Signs put up by American troops at Tarawa, c. 1943
Signs put up by American troops at Tarawa, c. 1943
View ArticleAntanas SutkusAfter Shopping, 2. Vilnius, Lithuania, 1971
Antanas SutkusAfter Shopping, 2. Vilnius, Lithuania, 1971
View ArticleDon McCullinOn a hill a priest hears soldiers’...
Don McCullinOn a hill a priest hears soldiers’ confessions, Da Nang, Vietnam, 1969.
View ArticleMargin doodle of a goat playing the violin, Glosses to...
Margin doodle of a goat playing the violin, Glosses to Aristotle’s Physical treatises, c. 1300
View ArticleJohn Lydgate“Arms of Bury,” Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and...
John Lydgate“Arms of Bury,” Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, 1434-1439
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar attends his college graduation, UCLA, Los...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar attends his college graduation, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1969
View ArticleSolange BrandDatong temple, Shanxi Province, China, 1966
Solange BrandDatong temple, Shanxi Province, China, 1966
View ArticleFrom El Malcriado: “The Voice of the Farm Worker” No. 46,...
From El Malcriado: “The Voice of the Farm Worker” No. 46, October 7, 1966UCSD Libraries
View ArticleGeorge Ballis & other photographersImages from the first...
"Filipino strikers shout 'Mag Labas Cayo, Cabayen' ("Come out of there, countrymen') to imported strikebreakers" "Early in the struggle, strike leader Epifanio Camacho leads an informal group of...
View Article"The events set down here did happen. But on rereading this reportage, my...
“The events set down here did happen. But on rereading this reportage, my memory becomes alive to the other things, which were not reported. That they were not reported was… largely because there was a...
View Article@ anybody reading this, hi and thanks for following. Especially if you’ve...
@ anybody reading this, hi and thanks for following. Especially if you’ve been following this blog since I made it, which was sometime in 2011. I don’t update it as much as I did back then, but I love...
View ArticleScanned from The Vietnam Photo Book, Mark Jury, 1971Black...
Scanned from The Vietnam Photo Book, Mark Jury, 1971Black Americans became increasingly bitter over their role in Vietnam as more and more brothers were drafted and sent to Southeast Asia. The idea of...
View ArticleGarry WinograndLas Vegas/Los Angeles, 1957-1969
Garry WinograndLas Vegas/Los Angeles, 1957-1969
View ArticleWilliam Henry Jackson“Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiner’s...
William Henry Jackson“Mammoth Hot Springs, Gardiner’s River, Montana,” 1871“White Mountain Hot Springs,” 1871“Grand Canyon of the Colorado River,” 1883
View ArticleAlfred LawrenceAfrican American musicians with violins, banjos,...
Alfred LawrenceAfrican American musicians with violins, banjos, guitars, and mandolins, somewhere in Kansas, c. 1890-1919Kansas Historical Society
View ArticleWorld War I, July 28 1914 – November 11, 1918Epitaphs of the Great WarAlso on...
World War I, July 28 1914 – November 11, 1918Epitaphs of the Great WarAlso on twitter: @WWInscriptions
View Article"The crew did not name or come over in the ‘Mary Ruth.’ On the nose of the...
“The crew did not name or come over in the ‘Mary Ruth.’ On the nose of the ship her name is written, and under it 'Memories of Mobile.’ … A rumor has swept through the airfields that some powerful...
View ArticleBruce TalamonChaka Khan in rehearsal, Los Angeles, 1975
Bruce TalamonChaka Khan in rehearsal, Los Angeles, 1975
View ArticleGerda TaroWomen training for Republican militia in Barcelona,...
Gerda TaroWomen training for Republican militia in Barcelona, August 1936Taro, who was Jewish, fled Germany when the Nazi regime came to power in 1933. She met a young photographer named Endre...
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