All Business by the Bridge
I’ve flagged about 200 images which possibly include Annie Powell or her reflection in a glass surface. The 1927 image (above) may be my favorite of what I consider “Annie self-portraits.” It shows a spry, 68-year-old striding across the Bridge Street intersection wearing fedora and holding a briefcase. To me, her performance presents the certitude of a lawyer headed into court.
Jack Kerouac and Annie Powell: On the road past Al’s Lunch
I’ve flagged about 200 images which possibly include Annie Powell or her reflection in a glass surface. The 1927 image (above) may be my favorite of what I consider “Annie self-portraits.” It shows a spry, 68-year-old striding across the Bridge Street intersection wearing fedora and holding a briefcase. To me, her performance presents the certitude of a lawyer headed into court.
Take a photo with 'Annie' on Saturday
I’ve flagged about 200 images which possibly include Annie Powell or her reflection in a glass surface. The 1927 image (above) may be my favorite of what I consider “Annie self-portraits.” It shows a spry, 68-year-old striding across the Bridge Street intersection wearing fedora and holding a briefcase. To me, her performance presents the certitude of a lawyer headed into court.
A first for our poster project: translation into Haitian creole
The International Institute of New England (IINE) has served immigrants in Lowell since 1918. So it was a perfect partnership when we placed a poster in their Jackson St. lobby in which both the subject and photographer were immigrants.
The Powells‘ Customers Found Comfort and Sunlight
I first published this line drawing of the Powell photo studio in 1993 and had all but forgotten it even after several years of consulting for the expanding by Annie Powell research project.
Annie’s Valentine’s Day Postcard from 1904
Today, anyone can pay an online poster company up to $583 for a reproduction of Annie’s 1904 image and place it on a wall.
February Made Them Shiver
City leaders wanted to get President Harding’s attention about a coal shortage February, 1923. The plan: show him photos of cold kids lined up for a few chunks of coal.
Revisiting Annie Powell’s Obituary 73 Years Later
In the newsroom, her life was memorialized in their own way.
Biographical research and facial recognition software link a haunting image to Annie’s family to her personal spiritual beliefs.
Annie Powell overview presented to Lowell Historial Society annual meeting, May 2023.
A different Lowell photographer has been associated with this compelling image of poor housing conditions in Lowell taken in 1912. However, the use of the phrase “dangerous galleries” hand written on the front of the image may be evidence of Annie Powell’s work. (Image courtesy of Harvard University)