Category: historic sites

• Ansel Adams at Manzanar 1943

  2–3 minutes

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  May 7, 2013

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  historic sites, Inspiring People, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Museum, Wanderings

  In wandering through the wonderful archives online of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division I came across some intriguing and beautiful shots created by Ansel Adams. Not surprising to see beautiful Adams photographs, you say? No, but these are different than the scenery images with which we are so familiar. In 1943 Adams…

  

• Magnificent Hearst Castle

  4–6 minutes

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  January 30, 2013

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  Art, Decorative Arts, Drawing, historic sites, Inspiring People, My Portfolio, Soul Food, Wanderings

  Imagine a palace filled with wonderful artwork from foreign lands, incredibly detailed and ornate tile work, opulent swimming pools surrounded by graceful figurative sculptures – all placed in the lovely setting of rolling hills stretching down to the Pacific Ocean. It was built in the 1920s-1940s, and is an achievement that will never be equaled,…