Colonial Revival Locker Room, WPA Project, Emporia, Kansas

Posted by on December 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Federal Public Works Project No. 6420 was one of innumerable similar type projects of the WPA era. This Colonial Revival building appears as a dolls house or a child's playhouse,... Read More

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Rear Elevation at Jones Point Lighthouse, Jones Point Park, Alexandria, Virginia

Posted by on December 22, 2011 · 2 Comments 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); On reverse in script: Jones Point Light Station, Virginia. View of Station from shore looking E.N.E., November 13, 1912. While the Jones Point Lighthouse was constructed in mid-19th... Read More

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Shadowless Lights of Modern Operating Rooms, Hazelwood Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky

Posted by on December 13, 2011 · 3 Comments 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Operating Room, Circa Pre-WWII. Hazelwood Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky. The actual image we found was mounted a large card with a similarly mounted, type-writer produced... Read More

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An African American Carpenter Built Julia Child’s House, Georgetown, D.C.

Posted by on December 10, 2011 · 5 Comments 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); In 1948, Paul and Julia Child purchased a 150-year-old, three-story wood frame house at 2706 Olive Avenue in the Georgetown Section of Washington, D.C. Paul and Julia Child both... Read More

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Historic Infrastructure: Reservoir and Filtration Plant, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Posted by on December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Reservoir and Infiltration Plant, Aberdeen Proving Ground. Circa 1918-19. The Filtration Plant is in the foreground of the large tank serving as the reservoir. The use of the... Read More

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A Bazaar Raw Water Pumping Station at Fort Benning, Georgia

Posted by on December 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Raw Water Pumping Station, Circa 1918-1920, Fort Benning, Georgia. Probably taken in the early days of Fort Benning in Georgia, this Raw Water Pumping Station is unusual, that... Read More

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The Former Colonial Revival Iron Pipes of the Panama Canal Zone…Albrook Field, Panama

Posted by on December 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); Circa 1930s, 56' Corrigated Iron Pipe (within the stone and concrete culvert) within the Colonial Revival built environment of Albrook Field in the Panama Canal Zone In early... Read More

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Striking Art Modern or “Modernistic” High School Interior, Long Beach, California

Posted by on December 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=131733823518196"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "facebook-jssdk")); High School Lobby, Long Beach, California. This striking lobby was described as "Modernistic" at the time it was completed. The light fixture, the ceiling tiles, the... Read More

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