Leodis

Image shows the front view of Louis Le Prince's 16 lens camera built in 1887. To see a film clip produced with this camera go here.





A photographic history of Leeds. Link…

Depression Art

In the 1930s the US Treasury Department funded a Public Works of Art Project to support artists. Link…

Mississippi Buster Brown

Kids photographed in Buster Brown style at the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive. Link…

David Douglas Duncan

A selection from the 'World of Islam' gallery. Link…

Tarsius pumilus

The rediscovery of this species is great news. The American Museum of Natural History has an interesting paper documenting the characteristics of the pygmy tarsier. Link…

Ebrû

Sheikh İbrahim Edhem Efendi was known as 'Hezarfen' or 'master of 1000 trades'. A list of his skills includes carpentry, woodcarving, founding, printing, weaving and archery. In addition, he was a blacksmith, lathesman, calligrapher and a master of Ebrû. As well as being 'the first Ottoman to cast a lead pipe', he also taught 'making of umbrella handles to the poor'. Link…

Catena

Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes. Link…