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Sunday, March 25, 2012

My Kind of Amusement Park

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(Above) Vintage postcard from Prehistoric Forest in better days. This card is available at CardCow . (Above) Back of postcard. (Above) A Woo...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Envelope Found Art

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(Above and below) This is my favorite. A 1926 envelope postmarked by an obsessive, insane postmaster, I am quite sure. Waa-haa-haaa-haa! Cl...
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

19th Century Japanese Pregnancy Dolls

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(Above) 19th-century obstetric training doll - Wada Museum (Above) “Dark-skinned” pregnant doll - Edo-Tokyo Museum (Above) “Light-skinned” p...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Bye Bye Blackboard

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(Above) Albert Einstein Physicist Einstein’s blackboard was used in a lecture in Oxford on May 16, 1931. At that time Einstein’s theories o...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Autochromes: The Earliest Color

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(Above) An impressive 5 x 7 inch autochrome, circa 1905, from the gallery of Alex Novak and Marthe Smith. Learn more at 212.822.5662 or visi...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

The Critical Analysis of a Snapshot

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(click on images for a larger view) WHAT MAKES A GREAT SNAPSHOT? As a general rule, many of the same things that one might use to judge any ...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Steven Meisel: Master Photographer

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(Above) Steven Meisel, (b. 1954) photographer, cover of Italian Vogue . (Above and following) Steven Meisel, additional works. (Above) 1859 ...
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