February 21, 2012

February 17, 2012

Rescue Attempt

Do you guess this was a real rescue or a photo of a man taking a posed picture for some reason?

Foster Glacier near Skagway, Alaska
1898, photographer Eric A. Hegg

February 9, 2012

A Nightcap


one hangs a hat upon her tit
one carves a cross on her behind
they do not give a shit for wit
the boys i mean are not refined



photographer Caulder Wilson
sent to me by his dad
at my mom's suggestion

February 7, 2012

Amazement

Every picture of the stage looks the same, but the crowd is always new.

Granville, West Virginia
1938, Marion Post Wolcott

have your Head Read

If I saw a phrenology booth, I would stop in. I want to know what my head lumps say about me.

London, Ohio
1938, photographer Ben Shahn

a cheerful fellow

I'm no expert in these things, but shouldn't there be more snow around to build a snowman like that?

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Mount

Someday we'll carve the face of the Moon.

Mt. Rushmore
1935