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Post by garyzaboly on May 21, 2010 15:41:56 GMT -5
digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfmThe above link is to the New York Public Library Digital Gallery, containing a host of visual subjects, but many related to our subject. E.g., just type in "Alamo" or "Mexican," etc. in the SEARCH box and see what happens. (There are many Mexican army and cavalry figures, for instance, I hadn't seen before, if most of a post-1836 vintage).
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Post by sloanrodgers on Jun 29, 2010 17:41:25 GMT -5
Nice link and collection. I love digital research, but I still enjoy visiting archives
to look at (and smell) musty old books and documents.
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Post by Allen Wiener on Jun 29, 2010 17:59:03 GMT -5
Interesting; I hadn't seen some of those. That "Death of Crockett" has no artist listed. Also, is that a firing squad or just a horde all firing on old Davy?
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Post by sloanrodgers on Jun 29, 2010 18:03:23 GMT -5
A hoary horde of horrible huns.  |
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Post by Seguin on Jun 30, 2010 23:46:23 GMT -5
Interesting; I hadn't seen some of those. That "Death of Crockett" has no artist listed. Also, is that a firing squad or just a horde all firing on old Davy? It´s by W.H. Drake. If you click on "Image Details", you get this info: Image Details Image Title : Death of Crockett. Creator : Drake, W. H. -- Artist Published Date : 1895 Depicted Date : 1836 Specific Material Type : Prints Item Physical Description : 1 print : b&w ; 11 x 14 cm. (4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.) Original Source : From Century magazine. (New York : The Century Co., 1870-) . Source : Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / American history -- 1820s-1830s Source Description : 1 folder (31 pictures) Location : Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection Catalog Call Number : PC AME-182 Digital ID : 809133 Record ID : 701966 Digital Item Published : 10-28-2005; updated 2-23-2010 |
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Post by garyzaboly on Jul 1, 2010 13:54:01 GMT -5
Nice link and collection. I love digital research, but I still enjoy visiting archives to look at (and smell) musty old books and documents. Join the club, Ranger! Nothing like the smell of old books and file bundles, or wearing gloves while handling the rarer items, or stumbling upon the unexpected in old card files. Same thing goes for old book shops. The joy of stumbling onto a useful archaic book you've never heard of before, full of dust and cracking a little in the spine, selling for just a few bucks, is I'm afraid getting rarer and rarer. |
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Post by sloanrodgers on Jul 1, 2010 23:28:51 GMT -5
Well, I've been in the club since my mother worked in the Old Barker Archives in the '70s and introduced
me to Half-Price books, but thanks for the invitation. ;D
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Post by garyzaboly on Jul 3, 2010 5:35:23 GMT -5
Sometimes there's no substitute for rummaging through documentary archives, but it is amazing how much old source material IS available online now. Time was when I would often spend an entire day downtown in the library or Historical Society and come home with just a half-page of notes; now some of that stuff can be had free online, at the click of a key. The bad thing about this, however, is that it might make some researchers lazy, thinking they can obtain everything they need online. Nothing can be further from the truth.
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