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Posts tagged “1906”

The Mississippi River circa 1906: “Steamboat landing at Vicksburg. Sternwheeler Belle of Calhoun and Sidewheeler Belle of the Bends.”

The 2x4 on the ground has really nice grain to the wood.

The clarity and sharpness of this picture is amazing.

May 17, 2014 | Categories: History, Images of History, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, The Drama Of It All, Weird | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The only color photo’s of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Sutter St. Looking East from Top of Majestic Hall, Oct. 1906, Frederick Eugene Ives, courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

Market St. Flood Bldg., 1906, by Frederick Eugene Ives, courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
Fr. Van Ness Ave. City Hall R., 1906, by Frederick Eugene Ives, courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
Fr. near City Hall looking NE, by Frederick Eugene Ives, courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

This is a series of four recently discovered color photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. These photographs are thought to be the only color photographs of the event.

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February 22, 2014 | Categories: History, Photography, The Drama Of It All, Weird | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Vallecita’s leopards, 1906

I don't like thinking about the abuse which more than likely was involved in that training.

I don’t like thinking about the abuse which more than likely was involved in that training.

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-100766

February 8, 2014 | Categories: History, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, The Drama Of It All, Weird | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment