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.
Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection |
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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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A more prosaic explanation is that Dead Horse Point was named by early Mormon Pioneers for a rock formation at the base of the plateau that looks like a dead white horse laying on its side (photo on right). In this explanation, the legend of the dead horses in the corral was created by a Moab elementary school student in the early 20th century for a “chamber-of-commerce” type contest for a story to lure tourists.
Since this post uses images from other folks, I’m blocking Pinterest pinning for this post.
This early heat wave – if it was this much warmer than normal during the summer, that’s surely what it would be called – has resulted in early flowering of almost everything, including some plants that shouldn’t even be flowering until late April. As well, most trees have started leafing out and the hardwood portions of the local forests have started turning green.
