Corey Templeton is pretty diligent about consistently posting a picture of Portland every day. I’d recommend this blog for the RSS reader especially when you want to appreciate the city we live in. Not all the shots are glam ocean touristy photos either; some really get to the marrow of this fine burg.
Think our current fight to reduce fossil fuels is a late twentieth century creation? From Shorpy, here’s a post on the Fuel Administration circa 1919.
According to a comment on the post and Wikipedia, the Fuel Administration was a government response to a major shortage of coal in the weaning years of WWI. The organization had broad powers to regulate prices and distribution of coal. Garfield was appointed by Wilson to head the agency. Beyond regulating demand, its most famous legacy is Daylight Savings Time.
I wonder given the current Tea Party context how popular a similar organization would be for conserving oil? Even Progressives might find the concept difficult. It speaks to how conservative the nation has shifted.
Jonathan “the new guy” in development threw out this site, a blog of really high quality historical images from around the US. Seems to be lots of exploring in this site.
End of the Line: 1921 talks about how when the streetcars were torn out of the roads, people found all sorts of uses for the old carriages.
There’s the Marilyn Monroe colorized section.
And this node was cool too for its before and after shots. A restaurant in 1937, this Savannah Georgia address has gone downhill since.
