Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad Freight Terminal - Part II


General view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill., Jack Delano, April, 1943.


Trucks unloading at the inbound freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad, South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Ill., Jack Delano, April, 1943.

Monday, March 29, 2010

The South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad Freight Terminal



General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill., Jack Delano, April, 1943.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Night in Luna Park (Outdoor Circus)


Night in Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y., Detroit Publishing Co., c1905. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-D4-18325

Friday, March 26, 2010

Night in Luna Park (The Electric Tower)


Night in Luna Park (The Electric Tower), Coney Island, N.Y., Detroit Publishing Co., 1903. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-D4-18326

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Luna Park at Night


Luna Park at Night, Coney Island, N.Y., between 1903 and 1906. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-det-4a06543, LC-DIG-det-4a06542, LC-DIG-det-4a06541

Infant Incubators with Living Infants


Luna Park at Night, Coney Island, N.Y., 1903

Monday, March 22, 2010

In Dreamland at Night


In Dreamland at Night, Coney Island, N.Y. Detroit Publishing Co. 1905

Dreamland at Twilight


Coney Island, New York, circa 1905. Dreamland at twilight. Detroit Publishing Company. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-D401-18315(via shorpy.com).

Fall of Pompeii, Bathing Pavilion (Dreamland Details)






Coney Island, New York, circa 1905. Dreamland at twilight (details). Detroit Publishing Company. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-D401-18315 (via shorpy.com).

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Parachute Jump







New York World's Fair 1939-40. Amusement Zone.
Video from Rocky Mtn Region Videos Plus, postcard from Viewliner Ltd.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Quai d’Anjou in a Morning Fog


Eugéne Atget - Quai d’Anjou in a Morning Fog (1924?)

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

'the land now being lost forever'

"...it was customary, in a home where there had been a death, to drape black mourning ribbons over all the mirrors
and all canvasses depicting landscapes or people or the fruit of the field, so that the soul, as it left the body, would not
be distracted on it's final journey, either by a reflection of itself or by a last glimpse of the land now being lost forever."

from W.G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn

Monday, March 15, 2010

The Face of Half Dome


Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, Ansel Adams, 1927

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Ghost Rock


Ghost Rock, Colorado Springs, Laura Gilpin, 1919.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

City of Shadows




Photographs by Alexey Titarenko from the series City of Shadows, 1992-94.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Ancestors



Ancestors - Gonjasufi, from A Sufi and a Killer (2010)    play     buy
Cover art from 7" Kowboyz&Indians.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010

I'm New Here II


I'm New Here - Smog (Bill Callahan), from A River Ain't Too Much to Love (2005)    play     buy
Picture of a young Bill Callahan, photographer unknown (to me).

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

I'm New Here



I'm New Here - Gil Scott-Heron, from I'm New Here (2010)    play     buy
Photographs by Gabriele Stabile, from Fader magazine.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010