I'm mostly lurking, as usual. Lasse, that's a great collection of photographs, thanks for posting it! The most significant thing I saw so far is this:
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/results/detail.do?query=city%3A%22San+Francisco%22&page=3&pagesize=20&display=thumbcap&action=search&pnum=P05859 http://tinyurl.com/2pmh8h I live around the block from there. It seems like back in 1952 there was parking available in my neighborhood! I think the last spots were taken in the mid 50s actually... j On Feb 11, 2008 6:10 AM, Lasse Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just in case it hasn't been mentioned on the list before, i'd like to point > you to a very insteresting photo collection, available on the net since a > few years back. > > It's the life time collection of color slides shot by one Charles W. > Cushman. What's interesting is that he very early started shooting color > slides. He traveled quite a bit in various states and captured many scenes > which will show the evolution into modern day U.S.A. He lived mostly in > Chicago and in his later years also in San Fransisco, why there are > particularly many photos of these cities. > > He also photographed a lot during a number of trips to Europe. > His earliest shots are from 1938, his last shots are from 1969, a few years > before he passed away. > > Funny thing is that there is no indication that any of his pictures ever > were published nor that he was looking for getting them published. > > Recently I spent a week's nights browsing trough the whole collection by > year. It was like watching a great documentary in many parts. Fascinating. > > I picked this shot from Sep. 17, 1938 in Victoria British Columbia for you > as an example. > > http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P01449.jpg > > > If you click the following link you'll get to a smaller version with info on > the picture as well as other links which will give you an idea of how the > collection is organized. > (Note: in some instances, like this one, the image has been restored from a > discolored original. In those cases you can also find the original by a link > at the bottom right corner. I gave it a go at a few of them and thought I > could do a better restoration than presented there.) > > http://tinyurl.com/33kltf > > > This is a link to the index (Home) page of the collection: > > http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp > > Enjoy, > Lasse > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
