No Fixed Plans

  Rizzuto, Angelo, photographer.  Woman sitting with luggage in Penn Station . United States New York Pennsylvania Station New York State, 1958. [07/58] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020636556/. It's been a while since I've posted for Sepia Saturday and I do resolve to remedy that, but who knows if I'll have another 6 day a week job (which was supposed to be a 5 day a week job). Eishōsai Chōki, Active , Artist.  Hibachi . Japan, 1794. [, Printed Later] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008660674/. Gems of American life Woman sitting in chair with hand under chin . , 1871. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022654648/. Inspired by this week's Sepia Saturday prompt. 

Bain News Service, Publisher.  Cafe, New Year's Eve . , ca. 1910. [Between and Ca. 1915] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014694999/. My Sepia Saturday post this week commemorates New Year's Eve with photos from the Library of Congress and vintage cards I've found. At Hotel Prosperity all the tables have been reserved. How about that? Keppler, Udo J., Artist.  New Year's eve at the hotel prosperity / Kep . , 1909. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647535/. Federal Theatre Project, U.S., Sponsor.  "Vaudeville frolic" 15 acts: Gala midnight show New Year's eve . San Diego California, None. [California: federal art project, between 1936 and 1941] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/98516889/ I've checked an inflation calculator for these prices. Thirty-five cents in 1936 is $7.00 now and 55¢ is $11.00. So entertainment is a category where prices have really skyrocketed. I didn't...

  Each week Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers with a visual prompt. This week we're going to the movies. I went through the Library of Congress' archives and found an array of photos of theaters and illustrations of people watching movies. Mayer, Henry, Artist.  In the movies / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer . , 1914. New York: Published by Puck Publishing Corporation, 295-309 Lafayette Street. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011649843/. Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope . , ca. 1896. New York: Metropolitan Print Company. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003689462/ Lee, Russell, photographer.  Movie theater. Southside, Chicago, Illinois , 1941. Apr. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017788750/. Trikosko, Marion S, photographer.  Man working with a projector in a movie theater / MST . , 1958. Feb. 9. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003654377/. Vachon, John, photographer.  Movie theater. Romney, West Virginia . United States Hampshire County Ro...