Via Waxy, we are directed to a trove of some four thousand glass plate negatives salvaged from the trash back in 2019 and developed by documentary photographer and preservationist Terri Cappucci based in western Massachusetts. The collection, destined to be thrown away, captures local history and provides a snap-shot of New England spanning from the 1860s to the 1930s. A lot of the portraiture includes exquisite and sharp details on styles and fashions from over the decades and illustrate changes in living and the land. The state university in Amherst has acquired the archive and is in the process of curation.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the Morris Worm (1988), Simpsons Albums plus in praise of phrase books
two years ago: a treasury of neologisms, US president Warren G Harding plus an art storage facility opens its doors to the public
three years ago: your daily demon: Vine, a board game about the US electoral college, the first BBC high-definition television broadcast (1936) plus Hartfield’s Landing revisited
four years ago: Party Like It’s 1999, a historic bar in Singapore plus more shadow puppets
five years ago: artist Piet Mondrian, assorted links to revisit plus more on the first residents of the International Space Station
