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Small Town USA, 1950 – Nazareth, Pa.

Posted on 17th Oct 2019 by petegrafton

Small Town USA, 1950 – Nazareth, Pa. photos from the petegrafton collection Photos taken circa 1950 in the Nazareth, Pennsylvania area by a local press or freelance photographer, using a Speed Graphic ’45’ camera, the standard press camera of the … Continue reading →

Posted in USA, Vintage Photos | Tagged Al Kurtz band Nazareth Pa, C.F.Martin & Co. Nazareth Pa, Carnival Hecktown & Sportsmen 1950, Children with their pets Nazareth 1950 photo, Christmas toys and Santa display Nazareth area 1950, Double winter wedding Nazareth area 1950, Ed Sheeran Martin guitars, Elvis Graceland Memphis, Formal large family photograph Nazareth area 1950, Fred Astaire likes Sunbeam bread advertisement, Girl Scouts Nazareth area 1950, Grube Betts Sporting Goods, Heckman's Market window display 1950, Hobby Hang Out, J.M.Kieffer, J.Scrampf, Jackson C Frank Martin guitars, Litwak's Juvenile Sore, Loyal Order of Moose No 623 photo, Lutheran Church Nazareth Pa, MIG 15 jet, MIG 15 Jet model box, Moravian Church Nazareth Pa, Nazareth Pennsylvania, Repair shop Motorola Nazareth area 1950, Saegar jewellery Nazareth, Sherwood Products Co, Speed Graphic camera advertisement, The Jolly Vets Old Dutch Tavern, Wear a Poppy display Nazareth area 1950, Youngsters in fancy dress Nazareth 1950 | 11 Comments

MV Isle of Arran

Posted on 27th Sep 2019 by petegrafton

MV Isle of Arran photos Pete Grafton _____________________________________ The Arran Ferry – Crisis and Controversey The MV Isle of Arran, built on the Clyde at Port Glasgow entered service in April 1984, running between Adrossan, Ayrshire, and Brodick. As the … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland, Scottish Rural | Tagged Ferguson shipyard Port Glasgow, MV Caledonian Isle, MV Glen Sannox, MV Isle of Arran, Old pier Brodick | 1 Comment

Biggar Agricultural Show, July 20, 2019

Posted on 27th Aug 2019 by petegrafton

Biggar Agricultural Show, Scotland*, July 20, 2019. photos Pete Grafton ______________________________________________ _________________________________________________ __________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Biggar Farmers Club was founded three years after the Battle of Trafalgar. For more information about the club: biggarfarmersclub.org.uk _________________________________________ * There is also a … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland, Scottish Rural | Tagged Biggar Agricultural Show 2019, Biggar Canada, Biggar Farmers Club, Biggar Scotland, Industrial Tent Biggar Show 2019 | Leave a comment

Edinburgh Festival Pavements, August 2019

Posted on 20th Aug 2019 by petegrafton

Edinburgh Festival Pavements, August 2019. photos Pete Grafton. photos Pete Grafton _________________________________________

Posted in Scotland | Tagged Bridget Riley Bus, Edinburgh Festival Pavements 2019 | 1 Comment

1930s School Girls

Posted on 13th Jun 2019 by petegrafton

1930s School Girls photos from the Pete Grafton Collection This is a story of three comfortably off British schoolgirls in the 1930s – an incomplete story, a story of guesses and detection, as all photos are. “The camera doesn’t lie” … Continue reading →

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The Elbe at Hamburg

Posted on 2nd Apr 2019 by petegrafton

The Elbe at Hamburg photos by Pete Grafton. _________________________________

Posted in Germany, Hamburg | Tagged Blankenese, Elbe at Hamburg, Elbe Haben Geburtstag, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Falkensteiner Ufe, Landungsbruken Hamburg, Park Fiction St Pauli Hamburg, Polstjernan, Rickmer Rickmers, Uwe, Wedel | Leave a comment

1950s Paris in Colour

Posted on 4th Jan 2019 by petegrafton

1950s Paris in Colour _______________________________ A collection of slides from the Pete Grafton Collection. ________________________________________________ A mixture of slides (transparencies) of Paris from the 1950s, bought on ebay in 2008. The Kodak Kodachrome transparencies were taken by American tourists … Continue reading →

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Christmas Time in Paris, Hamburg, Scotland & England

Posted on 1st Dec 2018 by petegrafton

Christmas Time in Paris, Hamburg, Scotland & England. ________________________

Posted in England, France, Germany, Hamburg, Paris, Scotland | Tagged Altona Bus Station Hamburg, Au Bon Marche store Paris, BHV store Paris, Biggar Scotland, Dartmouth Devon, Dawlish Devon, Exchange Place Glasgow, Grosse Bergstrasse Hamburg-Altona, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, La Defense Paris, Leicester Square London, Mercado Ottenser Hauptstrasse Hamburg-Altona, Monckebergstrasse Hamburg, Ottenser Haupstr. Hamburg-Altona, Paignton Devon, Peebles Scotland, Rathausmarkt Hamburg, Royal Castle Hotel Dartmouth Devon, Rue de Sevres Paris, St Pauli Hamburg, Teignmouth Devon, Yeovil Junction station Yeovil Somerset | Leave a comment

Buchenwald Concentration Camp, June 2009

Posted on 17th Sep 2018 by petegrafton

Buchenwald Concentration Camp, June 2009. photos Pete Grafton ________________________________ Buchenwald Concentration Camp is on a wooded hill near the town of Weimar in eastern Germany. It is a 10 km (6 mile) bus ride from the town. The camp was … Continue reading →

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Summer by the Sea, 1903 (Sheringham),

Posted on 7th Jul 2018 by petegrafton

Summer by the Sea, 1903 (Sheringham). Photos from the Pete Grafton Collection. _____________________________ The railway came to Sheringham on the Norfolk coast in 1887. This was quite late for coastal villages and small towns that were to become seaside holiday … Continue reading →

Posted in England | Tagged boys in dresses, Edwardian Yarmouth photo, Family in Sheringham 1903, John Hassal, Kodak photo album 1903, London Liverpool Street station pre-1914, Paul Martin photographer, Sheringam, Sheringham 1903, Sheringham fisher men 1903, Sheringham garden 1903, Sheringham lifeboat 1903, Sheringham storm 1903, The Grand Hotel Sheringham, The Promenade Sheringham 1903 | Leave a comment