Archive: March 25, 2009
dreamland-coney-island-before

I’ve heard about the Dreamland amusement park before but I’ve never really seen many pictures of the place before it burnt down in 1911. Turns out, the Library of Congress has tons of photos of Dreamland, two of which are shown here. In the image above taken in 1910 (#LC-USZ62-119613), Dreamland is shown in its [...]

This movie looks exciting! Can’t wait until it comes out in October.

metrocard-bike

Photo: The bike that Metrocard made by mulmatsherm on Flickr Dust off those old set of wheels because the MTA just approved a fare increase to go into effect on May 31. The price for a single ride on the NYC Subway will soon be $2.50, up 50 cents from the $2 fare it currently [...]

jacques-ferrand-leather-bike-08

Jacques Ferrand is a trained leather cutter and sewer in Paris who recently completed a project where he covered an entire track bike with leather. Just about every single part of the frame is surrounded by leather. You can really get a better sense of how detailed he is at his craft by looking at [...]

wright-flight-100-crop

I’ve been doing some digging in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog and I came across this familiar picture of the Wright brothers during their first flight in 1903. What’s remarkable about this — aside from the fact that it shows the first flight — is that the image is available for [...]