Posts Tagged "found"

Autograph Book, Page 10

This was a tough name to decipher, and even after staring at it for a long time… I’m still not sure if I’ve gotten it correct. My initial impulse is to read the name as “Moom Hegemein.” I’m not sure if I’m reading the first name properly (or if it’s a shorter first name, with “M” as the middle initial). I’m also having a tough time with the last few characters in the last name.

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Autograph Book, Page 7

Unsure if the first letter is an “E,” but it’s my best guess. Whatever it is, it looks like a very fancy letter to make. If you look at the larger version, you can see that the letter was formed in one stroke, with the circular swirl done as the pen made its way down the letter.

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Autograph Book, Page 4

This note from Annie was a bit tricky, as it took me a few passes to get acquainted with her letter “M.” The end of the letter has a slight swirl to it, a backwards curl that almost resembles a lower case “q.”

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Autograph Book, Page 3

I had a tough time reading the letter p in this note, but after comparing a lot of similar words… I feel a lot more confident about words like precepts and point. The one letter I’m still struggling with is in the final attribution (in the bottom left corner of the page). I think it’s “by B. J. Howe,” but I can’t tell for sure what the second initial is.

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Autograph Book, Page 1

What’s interesting to note is that her last name is spelled “Duryea” on this title page, but in subsequent pages shows up as “Duryee.” In fact, there are several other signatures that appear to be family members – and all of them sign their name “Duryee.”

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Photos of a Pop Singer’s Abandoned House, Japan

The above photo is from a series taken by Tokyo Times, while visiting an abandoned building. Inside, he found the remnants of an old enka singer’s life, a time capsule of sorts. The images are moving in what they suggest – a life of music, and a time that’s since passed. I love these photos for much the same reason…

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Strange Signs, Logan Square Blue Line Stop

On the way to work yesterday morning, I spotted two odd signs posted at the Logan Square Blue Line stop. At first, they looked like ordinary signs… but something about the dotted line caught my eye, and I paused for a closer look. This first sign was a puzzler. Still not sure what it’s asking, but it was definitely interesting….

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Inverted, Inverted Sign

Walking home from work a few days ago, I spotted this sign resting outside of the Post Office. What struck me most (outside of it being upside down) is that it looked like someone carved the note into a batch of paint as opposed to using paint to make the letters. I wasn’t sure what it was or what it…

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Love Pictures: Online Gallery of Found Photos

Love-pictures is an online gallery “to celebrate found and taken photographs that are experienced as much by the heart as by the head.” Here’s a bit more about the photos from the site itself: The inaugural portfolio is selected from Scott’s archive of over 4500 found photographs, and is the product of almost 40 years of collecting. Thirty of Scott’s…

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