Tag Archives: Photography

1935: Found Photo

Posted on May 6, 2018 by corvusfugit

I took a guess on the date.

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2018: The Sky

Posted on May 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

Earlier this evening.

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1915: Help the Furrier Strikers

Posted on May 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

Happy May Day!

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1951: An Elusive Charm

Posted on April 29, 2018 by corvusfugit

Endpaper maps from William T. Innes’s  Exotic Aquarium Fishes (13th ed., 1951), with a grid the reader can use to find the location of the various fishes listed in the book.

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1975: Huelga and Boycott

Posted on March 31, 2018 by corvusfugit

Happy Cesar Chavez Day! Chavez with his dogs Huelga (“strike”) and Boycott. He originally got them simply as guard dogs, but over time the relationship deepened. Boycott went everywhere with him—and he gave credit to both of them for leading … Continue reading →

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2018: The Sky

Posted on March 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

From a day or two ago. More skies here.

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2018: The Sky

Posted on March 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

The Sky. Part of a series.

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2001: Was the Silence Gloomy?

Posted on March 17, 2018 by corvusfugit

Gilbert Sorrentino’s 2001 novel Gold Fools is written entirely in questions. Here are the opening paragraphs: Were Nort Shannon, Dick Shannon, and Bud Merkel exceptionally morose as they sat before the small bunkhouse and about the flames of the blazing … Continue reading →

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2018: The Sky

Posted on March 11, 2018 by corvusfugit

Today’s sky. More here.

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1939: The History of Spitting

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

The pioneering sociologist Norbert Elias published The Civilizing Process in 1939 with the aim of tracing how Europeans came to imagine what it meant to be “civilized.” In the book, he argues that increasing interdependence in society—in which difference social … Continue reading →

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