Since the site rework seems to have gone off without too much pain, I thought I should celebrate by posting another picture…
Archive for the ‘History’
The value of a scanner
Another saga about recovering old, decaying slides of interesting places…
The Packard Swan
Sometimes you’ll run into impromptu car shows in the oddest places…
Pueblo Bonito placard
Saving a rapidly degrading slide from a decades-old trip…
Photographer, Shenyang, 1979
Today’s shot is a scan of a slide I shot ages ago on a cultural exchange trip to China…
Branding: a restoration story
I’ve been scanning some old family slides, just to get them into the digital realm before they completely fall apart. I thought the process I went through to rescue these slides may be of interest to somebody else facing a similar situation…
That’s one small step for Darcie…
So I recently ran across a fun group on Flickr — it’s called Make It Interesting. The idea is that someone contributes an image for others to edit as they see fit, with the edited versions becoming entries in a contest to see which version people like the best. Win one of the contests, and [...]
Do plastic people long for love too?
If you’ve ever seen the movie “A Night at the Museum,” you may have had your perspective on museum displays… changed a bit by it.
A few weeks back, I was wandering through an aircraft museum called the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida. In the exhibit space was an arrangement of mannequins intended [...]
All along the watchtower…
We recently had the good fortune to make our way back to the Grand Canyon after some years’ absence. Here’s the first in about a dozen pictures I took there that I’m happy with:
This is the Desert View watchtower at sundown.
The 70 foot tall tower was built in 1932 by the Fred Harvey [...]
Wheels and trusses — old and new
Since my last post about New Orleans had a less than flattering image, I thought that in the spirit of fairness, I should follow up with a picture of a nicer scene. Here’s one that captures old and new — both wheels (steam vs. car) and trusses (paddle wheel structure vs. bridge structure)
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