Philosophy
Amazing that something as large and old as this still exists today in Buffalo, New York.
Leilani wrote at her blog...
Back during the Expo, the massive face acted as an entrance into one of the amusement rides called "Dreamland". The ride consisted of a mirror maze, which it is said that "No illusion on the Midway is more confusing or amusing".
Today, the Sleeping Woman is located on 459 Forest Ave. at the Buffalo Historical Society's Resource Center for the Pan-American Exposition. Although she is a replica, she is still just as impressive as she must have been in 1901. I think it's wonderful that such an unexpected glimpse of history is still out there on the streets for people to think and wonder about. Buffalo's got a huge fight going for preservation-- I also included some pictures I took yesterday of the H. H. Richardson Complex, a former insane asylum that is directly across from the Sleeping Woman. Incidentally, my great aunt worked here back in the 1930s. The Richardson Complex is a treasure of Buffalo--- the architect also designed the Trinity Church in Boston, MA and the landscaping around the complex was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Pan-American Exposition [Wikipedia]
May 1st...technology celebration 1901
- What's The Matter With Virginia?
Took the short people to Williamsburg, Virginia the other weekend. For so much of American history in the colonial and post-colonial era, Virginia was the wealthiest and most powerful state. More Presidents have been born in Virginia than any other state....
- Thanks!
Vacations are wonderful, but it's always nice to be home again, sleeping in your own bed, writing on your own blog,... I want to thank my guest-bloggeers Confused, Maybe Not, Jeff Maynes, Confused, Maybe Not, C. Ewing, Lil'Bro, and Confused, Maybe,...
- Deceased--milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin December 30th, 1909 to January 18th, 2011 Something like Diane Arbus [Wikipedia]. "Milton Rogovin, Photographer, Dies at 101" by Benjamin Genocchio January 18th, 2011 The New York Times Milton Rogovin, an optometrist and persecuted...
- Johns Hopkins' 1st Woman Ph.d. In 1893--florence Bascom
Florence Bascom July 14th, 1862 to June 18th, 1945 Geological Society of America's magazine... Bascom was the first woman hired by the U.S. Geological Survey (1896), the first woman to present a paper before the Geological Society of Washington (1901),...
- May 1st...technology Celebration 1901
The Pan-American Exposition of the World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York was honored by the United States Postal Service celebrating then, modern technology. Technical data... Flat Plate printing, 200 Subject Plates, Double-line Watermark, Perforation...
Philosophy
"Dreamland's" "Sleeping Woman" from the 1901 Pan-American Expo survives
Amazing that something as large and old as this still exists today in Buffalo, New York.
Leilani wrote at her blog...
Back during the Expo, the massive face acted as an entrance into one of the amusement rides called "Dreamland". The ride consisted of a mirror maze, which it is said that "No illusion on the Midway is more confusing or amusing".
Today, the Sleeping Woman is located on 459 Forest Ave. at the Buffalo Historical Society's Resource Center for the Pan-American Exposition. Although she is a replica, she is still just as impressive as she must have been in 1901. I think it's wonderful that such an unexpected glimpse of history is still out there on the streets for people to think and wonder about. Buffalo's got a huge fight going for preservation-- I also included some pictures I took yesterday of the H. H. Richardson Complex, a former insane asylum that is directly across from the Sleeping Woman. Incidentally, my great aunt worked here back in the 1930s. The Richardson Complex is a treasure of Buffalo--- the architect also designed the Trinity Church in Boston, MA and the landscaping around the complex was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Pan-American Exposition [Wikipedia]
May 1st...technology celebration 1901
- What's The Matter With Virginia?
Took the short people to Williamsburg, Virginia the other weekend. For so much of American history in the colonial and post-colonial era, Virginia was the wealthiest and most powerful state. More Presidents have been born in Virginia than any other state....
- Thanks!
Vacations are wonderful, but it's always nice to be home again, sleeping in your own bed, writing on your own blog,... I want to thank my guest-bloggeers Confused, Maybe Not, Jeff Maynes, Confused, Maybe Not, C. Ewing, Lil'Bro, and Confused, Maybe,...
- Deceased--milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin December 30th, 1909 to January 18th, 2011 Something like Diane Arbus [Wikipedia]. "Milton Rogovin, Photographer, Dies at 101" by Benjamin Genocchio January 18th, 2011 The New York Times Milton Rogovin, an optometrist and persecuted...
- Johns Hopkins' 1st Woman Ph.d. In 1893--florence Bascom
Florence Bascom July 14th, 1862 to June 18th, 1945 Geological Society of America's magazine... Bascom was the first woman hired by the U.S. Geological Survey (1896), the first woman to present a paper before the Geological Society of Washington (1901),...
- May 1st...technology Celebration 1901
The Pan-American Exposition of the World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York was honored by the United States Postal Service celebrating then, modern technology. Technical data... Flat Plate printing, 200 Subject Plates, Double-line Watermark, Perforation...