Just in case it hasn't been mentioned on the list before, i'd like to point you to a very insteresting photo collection, available on the net since a few years back.
It's the life time collection of color slides shot by one Charles W. Cushman. What's interesting is that he very early started shooting color slides. He traveled quite a bit in various states and captured many scenes which will show the evolution into modern day U.S.A. He lived mostly in Chicago and in his later years also in San Fransisco, why there are particularly many photos of these cities. He also photographed a lot during a number of trips to Europe. His earliest shots are from 1938, his last shots are from 1969, a few years before he passed away. Funny thing is that there is no indication that any of his pictures ever were published nor that he was looking for getting them published. Recently I spent a week's nights browsing trough the whole collection by year. It was like watching a great documentary in many parts. Fascinating. I picked this shot from Sep. 17, 1938 in Victoria British Columbia for you as an example. http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P01449.jpg If you click the following link you'll get to a smaller version with info on the picture as well as other links which will give you an idea of how the collection is organized. (Note: in some instances, like this one, the image has been restored from a discolored original. In those cases you can also find the original by a link at the bottom right corner. I gave it a go at a few of them and thought I could do a better restoration than presented there.) http://tinyurl.com/33kltf This is a link to the index (Home) page of the collection: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp Enjoy, Lasse -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
