Monthly Archives: May 2014

The 101st Anniversary of the Premiere of “The Rite of Spring”

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Christopher George

Dance Index, Volume VI, Nos. 10, 11, 12, 1947. Editors: Marian Eames and Lincoln Kirstein “Strawinsky cannot imagine separating the task of composing from that of providing for the needs, say, of his cat. He will provide nourishment for his … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 26, 2014 by adriennewhitephoto

Peter Stackpole, [American soldier tenderly holding a wounded Japanese boy inside an airplane as they await a flight to the nearest field hospital], 1944 (1494.2005) Robert Capa, [American troops landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France], June 6, 1944 (2991.1992) … Continue reading →

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Happy 136th Birthday, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Christopher George

[Negro Actors Guild of America Gala Testimonial Dinner and Entertainment program], 1940 Cornell Capa, [The funeral of William “Bojangles” Robinson, New York], 1949 (This post was created in May 2012.)

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Happy 201st Birthday, Richard Wagner!

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Christopher George

Weegee, [Metropolitan Opera’s female chorus rehearsing their parts for Wagner’s Lohengrin, New York], 1944 (153.1982) Weegee, Metropolitan Opera House Rehearsel, 1944 (126.1982) PM Daily, November 26, 1944, Metropolitan Opera’s male chorus rehearse their parts for Wagner’s Lohengrin. They will appear … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought

Posted on May 17, 2014 by mahulme

The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival, New York’s oldest and largest continuous food festival, will take place on May 17-18, 2014. Arthur Rothstein, [Peanuts, Washington Street, New York], 1971 (225.1989) Berenice Abbott, Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, New York, 1936 (675.1984) Anton Bruehl, … Continue reading →

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Historic American Panorma of the Moon’s Surface

Posted on May 14, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [Panorama of the Moon’s Surface with Shadow of Surveyor I], June 2, 1966. (2014.26.1) With the extraordinary news of China’s successful soft landing of a lunar rover on the surface of the moon on December … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 11, 2014 by megcatalano

Larry Silver Photographing baby in park, Sherwood Island, State Park, Westport, Connecticut 1980 (470.1986) Today is the day to celebrate the influence and impact that mothers and the maternal bond have on the development of both their own children and … Continue reading →

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Brett Weston’s New York

Posted on May 6, 2014 by mahulme

Brett Weston, [Air vents, New York], 1945 (308.2003) Brett Weston, [Skylight and fences, Midtown, New York], ca. 1945 (324.2003) Brett Weston, [Fire escape, New York], ca. 1945 (325.2003) Brett Weston, [Window reflections, New York], ca. 1971 (281.2003) Although Brett Weston (1911-1993), the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Buddha!

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Christopher George

Werner Bischof, [Buddha on the hill of the Seven Sages, Kyoto, Japan], 1951-52 (932.1974) Lisa Larsen, Buddha, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 1955 (2008.4.65) Robert Capa, [Adult and child sit beside a giant Buddhist statue, Nara, Japan], April 1954 (3242.1992) Stephen Dupont, The … Continue reading →

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Still Alive

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Christopher George

Carlotta Corpron, Nature Dancer (Chinese Cabbage), 1946 (50.1982) Rimma Gerlovina, Valeriy Gerlovin, Mark Berghash, Still-A-Life, 1988 (149.1989) Weegee, [(E.R.O.S.) Exposition inteRnatiOnale du Surréalisme, Paris], 1959-60 (16804.1993) (This post was created in June 2012.)

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