Category: HISTORY

March 7, 2012 at 5:09 pm

Picture of the Day: Hanging Out High Above the Hoover Dam

Picture of the Day: Hanging Out High Above the Hoover Dam

HANGING OUT HIGH ABOVE THE HOOVER DAM Photograph via The American Welding Society (AWS) Nearly 80 years ago, the Hoover Dam was built in Black Canyon on the Colorado River. A striking testimony to the perseverance of the human spirit and the ingenuity of the American laborer. On December 3, 2002, The…

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February 28, 2012 at 10:18 am

Ansel Adams Captures Life on a Japanese Internment Camp

Ansel Adams Captures Life on a Japanese Internment Camp

Photograph by Ansel Adams via The Library of Congress Manzanar (which means ‘apple orchard’ in Spanish), is the site of one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II. Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California’s Owens Valley between the towns of Lone Pine…

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February 24, 2012 at 5:23 pm

Picture of the Day: Hard Work Pays Off

Picture of the Day: Hard Work Pays Off

HARD WORK PAYS OFF Photograph by Reuters/Miyako City Office and Toru Hanai Photograph by Reuters/Miyako City Office and Toru Hanai Last March a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan causing unprecedented destruction and loss of life. As the country prepares to observe the one year anniversary, the difference is remarkable.…

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February 21, 2012 at 5:15 pm

Picture of the Day: Shenzhen, China, 30 Years Later

Picture of the Day: Shenzhen, China, 30 Years Later

SHENZHEN, CHINA, 30 YEARS LATER Top Photograph via Gaoloumi.com | Bottom Photograph by SSDPenguin on Wikimedia Commons Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China’s Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China’s first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Shenzhen’s modern cityscape…

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February 10, 2012 at 5:08 pm

Picture of the Day: Osaka Stadium Redux

Picture of the Day: Osaka Stadium Redux

OSAKA STADIUM REDUX Photograph by Naoya Hatakeyama Photograph by Hugh Cree The images above show the former Osaka Stadium in Japan around 1998-1999. Prior to this, it was the home of the Nankai Hawks baseball team until the owner sold it to the Daiei Group and the team was moved to…

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February 6, 2012 at 9:15 am

12 Historic Photographs That Were Manipulated

12 Historic Photographs That Were Manipulated

With the advent of powerful desktop publishing software like Adobe Photoshop, digital image manipulation has become mainstream. However, even before the invention of such software, doctored and tampered photos were used to alter perception and shape history. Fourandsix.com has chronicled these occurrences in their brilliant series, ‘Photo Tampering throughout History‘. Below you will find…

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February 1, 2012 at 9:29 am

This Day In History – February 1st

This Day In History - February 1st

THE FIRST OF THE GREENSBORO SIT-INS OF 1960 – FEBRUARY 1, 1960 The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth’s department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. While not the first sit-ins of the African-American Civil Rights…

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January 25, 2012 at 1:28 pm

Portraits of Iconic Photos and the Photographers that took them

Portraits of Iconic Photos and the Photographers that took them

Neil Leifer with his photo Ali vs. Liston (May 25, 1965) | Photograph by TIM MANTOANI – Buy the Book Over the last five years, photographer Tim Mantoani has taken over 150 portraits of famous photographers holding their most iconic shots. The goal of the project was to put a face to…

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January 25, 2012 at 9:15 am

This Day In History – January 25th

This Day In History - January 25th

SAO PAULO, THE LARGEST CITY IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IS FOUNDED JANUARY 25, 1554 Photograph via Helicopter Flights Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world’s seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São…

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January 23, 2012 at 5:13 pm

Picture of the Day: The Year of the Dragon

Picture of the Day: The Year of the Dragon

THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON Photograph by PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is known as “Spring Festival,” since the spring season in Chinese calendar starts with lichun, the first solar term in a Chinese calendar year. It marks the…

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