Thursday, April 25, 2013

Mailed From the Indian Territories



Postcard mailed from Bristow, Indian Territories, now Bristow, Oklahoma, postmarked April 15, 1907.  Illustrator and publisher unknown.  From my collection.

Confederate Helicopter


Model of a steam powered helicopter designed for the Confederate States of America Army, 1862-1863,  by William C. Powers, American/Confederate.

The Academy Theater


The Academy Theater, Inglewood, California, 1939, designed by S, Charles Lee, born Simeon Charles Levi, American, 1899-1990.  Photograph, 1940, by Julius Shulman, American, 1910-2009.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Portrait of Johan Hagemeyer


Portrait of Johan Hagemeyer, 1920, by Edward Weston, American, 1886-1958.  Johan Hagemeyer, American, born Netherlands, horticulturalist, vegetarian, photographer, 1884-1962.

Pop Advertising, San Francisco


Pop Advertising, San Francisco, 1939, by John Gutmann, American, born Germany, 1905-1998.

Moonlight Cove


Moonlight Cove, early to mid 1880's, by Albert Pinkham Ryder, American. Oil on canvas.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

QSL, Lakeland, Florida


QSL card, dated May 13, 1964.  From my collection.

Polaroid SX-70



The Polaroid SX-70 instant camera , in production 1972-2006.  Opened and closed configurations.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Collateral Damage


Vietnamese child born with deformities brought on by exposure to Agent Orange, 2000, by Philip Jones Griffiths, Welsh, 1936-2008.

Saigon 1968


The execution of Nguyen Lem by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, 1968, by Eddie Adams, American, 1933-2004.