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Postmortem Photography

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Unidentified Photographer, [Postmortem Unidentified Woman], ca. 1865 (2008.81.72) Unidentified Photographer, [Postmortem Unidentified Triplets], ca. 1875 (2008.81.51) Unidentified Photographer, [Postmortem Unidentified Girl], ca. 1940 (879.1990) Bill Wood, [Postmortem child], 1950s (printed 2008) (2010.14.28) Bill Wood, [Postmortem woman], 1950s (printed 2008) (2010.14.154) … Continue reading →

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Old-School Manipulated Photographs

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

Unidentified Photographer, [Man shaking his own hand at Jack's Saloon], 1930-50 Unidentified Photographer, [Decapitated Man with Head on a Platter], ca. 1865 (2008.81.15) Yves Klein and Harry Shunk (photographer), Dimanche, November 27, 1960 Weegee, “I Dreamt I Lost My Maiden … Continue reading →

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The Capture of Jefferson Davis by the Fourth Michigan Cavalry

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

George W. Lonsbury, [Benjamin D. Pritchard], ca. 1867 Stansbury & Co., [Benton D. Thurston], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [Johnson Saur], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [Horace Bascome Warner], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [John Sullivan], ca. 1865 The exhibition … Continue reading →

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Not Knowing

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

Weegee, [Model and photographer on the beach], ca. 1956 Lou Bernstein, Man in Suit, Panama Hat, Sleeping on Beach, 1957 Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Woman at "Beach"], ca. 1880 Alfred Eisenstaedt, A New York vacationer in Miami Beach, 1940 Danny Lyon, … Continue reading →

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150th Anniversary of the Civil War

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

Alexander Gardner, [A Union Army hospital ward], ca. 1864 The War Photograph & Exhibition Company, A Group of “Contrabands,” ca. 1865 (recto and verso) Unidentified Photographer, [Two Soldiers], ca. 1865 Unidentified Photographer, [Soldier Holding Sword in Front of Painted Backdrop … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Malick Sidibé, Mère et Enfants, ca.1975/2003 Chim (David Seymour), [Mother nursing a baby while listening to political speech, near Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain], late April/early May 1936 W. Eugene Smith, [newborn infant being presented to Alice Cooper], from Nurse Midwife, 1951 … Continue reading →

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The Carringtons Visit Watch Hill

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

F. J. Trowbridge, [Nannie Carrington, Harrison Carrington, Miss Taylor], ca. 1895 Nannette Carrington (1887–1977) and Alexander Harrison Carrington (1888–1993) were the children of Alexander and Manzella Carrington of Norwich, Connecticut. They lived in a middle-class neighborhood surrounded by Irish immigrants … Continue reading →

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Petroleum People in Pennsylvania, ca. 1870s

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

Unidentified Photographer, [Oil Fields, Pennsylvania], ca. 1870s Petroleum people posing presciently, not pedestrianly, on period transportation (a horse, of course) in Pennsylvania (a link to Oil City, PA, “a special blend of people”). According to the The Paleontological Research Institution, … Continue reading →

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O harp and altar, of the fury fused

Posted on March 3, 2010 by

Unidentified Photographer, [Cartoon of Unidentified Man Jumping Off the Brooklyn Bridge], ca. 1883 Rudy Burckhardt, Brooklyn Bridge, 1954 Brett Weston, Fulton Street and Brooklyn Bridge, New York, ca. 1945 In just a few weeks I will  mark my tenth year … Continue reading →

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Ox Head Shed

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

John Coffer, Ox Head Shed, 2004

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