Naimisha Forest
Inequality Obscured
When is a picture worth less than a thousand words? A recent piece in the MIT Technology Review under the headline “These drone photos show urban inequality around the world” could provide some answers. The article features photographer Johnny Miller’s “Unequal Scenes” project, which wants to raise . . .
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Emancipation Day 1905 - and 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow'
From the Washington Post of April 4, 1905:
“Richmond, Va., April 3 -- Thousands of Negroes observed Emancipation Day in Virginia today. The occasion resulted in an outpouring of the race never before equaled, armed with miniature United States flags and attended by brass bands.
"In addition, there was a unique feature to-night, . . .
Cattleman's Bar
You can get Storz beer on draught at the Cattleman's Bar in the stockyard district of Omaha, Nebraska. Also steak, chops and fish, tobacco and cigarettes, Cobb's Creek whiskey, wine and real 7up.
There are rooms to let next door, upstairs.
Shorpy Historical Picture Archive: Cattleman's Bar 1938.
November 1938. "Saloon in . . .
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Striking Portrait: 1939
From the Shorpy Historic Picture Archive. Striking Portrait: 1939.
"Coal miner during May 1939 strike. Kempton, West Virginia." 4x5 acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration.
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