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Shorpy
URL: http://www.shorpy.com/

Description:
This site "is a vintage photography blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago." Most of the photos on the site "were extracted from reference images ... from the Library of Congress research archive," with others from the personal files of contributors. Includes three photos of Shorpy.

LII Topics: Arts & Entertainment, Blogs & Podcasts by Subject

Publisher:
Shorpy.com

LII Database Information:
Record 27069 created by Maria Brandt on 10/28/2008
Last modification on 04/28/2009
Published: 06/17/2009  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27069

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