Photos

A new camera means photos.

Shorpy

I just discovered Shorpy.

"{Shorpy} is a vintage photo blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago." ~ Shorpy.com

Here are a few of my favorite's from Shorpy: 

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1896 "Bachelors' Glee Club, U.S.S. Maine."

Pipes and a banjo! 

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1917 "Grand Army of the Republic. Emblem carved in wood by switchman at peace monument."

As a collector of Odd Fellows antiques I love this image!  As an artist I am amazed by his wood carving skills! He has all the Odd Fellow's symbols in this piece.  Follow the link and look at the large image file, you'll see what I mean.  

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1918 "Old house, Md. Ave. N.E. Built by Thomas Taylor in 1876."

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 1920 "O.J. DeMoll Co., Autocar truck."
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1890 "Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. of Dakotas. Street Parade." 

This is actually from Ghost Cowboy –which later moved over to Shorpy– 

but I had to share this photo of an Odd Fellows parade in Deadwood

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All images from Shorpy.com, visit and support.

Walrus Teeth Sky

 

This is on the wall of the coffee shop I frequent.

This is the sky on my walk to get coffee.

Portrait

Me in old time amrbotype glory by the extremely talented Daniel Carrillo.

Americana In Color

The Denver Post photo blog, "Plog",  recently posted these incredible and
gorgeous color, Kodachrome, photographs of small town and rural America from 1939  to 1943!

  

"These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color." 

~Denver Post

The accompanying book is available new or used, probably in the back of your favorite book store (or on amazon).  

In 2004 All Things Considered spoke with the author of the book, Paul Hendrickson.  It is archived here.

Stains

A haunting photograph/postcard I acquired in Port Townsend, a small Victorian town on at the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula.

Found Photos

Many great old images can be found at Opium Museum.