Image Collection – Andrew J. Bramlett

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”

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”