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Interiors
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 20th Century American Architecture & Interior Design: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955 
 Contains "over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Subjects are concentrated chiefly in the northeastern United States, especially the New York City area, and Florida." Subjects include "the homes of notable Americans... U.S. presidents... [and] the 1939-40 New York World's Fair." Searchable, and browsable by subject. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Airliners.net: The Wings of the Web
This site claims to have the largest aviation photo database on the Internet, containing nearly one million photographs of commercial airliners, military aircraft, classic and historic airplanes, helicopters, accidents, airplane interiors, airports, and more. The site also has aviation statistics, industry news, and a discussion forum. http://www.airliners.net/ Topics: Military, Photograph Collections, Statistics, Transportation Last updated Oct 30, 2005 Castles of France
This site provides hundreds of photos of exterior and interior views of dozens of castles in the Loire Valley in France. Features images of castles such as Chenonceau (built across a river) and Chambord (built by Frances I). Browsable by architectural period. Available in English and French. From a company that rents castles. http://www.a-castle-for-rent.com/castles/ Topics: Architecture, Geography, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Water Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Design Profile: Legendary Women Who Defined the Art of Style
This site features photographs of 12 women from the early and mid-20th century who defined "the art of living well. Their style of dress, the manner in which they entertained, the way they decorated their splendid homes, set standards for the world, and still fascinates and inspires today." Includes brief information about selected women, including Dorothy Draper, Elsie De Wolfe, Babe Paley, and Diana Vreeland. From Canadian Interior Design. http://www.canadianinteriordesign.com/kwi/ Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Photograph Collections Last updated Jan 18, 2005 Designing the Moderne: Kem Weber's Bixby House
This essay contains information on Kem Weber (once called "the first West Coast designer to bring a tradition-free, machine-age creativeness to American interior design") and his designs for the Kansas City, Mo., Bixby House. Includes photographs and the unpublished 1929 lecture by Weber, "Modern Art Movement." From the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/weber.html Topics: Architecture, Home & Housing, Museums, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Displaced Perspectives: Photographs and Installation by Adam Baer
Gallery of photos and panorama of installation by New York photographic and installation artist Adam Baer. "Baer's creative process begins with the construction of a large, complex, labor and time-intensive 'set' that takes months to complete. Actors are then cast to inhabit the set and play parts in an ambiguous drama. The scene is finally photographed." From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions//baer/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Sep 20, 2006 Joseph Wolek: Loose Wanderings in a Rigid Terrain
An exhibit of seven photographs by Joseph Wolek, showing the interiors of homes, restaurants, and other indoor places in the Mongolian and Tibetan plateaus of China. Photographs taken in 1999. Includes a brief essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/wolek/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Jun 10, 2006 Legislative Building Photograph Collection, 1928-1965
This online exhibit celebrates the December 2004 re-opening of the Washington State Legislative Building. Presents a brief history and statistics about the building, which was designed by Walter R. Wilder and Harry K. White. Includes photographs and images of the building's predecessors, its dome, elevations, floor plans, construction plans, stone-cutting details, interiors, the surrounding government buildings, and the damage that occurred in the earthquakes of 1949 and 1965. From the Washington State Archives. http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/legbuilding/ Topics: Architecture, History, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Dec 20, 2004 Oceans of Kansas Paleontology: Fossils from the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Sea
This site provides photographs, drawings, and "information about the animals that lived in and around the ancient ocean that once covered Kansas and much of the Midwest United States (and Canada)." Includes mosasaurs, marine reptiles from the late Cretaceous period; invertebrate and fish fossils; and reptile and bird fossils. Also find a geologic map, a timeline, and an extensive list of related links. Maintained by a paleontologist. http://www.oceansofkansas.com/ Topics: Animals, Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Panoramic Sugar Eggs & More
Instructions for making panoramic sugar eggs, the molded candy eggs with Easter scenes, flowers, animals, and other decorations made with icing in their interiors. Includes detailed instructions and many photos of sample eggs. From the Confectionery Artists Guild of Orlando(COGA). http://www.shavkin.com/eggflori.html Topics: Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections, Sweets and Sweeteners Last updated Apr 5, 2009 TrainWeb.com
"Information and photographs relating to passenger, freight and model trains in the U.S. and Worldwide plus items of interest to the professional rail industry." TrainWeb's information and links cover Webcams, videos, model railroads, virtual tours of train interiors, fan resources, job opportunities, magazines and journals, European rail travel, museums, and more. http://trainweb.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Photograph Collections, Transportation Last updated May 18, 2004 Washington As It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959
A collection of over 14,000 photographs documenting "the architecture and social life of the Washington [D.C.] metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential, and government buildings, as well as street scenes and views of neighborhoods." Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/horydczak/ Topics: Architecture by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 19, 2007 Wilhelm Hester Photographs
This digital exhibit consists of almost 350 images taken by photographer Wilhelm Hester between 1893 and 1906. He "produced a remarkable visual documentation of the marine shipping industry in the Puget Sound region of Washington State." His photographs include details of ship construction and rigging, interior views of cabins, crew members and their pets, and tall ships loading lumber and grain. Searchable. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/hesterweb/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Transportation, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 25, 2005 |
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