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N.C. 1st story, marble carving shop

 


July 19, 1894. Levin C. Handy. Cyanotype.

Photograph shows stone carvers at work in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building during its construction.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2013645933/

Four Mile Bayou

 

Crime fiction. 1999.


Walnuts - shaking walnuts from trees with poles

 


c1923. Los Angeles, Ca. : Philip Brigandi. Two men with long poles; women and children picking up walnuts.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004676922/

[Waterloo Bridge from over Charing Cross Bridge]


1901-08. Joseph Pennell. England, London. Night view from above past bridge and dome to left of it to second lit bridge reflecting on river, other street lights leading to tall towers flanking right distance.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007666652/

Night Flight

 


Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. It's Wednesday.

[Birds, nests and eggs] / drawn from nature by A. Wilson ; engraved by A. Lawson.

 


1808-14. Scientific illustration of mockingbird, hummingbird, and touché bunting, their nests and eggs.

https://www.loc.gov/item/93507657/

I bitch about Library of Congress site all the time but now New York Public Library images are down. Never seen that before. Bird post for this morning was just a dead image link.

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Night Flight

 


Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. We'll turn you on.

Monday, July 18, 2022