Tag Archives: water
28 August 2008

King Cole Hotel

According to this card, “The King Cole Hotel, resplendent in its setting of six acres of palm grove grandeur, has the relaxing atmosphere of an exclusive country club, still it is right in the heart of Miami Beach.” Here’s the kicker: in red capital letters under this description is the added notation, “Now Miami Heart [...]

23 August 2008

Having a Blast at Myrtle Beach!

Technically, this dolphin is probably having a blast just off Myrtle Beach. Purchased while away on a training boondoggle for work; I was actually closer to Raleigh than to Myrtle Beach. Published by APS.

20 August 2008

Washington Crossing the Delaware

“Painted by Emanuel Leutze in 1851, this famous canvas, measuring 21 by 12 feet, has been on display since February 1952 in the Washington Crossing Methodist Church at Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. The painting is on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Washington Crossing Park Commission. Here it has been viewed annually by [...]

18 August 2008

Lake Louise

Byron Harmon left Tacoma, Washington in 1903 to photograph mountains and, realizing that there were no photography studios in the Canadian Rockies, settled in Banff, Alberta. The surviving collection of photos numbers over 6,000. On this card, barely visible near the bottom center, is the legend “Lake Louise. 118.”, scratched into the negative by the [...]

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