Lost and Found: The amazing story of Charles Cushman in full color

Steve Smith

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• Sep 15, 2012

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Saw this posted on Facebook: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2012/cushman/

In the late 1930s, color film was pretty rare. But one amateur named Charles Cushman couldn't get enough.

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Steve.

 

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• Sep 15, 2012

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Nice commentary and slide sequence! I think its great that they have compiled a book together of his images, must have been a monumental and time consuming effort. I still have a link of his scanned archive that I was trying to flip through in the past.

If anyone has a bit of time I suggest flipping through a bit of it. Its a bit shocking to see all the things he has captured in color when you are so used to seeing black and white from those eras.

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp

 

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Thanks for the link, interesting - but websites with audio when listening to online radio

 

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• Sep 15, 2012

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Newt_on_Swings said:

Nice commentary and slide sequence! I think its great that they have compiled a book together of his images, must have been a monumental and time consuming effort. I still have a link of his scanned archive that I was trying to flip through in the past.

If anyone has a bit of time I suggest flipping through a bit of it. Its a bit shocking to see all the things he has captured in color when you are so used to seeing black and white from those eras.

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp

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A bit of time indeed. Tons of stuff to look at. I will have to return to that page many times. The guy was a good photographer.

 

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• Sep 16, 2012

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Thanks Steve. Also took me to some other interesting stories about found archives.

 

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• Sep 16, 2012

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nice

thanks... one of the unwritten benefits of being on apug - great members sharing!

 

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• Sep 16, 2012

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Wow....great piece! Tnx for sharing

 

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• Sep 16, 2012

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If not for Kodachrome we wouldn't have those beautiful color images.

I couldn't decide if I should put a happy face or sad face next to that sentence so I put neither.