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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Shanghai Museum: Minority People’s Gallery & Ming/Qing Furniture Gallery

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

This album contains two galleries – the Gallery of Minority Peoples and the Gallery of Ming & Qing Furniture. I took them just before closing, so they are not complete and I didn’t get the labels. But at least you can get the general idea. This is one of at least six albums I’ve created [...]

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Shanghai Museum: Gallery of Ancient Seals

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

This album contains the gallery of ancient seals of the Shanghai Museum. Most of them are quite small, and are generally placed in chronological order. This is one of at least six albums I’ve created for the different galleries of the museum. Check the “Shanghai” tag to find the others, or look for postings from [...]

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Shanghai Museum: Jade Gallery

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

This album contains the jade gallery of the Shanghai Museum. Unfortunately, harsh museum lighting makes jade the most difficult artifact to photograph, and many of these shots are not very good. Hopefully they will give an idea of the quality of workmanship anyway. Also, not every object here is true jade, but I didn’t have [...]

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Shanghai: Expo 2010 World’s Fair

Monday, September 20, 2010

This is my fourth world’s fair (I have photos from the other 3 posted elsewhere on my website). I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. I was there for only one day, so there is quite a bit I did not get to see or photograph. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, [...]

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Shanghai: Oriental Pearl Tower & Museum of Old Shanghai

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Here are views of Shanghai from the top 2 levels of the Oriental Pearl Tower taken on Sept. 18, 2010. At the bottom of the tower is a museum of Old Shanghai showing scenes from the late 19th & early 20th centuries, when it was under the control of Western adventurers. Photos by Gary L. [...]

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History, Conspiracies, and the New World Order

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

I have long studied and taught history. I have been very good at seeing the details, but have generally missed the broader themes which help one to better understand and interpret those details. I’ve seen the trees, but I have missed the forest. Recently I have begun to see the forest, and, seeing it, have [...]

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