{"id":8804,"date":"2019-12-20T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=8804"},"modified":"2019-12-13T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T13:40:12","slug":"finding-christmas-in-john-margolies-roadside-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/12\/20\/finding-christmas-in-john-margolies-roadside-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Christmas in John Margolies Roadside America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Santa’s Workshop, reindeer detail, Whiteface Mountain, North Pole, New York Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/mrg.00263 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I collect little things all year, clipping from websites in my Evernote, saving or favoriting posts in my rss feedreader. These are things I don’t want to forget, but I do, until when things seem to slow down at the end of the year, I clean out all my files. I ‘liked’ the Boing Boing post “Library of Congress releases 11,700 freely usable photos of “roadside America,” taken by John Margolies<\/a>” back in September, because I love the type of old road-side attractions that used to make up the bulk of Florida’s tourist activities back in the day. Of course, Florida doesn’t have a monopoly on these and John Margolies photograph collection at the Library of Congress beautifully captures a whole country’s worth of strange and lovely (gallery<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Santa’s Workshop, Cascade, Colorado Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/mrg.06793 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I collect little things all year, clipping from websites in my Evernote, saving or favoriting posts in my rss feedreader. These are things I don’t want to forget, but I do, until when things seem to slow down at the end of the year, I clean out all my files. I ‘liked’ the Boing Boing… Continue reading Finding Christmas in John Margolies Roadside America<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[257,48],"class_list":["post-8804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-christmas","tag-holiday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8812,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/03\/18\/florida-love-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":8804,"position":0},"title":"Florida love","author":"leems","date":"March 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Gatorland Zoo alligator statue, Route 1, St. Augustine, Florida Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/mrg.00267 Orange bird sign, Artesia Gardens Citrus Stand, Route A1A, Hammock, Florida Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/mrg.01936 From John Margolies' Roadside America","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gatorlandsign-101x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gatorlandsign-101x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gatorlandsign-101x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8809,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/05\/06\/permanently-halloween\/","url_meta":{"origin":8804,"position":1},"title":"Permanently Halloween","author":"leems","date":"May 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"John Margolies Dragon and pumpkin, Magic Carpet Golf, Key West, Florida Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http:\/\/hdl.loc.gov\/loc.pnp\/mrg.03060 I was inspired by images from road-side America, and went digging through more photo collections to find more magic in Florida. 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