Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Mass., December 1940.
This photo is by Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano.
Part of Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs .
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This photo was taken by National Child Labor Committee photographer Lewis Wickes Hines in December 1910.
Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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This week’s faire is from the U.S. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, which contains a wide cross-section of still pictures from a large number of online collections. The images for today are a random selection of vintage portraits.
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Keokuk Jr. and his son Charles – c.1868
Moses Keokuk (also known as Watchful Fox), son of the famous Sac and Fox chief Keokuk, and Moses’ son, 14 year old Charles Keokuk, full-length portrait, standing, facing front.Photograph taken during their 1868 visit to Washington, D.C., when they were part of an an unofficial Sac and Fox delegation. Collection: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
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President A. Lincoln reading the Bible to his son Photographshows Abraham Lincoln, seated, facing right, reading to his son Tad, standing to the President’s left, facing front.Collection: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand Published: New York : Published by W. Schaus, 749 Broadway, c1865. |
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A group of hard-labor convicts (common criminals) in Siberia
Photograph: c. 1885 Part of: Views of people and places in Siberia from the George Kennan papers |
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Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo, Texas Photograph: 1937 May 22.Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives collections. |
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Ramallah woman in native costume (Palestine)
Photograph shows a portrait of Fahra Tzahak Fadeh. Color slide reproduced from black and white negative or print which was handcolored, and then photographed with color film.
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General John L Chamberlain Photograph: Negative was a gift to Library of Congrass by Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Part of: Harris & Ewing Collection |
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John Edgar Hoover Photograph: Negative was a gift to Library of Congrass by Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Part of: Harris & Ewing Collection |
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Col. Henry Ashby, 2nd Regt. Tenn. Cavalry Picture is part of Civil War glass negative collection |
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Lawrence Killey Artist: Alfred R. Waud. Drawing – c. 1865 Part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings Inscribed on verso: 3 Jersey Cavalry; Broad yellow band on trousers, yellow braid and large buttons on jacket, false hussar jacket lined with yellow; cap without visor-braided with yellow; very few dress coats [?] on jackets in the Western army; blouse-Army of Potomac more dressy with cap reg. compy [?] marks etc. |
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His Excel: G: Washington Esq: L.L.D. Late commander in chief of the armies of the U.S. of America & president of the Convention of 1787 / painted & engrav’d by C.W. Peale.Engraving, 1787, Charles Wilson Peale Summary: Print shows George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, in uniform, facing slightly right; in oval. |
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I’ve created a Pinterest pin board called Great Depression and have pinned all of the large images from my “Eyes of the Great Depression” series, as well as a few other Great Depression images I’ve posted. At some point, I plan to return to the Eyes series and do some other posts related to the Great Depression. There are many thousands of images from the period that are in the public domain.
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Landscape Arch is one of the more popular attractions in Arches National Park. Located in the Devils Garden area in the northern part of the park, the trailhead was only a short drive from our site in the Devils Garden Campground. Landscape Arch is 1.5 miles from the trailhead.
It’s the longest arch in the park and according to The Natural Arch and Bridge Society, the longest natural arch in the world, laser measured in 2004 at 290.1 ± 0.8 feet (88.4 m). Since 1991, three sandstone slabs have fallen from the thinnest section of the arch, resulting in closure of the trail that once passed below it. Several other arches are accessible in the Devils Garden area.
Selected Information Resources:
Arches National Park.
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Spam. – Virus program kerfuffle. – Internet ethics.
February 5, 2012
A new comment on one of my blogs says, “I have read a few good stuff here. Definitely worth bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how much effort you put to create such a great informative website.”
At first glance, this very complementary comment might appear to be legitimate, but it’s just too vague, with no correlation whatever to the content of the post. It’s comment spam.
The funny thing about this particular comment spam is that it was left on a post titled “Hello World.” The blog isn’t even active.
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When I went to update our virus protection software last month, I upgraded to a product that had more protection, and didn’t think anything more about it.
Friday, I was viewing my e-mail spam folder prior to permanent deletion and found a message from Norton telling me that my virus protection software had been automatically updated – the old software that was no longer on our computers.
Time to contact customer service.
I managed to get online and find the customer service link. There was a note that said that the customer service online chat was the quickest way to resolve problems, which was fine with me. I don’t care for dealing with customer service by phone and, with chat, there’s no struggling to understand the representative’s accent – and there was no way I was going to try to resolve this with e-mail.
The wait was just a few minutes and I “worked” on other things while I was waiting. The customer service “expert,” to use Norton’s term for their representatives, was able to help in a relatively short period of time. He did offer to apply the subscription time to our current product and refund 10% of the renewal price. I told him, “I would prefer the full refund instead.”
After he had processed the refund, he wrote, “I’ve noticed that you have been waiting for longer than expected. I’m sorry for this inconvenience and as a gesture of good will and to thank you for your patience, I would like to add an extra 30 days to your subscription. Is that ok with you?” How did he know it was my birthday?
He didn’t, of course. Funny thing, though, it was his birthday, too.
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It’s unfortunate that unethical individuals and organizations try to take advantage of people through the internet.
Imagine an online world where you didn’t have to deal with spam, viruses, phishing and scams.
Unfortunately, that innocent online world only lasted a few short years.
I was subscribed to a few genealogy online mailing lists that went silent in the 90s when a guy in Atlanta selling laser printer cartridges sent one of his ads in a mass email to the lists. At the time, the mailing lists were hosted on a server at Indiana University. The load from that mass emailing crashed the server and, eventually, that incident forced the mailing lists to find a new home. That was my first exposure to the impact of internet spam.
Today, staying protected from online attack requires spam filters, a good virus protection program and a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to your computer.
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How about you? Any recent spam or virus issues?
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