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- November 14th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Silent Film
This past Halloween I was lucky enough to see the silent film Nosferatu accompanied by the Vancouver Orchestra. The scenes of coffins, death and creatures stacking in the night made me jump as music f…
- September 11th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Back To School
With summer coming quickly to a close and labour day having skipped by we find ourselves at the beginning of the school year. As children march back to the daily grind parents, teachers and yes even p…
- August 29th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
The Urban Forest: City Parks Around the World
Having lived in apartments for the past several years has been an adjustment. I grew up with a backyard and being limited to my one bedroom apartment and small deck is quite a difference from the sp…
- August 15th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
The Great Depression & The Current Recession: Decline & Reform.
Times of economic uncertainty provide the fertile ground for change. When stability abounds we tend to ignore the potential for collapse and thrive in states of elated compliance. When the structures…
- August 10th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
The World Fair: Chicago 1893
The architecture of World Fairs have always been of particular interest to me and my favorite has always been Chicago in 1893 or the World’s Columbian Exposition. The ‘White City’ has an eth…
- August 1st, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
B.C. Day
With a long weekend in full swing excitement abounds over having three days off. Why do we get the weekday closest to August 1st off? and what exactly, beyond being a holiday, does it mean? It is not…
- July 21st, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
When Water Rises
As a heat wave descends on British Columbia and areas of the interior become engulfed in flames the issues that surround natural disasters have been forefront in my mind and lead to this compilation.…
- July 14th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Inmate Image.
This is a collection of photographs from prison archives, because these images have been preserved along with their index cards detailed information about each prisoner is accessible such as previous…
- July 13th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Post Card Photographs
While in Berlin I collected a series of photographs depicting the Brandenburger Tor, images that showed this iconic gate throughout history. These images were available all over the city, tourists sho…
- July 6th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Women of Baseball
Living in Vancouver B.C. Canada it is difficult to escape the 2010 Olympic fever that has reached epidemic proportions since the beginning of this year. Although I am not a huge sports fan there are s…
- June 30th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Culinary Training: Photographs from 1899-1930’s
This post is about those all import skills of domestic life that have defined the educational paths of so many young woman throughout history. Bellow are some images showing such training and demonstr…
- June 2nd, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
White House Pets: a Cow For Every President and Some Cake For Every Dog
While researching and collecting images for my post on Presidential families (http://www.collectivepic.com/2009/05/white-house-dynasty-obamas-and-other.html)I stumbled across an interesting trend, t…
- May 29th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
A White House Dynasty: The Obamas and other Presidential Families.
With the American elections behind us months of campaign trail coverage has been replaced by a fixation on something else, a White House dynasty in the making. The Obama craze that swept the U.S quic…
- May 27th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Tourism: The Great Debate The Great History or Sea Shells and Luggage Tags
I couldn’t decide what to title this post or even how to focus my efforts. On the one hand I am approaching this topic from an Anthropological perspective, which means I could go on for days about…
- May 24th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Lines of Connectivity: Telephones and Photographs
My significant other (being a computer technician) often has lots to say about current technologies, the progress that has been made and potential directions for future developments. The telephone is…
- May 22nd, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Tobacco Floats, Prize Goats and Billy Bowlegs
What marks summer more perfectly then a festival? Maybe sunny days and a bit of time at the beach, but festivals are right up there too. My moments at outdoor venues have defined various time peri…
- May 17th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Archived apparitions
Spirit photography emerged out of the belief in a connection between this life and the next and the idea that some people can bridge the gap between these states of existence. In the 1860’s Will…
- May 10th, 2009
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benzer has started a new discussion: Mother's day.
- May 9th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
My Mother's Day.
Another day has arrived that is noted on calendars and announced to us daily in advertisements. What to do with this day, how best to celebrate, to acknowledge to pay tribute to those maternal figure…
- May 6th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Swine or spanish, influenza in 1918 and today
The swine flu or H1N1 virus has quickly become a global health crisis, as of 6 May 2009, 22 countries have officially reported 1516 cases. With this type of profound impact the media outlets have…
- May 4th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Archived Family Life.
In the mid to late 1800's photographic technology progressed to became increasingly versatile. Photographers were able to capture images in diverse settings as it became possible to leave the portrait…
- April 29th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
A day at the beach
The grey skies that plague Vancouver British Columbia all winter have finally let up. This dramatically changes the feel of this city. Suddenly the thick clouds lift and the sun shines, making its b…
- April 26th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Ruth St. Denis In all her dramatic glory.
I was researching costumes in the early 1900s when I stumbled on a remarkable find. Although I had originally wanted to post about costumes in general, the astounding nature of these images made me…
- April 24th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: my love for you is a stampede of horses.
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: FotoFling Scotland
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benzer has posted a new entry on: Global Tidings
The new era with China.
For several years political and economic theorist have been arguing that the reign of U.S hegemony would end and in its aches would emerge a new world leader, many prophesied that this mammoth power w…
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
The early View: Panoramic photographs.
For me the most enjoyable post so far has been the one documenting Victorian images, this collection interested me so much because of the history of photography that the pictures told. In many of the…
- April 22nd, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Earth day fun.
Today is earth day, so in memory I shall pause from my usually photo collections and instead turn to look at environmentalism. I have found some photos, mostly from the 1970's where this movement larg…
- April 21st, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: Global Tidings
South Africa goes to the polls tomorrow
with an election under way longstanding issues reemerge in South Africa. A country marked internationally for the end of apartheid and the supposed change in national identify that was said to come wi…
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Victorian Beauties
So far in this blog I have paid tribute to a variety of subjects, using images to discuss history and society. These posts have used photographs as the jumping off point to look at the world, past a…
- April 20th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: You're History
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: World War II History
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: The Quack Doctor
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: History and Women
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: Tattoo Pics - Tattoo Photos
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: danburypictures
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benzer has posted a new blog review on: What-I-Found
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benzer has added Quigley's Cabinet to their favorite blogs.
Quigley's Cabinet
A visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new a -
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Caroline's Miscellany
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- April 19th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Yesterday's Vancouver
Since moving to Vancouver several years ago I have become extremely intrigued by the cities past. Seeking out what old buildings and remnants of its history that still exist I attempted to gain insigh…
- April 18th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
My MacBook's genealogy
Given the significance computers play in our lives today it seems a shame to not spend time looking at the archival records that display its origins. To think that the foundations of my sleek little…
- April 17th, 2009
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
WWII medical photos
General view of medical ward of the 2nd Evac. Hospital, Diddington England 06/03/1943Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park…
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
Propaganda posters from WWII
How we depict the world around us acts like a bookmark of a cultural moment. A snap shot of a time and place and how perceptions were formed. A wonderful example of this can be found in propaganda pos…
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benzer has posted a new entry on: The Collective Picture
WWII images of military personal
There is a tone of archival images out there, stocked away in library basements. Luckily with the digitization of photos becoming more common libraries and government organizations are taking it upon…
