More from the Vintage Occupational Photographs pool on Flickr:
Archive for the ‘folk’ Category
Because I have to work on an unseasonably warm Saturday
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Happy Labor Day!
Monday, September 7th, 2009
All from the Ellis Island photographs
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
NYPL Digital Gallery selections from the collection of William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration, 1902-1913.
Vacation plans
Friday, April 24th, 2009In September I’ll finally fulfill an ambition I’ve had for more than 10 years: Go Back to Greece. I have my plane ticket, but no other concrete plans yet. One of the places I’d really like to visit is Karpathos, a Dodecanese island northeast of Crete, where ladies in the village of Olympos still dress like this:
In typical Lonely Planet fashion, my guidebook bemoans the transformation of the villages into a “kitsch eco-Disney.” But is there some superior alternative?