Harris & Ewing Collection

The Library of Congress online includes the 41,000 photographs in the Harris & Ewing Collection, all searchable.

A 1914 photograph of U.S. diplomat Alvey Augustus Adee, the 72-year old Second Assistant Secretary of State, who rode his bicycle to work and took annual bicycle tours in Europe until World War I.

1911 photograph of a street in Bogota, Colombia.

Camp Dix in 1918.

Entrance to Glacier National Park in 1914.
 

"Arthur Kochler, wood identification specialist of the Department of Agriculture, says the piece of wood he is holding is 12,000,000 years old. It is a fragment from a fossil log of redwood, 7 feet thick, found by workmen of the Reclamation Service buried 150 feet below the bed of the Yakima River in Washington. The log was petrified, buried in the lava flow from volcanoes which have been dead for millions of years, 11/30"

Parque Central

 As part of our Study Abroad studio, I got to visit Phase I of Valencia's Parque Central. Even with the water turned off it was pretty amazing. 

Wildlife Photos

Have you heard of Tzahi Finkelstein? He is an amazing wildlife photographer whose photo of a turtle and a dragonfly has gotten a lot of attention recently. 

Spain Repost: From 2015

During our last summer studio in Spain, I asked the students to each select a theme and collect 30 photographs on that theme over the course of the trip. The themes were common elements of the urban landscape: Steps, tiles, masonry, water, columns, trees, lamps, doors, windows, sculpture, etc.

I tried to follow along with my own and discovered that it quickly reduced many to a generic contribution. Even relatively nice tilework could seem less impressive when lost among30 other examples. On the other hand, one outstanding window seemed all the more dramatic when contrasted with the others. And patterns that emerged were fun to look at. 

Unlike the students, I jumped from theme to theme, but here are a few of my old thematic photos...

Spain Repost: Gaudi in Barcelona

After my last trip to Barcelona I shared a few dozen photos from Parc Guell, Sagrada Familia, and Palau Guell. They are below the fold:
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Old Postcards

 Spring Break might normally be a time to send postcards back to your friends in New Brunswick. This year, things are different, so it is a good time to look at postcards FROM New Brunswick.

Ken Lew has posted historic postcards from all around the campuses including these of the Old Queens campus entrance, Balantine's Gymnasium, and the always charming Commons.

He also has scanned a 1977 pictorial summary of New Brunswick history from the First Savings and Loan Association. It includes a late 1800s photo of the steamer, New Brunswick, a women's suffrage march at George and Albany, and the great flood of 1920.

 

 

Brian Rose photos of Atlantic City

With many of our students returning from the NJ ASLA meeting in Atlantic City, this is a great time to revisit Terrain.org's photo essay of a series of Atlantic City photos by Brian Rose. The photos and accompanying quotes document the city's troubling juxtaposition of glam and depression.

If you missed the meeting, maybe you should consider the MAC-URISA 2020 meeting in AC.

Friday Photos: Urban hikes

At this point I have led countless urban hikes or field trips. Picking only a few photos from those hikes, without rhyme or reason, is absurd. They are from across multiple years, hence different sun positions for the same places.