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Archive: October 2018 (2 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Mystery Tourism Spots

Posted by: Melissa Lindberg

Halloween provides an opportunity to meditate on — and perhaps to visit — some of the American landscape’s more mysterious tourist destinations. I recently grew curious about these peculiar attractions when I came across a photograph by roadside documentarian John Margolies of a sign for Saint Ignace, Michigan’s Mystery Spot. The Saint Ignace Mystery Spot promises visitors a disorienting sensory experience …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Pictures that Make Us Happy, Part 2

Posted by: Melissa Lindberg

This Autumn we offer a sequel to a post from this past Spring featuring pictures that cheer Prints & Photographs Division staff. This post’s contributors are all staff members in the Technical Services Section, who work hard to organize, describe, digitize and house for preservation the images in the collections, making it possible for you …