Tag Archives: Photography

1910: Harbor

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Unknown Brooklyn photographer: Steamer in New York Harbor (c. 1910-20); found on PhotoSeed.

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1947: Comic Books

Posted on October 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ruth Orkin: Comic Book Readers, New York City, 1947

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1947: Showroom

Posted on October 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Dewey G. Mears: [A View of a Furniture Showroom] (June 1, 1947) (source)

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1920: Edinburgh

Posted on October 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alfred G. Buckham: Aerial view of Edinburgh (c. 1920)

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2017: The Sky

Posted on October 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

New additions to the gallery.

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2017: Quake Rattles L.A.

Posted on October 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Products are strewn about at the 99 Cent Store on Imperial Highway in Brea.” Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times (source)

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1857: Clouds

Posted on October 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Le Gray: Marine, étude de nuages (1856-57)

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1910: Photographer

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

C. R. Tucker: Dorothy Tucker (1905-1910)

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1914: Kotsuis and Hohhuq

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Edward S. Curtis: Kotsuis and Hohhuq (Nakoaktok) (1914); “These two masked performers in the winter dance represent huge, mythical birds. The mandibles of these tremendous wooden masks are controlled by strings.” The ‘Nak’waxda’xw (or Nakoaktok) are a nation of Kwak’wala-speaking … Continue reading →

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1927: Dancing on the Bauhaus Roof

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

T. Lux Feininger: [Charleston on the Bauhaus Roof] (1927); the dancer is Xanti Schawinsky and Clemens Röseler is playing the banjo.

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