The Occasional Odd Thought

They don’t make ‘em like this anymore. See it larger at my photoblog, The Occasional Odd Crop.

This phone came with the house. It was sitting in the bathroom when we bought the place six years ago. It had probably sat there for decades - note the sticker on the base, the one with the pre-911 phone numbers for the police, fire department and paramedics.

When we sold the house last month, we took the phone with us. It doesn’t work, but Dani figures she can use it in an art piece. It’ll be fun to see what she does with it.

pathlost:

Alfred Stieglitz, From the Back Window, 1915

hettie:

wonderfulambiguity:

this photograph was part of the the Met’s early nigh time photography exhibition.

latimes:

In 1953, smog gets so bad in the shadow of City Hall that pedestrians carry rags to wipe away tears. Scientists began collecting smog particles in the 1950s to analyze what was causing the haze. The primary culprit turns out to be automobiles, not factories.

Photo: City Hall, merely across the street, is dim as Marion E. Lent gropes her way to work. Credit: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times

Our Vintage Times series is presented on Tumblr with photography from the Los Angeles Times archives.

fierrodelamuerte:

Point Loma post office. 1934. Sweet car

(Source: thenobelexperiment, via thisissandiego)

liquidnight:

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Banks of the river Seine

Paris, 1936

From Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook