Pot of Golden Arches? #citybeautiful
Happy birthday Thomas Cole, born #onthisday (Feb. 1) in 1801. Is this his color wheel or the birth of modernism? Hard to say. Source: @thomascolesite #hudsonriverschool #thomascole
Nutmeg doing her best pastry impression for #nationalcroissantday
#onthisday (Jan. 28) in 1910 the original gift of ornamental cherry trees from Japan was burned in the shadow of the Washington Monument out of fears over invasive pests. Source: National Agricultural Library. #americancanopy #cherryblossom #americanhistory
#onthisday (Jan. 24) in 1912 JR Drake, VP of the Hupp Motor Company completed his pioneering round the world tour in a Hupmobile. Source: @ahcwyo #otd #longestlineonthemap #overlanding #americanhistory
#nationaldressupyourpetday #chilife #chihuahuasofinstagram #chihuahua
Painter John Singer Sargent was born #onthisday (Jan. 12) in 1856. Although known mostly for society portraits and realism, he also painted this amazing ceiling on the third floor of the Boston Public Library. The painting formed part of a series on the evolution of religion. Highly recommended if you’re ever in Boston. #johnsingersargent #astarte @bplboston
One of the great nature writers of the 20th c., Aldo Leopold, was born #onthisday (Jan. 11) in 1887 (and was a fellow @lvillealumni ) #aldoleopold #wilderness #americancanopy #asandcountyalmanac @lvilleschool
I'm excited to announce the release tomorrow of my new book, The Longest Line on the Map: The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas (@scribnerbooks). I've been working on this project since American Canopy came out seven years ago. The new book charts what is perhaps the largest untold story in US foreign relations history, covering 150 years and an entire hemisphere. From the jacket: "A dazzling account of the world's longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America--a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." #longestlineonthemap #panamericanhighway #overlanding #bookrelease #americanhistory
Found this image while researching The Longest Line on The Map. Seemed appropriate for #nationalbirdday Source: The World’s Work (1907). #longestlineonthemap