It always amazes me to see photographs taken more than a hundred years ago. And it makes me feel like a little part of a longstanding tradition, capturing moments in time via camera. Of course I don't have to haul around big cameras with heavy plates or worry about the harmful chemicals, just tripods and spare batteries and extra memory cards. But once upon a time, a man named John C. H. Grabill (1866 - 1934) made his way around the American West - circa the late 1880s to the mid-1890s and took photographs of a way of life that's disappeared. He sent a portfolio of images to Washington, D.C. to obtain copyright protection for his works. And then he seemed to disappear into the landscape. But because he copyrighted those works, way back then, the Library of Congress has made them available to photography aficionados everywhere. I searched census records, but never discovered Mr. Grabill. Online sources have scant info, though one a...
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opening my heART to love and peace
have a great weekend Meri!
x..x
Big love and peace to you on this fine friday !
Peace
to your bid for peace,
I'm spinning from my corner,
connecting to yours...
Love to you Sue x
Have a good weekend, Boonie
Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful week.
imagine.
if everyone woke to peace.
awakened to love.
i believe.
thank you meri...thank you.
Deb
Two Maidens Dancing