Shorpy.com is the 100-year-old photography blog that brings our ancestors back, at least to the desktop. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a boy who worked in an Alabama coal mine near the turn of the century.

Willie of Montgomery: 1914

October 1914. Montgomery, Alabama. "Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 now; been messenger for 6 years. Late Sunday night, October 4th, I talked with him, still on duty, until 10 P.M. 'You bet I know every crooked house in town. Went to school with one of those girls when she was straight. Her mother died and she went bad. Some young girls were there too. I go out to Red Light some with messages and packages, and if I want to, I bust right in and sit down.' Hard face."

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written by anna, September 15, 2009

Shorpy is a great project. I always find there so many interesting old photos and historical facts. I make old photo restoration and Shorpy is my inspiration source.

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written by anna, September 15, 2009

Shorpy is a great project. I always find there so many interesting old photos and historical facts. I make old photo restoration and Shorpy is my inspiration source.

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