Comments on Prairie Bluestem: Arthur Rothstein Comments on a Famous Photo

As Gilda Radner's Emily Litella would say, "Never ...

2008-07-14T21:07:00.000-05:00

As Gilda Radner's Emily Litella would say, "Never mind." About halfway through the morning at work, after the coffee had taken effect, it all made sense.

The hand-me-down family stories of the Dust Bowl come alive when you see that photo. Our children need to see it.

Thanks.

Collagemama, I am not sure what you are asking abo...

2008-07-14T13:30:00.000-05:00

Collagemama, I am not sure what you are asking about. Most all Blogger photos can be clicked for a larger image, and that's done automatically by Blogger.

I wanted the image to link to its webpage at the Library of Congress, so I altered the link.

The original link looked something like this:

<a href="http://full.size.image" style="whatever"> <img="http://thumbnail.image" style="whatever"></a>

I changed the link so it would open a page at the Library of Congress:

Then the link looked like this:

<a href="http://Library-of-congress.webpage"> <img="http://thumbnail.image" style="whatever"></a>

This might not even be what you were wondering about!

I apologize for the bad links. Linking to anythin...

2008-07-14T13:01:00.000-05:00

I apologize for the bad links. Linking to anything at the Library of Congress is a bit of a trick. I should have restarted the browser or emptied the cache and tested them. This morning, they didn't work for me either. If anyone has a problem with the links, please let me know.

Thank you for this...this is right up my alley. O...

2008-07-14T06:57:00.000-05:00

Thank you for this...this is right up my alley. Off now to follow your links!

This morning the click for larger photo didn't wor...

2008-07-14T06:53:00.000-05:00

This morning the click for larger photo didn't work. I hope you'll write and explain how to add that feature.