Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
View from Griffith Observatory
April 12, 2011. 50 years ago Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarian orbited the earth. A celebration called "Yuri's Night" took place at the Observatory.
His quote:
"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!"
Sunday, April 10, 2011
A Picture of My Grandmother
Polly Wright Young was a school teacher in Baltimore. This photograph was taken by Jack Engeman, probably taken in the late 1950's. I scanned it from a contact sheet I found after her death 7 years ago.
From a publicity statement about a show of his work: "The landmark Brown v. the Board of Education, Topeka decision by the United States Supreme Court on May 17, 1954 that declared unconstitutional racial segregation in public education propelled dramatic and historic changes in the Baltimore City schools. Jack Engeman, who had been photographing in the schools for years, was a witness to the changes, and his photographs reveal much about the decision’s impact."
From a publicity statement about a show of his work: "The landmark Brown v. the Board of Education, Topeka decision by the United States Supreme Court on May 17, 1954 that declared unconstitutional racial segregation in public education propelled dramatic and historic changes in the Baltimore City schools. Jack Engeman, who had been photographing in the schools for years, was a witness to the changes, and his photographs reveal much about the decision’s impact."
She was born on August 11, 1911. She is buried in Greenmount Cemetery next to her husband Louis T. Sandlass.
Friday, April 01, 2011
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Thursday, July 30, 2009
My Scenic America
Updated January 1, 2010
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Breakfast in Weatherford, TX also the burial place of actress Mary Martin |
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| Firefighter funeral, Woburn, MA |
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| Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, TX |
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Big Bend, TX Rafters in a washed out hot spring along the rio grande - Mexico across the river, people selling trinkets for dollars |
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Motel Diner - Las Vegas, NM I stopped here with my nephew. The enchiladas were terrible. |
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| Christmas - El Paso, TX |
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Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico We make a pilgrimage to this chapel on Good Friday. |
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By the LA River, Carson, CA Very early in the morning, there were problems with a homeless encampment. |
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| New London, CT |
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| Florentine Statuary, El Monte, CA |
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| Airship Hangar, Tustin, CA |
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| A White Los Angeles |
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| Supermarket, Fort Stockton, TX |
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| Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD |
Sunday, July 26, 2009
YOUNG MEN IN COSTUME
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Cody- Civil War Re-enactor Fort Tejon, CA |
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| Sanitation Santa Los Angeles |
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Vaquero in the Highland Park Christmas Parade  |
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