Monthly Archives: October 2019

“Halloween, Lewis Street, West Oakland, CA”

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Christopher George

Joanne Leonard, Halloween, Lewis Street, West Oakland, CA, 1965 (2018.33.9)

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The Great Blackstone: “The World’s Master Magician”

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Christopher George

George Karger, [Harry Blackstone Sr.], ca. 1955 George Karger, [Harry Blackstone Sr. performance], ca. 1955 George Karger, [Harry Blackstone Sr. performance], ca. 1955 George Karger, [Harry Blackstone Sr. performance], ca. 1955 George Karger, [Harry Blackstone Sr. performance], ca. 1955 Through … Continue reading →

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Baseball Behind Bars

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Christopher George

Jacob Riis, Juvenile Asylum Playground, ca. 1888 – ca. 1898 (190.1982) Erich Salomon, Prisoners watching baseball game, courtyard of New York County Jail, 1932 (111.1986) W. Eugene Smith, [White All-Stars Baseball team of prisoners at Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio], 1941 … Continue reading →

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Perfect

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Christopher George

Arthur Rickerby, Yankee pitcher Don Larsen in the fifth game of the 1956 World Series, 1956 (500.1993) On a Monday afternoon in the Bronx, Yankee pitcher Don Larsen pitched a perfect game. This photo was made, of course, near the … Continue reading →

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“That Dust Bowl Is Second Base,” 1941

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Christopher George

Charles Hoff, That Dust Bowl is Second Base [detail], 1941 (2019.45.11)Charles Hoff, That Dust Bowl is Second Base, 1941 (2019.45.11) Charles Hoff, That Dust Bowl is Second Base [verso], 1941 (2019.45.11) That Dust Bowl Is Second Base And the two men tangled up there are Camilli … Continue reading →

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Roy Campanella’s World Series home run, 1953

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Christopher George

Baseball crowd, Major Records Charles Hoff, [Fans reaching for ball from Dodgers’ catcher Roy Campanella’s home run hit during third game of the World Series against the New York Yankees, Ebbetts Field, Brooklyn, New York] [detail], October 2, 1953 (2013.6.16) … Continue reading →

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Picasso, Guernica, in Paris by Chim

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Christopher George

Chim, [Picasso in front of Guernica in his studio, Paris], May 1937 (2012.122.13) For more about David Seymour (1911-1956), please visit davidseymour.com Chim, [Picasso’s atelier, Paris], 1937 (2011.76.2)

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“Look What The Cop Dragged In!”

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Christopher George

PM, October 24, 1941, p. 15 [detail] An editorial published in The New York Post on October 23, 1941 called for the arrest of Joseph McWilliams: For Magistrate Hoppin On Sept. 3, 1941, Magistrate William Hoppin in Uptown Traffic Court … Continue reading →

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“Take Me Out to the Ball Game”

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Christopher George

Lewis Hine, Playground in tenement alley, New York, 1909 (2006.55.10) “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” performed by Harvey Hindermeyer in 1908, written by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, 1908. William Adams Bibbins, [Norfolk Colored Stars], ca. 1910 … Continue reading →

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“Opening of the Guggenheim Museum”

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Christopher George

Dennis Stock, Opening of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1959 (2016.26.15) Weegee, The Guggenheim Museum, ca. 1959 (5877.1993) Frank Lloyd Wright’s building for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opened on October 21, 1959. Happy 60th Birthday Guggenheim Museum!

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