Sunday, February 28, 2010
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 [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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 [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
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 [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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 [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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, & [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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. [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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. [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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. [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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 [...]
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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 [...]