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

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]

References

  1. ↑ "5 Things We Love". Honolulu Star - Advertiser. 16 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Judkis, Maura (8 December 2011). "Time travelers". The Washington Post. 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. ↑ Kelly, Kate (5 November 2011). "America As It Once Was: A Daily Gift". Huffington Post. 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. ↑ Mitchell, Joe (19 April 2007). "www.shorpy.com". Hawkes Bay Today. p. A8.
  5. ↑ Rondeau, Mark E. (14 April 2007). "Historic images spur search for Hine's subjects". Bennington Banner.
  6. ↑ Bell, Melissa (6 November 2011). "Everything old is new again online". The Washington Post. p. T5.
  7. ↑ Fletcher, Dan (28 June 2010). "Best Blogs--Shorpy". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Guide: internet: Blog Roll: Photography". The Guardian. 31 March 2007.
  9. ↑ Bjortomt, Olav (21 April 2007). "Blog of the week". The Times. p. 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. ↑ "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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