Tag Archives: Photography

1872: Wyoming

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Timothy H. O’Sullivan: Buttes near Green River City, Wyoming (1872) (source)

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1920: Gobi

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Panoramic view of the Gobi Desert taken during one of Roy Chapman Andrews’ Central Asiatic Expeditions in the 1920s. (source)

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1845: Daguerreotype with Daguerreotypes

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Portrait of a Daguerreotypist Displaying Daguerreotypes and Cases, 1845, maker unknown. (source)

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1910: Portrait of a Woman

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Portrait of a woman by an unknown photographer; Senegal, c. 1910. Her hair style is called nguuka. “Created using black wool to produce two symmetrical voluminous spheres held by a textile on top of the head, this hairdo became popular … Continue reading →

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1998: Qajar

Posted on August 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shadi Ghadrian: Qajar #3 (1998) (source)

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1890: Castle

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

The castle, Hohenzollern, Germany; photochrom print published between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900 by the Detroit Publishing Co. (source)

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1958: Don’t Cross Our Mom’s Picket Line

Posted on August 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

International Ladies Garment Workers Union picket line at Michele Frocks, Scranton PA, 1958 (source)

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2017: The Sky

Posted on August 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

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1940: Top Women

Posted on August 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

The official title of this item in the National Archives is “Like girls from Mars are these ‘top women’ at U.S. Steel’s Gary, Indiana, Works. Their job is to clean up at regular intervals around the tops of twelve blast … Continue reading →

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1913: Whitlock’s Folly

Posted on August 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

Once located on the southeastern tip of the Bronx, this mansion was built by Benjamin Morris Whitlock in 1859. Sitting on a fifty-acre estate, the structure boasted a hundred rooms and was said to have cost $350,000 (about $9.5 million … Continue reading →

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