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Moving Pictures

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Unidentified Photographer, Evacuation of the Louvre Art Treasury – The “Raft of the Medusa” of Gericault evacuated from the Louvre in a truck that usually carries stage scenery, 1939 Weegee, [Gallo, 15 Downing St.]. ca. 1956 Weegee, [Reliable Thrift Shop], … Continue reading →

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Jefferson Davis Dressed as a Woman

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Unidentified Photographer, “Jeff Davis and His Last Ditch,” 1865 Unidentified Photographer, Jeff Davis in disguise, as he appeared at the time of his capture, 1865 Francis Hacker, Jeff’s Soliloquy, to be or Not to be (hanged) that’s the question, 1865 … Continue reading →

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Pocket Photographs: The Carte-de-Visite Revisited

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

Abraham Bogardus, Jubilee Singers, ca. 1876 Mathew B. Brady; published by E. & H.T. Anthony and Co., [Edwin Booth and his daughter Edwina], 1865 Broadbent & Phillips, [Unidentified Union Soldier], ca. 1862-65 Charles Eisenmann, The Original Eliophobus Family: Rudolph Lucasie, … Continue reading →

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Gold (in Silver), Part 1

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Richard Tepe, Goldfasan Hahn (Gold Pheasant Hen), ca. 1910-40 Voila, “La guerre de l’or,” December 7, 1935 Weegee, “Charged with murdering his wife, Abraham Gold…”, November 22, 1944 “Charged with murdering his wife, Abraham Gold was arraigned yesterday… and held … 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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Happy 224th Birthday, Daguerre!

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Matthew Van Loan, [Unidentified Boy in Front of Painted Backdrop of US Capitol], 1841 Southworth & Hawes, [Unidentified Woman], ca. 1845-50 Unidentified Photographer (French), [Two Unidentified Children], ca. 1850 Unidentified Photographer, [Gold Miners], ca. 1850 Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Clergyman in … Continue reading →

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A Few Blue Notes

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Girl], ca. 1909 Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Woman Sitting on Fallen Tree in Forest], ca. 1909 Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified Girl on Horseback], ca. 1909 Cyanotypes found favor among amateur photographers of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for … Continue reading →

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Youthful Murderer

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Unidentified Photographer, Youthful Murderer, Charles H. Cuffee, ca. 1870 Without concrete facts it is hard to find a connection between the face of this young boy to the title of “murderer.” Fourteen-year-old Charles H. Cuffee was accused for the bludgeoning … 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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