Shorpy.com explained

Shorpy.com is a vintage photography blog. It posts digitally enhanced photographs acquired from a variety of sources, including the Library of Congress and National Archives. Most of the photographs presented on the website date to the early twentieth century.[1] Former newspaper editors Dave Hall and Ken Booth run the site.[2] [3]

Namesake

See main article: Shorpy Higginbotham. The blog is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a child laborer who worked as a greaser in an Alabama coal mine.[4] His portrait is Shorpy.com's logo. Higginbotham was killed in a mining accident in 1928.[5]

Media reception

Shorpy.com has received acclaim from a variety of media outlets, including The Washington Post,[6] Time,[7] The Guardian,[8] The Times,[9] and The Independent.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: 5 Things We Love. Honolulu Star - Advertiser. 16 September 2011.
  2. News: Judkis. Maura. Time travelers. The Washington Post. 8 December 2011. Shorpy, a straightforward curated site of historic photos from the Library of Congress, was one of the first. It is run by Dave Hall, a former copy editor for The Washington Post..
  3. News: Kelly. Kate. America As It Once Was: A Daily Gift. Huffington Post. 5 November 2011. A few years ago, journalists Ken Booth, who worked at the Orlando Sentinel, and David Hall, an editor at the Washington Post, started devoting nights and weekends to creating a website. . ..
  4. News: Mitchell. Joe. www.shorpy.com. 19 April 2007. Hawkes Bay Today. A8.
  5. News: Rondeau. Mark E.. Historic images spur search for Hine's subjects. Bennington Banner. 14 April 2007.
  6. News: Bell. Melissa. Everything old is new again online. The Washington Post. 6 November 2011. T5.
  7. News: Fletcher. Dan. Best Blogs--Shorpy. https://web.archive.org/web/20100701222640/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999770_1999761_1999755,00.html. dead. July 1, 2010. 25 December 2012. Time Magazine. 28 June 2010.
  8. News: The Guide: internet: Blog Roll: Photography. The Guardian. 31 March 2007.
  9. News: Bjortomt. Olav. Blog of the week. The Times. 21 April 2007. 13. There are numerous photo blogs around, but you may well be tired of empty displays of camera technique. Shorpy provides a unique and refreshing alternative. "The 100-year-old photo blog" concentrates on intriguing pictures from the distant past..
  10. News: The Life Browser. The Independent. 24 August 2009. Lifebrowser just discovered Shorpy, a 'a vintage photography blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s'. Each image has an enlightening caption to bring it to life. It is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner and one of the subjects..

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