Infrogmation

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Infrogmation of New Orleans, the Infrogmation on Wikimedia and multiple other places on the internet since the 1990s. 🐸 You post image without alt text? Don't expect me to share that.

Two old metal fence posts side by side at a property line. Small portion of wooden houses seen in background. At left is a cylindrical vertical fence post painted dark brown, the top of which narrows then widens again in a vaguely plant-like pattern. The visible bit of fence attached is a simple design of horizontal bars and vertical stakes in matching brown. At right vertical rectangular fence post, the upper portion of which has a section with a square design topped with a fleur-de-lis. Two layers of paint, dark red and green, are seen in uneven pattern - the post was no doubt painted solid colors at different times but parts of layers have worn away. The visible bit of attached metal fence has series of decorative curls between and over the bars and stakes.
Photo of sign on atop metal pole holder, neatly hand lettered in script, reading "19 - Exotic Frogs". Outdoor streetscape with buildings and bus seen in background.
Large hand-lettered sign hanging above a metal pole with various inexpensive clothes hangers. Sign text: "NO BOILING CRAWFISH IN WASHERS!" Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans.
Sign reading "Riverfront Streetcar" "Dumaine Station". Behind it is a concrete platform between 2 rail tracks, with a thin kiosk. Beyond is a grassy levee, atop which a bicyclist rides.
A stone arch foot bridge spans a calm bayou body of water in which ducks swim. On either side are old oak trees draped with Spanish moss.
Back of a plumber's pickup truck seen from 2 way road with traffic light, heading under an overpass. The back of the truck has the plumber's name, address, and phone number painted on it, along with cartoony artwork showing to figures running. The first is an anthropomorphized large piece of excrement, with eyes, legs, and arms. Lines indicating stink rise from it. Running just behind is a cartoon plumber, wearing overalls, a wrench in one hand and a tool box in the other, emanating a blue heart symbol.
Faded painted sign on corrugated metal door in an old brick building. Over text "Little Debbie" in a red rectangular outline is artwork depicting the face of a girl. Weathering and rust have made the face look rather monstrous, with spooky eyes under fierce eyebrows, a snarling mouth, and misplaced nostrils. Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, 2021.
Photo looking across lawn towards a 2 story 1960s modern building labeled with lettering "UNIVERSITY CENTER" at top of facade. In front of the building is a large sign "LSU New Orleans - Home of the Privateers". At left a sign on a metal pole "The University of New Orleans - Visitor Parking 2 hr limit".
Louisiana opossum in a live catch trap cage
First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans has a sign with movable letters so that it can show changing messages. In this photo it reads: "Human dignity is not negotiable." - 7th Ward Pope
Transparent plastic jar of garlic powder, with red plastic lid. Paper label on jar has text "McCormic Garlic Powder" with an illustration of a head of garlic. Smaller text reads "The Taste You Trust" - Non GMO
Snapshot of band, 4 men playing a long marimba, a youth playing a drum trap-kit, and obscured musician playing upright bass. Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, 1979
Straight on view from street of shop in single story brick building, tall enough to have a substantial attic. Top third of brick facade is blank. Lower third has center door flanked by windows with protective metal mesh. Middle third of facade is an overhang with signage. Front sign has white background with red letters reading " F & F BOTANICAL & CANDLE SHOP - SPIRITUAL PRODUCTS AND RELIGIOUS ARTICLES", with 7 digit telephone number. Smaller blue lettered text has a series of words including "Sprays Incense Talismans Floor wash Roots Herbs Colognes Baths Oils Candles Books".
Exterior view of shop in early 20th century single story brick building on an avenue. Signage on overhang over front doors and windows. Angle shop shows side of sign from sidewalk, red background with yellow text "F&F Candle Shop", with smaller red letters below "Spiritual & Religious Products".
Long tailed brown lizard on grey-painted wooden deck, with a few small pink flower petals around. The lizard eyes the photographer, in position ready to run should the circumstances suggest that action.
Front of wrinkled old t-shirt, yellow-gold color. Green artwork printed on it - a sitting frog or toad at left, a Carnival mask at right, and in center, a glass of beer surrounded by a strand of Mardi Gras beads. Text on beer cup "DIXIE" (former New Orleans brand of beer) and "Happy Mardi Gras". Larger text in purple letters above artwork reads "Crewe of TOAD", below "1978".
Slightly faded 1981 color photo print. Cobblestone street with old 1 and 2 story stone buildings to sides. 3 men are seen walking away from viewer in the street. 2 of the men are police officers in khaki uniforms with campaign hats. The one on the left walks a small bicycle, the middle police officer carries a rifle. The third man is their prisoner, walking with his hands in handcuffs behind his back, wearing blue pants and a white shirt with vertical stripes. To both edges of the view are sidewalks with some people walking and others watching the scene; about half of the onlookers are children. Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans, April 1981.
Exterior view of part of a building, weatherboard walls painted peach color. At center is upper part of a doorway, the frame painted white, with a transom window with vertical security bars above it. The door is painted red, and has a window in it; part of a white pickup truck is seen in reflection in the window. The space above the door and below the transom window is painted green as background. On this green field is metal decoration, looking like it was assembled from parts of hat racks or coat racks. The design on either side is vaguely flower shaped; the center looks rather like an owl's face, the resemblance heightened by white stars painted for eyes. Other white stars with black background are painted around it. Text below the face reads "URA * STAR".
Small sidewalk front shop - wooden building with 2 service windows up set of 3 brick steps. A banner with the word "FOOD" is at the far end. At the near end is a large hand made sign in the shape of a sno-ball cup (New Orleans area shaved ice with flavors treat). Hand lettering reads "HOTTFOOD" with eyes in the double "O"s. Band of text lower down reads "Chicken - Fish - Shrimp - Yet-Ca-Mein". Below "Skip's Lunch Box" and text listing hours, noon to 6pm, and a drawing of a smiling mouth with tongue hanging out and text "YUM YUM!!"
19th century line-art engraving of Jefferson Davis wearing an 1860s woman's dress, the bonnet pulled off revealing his bearded face. He has an expression of embarrassed worry. He is surrounded by a group of U.S. soldiers looking at him with triumphant amusement.
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section of cracked and weed-grown concrete sidewalk, with cracked old tiles inlaid, 3 tiles each with 1 number in light blue with white outline and light grey background, "296"
Simple line art cartoon. Large hand holds a small green frog, while another large hand points finger at the frog. Text: "DISABLE YOUR AD BLOCKER TO VIEW THIS SITE". Small frog says: "No."
Brown lizard on concrete sidewalk warily watching the photographer. Blades of green grass at left edge of photo.
1503 woodcut engraving of jester pointing and laughing "ha ha ha ha".
Same image - woodcut of man with shaved head-top in jester outfit looking and pointing to viewer's left with finger of 1 hand, with caption "ha ha ha ha" - cropped, converted to black & white, and slightly contrast adjusted.
Screenshot of post by Angus McIntyre, @angusm@mastodon.social. Text: The reason why the Artemis mission has everyone so fascinated is because it is a showcase for the efforts of people who are very, very good at their jobs, at a time when the news cycle is dominated by people who are not merely terrible at their jobs, but awful human beings as well.
New Orleans street corner, with wooden vernacular late 19th century single story buildings, a house seen at right, at center the corner building with corner doorway was likely previously a corner shop, apparently more recently housing. Wooden utility pole has hand-made sign attached to it, with lettering a mix of block lettering and cursive. Text on sign: "No Litter!" All Love" with a blue heart symbol at the bottom.
2 people standing, one in an inflatable frog costume, the other dressed in casual street clothes other than a cartoony frog atop their straw hat and holding an umbrella in the form of a frog head
Interior of neo-classical style bank building looking mostly circa 1900, with tall marble columns, metal bars and wickets for teller windows, and patterned tile floor. Also has various large plastic spider decorations, as photo taken during Halloween season.
Stock illustration cartoon of a jewel thief seizing lowering themselves by a rope from the ceiling so as not to touch the ground and set off alarms, a long time action movie trope. Here the jewel thief is a shapely woman in a tight black outfit with matching black high-heel shoes, gloves, and mask around the eyes, depicted holding on to a rope with her legs and one hand while the other hand grabs a large diamond from a pedestal in a museum.
Record cover "Thomas Jefferson with the New Orleans Creole Jazz Band", with black & white photo of African American playing trumpet.
Photo of part of front porch of house. On either side, sets of 4 concrete stairs from the ground to the porch. In the space between are two small mass-produced cement statues, one depicting fat Buddha, the other an East Asian woman in traditional Indonesian (?) style robe. At center larger is a board painted with a colorful cartoon, depicting a green fish riding a pink bicycle and smoking a red pipe. Smoke from the pipe rises from the pipe above the fish's head.
1898 political cartoon depicting Uncle Sam seated in restaurant looking at the bill of fare containing "Cuba steak," "Porto Rico pig," the "Philippine Islands" and the "Sandwich Islands" (Hawaii) and saying "Well, I hardly know which to take first!" to the waiter, president William McKinley
Same photo, but a fallen Dalek (evil space robot from Doctor Who show) has been photoshopped where the fallen bollard was.
Corner view of an old 2 story red brick building with irregular remaining exterior plaster, dark green wooden shutters over the upstairs window, and closed wooden door at corner. In foreground in front of street curb, a meter-long concrete bollard lies horizontally at the gutter, with a orange plastic cone upright beside it. In background around the corner, part of a freight train with black-painted tanker cars is seen.
Shop window display with a taxidermied wildcat in a fierce pose with one paw extended, claws out, and mouth open snarling. It is wearing a tall comical green hat of the type seen at some U.S. St. Patrick's Day parties.
Hand lettered sign attached vertically to wooden utility pole, with text "MAGA IS MURDER". On either side of the pole in background a wide street is seen, with traffic lights and a pedestrian waiting to cross.
19th century cartoon showing a humaniod moneybag labled "N.O. Waterworks Co. Monopoly" leaning on a fire hydrant with a foot resting on a rodent infested cistern. In its hand the character holds a paper reading "A Fortune for Dirty Water".
2 panel line drawing cartoon. Top panel: Old man in uniform poses proudly for a group of photographers. He holds out one hand on which is perched a Dove of Peace with traditional small olive branch in its mouth. Bottom panel: The old man in uniform is seated in a large chair at a dining room table, wiping his mouth with a napkin. On the plates in front of him are the bones of a bird and a small olive branch.
Comic strip panel from "Nancy" by Ernie Bushmiller. Little girl Nancy looks on in surprise as boy Sluggo angrily holds a can of worms, saying "They pay me in WOIMS".
1920s sepia photo portrait of Calvin Coolidge, looking rather dour. He was Vice President under US President Harding.
Residential street, single story wooden houses knocked off foundations with horizontal stripes of meters high flood lines. One house is in the middle of an intersection. The asphalt street is otherwise cleared, and a motorcyclist is seen from behind driving on the street. Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans.
Man dressed in costume with grey wig, elaborate 19th-century style moustache with large curly tips, and novelty eye-glasses that hide the wearer's eyes. He is pointing a cane at the viewer.
Krewe of Mid-City float. Blue FEMA tarp on bottom 2 meters of the float, representing the flood lines where the floats were stored (they don't actually "float") Theme sign "Drove My Chevy to the Levee but it was Gone!". Upper part of depicts an automobile with panicked driver and passenger, with signs including "Ain't Dere No More" "Caution! Pothole Rapids" "No Satire Here!" "Beachfront Property Not Cheap" "Rex Drowned" "I CRIED".
Screenshot from the cartoon "What's Opera, Doc?". A fat but elegant horse with short legs, a wreath around its neck, and purple-pink mane and tail trots down an incline. Bugs Bunny dressed as Brunhilda strikes a beguiling pose seated atop the horse's rump.
Costumed person leaning against green stuccoed wall of a building corner. They wear an oversized costume head depicting the head of a cartoonish white cat with tongue sticking out. The rest of the costume includes gold colored gloves and boots, a fluffy red top, short shiny shirt, and red mesh stockings on their legs. They are holding a beverage in a plastic container.
Roughly oval shaped pastry with frosting and rose petals, in square cardboard box.
Inside Congressional hearing room. A group of people, mostly women at least 1 man, stand in back row with hands raised. In front of them a row of people in suits sit at a table, at bottom right is Pam Bondi looking down.
Wooden house, 5 bays wide, on raised piers with the floor about a meter above ground level. A front porch or gallery in front under the roof supported by columns with a central staircase leading to the front door at the center of the front. On each side of the front door are pairs of windows. The doors and windows all have open shutters painted teal. The front wall is painted light yellow, the rest is painted white. A single dormer window is upstairs centered over the doorway. A flag of purple green and gold flys from beside the doorway, marking Carnival or Mardi Gras season.
Angry frog preparing tea - woodblock print by Matsumoto Hoji, 1814
19th century line drawing cartoon engraving. The Sun with anthropomorphic face dripping sweat looks down on scene. At left a healthy man holds a mug of beer while standing beside a keg, labeled "A good glass of beer for 5 cents". At right an anthropomorphic money-bag labeled "New Orleans Waterworks Company Monopoly" sits enthroned with a fire hydrant as an arm-rest and a broken cistern as a foot-rest. It holds a large piece of paper reading "A Fortune for Dirty Water". Below desperate citizens try to get water from dirty gutters or a rat-infested cistern, a woman raises her arms in woe, and a child lies deathly ill.
Parody of well known illustration by Norman Rockwell depicting him with a mirror painting a self-portrait. Editorial cartoon shows Uncle Sam sitting on a stool, looking into a mirror. His face looks very worried, aged, and worn. The self-portrait he is painting is the news photo ofLiam Conejo Ramos, small 5 year old child wearing a warm hat with bunny-ears, being seized by ICE agents.
Small Carnival float depicting Trump as "Jabba The Hut", giant slug-like creature from "Star Wars", holding the Statue of Liberty in chains.
Facebook screenshot from Libertarian Party of Louisiana: DEFUND ICE DISARM ICE DISMANTLE ICE This is the reasonable, moderate position.
circa 1900 color artwork postcard with text "A Hearty Welcome". Depicts an icy landscape, with a large polar bear standing on its hind legs having grabbed and picked up a person in winter gear.
Facebook post by Michael Tisserand: "Dear Facebook: I was talking about Molly Irvins." Screenshot of facebook notification "We removed your comment. Why this happened - The comment may buy, sell, promote or exchange illegal or restricted drugs. This goes agains our Community Standards on drugs. Screenshot of the removed post: Michael Tisserand says "Damn but I've been thing about Molly a lot".
Screenshot of post by Randahl Fink @randahl@mastodon.social text: I don't know if Americans realize what happened between the US and Denmark. No matter whom I listen to, the feeling is the same: Our bilateral relationship is dead. I grew up in a country filled with gratitude towards The US, because of The Normandy Landings. The US was loved. The feeling now is anger. Our Kingdom has been threatened twice in 100 years: Hitler's occupation and Trump's attempted annexation of Greenland. It saddens me, but I sense this will not easily be forgotten.
stock artwork of a trophy cup with stars coming out and the text "WIN!"