Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
A Dutch Goat’s Weekend in Paris
Posted in Goats, Photography, Postcards on April 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Virginia Beach
Posted in Literature, Photography on April 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Virginia Woolf and Clive Bell at the beach
Tea in Kobe, 1905
Posted in Japan, Photography, Postcards, Tea on April 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Nara
Posted in Art, Japan, Photography, Postcards on March 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Post
Posted in Mail, Photography on March 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
While looking for a book I came across this photo of a mail slot by someone in St. Petersburg, Russia, who goes by Nigiho_Old on Flickr. I find the image magical, and wish I could tell you more about the photographer.
Mae Busch by Clarence Sinclair Bull
Posted in Film, Photography on March 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In her long and varied film career, Mae Busch played Erich Von Stroheim’s mistress, Lon Chaney’s girlfriend and Oliver Hardy’s wife. And legend has it that her dalliance with Mack Sennett ended his engagement to actress Mabel Normand when Miss Normand surprised Busch and Sennett in a pose that suggested intimacy. In the ensuing discussion, [...]
Anel Sudekevich
Posted in Film, Photography, Postcards on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Circa 1927, a postcard of Anel Sudakevich, born in Kiev to a Russian father and Swedish mother. Samuel Goldwyn wanted to make her a star in America, as Anna Sten, but she was not to be the next Garbo. There’s a nice bio here.
Tea Gathering & Sifting
Posted in Art, Photography, Postcards, Tea on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Tea Picking in Color
Posted in Photography, Postcards, Tea on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hand-tinted, in Japan. And with a Kodachrome feeling, in Ceylon.
Tinted Tea
Posted in Photography, Postcards, Tea on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
