Charming Oddities

Odd angles, strange exposures, tricks of light and personal moments interrupted and frozen by the click of a camera: Photographers unknown.

AAA

My grandfather's workspace in his 1950s AAA office in New York City.

She's With The Band

They rehearse music. She sits back, smokes and reads a magazine. Oh, to be a "band wife". Something tells me she's not the singer.

Unusual: Black & White (Or Sepia)

More black and white entrancements from anonymous snap-shooters of the past.

Scenes From God's Own Junkyard

Images from the 1964 book of photographs compiled by architect Peter Blake (not to be confused with the painter of the same name) which detailed what he then called "The Uglification Of America".

Humor & Advice From 1905

This 1905 stag humor postcard (sent in 1907) reads: "Be good and if you can't be good be careful." Addressed to Mr. John Davis on Conshohocken, PA (and currently with me in 2009).

Sepiatone Storefront

Handsome couple on a city sidewalk: 1940s.

Glare. Tear. Blur. Repeat.

Photo anomalies and personal potshots from unnamed sources.