James Whitlow Delano

Night phone call and a smoke, Hatagaya, Tokyo, 2002

Photo: James Whitlow Delano

London Underground

The Lure of the Underground, 1927

Poster Art: Alfred Leete

No Wet - No Cold, 1929

Poster Art: Frederick Manner

Circular Quay

Circular Quay

Sydney, Australia, 1892

(Powerhouse Museum Sydney)

Vincent van Gogh

Bridge in the rain, 1887

by Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas

Robert Frank

Ford Assembly Plant, Detroit, 1955

Photo: Robert Frank

Enrico Natali

Father and child at the Detroit Auto Show

Detroit, 1968

Photo: Enrico Natali

Eisenstein

Battleship Potemkin, 1925

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Poster Art: Stenberg Brothers

Garry Winogrand

Woman slipping off her shoes at the Museum of Modern Art.

New York, 1981

Photo: Garry Winogrand

Woolwich

Powis Street, Woolwich, East London

Postcard ca.1895

Einar Erici

C. P. Lundström, Coachman

Gävle, Gästrikland, Sweden, 1930s

Photo: Einar Erici

Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt, 1883. In her Pierrot outfit that she wears for the pantomime Pierrot the Assassin. Photo: Félix Nadar

Air Mail

First Official Flight, April 23rd 1931

Australia - England

Longfellow

Henry W. Longfellow

Isle of Wight, 1868

Photo: Julia M. Cameron

Longfellow was an American poet and educator.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Treason Trial, 1958

Photo: Jürgen Schadeberg

Self-Portrait '56

Vivian Maier, Self-Portrait

June 16, 1956

Vivian Maier

Untitled

New York, 1953

Photo: Vivian Maier

Young Australian Woman

Young woman with a long braid, ca.1870

Photo: Townsend Duryea

(Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia)

Illustration by Gustave Doré

The Council of the Rats, ca 1870

Illustration by Gustave Doré

Wood engraving

The Council Held By The Rats

As the story (ascribed to Aesop) goes… a certain cat spread so much terror through the kingdom of the rats that they held a council to decide what should be done. One wise old rat suggested that a bell should be fastened around the cat’s neck to give warning of his approach, and all approved of this idea. But who was to do it? Nobody volunteered and the whole thing ended in talk.
(Quoted after Robert L. Peters)

Monsieur Doré

Gustave Doré, 1855

French artist, engraver, and illustrator.

Photo: Félix Nadar

Baltimore Tram

Baltimore, Maryland, 1943

Tram leaving the terminal at night.

Photo: Marjory Collins