http://thisisdrew.com/photography Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:48:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the past three years, posts here have been sporadic at best. This site and my interest in photography started in a blur and kept pace for a pretty good stretch of time. I'd post stuff here several times a week. Sometimes daily. Being single and bored will ... http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=91 http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=100 Nice spur of the moment overnight float trip. Good weather. Small fish. Great time. Panorama from our campsite: 36°4' 40" N, 92°33' 35" W http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=90 from Shorpy: Children of rehabilitation client, Maria Plantation, Arkansas. October 1935. View full size. Farm Security Administration photograph by Ben Shahn. http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=89 From Shorpy: August 1936. Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people. No food and three gallons of gas in the tank. The father is trying ... http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=88 From the University of Arkansas Special Collections website: The Sanborn Insurance Maps, comprising more than four thousand items, depict structures in Arkansas towns and cities between the 1880s and the 1930s. Some maps indicate the rise and fall of railroads in the state, while others show highways, political, topographic, or ... http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=87 A workmate of mine clued me in a little-known piece of Arkansas motorsports history that can be viewed via google maps. "From 1954-57, Memphis-Arkansas Speedway was a regular NASCAR stop. The drivers who would become stock car racing's first legends tested their grit and machines on the high-banked 11/2 -mile ... http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=86 On my flickr http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=85 In October of 1835, the The New-England Magazine published a letter from Albert Pike. It was titled: "Letters from Arkansas". Among other things, included is a detailed description of the Arkansas River bottoms. Below is a scan of the entire article. Here is a bigger version if you ... http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=84 On my flickr Further interest in Arkansas in the eighteenth century stemmed more from speculation and adventure than it did in economic and political planning. In 1719 French explorer Barnard La Harpe made a trip up the Arkansas River to identify the resources of the region, including the wild animal ... http://thisisdrew.com/photography/?p=83