Trains on the streets of Syracuse, New York, c.1905-1945

I've never seen trains that big running through city streets like that. 

 

Trains on the streets of Syracuse, New York, c.1905-1945: "

‘The first street railway was built in Salina Street in 1859 and Syracuse was soon known ‘far and wide’ as the city where the trains passed through the middle of downtown. Travelers caught ‘intimate glimpses’ of the city, its people, stores and houses as the trains slowed on their way through town.’

- Wikipedia

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Sources:  Wikipedia / Transpress NZ / Michelle Stone / Model Train Journal

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Thomas Eakins, Artist "The Thinker" (detail)

This was painted around the time when photography was in its infancy. But the emotion that comes from this pose and lighting is truly ahead of its time.

The Thinker (Portrait of Louis N. Kenton), 1900
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Oil on canvas; 82 x 42 in. (208.3 x 106.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917 (17.172)

on exhibit at the MET

Chinese Scroll with various Ink Stamps

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Giovanni Pintori : exhibition catalog of design for Olivetti

Here's more Vintage Olivetti goodness from a great site I just found, grain edit.

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Giovanni Pintori exhibition catalog c2003

Giovanni Pintori won a scholarship in 1930 (at the age of 18) to study at the ISIA in Monza under design heavyweights like Marcello Nizzoli and Edoardo Persico. After graduation he was invited to work for Olivetti in the Development & Advertising Office located in Milan. Three years later he would become the head of the department. Over the next 27 years he created an impressive body of work for Olivetti that would earn him a lasting international reputation.

This book was made in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition that highlighted many of Pintori’s designs for Olivetti.

Seen above: posters and advertisements for Olivetti 84, Lettera 22,  Elettrosumma 22 typewriters and the Olivetti Tetractys printing calculator

Also worth checking:

Olivetti Divisumma calculator

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A Glimpse of Japanese American Life in the 40s

Here's a series of photographs I just found in storage. These were given to me by Mr. Miyazaki, a kind man who I used to volunteer for every other week through a Japanese American Social Services group. I would cook Sukiyaki and he would share his stories of his youth. I remember those days fondly but its now more than 10 years since we lost touch.

I wish I remembered the circumstances of each of these shots but I'd be making wild guesses to where they are, what year they were taken and who he's with. I especially love the first shot of him under the elevated tracks. It's full of energy and so evocative of that moment. I'm curious if the ball game was before or after the war. It's great to see a slice of Japanese American life rarely seen from this time .

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