Last week, I went to Savannah as part of the Cities as Text program of KSU’s Journey Honors College. We stayed at a hotel on Bay Street and walked on foot across the entire historic district. During the trip, I visited all 24 of the city’s historic squares, including two destroyed in the 1930s. WhileContinue reading “Savannah: Vintage and Modern Images”
Category Archives: Image Collection
Hoover Dam
For Christmas this year, my parents got me two sets of small souvenir photographic prints from the West. One set (covered here) shows the Hoover Dam, while the other shows the Columbia River Highway. I plan to spotlight the Columbia River Highway photos in the future. Construction began on the Hoover Dam in 1931, atContinue reading “Hoover Dam”
1954 Tournament of Roses
Last year, I acquired a collection of glass slides from the 1954 Tournament of Roses. All of these wonderful images were taken exactly 71 years ago today. To celebrate the New Year, I have created a digital exhibit using these images. It can be accessed using the button below. All of my previous digital exhibitsContinue reading “1954 Tournament of Roses”
Solving a Mystery: Gilded Age Vacation Photos
These photos from my collection were taken using a Pocket Kodak, a camera produced between 1895 and 1905. While the location of the photos was initially unidentified, there were several clues that solved the mystery. In the back of the first photo, a large Gilded Age beach resort can be seen. It appears again inContinue reading “Solving a Mystery: Gilded Age Vacation Photos”
Andrew J. Bramlett 