Monthly Archives: June 2019

Pride

Posted on June 30, 2019 by claartjevandijk

Unidentified Photographer, The First Gay Pride was a Riot, ca. 1991 (1216.2000) Bill Eppridge, [Straight couple staring at two gay men, Washington Square Park, New York], April 27, 1964 (1235.2005) Gran Fury, RIOT: Stonewall ’69/AIDS Crisis ’89, 1989 (1139.2000) fierce … Continue reading →

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Gay Liberation Parade, Hollywood, 1972

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Christopher George

Anthony Friedkin, Gay Liberation Parade, The Spree Float, Hollywood, 1972 (2011.70.2) Anthony Friedkin, Come Play with our May Doll, Gay Liberation Parade, Hollywood, 1972 (2011.70.3) Anthony Friedkin, Women at Gay Liberation Parade, Hollywood, 1972 (2011.70.4)

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In Commemoration of Stonewall 50: Anthony Friedkin – The Gay Essay

Posted on June 28, 2019 by claartjevandijk

Anthony Friedkin, Black Female Impersonator Putting on Make-up, “C’est La Vie” Club, North Hollywood, 1972 (2011.70.28) On June 28, 1969, police officers invaded the Stonewall Inn, a bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, New York, that was frequented by … Continue reading →

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“The Toll of the Victory was Heavy,” June 1944

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Christopher George

LIFE, August 28, 1944, pp. 74-5 Saipan Eyewitness Tells of the Island Fight by Robert Sherrod Photographs for LIFE by Peter Stackpole and W. Eugene Smith Marines Follow Tanks Against Last Jap Defenders as Machine Gunners Keep Japs Down. Three … Continue reading →

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“War’s Terror Struck at the Innocent,” June 1944

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Christopher George

W. Eugene Smith, Frontline soldier with canteen, Saipan, June 1944 (E.L.1981.13) W. Eugene Smith, [Saipan civilians smoked out of cave], June 1944 (1582.2005) W. Eugene Smith, [Saipan civilians smoked out of cave] [verso], June 1944 (1582.2005) W. Eugene Smith, [Woman … Continue reading →

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The Sun

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Christopher George

Marilyn Bridges, Pyramid of the Sun, Moche Valley, Peru, 1989 (2009.1.4) Paul Caponigro, Stonehenge, 1978 (65.2001) Dennis Stock, [Sun], ca. 1975 Dennis Stock, [Sun], (icp.817) ca. 1975 Dennis Stock, [Sun], (icp.820) ca. 1975 Eadweard J. Muybridge, LeCount Bros. & Mansur’s … Continue reading →

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World Refugee Day

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Christopher George

Robert Capa, [Woman at a concentration camp for Spanish refugees, Argelès-sur-Mer camp, France], March 1939 (1608.1992) Ed Kashi, [Girls in front of their makeshift tent in the Ziveh refugee camp in Iran. The camp was created in the 1970’s to … Continue reading →

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“The Imperial Army Is Now Crusading”

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Christopher George

Front, “The Imperial Army, the Corner-stone of Asia,” No. 3-4, 1942 (2006.6.2) 1940: In Asia… Japanese soldiers stand sentinel at all key points of East Asia. Japanese troops advance to the Continent across the sea. Are they “Aggressors of Asia?” … Continue reading →

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Books not bombs

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Christopher George

Harrison, [Holland House library damaged during Nazi Blitz, London], October 23, 1940 (2014.44.1) Harrison, [Holland House library damaged during Nazi Blitz, London] [verso], October 23, 1940 (2014.44.1) London Landmark After Bombing London—The Roofless, Fire-gutted Library in Holland House, Lord Ilchester’s … Continue reading →

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Weegee’s camera, camera case, and secrets…

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Christopher George

Graflex, Inc., [Weegee’s Speed Graphic camera], ca. 1945 (2007.13.1) [Weegee’s camera case], ca. 1948 (22666.1993) [Weegee’s Photoflash Secrets and Westinghouse sign], 1953 (25392.1993) Three things (no photos) for the third (like a dessert) of three Weegee birthday blog posts. “To … Continue reading →

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