Monthly archives for March, 2014
Fort Gaines – Battle of Mobile ...
Fort Gaines is one of the multitude of forts that protected the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Fort Gaines was one of three Confederate forts to participate in the Battle of Mobile Bay from August 2-23, 1864. Union Admiral David G. Farragut took his fleet into the bay, uttered his famous line, forced Confederate [...]
Eiffel Tower, Paris France – 19...
We’ve seen photos from the top of the Eiffel Tower before. But this is the first photo of the tower itself from our mystery photographer’s European travels.
Vintage photo of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France from 1969
The tower was built in 1889 to be the entrance arch for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a World’s Fair. It [...]
Grand Coulee Dam – 1955
At the time of this picture in 1955, the Grand Coulee Dam had already been in operation for over a decade.
Vintage photo of a vacation trip to Grand Coulee Dam – 1955
The Grand Coulee Dam was built in between 1933 and 1942 and even now remains among the largest concrete structures in the world. This dam is partially credited with helpi [...]
Magic Lantern Slide: Wizard Island
This is one of three Magic Lantern Slides I currently own. The location, Wizard Island in Oregon’s Crater Lake, looks much the same now as it did over one hundred years ago when it was photographed.
As far as I know this is the earliest photo of Crater Lake and specifically the old cinder cone now known as Wizard Island. The exact dat [...]
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