886 research outputs found
[Photograph 2012.201.B1398.0347]
No full textPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Harry Watton
Plateau Studios / Kodak Finishing Dept.
No full textThis envelop once held three rolls of film that were processed at The Plateau Studios in Asheville, North Carolina. Born and raised in Japan, George Masa (1881-1933) was known by the name Masahara Iizuka. He emigrated to the U.S. when he was 20 years old and, in 1915, came to Asheville, where he spent the rest of his life. After initially working at the Grove Park Inn, Masa turned to photography and was associated with Plateau Studio in Asheville. In addition to his personal and professional photographic pursuits, Masa was active in the Appalachian Trail Club and in the movement to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mutual interests in outdoor activities fostered a friendship with Horace Kephart, a noted author and promoter of the park. Kephart’s many articles promoting regional conservation were illustrated with Masa’s photographs of natural landscapes and scenic vistas
The lighting in photographic studios (Illustrated) /
No full textIncludes frontispiece portrait of the author.Mode of access: Internet
Being on the mat: Quasi-sacred spaces, ‘exotic’ other places, and yoga studios in the ‘West’
No full textThe chapter, "Being on the mat: Quasi-sacred spaces, ‘exotic’ other places, and yoga studios in the ‘West’" was written by Lisa Smith (Douglas College Faculty). Book description: This volume considers the phenomenon of yoga travel as an instance of a broader genre of ‘spiritual travel’ involving journeys to places ‘elsewhere’, which are imagined to offer the possibility of profound personal transformation. These imaginings are tied up in a continued exoticization of the East, but they are not limited to that. Contributors identify various themes such as authenticity, suffering, space, material markers, and the idea of the ‘spiritual’, tracing how these ideas manifest in conceptions and fetishizations of ‘elsewhere.’ To deepen its analysis of this phenomenon, the book incorporates a wide range of disciplines including architecture, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, women’s studies, religious studies, and history. While the book’s primary focus is yoga and yoga travel, contributors offer up an array of other case studies. Chapters delve into the complex questions of agency and authenticity that accompany the concept of ‘spiritual travel’ and ideas of ‘elsewhere.’
Chapter abstract: While most Westerners might not be able to provide an in-depth explanation of what exactly it is, yoga is a familiar word, even if it looks significantly different from practices that one might find in India. This chapter draws on a mini ethnography of two yoga studios in Montreal in order to better understand and examine yoga in the ‘West’. The author argues that yoga studios can reveal some of the particularities of self-formation in the West as it relates to the construction of the spiritual and religious subject. Most contemporary yoga studios house all manner of religious and spiritual objects that refer to exotic other places; indeed, it is this connection to ‘other’ places that lends the studio its legitimacy as a sacred space.book chapterPublished.Religious and spiritual objectsEthnography of yoga studiosYoga and self-formation in the 'West
[Photograph 2012.201.B1188.0391]
No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Special services Sunday will mark the dedication of a new $200,000 sanctuary by Capitol Hill Methodist Church, 123 SW 25. Bishop W. Angie Smith, New Mexico-Oklahoma District, will preach the service, which will be carried live on WKY Radio.
[Photograph 2012.201.B1267.0172]
No full textPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Teamed up in the funeral direction service are Bob Allen Street, and his father, Allen Street. The son has been with the Street & Draper funeral home for five years.
[Photograph 2012.201.B1169.0314]
No full textPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company
[Photograph 2012.201.B1164.0637]
No full textPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company
[Photograph 2012.201.B1046.0216]
No full textPhotograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Candidate for county commissioner, district 1
[Photograph 2012.201.B1062.0136]
No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Blue Pencil president for the new season is Mrs. Clover Lynn Powers, OKC.
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