Tag Archives: 1951

“In just 27 minutes you can be eating SNOW MAN STEW”

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Christopher George

Life, [General Omar Nelson Bradley], April 9, 1951, p. 1 (photograph by Arnold Newman, 1918-2006) Life’s Cover When the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley, was asked to wear his old, four-star … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1951, Arnold Newman, LIFE, Life Magazine, photogram, Robert Rauschenberg, Susan Weil, That's Life, Used in Life, W. Eugene Smith | Leave a comment

Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Christopher George

New Year’s Celebration VU, December 28, 1932 (2009.61.34) Bonne Année! Noël… Jour de l’an… la semaine des main tendues… des vœux… des étrennes… des cadeaux… Tous vous la souhaitent bonne et heuresuse. Photo Universal MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Weegee, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1932, 1943, 1951, 1970, 1978, Dan Weiner, Leon Levinstein, Manhattan, New Year, New Year's, New Year's Eve, New York, New York City, Times Square, Tod Papageorge, Vu, Weegee | Leave a comment

Happy Birthday Ruth Orkin

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Christopher George

Ruth Orkin, American Girl in Italy, 1951 (535.1983) Ruth Orkin, Man in rain, from my window at 53 W 88th St. N.Y.C., 191 (546.1983) Ruth Orkin, From Gansevoort St. Pier, Boys Swimming in Hudson River, New York, ca. 1948 (549.1983) … Continue reading →

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Audrey Hepburn (“Gigi”)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Christopher George

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 →

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Easter Sunday

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Christopher George

Edwin Rosskam, “Boy dressed up for Easter parade, Chicago”, April 1941, (108.2003) Russell Lee, “In front of the Pilgrim Baptist church on Easter Sunday, Chicago”, April 1941, (103.2003) Baptists were by far the South Side’s largest denomination. The photographers visited … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1968, Chicago, Chim, David Seymour, David Vestal, Easter, Edwin Rosskam, Henri Cartier Bresson, Illinois, Italy, Jerusalem, Leonard Freed, New York, New York City, Russell Lee | Leave a comment

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Christopher George

VU, “Nous Vous La Souhaitons Bonne et Heureuse,” [“We Wish You Happy and Happy”], January 1, 1930, (2009.52.75) Weegee, [Shorty, the Bowery Cherub, New Year’s Eve at Sammy’s Bar, New York], January 1, 1943, (2017.1993) Weegee, “Tavern of ground floor … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1943, 1945, 1951, 1970, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dan Weiner, fire, Leon Levinstein, New Year, New Year's Eve, Salvador Dali, Sammy's Bowery Follies, Sharon Avery, Times Square, Weegee | Leave a comment

summer summer

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Christopher George

Lou Bernstein, Coney Island, 1951 (78.1992) Unidentified Photographer, [Two unidentified girls, one eating watermelon, the other disrobing], ca. 1960 (2012.24.1) The rich history of snapshot photography has yet to be written. But when that text is transcribed it will finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1946, 1951, 1954, 1967, 2001, California, Coney Island, Harlem, Iran, Kai Wiedenhöfer, Larry Silver, Leonard Freed, Lou Bernstein, Manhattan, New York, New York City, summer, Tehran, Todd Webb, unidentified photographer, Water, watermelon | Leave a comment

New Year’s Eve, Times Square, New York: The New Year Brings Hope

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Christopher George

Dan Weiner, New Years Eve, Times Square, New York, 1951 (143.1992) Dan Weiner, New Years Eve, Times Square, New York, 1951 (969.1974) Weegee, New Year’s Eve, Times Square, New York, ca. 1945 (15654.1993) Weegee, For a Happier 1945… To Her … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1945, 1951, 1970, Dan Weiner, Leon Levinstein, Manhattan, New Year, New Year's, New Year's Eve, New York, New York City, Times Square, Weegee | Leave a comment

“Bright, smart or brilliant, things like that.”

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Christopher George

Alfred Gescheidt (1926-2012), Little Italy, Manhattan (Feast of San Gennaro), 1952 (367.1984) [Joseph Ronga, 106 Mulberry St.] Alfred Gescheidt (1926-2012), 42nd Street (Looking West) and Vanderbilt Avenue, 1953 (369.1984) Alfred Gescheidt (1926-2012), 30th Street and Lexington Avenue, NYC (Sunday a.m.), … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1951, 1952, 1953, 1965, 1975, 1982, 42nd Street, Alfred Gescheidt, cat, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Little Italy, Manhattan, Mona Lisa, New York, New York City | 3 Comments

Chess (1950s-1970s)

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Christopher George

Chim (David Seymour 1911-1956), [Chess game in the library room, Huleh Valley, Israel], 1951 (691.1986) Alexander Liberman (1912-1999), Marcel Duchamp, New York City, 1959 (174.1990) Alexander Liberman (1912-1999), Marcel Duchamp’s hands, New York City, 1959-60, (157.1990) Carl Mydans, Bobby Fischer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1951, 1959, 1962, Alexander Liberman, Attica, Bobby Fischer, Carl Mydans, chess, Chim, Cornell Capa, David Seymour, Greenwich Village, Israel, Manhattan, Marcel Duchamp, New York, Washington Square Park, Weegee | Leave a comment