Well-known iconic photographs
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Was this the most ambitious photo project ever?
Edward S Curtis spent years living with Native American tribes to chronicle their lives, in a project that took decades.
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An interesting article. Will Wilson is a friend of mine.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/.../photography-tintype-native-american-artists/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/.../photography-tintype-native-american-artists/
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10-17-1989 Earthquake damage on the Bay Bridge over San Francisco Bay. I’d been over that bridge several times on the weekend prior to the earthquake.
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The child labour photos that led to change
Lewis Hine's photographs of young children working in cotton mills and coal mines helped convince US lawmakers in the early 20th century to introduce new regulations.
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The following picture was taken in 1975 at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton California when a refugee center for the Vietnamese operated there.
The picture is of grandmother and her grand daughter playing peek a boo. It is also proof that greatest toy ever made is the cardboard box.
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The picture is of grandmother and her grand daughter playing peek a boo. It is also proof that greatest toy ever made is the cardboard box.
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She lived in Montana, in a town called Cascade. There she was a celebrated member of the community. All schools would close on her birthday, and though women were not allowed entry into saloons, she was given special permission to come in.
In 1895, at the age of 60, Mary Fields, or “Stagecoach Mary” as she was sometimes called because she never missed a day of work, became the second woman and first African American woman to work as a mail carrier in the U.S. She got the job because she was the fastest applicant to hitch six horses.
She lived in Montana, in a town called Cascade. There she was a celebrated member of the community. All schools would close on her birthday, and though women were not allowed entry into saloons, she was given special permission to come in.
In 1895, at the age of 60, Mary Fields, or “Stagecoach Mary” as she was sometimes called because she never missed a day of work, became the second woman and first African American woman to work as a mail carrier in the U.S. She got the job because she was the fastest applicant to hitch six horses.
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