Brenda Elthon
@brendaelthon.bsky.social
We publish "Photo of the Day," a Substack newsletter with history's best photos and the stories behind them.
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A nurse bathes the eyes of an American soldier who suffered a poison gas attack in France, 1918.
#history #photography #WWI
#history #photography #WWI
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A nurse bathes the eyes of an American soldier who suffered a poison gas attack in France, 1918.
#history #photography #WWI
#history #photography #WWI
Roll call for the first regiment of Oklahoma Rough-Riders, 1898.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Roll call for the first regiment of Oklahoma Rough-Riders, 1898.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
The 1897 Henry Kendall College football team, holders of the championship in Oklahoma’s Indian Territory. The players include Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw people.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #football
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #football
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The 1897 Henry Kendall College football team, holders of the championship in Oklahoma’s Indian Territory. The players include Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw people.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #football
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #football
Lead picture in this afternoon’s substack photo collection presenting the best old pictures from last week’s posts.
… going to substack subscribers later today
#history #photography
… going to substack subscribers later today
#history #photography
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Lead picture in this afternoon’s substack photo collection presenting the best old pictures from last week’s posts.
… going to substack subscribers later today
#history #photography
… going to substack subscribers later today
#history #photography
Steamship collects a raft of logs which it will push downstream to the sawmill, 1885.
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Steamship collects a raft of logs which it will push downstream to the sawmill, 1885.
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The lead picture in this afternoon’s photo collection.
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWII
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWII
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The lead picture in this afternoon’s photo collection.
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWII
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWII
Wisconsin men use a hoist to load rocks taken from a quarry onto a flatbed rail car, 1894.
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Wisconsin men use a hoist to load rocks taken from a quarry onto a flatbed rail car, 1894.
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society
#history #photography
Los Angeles funeral for humorist Will Rogers, who died in an Alaska plane crash, 1935.
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #California
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #California
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Los Angeles funeral for humorist Will Rogers, who died in an Alaska plane crash, 1935.
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #California
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #California
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Horse-drawn hearses wait on the docks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to transport Titanic victims from a recovery vessel, left, to a temporary morgue, May 6, 1912.
The Canadian Encyclopedia.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #Canada
The Canadian Encyclopedia.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #Canada
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Horse-drawn hearses wait on the docks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to transport Titanic victims from a recovery vessel, left, to a temporary morgue, May 6, 1912.
The Canadian Encyclopedia.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #Canada
The Canadian Encyclopedia.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #Canada
Left: Pablo Picasso, “The Kitchen,” 1948. Museum of Modern Art.
Right: Marion Post Wolcott, “Canning,” 1939, Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
#art #painting #photography #history
Right: Marion Post Wolcott, “Canning,” 1939, Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
#art #painting #photography #history
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Left: Pablo Picasso, “The Kitchen,” 1948. Museum of Modern Art.
Right: Marion Post Wolcott, “Canning,” 1939, Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
#art #painting #photography #history
Right: Marion Post Wolcott, “Canning,” 1939, Farm Security Administration. Library of Congress.
#art #painting #photography #history
Cover of this afternoon’s photo collection.
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #CivilWar
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #CivilWar
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Cover of this afternoon’s photo collection.
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#history #photography #CivilWar
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #CivilWar
On the beach at Lake Michigan, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 1890.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
On the beach at Lake Michigan, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 1890.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
Lead picture from this afternoon’s substack photo collection on the Civil War news of this day in 1863.
#history #photography #CivilWar
#history #photography #CivilWar
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Lead picture from this afternoon’s substack photo collection on the Civil War news of this day in 1863.
#history #photography #CivilWar
#history #photography #CivilWar
Fire in the oil fields of Santa Fe Springs, California, 1929.
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #LosAngeles
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #LosAngeles
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fire in the oil fields of Santa Fe Springs, California, 1929.
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #LosAngeles
Los Angeles Times photo, UCLA Library.
#history #photography #LosAngeles
The Plowboy, a ferry on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, 1895.
The ferry took passengers from Ashland, a logging and mining town, to Madeline Island and other towns on the lake.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #Wisconsin
The ferry took passengers from Ashland, a logging and mining town, to Madeline Island and other towns on the lake.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #Wisconsin
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Plowboy, a ferry on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, 1895.
The ferry took passengers from Ashland, a logging and mining town, to Madeline Island and other towns on the lake.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #Wisconsin
The ferry took passengers from Ashland, a logging and mining town, to Madeline Island and other towns on the lake.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #Wisconsin
Left: Reuben Tam, “Moon and Shoals,” 1949. Museum of Modern Art.
Right: Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times, “Sunset at the Redondo Beach pier,” 1979. UCLA Library.
#art #painting #history #photography #California
Right: Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times, “Sunset at the Redondo Beach pier,” 1979. UCLA Library.
#art #painting #history #photography #California
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Left: Reuben Tam, “Moon and Shoals,” 1949. Museum of Modern Art.
Right: Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times, “Sunset at the Redondo Beach pier,” 1979. UCLA Library.
#art #painting #history #photography #California
Right: Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times, “Sunset at the Redondo Beach pier,” 1979. UCLA Library.
#art #painting #history #photography #California
Astronaut Ed White conducts America’s first spacewalk, June 1965.
NASA photo.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #NASA
NASA photo.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #NASA
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Astronaut Ed White conducts America’s first spacewalk, June 1965.
NASA photo.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #NASA
NASA photo.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s substack photo collection
#history #photography #NASA
Thanksgiving dinner in Madison, Wisconsin, 1897.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #food
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #food
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thanksgiving dinner in Madison, Wisconsin, 1897.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #food
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography #food
Standing on an ice jam.
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1876.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1876.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Standing on an ice jam.
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1876.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1876.
Wisconsin Historical Society.
#history #photography
A British soldier holds a French orphan he rescued in a combat zone in northern France, November 1917.
Imperial War Museum.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s photo collection.
#history #photography #WWI
Imperial War Museum.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s photo collection.
#history #photography #WWI
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A British soldier holds a French orphan he rescued in a combat zone in northern France, November 1917.
Imperial War Museum.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s photo collection.
#history #photography #WWI
Imperial War Museum.
… one of the pictures we include in this afternoon’s photo collection.
#history #photography #WWI
The lead picture in this afternoon’s photo collection.
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWI
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWI
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The lead picture in this afternoon’s photo collection.
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWI
Going to our substack subscribers later today.
#history #photography #WWI