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Caught Our Eyes: Window Shopping

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

When searching for that perfect gift, many of us now turn to the computer and the convenience of online shopping. However, I can’t help but be nostalgic for a time when shopping often meant looking at elaborate window displays of the newest toys or gadgets instead of tapping on a keyboard. I can almost hear …

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

Caught Our Eyes: Games on the Go

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Clearly the ladies below are determined to get in their game of Mah-Jongg! A photographer for the National Photo Company snapped a photo of this inventive method of taking a game on the go while still enjoying a cooling dip in the water: A recent blog post about board games focused on the games themselves, …

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

Caught Our Eyes: A Leaning Lighthouse

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

Reference specialist Marilyn Ibach caught sight of this photo in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation for the Cape Saint George Lighthouse, Cape St. George, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida. Marilyn remarked: This 1852 lighthouse caught my eye because it’s at such an angle! (275 degrees off north).  This November 1998 photo shows the lighthouse …

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

Caught Our Eyes: A Well Framed Porch

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

Reference specialist Jan Grenci pointed out this photo, which Farm Security Administration photographer Carl Mydans took in February 1936. Although February is not a month when people in the mid-Atlantic region generally get to enjoy their porches (as we can testify), Jan noted Carl Mydans’ keen eye for a photographic opportunity: I like the way …

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

Caught Our Eyes: World War I Train

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

Reference staff member Jon Eaker spotted this photograph several months ago in the Bain News Service photographs. Jon, who has looked at many a World War I photograph in our holdings, remarked: It may be my favorite of our WWI pictures. This beast symbolizes how the introduction of widespread mechanization changed warfare. It looks like …