Monthly Archives: May 2012

Piramal and Sami and Adolph and Rudolph and Millie and Chistine and Daisy and Violet and Daisy and Violet…

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Christopher George

Frank Wendt, Piramal & Sami, Brother & Sister Double Bodied Hindoo Enigma, ca. 1915 Frank Wendt, Adolph-Rudolph, 27 Years Old, Born, Vienna, Austria, ca. 1898 Ollivier Photo, Millie Christine: The Carolina Twin, surnamed the 2-headed Nightingale, ca. 1880 A book: … Continue reading →

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Happy Memorial Day!

Posted on May 28, 2012 by erinbarnett

Larry Silver, Memorial Day flag, Westport, Connecticut, 1979 Larry Silver, Memorial Day Minutemen, Westport, Connecticut, 1979

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Celebrating 75 Years of the Golden Gate Bridge

Posted on May 27, 2012 by fansinaflashbulb

International News Photos, [Amelia Earhart and her Lockheed Electra above the Golden Gate Bridge], March 17, 1937 William E. Dassonville, Golden Gate Bridge from Sausalito, ca. 1925 Read more about the 75th anniversary festivities here.

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Space and Mirrored Self

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Patricia Silva

Currently, Francesca Woodman has two shows in New York: at the Guggenheim and a separate selection of blue prints at Marion Goodman. To look at Woodman’s photographs is to constantly read the environment through the psychological and vice versa. At … Continue reading →

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[Groups of men dressed in women’s clothing, 1940s and 50s]

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Christopher George

Lisette Model, Albert-Alberta, New York, 1940 Mickey Pallas, Female Impersonator Applying Make-Up, 1955 Mickey Pallas, Female Impersonator’s Grand Entrance, Chicago, 1955 Weegee, “Johnnie” Carbonele 2nd Prize Winner, ca. 1948 Bill Wood, [Group of men, dressed in women’s clothing], 1950s

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The Capture of Jefferson Davis by the Fourth Michigan Cavalry

Posted on May 18, 2012 by erinbarnett

George W. Lonsbury, [Benjamin D. Pritchard], ca. 1867 Stansbury & Co., [Benton D. Thurston], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [Johnson Saur], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [Horace Bascome Warner], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [John Sullivan], ca. 1865 The exhibition … Continue reading →

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73 Years Ago Today… The City of the Future!

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Christopher George

Vu, May 17, 1939

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Happy Birthday Richard, Abraham, and Jasper!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Christopher George

Richard Avedon, [Marilyn Monroe impersonating Theda Bara], 1958 Theda Bara. The movies’ first heavy-breathing temptress and the original vampire was Theda Bara–and this is Marilyn Monroe as this most famous of all vamps. In A Fool There Was and 40 … Continue reading →

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Man’s Best Friend

Posted on May 14, 2012 by lshimel

Robert Capa, [Sitting volunteer and dog, farewell ceremony for the International Brigades, Les Masies, Spain], October 25, 1938 One day, while sorting through some boxes of Robert Capa’s photographs of the Spanish Civil WarI came across an image of a … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by fansinaflashbulb

Roman Vishniac, Children making Mother’s Day cards, Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, New York, 1949 ©Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography Roman Vishniac’s recently discovered negatives documenting American Jewish social services organizations and community life in the 1940s, including … Continue reading →

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