Archive | Historic RSS feed for this section

LOC finds of the day – Rebel Rebel

1 May

Parade of Unemployed

Parade of Unemployed

Bakers and Big Loaf

Bakers and Big Loaf

New York's Unemployed

New York’s Unemployed

May Day Parade New York

May Day Parade New York

Socialist Women in Los Angeles Jail

Socialist Women in Los Angeles Jail

Strikers Children from Paterson

Strikers Children from Paterson

Emma Goldman on a Street Car

Emma Goldman on a Street Car

Protests Against Child Labor

Protests Against Child Labor

Author Upton Sinclair, in white suit with black arm band, picketing Rockefeller Building

Author Upton Sinclair, in white suit with black arm band, picketing Rockefeller Building

Socialist parade in Union Square, New York

Socialist parade in Union Square, New York

May Day Parade, women marchers, New York

May Day Parade, women marchers, New York

Labor Day (May Day) parade, crowd in rain in street, New York

Labor Day (May Day) parade, crowd in rain in street, New York

Socialists in Union Square

Socialists in Union Square

Anti-War meeting

Anti-War meeting

Becky Edelson under arrest -- Tarrytown

Becky Edelson under arrest — Tarrytown

Plunkett (I.W.W.)

Plunkett (I.W.W.)

Girl socialists Union Sq., May 1, 1908

Girl socialists Union Sq., May 1, 1908

Geo. Philibiss, French Syndicalist

Geo. Philibiss, French Syndicalist

LOC finds of the day..

20 Mar

Mrs. Andrew M. Moreland-Bain News Service, publisher. Mrs. Andrew M. Moreland-LOC [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Mrs. Andrew M. Moreland-Bain News Service, publisher.
Mrs. Andrew M. Moreland-LOC
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 Mrs. Geo. T. Marye - [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]-LOC


Mrs. Geo. T. Marye -
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]-LOC

Verhaeren (LOC) - [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] - LOC

Verhaeren (LOC) -
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] – LOC

Jewish New Year - boot black [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] - LOC

Jewish New Year – boot black
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] – LOC

Gold-laden truck, 9/8/15 - LOC

Gold-laden truck, 9/8/15 – LOC

Tommy Gibbons (LOC) -  [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] - LOC

Tommy Gibbons (LOC) -
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] – LOC

New York in Cyanotype

22 Feb

These prints on the Lens blog of old new york printed in Cyanotype – using a solution of iron compounds – are just stunning. The method of printing gave these images a blue quality. I love how dreamy and haunted they are. See more, here.

 

Elevated railroad S curve, 110th Street and Ninth Avenue, circa 1890. - Collection of the Museum of the City of New York - NY Times

Elevated railroad S curve, 110th Street and Ninth Avenue, circa 1890. – Collection of the Museum of the City of New York – NY Times

Edgar Allen Poe's cottage in the Bronx, circa 1894. - - Collection of the Museum of the City of New York - NY Times

Edgar Allen Poe’s cottage in the Bronx, circa 1894.  - Collection of the Museum of the City of New York – NY Times

View of Manhattan from Brooklyn, circa 1900 - Library of Congress - NY Times

View of Manhattan from Brooklyn, circa 1900 – Library of Congress – NY Times

Paris.. In color

1 Feb

Have you seen these wonderful color photos taken in Paris in the early 1900′s? Don’t they look like modern day film stills?

 

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

 

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.comFrom curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

From curiouseggs.com

W. Eugene Smith interviewed by Philippe Halsman

9 Jan

Just finished reading this interview between W. Eugene Smith and Philippe Halsman, which took place in 1956. Its fantastic! If you haven’t read it, you should.

“I would hate to risk my life to take another bloody picture for the Daily News, but if it might change man’s mind against war, then I feel that it would be worth my life.” – W. Eugene Smith

W. Eugene Smith - Courtesy of the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona- via the NYTimes Lens Blog

W. Eugene Smith – Courtesy of the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona- via the NYTimes Lens Blog