The Daily Flag

A photo reminder of what not to do, on half-staff flag days. Remember, when the U.S. flag is flown at half-staff, all the other flags are lowered to half-staff, too.
The next scheduled half-staff flag day is December 7—National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

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Photographer Alex Richman has lots of big flags in his portfolio. Here are some of my favorites. Click into the photographs for a larger image.
 

The Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport in New York City.
 

A famous design from the town that made it famous—Philadelphia
 

You don’t have to be a New Yorker [...]

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I found a recurring theme in the photos that Sidewalk Photographer Alex Richman sent to me this week. At Coney Island, he photographed the American flag on the giant Wonder Wheel in the amusement park. Closer to home, there was a street festival in his own neighborhood, where he found a much smaller wheel—a pinwheel—that [...]

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What happens if you wear magnifying glasses (2.50x power), hold a 4-inch wide 3x power magnifying glass in your hand, and stare for hours upon the computer screen at enlarged (“power” unknown) digitized photographs circa 1860? You give yourself a headache and an upset stomach.
But how else shall I find the tiny images [...]

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I’ve been on a mission this week: to find the earliest known photographic images of the U.S. flag. My guideline was simple—any image that includes a easily identifiable U.S. flag. I have found many images that almost meet the criteria, and I could extrapolate and assume the flag was indeed the Stars and Stripes, but [...]

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