I always tend to forget that the Library of Congress photo archives are a great source of inspiration. Here’s the Majestic Theater located in San Antonio, TX.
Boxing cats
June 1, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
Haha, it’s good to know that even back in 1894 people thought cats were funny enough to film. Whee! :D
Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island
March 25, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
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 full glory with the Dreamland Tower in the center. Less than a year after the above photo was taken, a blaze went through the entire amusement park and destroyed it. The results of this fire can be seen below (#LC-USZ62-64286).
Like many old photos in the LoC archives, these two are available for download in hi-res. Unfortunately, I’ve realized that I cannot link to LoC pages so you’ll have to go to their site and plug in the catalog #’s provided above to see the images.
A photograph of a railway yard master’s office
December 15, 2008 @ 4:24 am
Photo: Jack Delano, Dec. 1942
Look at the lighting in this picture! Fantastic!
The picture shows a Chicago and North Western Railway Company yard master in his office with a fellow man. The two of them are staring are something outside the window and the dramatic lighting on their faces really makes this photograph look like a Rembrandt painting!
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