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Monthly Archives: May 2019
“And what is reason? and what is love? and what is life?”
George Frank Edgar Pearsall, [Walt Whitman], September 1872 (24.2004) Walt Whitman, Song of the Exposition, 5. You shall see hands at work at all the old processes and all the new ones, You shall see the various grains and how … Continue reading
Memorial Day
Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified man], ca. 1863 (2007.14.9) Unidentified Photographer, [Private Benjamin F. Smith, 11th U.S. Infantry. (One of the Civil War’s shortest soldiers.)], ca. 1875 (78.2004) Unidentified Photographer, [Unidentified man], ca. 1900-1910 (706.1990) Alva, [Unidentified woman and man], 1918 (1560.1990) … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, Alva, Civil War, Memorial Day, tintype, unidentified photographer, World War II, World War Two, WWII
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“The First Woman to Fly the Atlantic Alone”
Unidentified Photographer, [Amelia Earhart], ca. 1932 (1335.2005) Vu, “La ‘Girl Lindbergh’ A Traversé L’Atlantique,” May 25, 1932, (2009.61.15) Vanity Fair, “Miss Amelia Earhart: A new portrait by Steichen of the famed American flier who is now the wife of Mr. … Continue reading
Mother and Child
Nell Dorr, Mother and Child cover, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 (128.1999) Nell Dorr, Mother and Child, ca. 1950 … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, children, mother, Mother and Child, Mother's Day, Nell Dorr, toddler, women
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Katharine Hepburn (Photos by Munkácsi)
Martin Munkácsi, [Katharine Hepburn, Hartford], 1935 (2007.110.1395) Harper’s Bazaar, February 1935, pp. 38-39 (photo by Martin Munkácsi) Katharine Hepburn takes off from her native Hartford in gray gabardine trousers, gray flannel coat, white wool scarf. She likes this get-up for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1935, 1939, glass plate negative, Harper's Bazaar, Katharine Hepburn, Martin Munkacsi, portrait
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Audrey Hepburn (“Funny Face”)
Chim (David Seymour), [Audrey Hepburn holding balloons on the set of “Funny Face,” Tuileries, Paris, France], 1956 (42.1990) Chim (David Seymour), [Audrey Hepburn and designer Givenchy, trying on her gown for ballet sequence], ca. 1956 (41.1990) Chim (David Seymour), [Audrey … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, Audrey Hepburn, Chim, Chim (David Seymour), France, Paris
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Audrey Hepburn (“Gigi”)
George Karger, [Audrey Hepburn], 4×5 negatives, ca. 1951 Audrey Hepburn was born 90 years ago today. To commemorate this day we present “never seen before” portraits of Audrey Hepburn. The photographer George Karger (1902-1973) made about seventeen photos of Audrey … Continue reading
“And Tomorrow?” – World Press Freedom Day 2019
Regards, Photo by Gerda Taro, “Guernica! Almeria! Et Demain?”, June 10, 1937 (2007.82.10) Chim (David Seymour), [Crowd listening to a speech by Socialist Pietro Nenni, Basilica di Massenzio, Rome], March 11, 1948 (2011.31.1) Paul Schutzer, [Crowd at mall in front … Continue reading
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“As the train came into the station it began lurching from side to side. Then it stopped. Lights went out.”
On Sunday, April 26th, 1942, Louis Viebuchen, a 48 year old resident of Newark, New Jersey, arrived at work in the late afternoon. Viebuchen was a motorman on the Hudson and Manhattan railroad, with over twenty years of experience. At … Continue reading
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