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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Henan Provincial Museum 2010: Western Zhou to Qin

The museum has been totally renovated, with many new artifacts and labels in English. It’s definitely raised the standards for Chinese museums. I’ve included the museum labels at the beginning of each gallery & each exhibit. In addition to 8 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from this museum. Photos by Gary [...]

Henan Provincial Museum 2010: Neolithic, Xia, & Shang

The museum has been totally renovated, with many new artifacts and labels in English. It’s definitely raised the standards for Chinese museums. I’ve included the museum labels at the beginning of each gallery & each exhibit. In addition to 8 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from this museum. Photos by Gary [...]

Bulk Freighters & Ships of the Great Lakes

From 1975 to 1979 I lived in Duluth, Minnesota, overlooking the entrance to the Duluth Ship Canal. It was easy to photograph the ships entering the harbor. The Duluth photos were all taken from 1976 to 1979. The earliest photos were taken with a half-frame camera. The prints were not very good quality, so the [...]

Railway Museums

I’m somewhat of a closet railfan who grew up along the Illinois Central RR and rode the ICRR to and from the University of Illinois in the late 60s. These are copies of photos I took at several RR museums in the U.S. & Britain, mostly in the 1980s & early 90s, except for the [...]

Illinois Central RR: IC, ICG, GMO

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for my favorite, the Illinois Central RR, along with the Gulf, Mobile, & [...]

Eastern US Railroads

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for the major Eastern railroads. All locations are in Illinois unless otherwise noted. [...]

Western US Railroads

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for the major Western railroads. All locations are in Illinois unless otherwise noted. [...]

Medium-size US Railroads & Short Lines

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is for mid-size railroads, mostly from the Midwest, as well as various short lines. [...]

USA Railroads: Rolling Stock of the late 1980s

In the 1980s and early 90s I lived in Illinois, where there are many railroads. In my spare time I photographed quite a few of them. I am adding all my photos to my website in 5 different albums. This one is rolling stock of all sorts. I took almost all of these photos in [...]

Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Tanks, Cannons, & Military Exhibits

I took the Rock Island photos c. 1961 with a Brownie Bulls-eye camera & 620 BW film. This is the John M. Browning Museum at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois near the Mississippi River. The others were taken at various time & various places. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International [...]