Tag Archives: 1929

Here it looks like Spring…

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Christopher George

Vu, “Le Sacre du Printemps,” March 13, 1929 (2009.52.35) Voila, “Printemps sur la Hollande,” May 23, 1936 (2007.71.12) Regards, “Semailles de printemps dans l’angoisse du monde,” (Spring sowing in the anguish of the world), March 30, 1939 (2011.8.47) Best wishes … Continue reading →

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“Leap into the Void”

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Christopher George

Bernie Aumuller (ca. 1920-1971), [Catherine Serrani, 8, celebrating her second birthday on February 29, 40-14 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City], February 29, 1948 (2013.115.243) Birthday: Catherine Serrani, 8, 40-14 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, blows out the candles on the … Continue reading →

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Charles Darwin

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Christopher George

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) , [Charles Darwin], 1868 (323.1983) Julia Margaret Cameron made this portrait of Charles Darwin, who was born on this day in 1809, on the Isle of Wight in the early summer of 1868. This carbon print … Continue reading →

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Preserving wilderness

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Christopher George

Ansel Adams, Sierra Juniper – Mount Hooper, ca. 1929 (306.1991) Ansel Adams, Minarets, Iceberg Lake, ca. 1929 (315.1991) Ansel Adams, Sierra Club Party on Mount Ritter, ca. 1929 (319.1991) Ansel Adams, Mount Conness – Tenaya Lake, ca. 1929 (324.1991) Ansel … Continue reading →

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“Pouring the Heat”

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Christopher George

Margaret Bourke-White, [Heavily tattooed chest and arms of workman at the Bethlehem Ship Building Co.], 1938 (1738.2005) Margaret Bourke-White, [Heavily tattooed chest and arms of workman at the Bethlehem Ship Building Co.] [verso], 1938 (1738.2005) Baltimore dry dock plant of … Continue reading →

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SPRING

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Christopher George

Barbara Morgan, Spring on Madison Square, 1938 (532.1986) Voila, “Printemps sur la Hollande,” May 23, 1936 (2007.71.12) Vu, “Le Sacre du Printemps,” March 13, 1929 (2009.52.35)

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Vote

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Christopher George

Vu, “They will vote…” May 8, 1929, (2009.52.43) Unidentified Photographer, [Senator John F. Kennedy giving a campaign speech, Alexandria, Virginia], August 24, 1960 (2013.96.24) ALEXANDRIA, VA., AUG. 24 — CAMPAIGNS IN VIRGINIA — Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Democratic … Continue reading →

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Simian shutterbugs

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Christopher George

Vu, (The Monkey and the Magic Box), photograph by André Kertész, November 13, 1929 (2007.84.8) With all the hoopla surrounding monkey selfies, let’s not forget that long before “a female Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)” borrowed David Slater’s camera in … Continue reading →

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