I’ve been spending the last few days browsing photographs by Max Dupain and Olive Cotton from the Library of New South Wales (via flickr Commons photostream). My favorite set comes from an album documenting summer outings to Culberra beach, Australia, during the summer of 1937. One could not art direct a better vision of camping …
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Archival Boating
Happy opening day to all our stripe wearing, brass polishing, boat loving pals. If you are unable to make the opening day boat parade in Seattle, here is my own exemplary Archival flotilla:
From the archives – Marine Corps Basketball
Thanks to the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections for these historic photographs of Marine Corps basketball teams. While I know very little about the game of basketball I do admire the wool pullovers, wide legged sweats, canvas sneakers and tailored shorts sported by the men’s and women’s teams. Bonus points the gents who completed …
From the archives – Miss Hewitt’s Campers (1915)
Here’s a terrific set of images from the Library of Congress featuring a Moonrise Kingdom type training camp for women.
From the archives – Costică Acsinte
Little is known about the Costică Acsinte archives. According to archives metadata, Costică Acsinte was born in Romania and worked as a photographer during WWI. After the war, he opened a commercial studio, “Foto Splendid C. Acsinte.” Ascinte was a prolific photographer; the Ascinte archives contains over 5,000 glass plate negatives, most taken between 1934-1945. …
Archival Alpinists
Despite criticism of flickr’s semi recent redesign, I remain loyal to this content management system for the access it provides to historic image archives. Flickr Commons provides one search access to some terrific image collections including the the Library of Congress and the Stockholm Transport Museum. While I prefer to browse the pages of vintage …
From the Archives – WWII Freedom Fighters
From the National Museum of Denmark archives, here are some rare snaps of freedom fighters from WWII. Woman freedom fighter with rifle at Carlsberg Breweries. May 1945 People from the academic rifle club during the Stockholm detachment Air-raid precaution exercise in Flakhaven in Odense, 1940
Archival Hop Harvest
Here’s an exemplary snap of summer work togs from the OSU Archives flickr set, Hop On, Brewing and Beer. The caption of the image is Coeds with Hoes. I’m going to shop from this photo for my upcoming trip the UK. Look for me in London wearing slant stripes, head kerchiefs, rolled trousers and hop …
Archival Space Shuttle
The San Diego Air and Space Museum (SDASM) just celebrated their five year participation in Flickr Commons. While I’m partial to the Museum’s archival collection of Zeppelin crashes and Aviation Pioneers, my favorite SDAM set features photographs, illustrations and ephemera from the Space Shuttle program. Out of context, they invoke a version of the Shuttle that …
Archival Jockeys
Earl Porter- Jockey at Rockingham N.H. Shooting pool at Suffolk Downs Jockey R. Workman on Time Supply Jockeys C. and Ira Hanford Jockey Meade Jockey R. Workman after winning the 5th Race, Suffolks Downs Photos courtesy Boston Public Library’s Flickr Commons photostream.