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Tag Archives: Carl Mydans
“Sandhogs: A gang of tough men build a tough tunnel”
Carl Mydans, [Sandhogs building Midtown tunnel, New York], 1939 (201.2005) Carl Mydans, [Sandhogs working under East River, New York], 1939 (204.2005) After the shove, the iron segments are pulled hastily into place between the shield and the last-laid ring. Each … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Mydans, labor, labor day, Labor Day Week, New York, New York City, sandhogs
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Looking Up
Weegee (1899-1968), [Woman looking at Mars through telescope, Times Square, New York], ca. 1943 (3074.1993) Carl Mydans (1906-2004), Kremlin, 1959 (267.2005) NASA, [Panorama of the Moon’s Surface with Shadow of Surveyor 1], June 2, 1966 (2014.26.1) NASA, Earthrise, December 24, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966, 1968, 1977, Carl Mydans, Kremlin, Manhattan, NASA, New York, Stonehenge, Times Square, Weegee
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Chess (1950s-1970s)
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
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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
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August 6, 1945
Carl Mydans, Hiroshima, directly after the fog cleared. Catholic Church in foreground, 1945 (1395.2005) Bernard Hoffman, [Residents wander cleared streets bisecting the ruins of buildings reduced to piles of rubble by the atomic bomb, dropped a few months earlier], 1945 (1784.2005) Unidentified … Continue reading
Working to Break up the Break: Celebrate International Coffee Day!
Bill Owens, I used to be a chef and my partner was a garbage foreman, 1974 (2389.2005) Carl Mydans [French tank brigade near Verdun, France], June 1940 (181.2005) Carl Mydans [Sand hogs, Midtown Tunnel breakroom, New York], 1939 (189.2005) Russell … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Owens, Break, Carl Mydans, International Coffee Day, labor, Russell Lee, Weegee, Work
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Welcome to the World, Prince George!
Prince George Alexander Louis, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, was born at 4:24 PM on July 22, 2013–and he’s already had his first photo op. In honor of the prince’s birth, here are a few images … Continue reading
Payback
Carl Mydans, Unfaithful Woman, 1944 In July 1940 Marshal Pétain became the Chief of State of Vichy France following France’a military defeat by Germany in World War Two. His regime allied and collaborated with the Axis Powers. After the liberation … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Mydans, Maquis, Milice, Nazi collaborators, Pietro Caruso, World War Two
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Remembering Hiroshima
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division, [Ruins of Shima Surgical Hospital, Hiroshima], October 24, 1945 (The ruins of the Hiroshima Prefectural Exhibition Hall, now the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, are visible in the background.) Yoshito Matsushige, [Dazed survivors … Continue reading
Tule Lake Internment Camp
Carl Mydans, [Young man playing guitar in the stockade, Tule Lake Internment Camp, Newell, California], 1944 Caption published in Life, March 20, 1944 issue: What it feels like to be a prisoner is shown in expression of this young Japanese … Continue reading
Dope! The Menace of the Living Dead
Unidentified Photographer, Dope! The Menace of the Living Dead, 1930s Carl Mydans, Opium Den, Singapore, 1941 Bill Eppridge, [Karen, a drug addict, using a hypodermic needle on an eyedropper or “spike” to shoot up with heroin], 1965 Larry Clark, Untitled, … Continue reading
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