World Images

The Standard Hotel

posted on February 6th, 2008 ·

I recently went to The Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on 6th and Flower. The hotel has a great club on the roof and a yummy restaurant downstairs. Aside from all that when I went to the room and saw this, I couldn’t resist sharing this photo with my friends.
As if we needed directions.

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Women and Children Affected by War

posted on January 22nd, 2008 ·

With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing."

Image-Alfred Palmer, February 1943

A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942."
Image-Clem Albers, California, April 1942

A youngster, clutching his soldier father, gazes upward while the latter lifts his wife from the ground to wish her a `Merry Christmas.’ The serviceman is one of those fortunate enough to be able to get home for the holidays." December 1944

Children of an eastern suburb of London, who have been made homeless by the random bombs of the Nazi night raiders, waiting outside the wreckage of what was their home." September 1940

Two bewildered old ladies stand amid the leveled ruins of the almshouse which was Home; until Jerry dropped his bombs. Total war knows no bounds. Almshouse bombed Feb. 10, Newbury, Berks., England." Image -Naccarata, February 11, 1943

This girl pays the penalty for having had personal relations with the Germans. Here, in the Montelimar area, France, French civilians shave her head as punishment." Image-Smith, August 29, 1944

All images found in the National Archives.

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South Pole Markers

posted on January 14th, 2008 ·

South Pole Markers from 2005 to 2008

2005

2006

2007

2008

On January 1st of every year a new brass marker is placed to designate the location of the Geographic South Pole at 90 degrees South. The ice sheet where the South Pole is located moves approximately seven to ten meters a year. Previous years’ markers are left standing for a few years, illustrating the movement of the ice sheet. Participants wintering at the South Pole design and create the unique markers each year.

Here they are in front of their new elevated Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Photograph by: Peter Rejcek
National Science Foundation

All photos from the National Science Foundation

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10 Posters from World War II

posted on January 13th, 2008 ·

Enlist Now." Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg

Remember Dec. 7th!" Color poster by Allen Saalberg

Join the Navy." Color poster by McClelland Barclay, 1942

Go to the nearest recruiting station of the armed service of your choice." Color poster by Steele Savage, 1944

Color poster, 1942

Color poster by Roy Schatt, 1942

Movie star Rita Hayworth 1942

Color poster by J. Howard Miller

Color poster by Siebel, 1942

Loose lips might sink ships." Color poster by Ess-ar-gee

source - The National Archives

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Mount St. Helens Before and After

posted on January 10th, 2008 ·

Before the devastating May 18, 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens was considered to be one of the most beautiful and most frequently-climbed peaks in the Cascade Range. Spirit Lake was a vacation area offering hiking, camping, boating, and fishing.
USFS Photograph taken before May 18, 1980, by Jim Nieland, U.S. Forest Service, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

After

Mount St. Helens and the devastated area is now within the 110,000-acre Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, under jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service. Visitor centers, interpretive areas, and trails are being established as thousands of tourists, students, and scientists visit the monument daily. Mount St. Helens is once again considered to be one of the most beautiful and interesting of the Cascade volcanic peaks.
USGS Photograph taken on May 19, 1982, by Lyn Topinka.