Tag Archives: 1936

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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Ruth Bernhard: “The future will take care of itself…”

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Christopher George

Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), Doll’s head, 1936 (357.1982) Ruth Bernhard at ICP, October 17, 1981: Ruth Bernhard, ICP, February 25, 1987: Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), Doll’s head, 1936 (43.2002) Ruth Bernhard, ICP, October 17, 1981: Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), Bone and Passionflower, 1956 … Continue reading →

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Berenice Abbott On the Bowery

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Christopher George

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), “El,” Second and Third Avenue Lines, April 24, 1936 (251.1985) Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), Tri-Boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, October 24, 1935 (253.1985) Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), Hardware Store, 316-318 Bowery, New York, January 26, 1938 (667.1984) Berenice Abbott … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1935, 1936, 1938, 1942, Barbara Morgan, Berenice Abbott, Bowery, cat, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Women's History Month | Leave a comment

Berenice Abbott: “Photography is now”

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Christopher George

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), [Jacob Heyman Butcher Shop, 345 Sixth Avenue, New York], 1938 (662.1984) Berenice Abbott speaking and showing slides at ICP on November 5, 1979 about moving to New York in 1929, having a studio at Hotel des Artistes … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1936, 1938, Berenice Abbott, lunch, lunch time, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Women's History Month | Leave a comment

Dolores del Río, Hollywood

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Christopher George

Martin Munkácsi (1898-1963), [Dolores del Río, Hollywood], 1936 (2007.110.1755) Martin Munkácsi (1898-1963), [Dolores del Río, Hollywood], 1936 (2007.110.1759) Harper’s Bazaar, December 1936, pp. 90-91 Made in California These are the sport clothes that the stars and the California shops bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1936, California, Dolores Del Rio, glass plate negative, Harper's Bazaar, Hollywood, Martin Munkacsi, tennis | Leave a comment

“After the Brawl Was Over”

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Christopher George

Weegee, [Norma Parker, aka Nellie Gutowski, New York], November 14, 1936 (13964.1993) New York Post, November 14, 1936 After the Brawl was Over Norma Parker, in a patrol wagon outside Police Headquarters, after appearing in the police lineup charged with … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1936, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Weegee, Weegee Wednesday | Leave a comment

Vote – Life

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Christopher George

Matt Herron, “Vote” Marcher, Selma to Montgomery, March 1965 (2008.56.1) Cornell Capa, [Election day at the Democratic Party election-day headquarters, Biltmore Hotel, New York], November 8, 1960 (129.2004) Ken Heyman, [Voting in Virginia], 1958 (2013.107.28) Robert Capa, [Man voting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1936, 1940, 1958, 1960, 1965, Cornell Capa, election day, Ken Heyman, LIFE, New York, New York City, Robert Capa, vote, William C. Shrout | Leave a comment

Happy Birthday Chim

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Christopher George

Regards, “Lourdes…” November 1933 (2007.71.102) Voila, “Avec les Thoniers Bretons,” August 15, 1936 (2007.71.19) Regards, “Le Messe de Campagne sur le Front Basque,” March 4, 1937 (2007.18.32) Photo-History 1: War in Spain, “Safeguarding Spanish Art,” April 1937 (2006.46.1) Regards, “Les … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1933, 1936, 1937, 1952, Chim, Chim (David Seymour), Ingrid Bergman, Regards, Voila | Leave a comment

Working

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Christopher George

Lewis Wickes Hine, Mechanic at steam pump in electric power house, 1920 (2006.55.9) Robert Capa, [Man pushing cart through muddy tracks, Saarland, France], September 1934 (2412.1992) Estampa, “La ‘Pasionaria’ abre trincheras la misma energia emocionada que esta admirable mujer del … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1920, 1934, 1936, Chim, Chim (David Seymour), David Seymour, Estampa, glass, La 'Pasionaria', labor, labor day, Labor Day Week, Lewis Wickes Hine, Madrid, Margaret Bourke-White, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Robert Capa, W. Eugene Smith | Leave a comment

MD on the Normandie

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Christopher George

Martin Munkacsi, [Marlene Dietrich with luggage on the SS Normandie], 1936 (2007.110.1795) At 10:15 AM on July 16, 1936 Marlene Dietrich and her daughter Marie (11) and 1,648 other passengers departed New York for Southampton (England) and Le Havre (Normandy, … Continue reading →

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