The adventures of Alex of Melbourne

Palm Springs, California. Mid-century modern home built by the Alexander Construction Company

Portrait of Wesley Prince, Oscar Moore, and Nat King Cole, Zanzibar, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946

Arnett Cobb and Walter Buchanan, live at the Apollo, 1947.

American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP Image Number, AEP-AZS223], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library.

Via LOC.

American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP Image Number, AEP-AZS229], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library.

Via LOC.

American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP Image Number, AEP-CAS35], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library

Via LOC.

South Water Street freight terminal, 1943

Mexican artists have always been rad. This one is from 1910.

Via the LOC.

Mojave Desert from the LOC.

Another great pic from the LOC.

Circa 1898 to 1905.

I am always surprised and somewhat amused when I see historical photographs in colour. It is probably because I picture the pre-polaroid world as black & white like my history text-books. Seeing photographs like these Russian photographs from 1910 just erases that naive thought pretty quickly.

A series has been curated by The Big Pitcure.

The one above is from the LOC archive.