One final note: I came across the above image from the Japanese illustrated epic novel Satomi and the Eight “Dogs,” another beautiful work in the World Digital Library, on which the artist spent thirty years of life. But damn my ignint 21st-century-addled brain, the strongest association I have with this lovely historic print is the [...]
At first use, I’m impressed and delighted by the World Digital Library, which had its official debut today. The information is simply organized and browseable by a variety of criteria (Place, Time, Topic, Type of Item, and Institution), the files are available to stream or view online or download in a variety of formats, and [...]
Helen chimes in with this cavity-inducing clip from Bye Bye Birdie, which is essentially a shrill, technicolor, motion picture version of the Life portfolio:
This week’s featured digitized image collection is the Teenage Telephone Essay, photographed by Grey Villet for Life magazine, and stored in Google’s Life photo archive. “The Teenage Telephone Tie-up” was the cover story of the April 2, 1956 issue.
Image source; back issue available for sale on eBay.
I couldn’t find the text of the story, but [...]
