Sagrada Familia under construction in 1906. Photo by César Comas Llaberia.
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Interesting and/or cool stuff I've come across from art, design, technology, photography, movies I've watched and liked and, occasionally, my thoughts.
Some old photos of New York City
I love New York and I love colorised old photos. Here's one plus the other.
Nayenezgáni (Killer of Enemies) is a mythical hero from Navajo mythology who, along with his brother Tobadzischini, rid the world of the monstrous evil gods, the Anaye.
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Penn Station, Newark, 1935
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Navajo riders in the Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1904, by Edward Curtis.
Sunday afternoon at the country store, Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. Photograph by Dorothea Lange of the "Migrant Mother" fame.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress. Here's a colorised version.
See this odd-looking thing on top of the frontmost pillars in this 1858 photograph of the ruins of Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens? Paul Cooper does some detective work in this Twitter thread to find out what it is.