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Photographs

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Christopher George

Photographs by The Chordettes; L. Roberts; Archie Bleyer, 1957 (If you are reading this blog post in an email you may not see the audio player, to hear this wonderful song please click here; or here to hear a song … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2001

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Christopher George

The New York Times, “U.S. Attacked: Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers and Hit Pentagon in Day of Terror,” September 12, 2001 (2006.30.63) San Jose Mercury News, “Attack! Trade Towers Fall,” September 11, 2001 (2006.30.370) The Sacramento Bee, “American Attacked, World … Continue reading →

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Vera Talbot: Xmas, 1924, Nara, Japan

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Christopher George

Vera Talbot, [Travel Album through Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and Europe by Vera Talbot], 1924-26 (2009.32.68) At the end of December, 1924, Vera Talbot and her party were tirelessly visiting the temples and shrines in Kyoto, Nikko, and Nara, happily … Continue reading →

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Vera Talbot: From Honolulu to Yokohama

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Christopher George

Vera Talbot, [Travel Album through Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and Europe by Vera Talbot], 1924-26 (2009.32.68) On this day, December 5, in 1924, Vera Talbot began her two year, around-the-world, voyage from San Fransisco to “Honolulu, Japan, China, Indo-China, … Continue reading →

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“A garden of memories.”

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Christopher George

Vivian June Vollbracht, [Trufoto Photo Album], 1935-37 (2009.32.52) From a S.S. Kresge Co. 5-10-25 cent store (later renamed Kmart), 526 Maine Street, in Quincy, Illinois, a small (6 x 5 inches) and beautiful Trufoto album from the late 1930s. Kresege … Continue reading →

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Snapshots by Helen Gale

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Christopher George

Helen Gale, Snapshots by Helen Gale, 1904-06 (2009.32.13) Made in South Western Oregon in the beginning of the 20th century, in gold rush towns founded in the last half the 1800s, this delightful album is full of portraits of the … Continue reading →

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Angkor, Cambodia, 1925

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Christopher George

Vera Talbot, [Travel album], 1924-26 (2009.32.68) This is the first in a series of blog posts that will present a photo album that is chock-full of photos, maps, postcards, passenger lists, and ephemera that document a two year journey from … Continue reading →

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An Album of Family Portraits

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, [Album of Family Portraits], ca. 1919 (2009.32.35) Unidentified Photographer, [Album of Family Portraits], ca. 1912 (2009.32.35)

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Electric

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Christopher George

Unidentified artist, [Electricity Album], ca. 1905 Sandwiched between images of domesticity (and the cardboard covers with black boards), including the obligatory family shots (and the bored dog, bold turtle, and sheepish cow) at the beginning and end of the album, … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas to Lester

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, A Merry Christmas to Lester from Ina and Harold, 1906

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