Category Archives: Photography

Vintage Basketball Photos: University of Miami Men’s and Women’s Teams

by Rebecca Posted on December 12, 2011

Circling around the blogs (such as Miss Moss and Lincoln Taft) are vintage photographs of the University of Miami Women’s Basketball team. A collection of most all team photographs can be found at the University of Miami’s Flickr stream. Miami … Continue reading →

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Walk in the Clouds: Samuel Bourne’s Photographs of “Cashmere” and the Himalayas

by walnutts Posted on December 5, 2011

  The photographs scattered throughout this post and all from a spectacular, circa 1867, finely bound, large folio album. Each is an original, stunningly beautiful, large format Albumen photograph of the Himalayan Mountains and the region of Kashmir by the … Continue reading →

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Walking on Air, Fairest of the Fair: Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson

by walnutts Posted on December 5, 2011

Ruth Malcomson (April 16, 1906–May 25, 1988) was crowned Miss America in 1924, earning the title at the tender age of 18. Stunningly beautiful by the standards of any era, Malcomson, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the amateur winner … Continue reading →

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