Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was a pioneering English photographer. There is a great article about her online.

 'The Little Novice and the Queen', plate XI from The Idylls of the King, 1874
  
 Alfred Lord Tennyson and his sons Hallam and Lionel, ca. 1862
  
 Alice Liddell as St. Agnes, 1872
  
 Charles Darwin
  
 Charles Darwin
  
 Circe, 1865
  
 Our Royal Cousin
  
 Paul and Virginia, 1864
  
 Petite fille, 1870
  
“Wist ye not that your father and I sought thee sorrowing?” (1865)

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Russell Lee - Japanese Internment

 Los Angeles, California. Japanese-Americans boarding a train for Owens Valley, 1942
  
 Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from 
West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order, 1942
  
 Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from West Coast 
areas under U.S. Army war emergency order. Japanese-Americans going to camp 
at Owens Valley gather around baggage car at the old Santa Fe Station, 1942
  
 Photographers at the train taking Japanese-Americans to Owens Valley, 1942
  
 Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese 
and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency 
order. Japanese-Americans waiting to be registered, 1942
  
 Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese 
and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency 
order. Japanese-Americans waiting to be registered, 1942
  
 Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese 
and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency 
order. Japanese-Americans waiting to be registered, 1942
  
 Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese 
and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency 
order. Registering Japanese-Americans as they arrive, 1942
  
 Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of 
Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army 
war emergency order. Registering Japanese-Americans, 1942
  
 Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of 
Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army 
war emergency order. Registering Japanese-Americans, 1942
  
 Soldiers supervising the loading of the baggage of Japanese-Americans 
en route to Owens Valley reception center, 1942
  
 Malheur County, Oregon. Japanese-American girls 
washing celery sprouts for transplanting, 1942
  
 Malheur County, Oregon. Japanese-American 
who lives on the farm as a day laborer, 1942
  
 Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp. A Japanese-American farm laborer 
from the camp selecting a gramaphone record in the recreation tent, 1942
  
 Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp. A Japanese-American 
farm worker's family having lunch, 1942
  
 Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp. Japanese-American 
farm worker's family outside near the tent, 1942
  
 Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp. Japanese-American 
farm workers leaving the camp to work in the fields, 1942
  
 Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp. Japanese-American 
farm workers leaving the camp to work in the fields, 1942
  
 Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp. Japanese-American 
farm workers leaving the camp, 1942
  
Nyssa, Oregon. FSA mobile camp. Japanese-American 
farm workers leaving the camp, 1942

Monday, August 19, 2013

Marjory Collins

 Washington, D.C. Salvage drive, Victory Program. "Cleaning" metal 
 by hammering off parts to separate kinds of metal, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. 
Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. 
Children bringing their weekly contribution of scrap paper to school, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. People bring 
their junk to a retail junk yard in everything from a pushcart to a limousine, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Schoolchildren bring their scrap paper from their classrooms into the cellar, where it is picked up by paper company truck, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. This wagon 
has been used to collect scrap. It is parked outside a retail junk yard, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Washington schoolchild 
brings a load of scrap paper to school once a week, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Sunbathers in East Potomac Park on Sunday, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Sunday swimmers at the municipal swimming pool, 1942
  
 Washington, D.C. Taking snapshots on Sunday in Rock Creek Park, 1942
  
Washington, D.C. Watermelon vendor at the farmers' market, 1942

Sunday, August 18, 2013

National Photo

 Laurel bicycle races, 1925
  
 Miss Elsie Tydings who had the distinction of purchasing the first ticket sold for a
World Series in the National Capital. She was no. 1 in the 1st line this morning.
October 1924
  
 Miss Lois Hoover and pet pig, 1925
  
 Miss Lorraine Bunch, 1923
  
 Miss Mae Esterley with Sgt. Jiggs, 1925
  
 Miss Marjorie Joestring, 1926
  
 Uncle Sam's Follies, 1925
  
 Unidentified woman, 1922
  
 Unidentified women, 1923
  
Unidentified women, 1922