After typing “Sitting Bull autograph card” the link was taking quite a while to load so I went back and tried it again. The second time it came up right away. I learned several different names for Sitting Bull and that he was a shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. I also learned that after he was captured by US forces he toured with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show.
Using parenthesis I typed in “Casey Tibbs” and was given 4 results. The results were located at the Museum of the American West, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Wyoming, and the University of California, Los Angeles. The first one was called Casey Tibbs photographs. It gave descriptions of the different photos that were housed there. The second one listed a 30 minute anthology series that ran on NBC from 1955 to 1956. And although the third looked to be a basic article, the last one was a collection of motion picture lobby card from1912 to the present. It was interesting to see the different types of information that was available.
Just by the description and the homepage, I can tell that CAMIO would have been well used during my high school art classes. What a great resource! When typing in “Paul Revere” I was reminded that he and his family made things from silver. I just recently heard this thanks to the history channel and the show Pawn Stars. They had someone bring in one of Paul Revere’s family’s pieces - or they thought that it was anyway.
When I typed in Sioux, I was given a wide variety of items (63 to be exact) such as clothing, prints, pipes, writing tables, bowls, pouches, and dolls. Each item listed a picture, the title, the creator, the dates, type of art and the museum where it is kept. There were several ways to refine my search along the left hand side such as by date , subject, creator or format.
I chose to search for the photographer Ansel Adams. My sister has a collection of his prints and even though they are black and white, they are very powerful and I could look at them for hours and find or feel something different every time I look. I was shocked to see that the photos were taken 60-80 years ago. I thought they were newer than that.
My community would use this resource for school classes and research as well as for personal research. There are many local artists in the area and this would be a great tool for them. I noticed that the top tool bar with the red line had Asian style writing on it and that there is a place for an advanced search.
I was disappointed that my search for one of my favorite artists “Grandma Moses” resulted in only one finding. Maybe I just love the way her name sounds, but I remember doing a report on her when I was young. I also chose Monet and added some to my favorites. I love the slideshow idea. This would be great for a presentation or to keep a collection of meaningful images. It says that you can’t publish these pictures, but you are able to use them as a web page? Still a great resource.
Good report, Mighty Mel. ArchiveGrid gives a lot of information in the item descriptions, even if you can't take a field trip to see the items. CAMIO--glad you liked it! You can use the images for educational purposes, and the web page you can create is an internal one, not one that can be viewed by people outside your organization. You tell it where to save. We think it's a great way to bring major art galleries to patrons and to enhance history lessons. Thanks for your comments.
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