building to escape the earthquake and fire of 1906." Previously seen here, its site became a parking lot in 1959, and is now part of the footprint of the Transamerica Pyramid. Large format negative by A.J. Whitlock for the Historic American Buildings Survey.

1905 Buffalo , New York. "Looking up Main Street. Steamer North Land at Long Wharf"

1905 "A winter morning"

1905 Knoxville, Tennessee. " Gay Street looking north from Clinch Avenue"

"Up Sutter Street from Grant Avenue." Aftermath of the April 18, 1906, earthquake and fire that reduced much of San Francisco to rubble. At center, the ruins of Sutter Street Synagogue. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative.

1905 Hot Springs, Arkansas. "Roadway through the pines"

1905 Chicago . "The bridge, Lincoln Park "

San Francisco circa 1930. "Grant Avenue at Sacramento Street." 4x5 inch nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe.

1906 " Mississippi River Landing"

1906 Birmingham , Alabama. " Second Avenue looking east"

1906 Gulfport, Mississippi. "Steamer loading resin"

San Francisco, April 1906. "Tower of City Hall after earthquake and fire." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

1906 Wequetonsing, Michigan. "The birches and the bay"

San Francisco circa 1925. "Auto at Twin Peaks -- North Peak seen from South Peak. " 5x7 glass negative from the Wyland Stanley collection.

1906 "Banana docks, New York"

San Francisco circa 1915. "Sutro Baths. Spectator's view to Small Pools." 1970s copy negative of an image formerly of the Martin Behrman, Wyland Stanley and Marilyn Blaisdell collections.

1906 "Railroad station, Magnolia, Massachusetts"

1907 Detroit . "Band concert on Grand Canal, Belle Isle Park "

1907 "The Brooklyn Bridge Promenade and Manhattan Terminal"

June 1, 1935. "San Francisco. Union Square at Geary and Stockton." Where businesses vying for your trade include Owl Drug, Stubo Furs and Ann DeBritz's "School of Fashionable Dressmaking." 8x10 acetate negative, formerly of the Wyland Stanley and Marilyn Blaisdell collections.

1907 Chicago, Illinois. " Jackknife Bridge , Chicago River" | Hans Behm

"Edge of burned district, corner of Franklin and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco." Aftermath of the April 18, 1906, earthquake and fire. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

San Francisco, 1921. "Sonora Fire Dept. (Tuolumne County) REO truck at Engine Company No. 15 firehouse, California Street." 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative, originally from the Wyland Stanley collection.

1907 Chicago , Illinois. " Jackknife Bridge , Chicago River" | Hans Behm

1907 Savannah, Georgia. "The whole black family at the Hermitage"

San Francisco circa 1925. "California State Automobile Association -- Emergency Road Service motorcycle." Perhaps an adjunct to the Broken Glass Depart­ment. 8x10 nitrate negative from the Wyland Stanley collection.

1908 New York . " Times Square " The old New York Times building, now encased in billboards, Hotel Astor and various theaters seen from Broadway.

1908 Detroit . "Waders at Belle Isle Park "

"The Flood Mansion, Nob Hill." After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, which was 108 years ago today. 8x10 dry plate glass negative.

1908 Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania. " Nixon Theatre, Sixth Avenue & Cherry Alley"

"Earthquake panorama." San Francisco after the devastating earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. Landmarks include the domed, burned-out shell of the Call newspaper tower at left, and City Hall at right. Still standing and open for business: Cold Day Lunch and Oyster House, along with "New Franks" and "Original Coppa." 8.5 x 6.5 inch glass negative originally from the Wyland Stanley collection of San Francisciana, purchased and scanned by Shorpy.

1908 "Suburban station, Petoskey , Michigan "

1908 New York . " Pompeiian Room in the Hotel Seneca"

April 1939. "Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Unemployed young men pause a moment to loiter and watch, and then pass on." Large format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange.

"Market Street toward ferry." San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

December 1910. "Shorpy Higginbotham, a 'greaser' on the tipple at Bessie Mine, of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Co. in Alabama. Said he was 14 years old, but it is doubtful. Carries two heavy pails of grease, and is often in danger of being run over by the coal cars." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.

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