Lost Splendor
Lost Splendor


Lost Splendor

Findings of a Fire-Headed History Student. Twenty-One Years Young
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Historical Gotham

Signal boosting another blog I’m currently working on focusing on the history of 19th/20th century New York City through media.

“A woman walks her poodles along Fifth Avenue in October 1942” New York City, By Alfred Eisenstaedt (via LIFE)
Back Toward Central Park: New York City, 1953 by Vivian Maier (via)
New York City, 1953 by Vivian Maier (via Vivian Maier)
New York City, 1943 (via )
New Year’s Eve Slumber: Grand Central Station, 1969 (via Imgur)
New York City: January 23rd, 1957 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)
Bethesda: Bethesda Fountain Overpass, Central Park - March 2013
South of Dakota: Upper West Side of Manhattan through Central Park, March 2013. Back to my last semester of undergrad. Lets do this thing.
“New York City. 1959. A quiet moment at the Cock & Bull coffee shop, which is popular with the “Beat” poets.” By Burt Glinn
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City c. 1907 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)
Central Park: March 17th, 2013. Strolling through Central Park this morning and watching the once unpaved sleet marked rock give way to skyscrapers.
New York City, 1905 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive) Some curious signs, there.
Frost Junction: New York City, December 1947 (LIFE)
Alice: Central Park. December, 2012.
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