Tag Archives: LIFE

“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 →

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Edward Steichen

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Christopher George

Edward Steichen (1879-1973), Self-portrait with Studio Camera, 1917 (printed 1982), (764.1984) Edward Steichen (1879-1973), [Self-portrait with brush and palette], 1901 (2011.78.2) Edward Steichen (1879-1973), [Self-portrait], 1937 (1160.2005) Life, April 26, 1937, pp. 52-55 (photos by Edward Steichen) Millions of Gardeners … Continue reading →

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“Hospital on Leyte,” November 1944

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Christopher George

W. Eugene Smith, A Hospital in a Philippine Cathedral (Island of Leyte), 1944 (2008.55.3) In their church which has become hospital, barefoot Filipino women worship only a few feet from the expressionless mask of a burned American officer. Life, December … Continue reading →

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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 →

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“I don’t know.”

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Christopher George

W. Eugene Smith, Rail worker Joseph Hunter, Ohio, 1949, (1559.2005) Rail Worker Joseph Hunter, long time Republican, is switchman on line that serves Bessemer converters at Youngstown. He has three-word opinion of Taft, “I don’t know.” W. Eugene Smith, Refinery … Continue reading →

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“The Toll of the Victory was Heavy,” June 1944

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Christopher George

LIFE, August 28, 1944, pp. 74-5 Saipan Eyewitness Tells of the Island Fight by Robert Sherrod Photographs for LIFE by Peter Stackpole and W. Eugene Smith Marines Follow Tanks Against Last Jap Defenders as Machine Gunners Keep Japs Down. Three … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1944

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Christopher George

Robert Capa, [American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France], June 6, 1944 (2007.17.1) Robert Capa, [American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, Normandy, France] [verso], June 6, 1944 (2007.17.1) Robert Capa, [American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, … Continue reading →

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June 5, 1968

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Christopher George

Bill Eppridge, [Juan Romero, busboy at Ambassador Hotel, kneeling to help fallen Robert F. Kennedy after he was shot by Sirhan B. Sirhan, Los Angeles], June 5, 1968 (1910.2005) Bill Eppridge, [Juan Romero, busboy at Ambassador Hotel, kneeling to help … Continue reading →

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“Speaking of Pictures… A New York Free Lance And Curious Passerby Photographs the News”

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Christopher George

Life, April 12, 1937, pp. 8-11 Weegee, [Weegee inspecting trunk containing body of William Hessler, who had been stabbed to death, Red Hook, Brooklyn], August 5, 1936 (2212.1993) Weegee, [Weegee inspecting trunk containing body of William Hessler, who had been … Continue reading →

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“Noon-day crowds were spectators at a wild melodrama of barking guns and sudden death”

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Christopher George

Charles Hoff, [Police escorting Anthony Esposito from prison ward at Bellevue Hospital to a line-up at police headquarters, New York], January 16, 1941 (2012.16.2) Charles Hoff, [Anthony Esposito leaving police headquarters for District Attorney’s office and then to his arraignment, … Continue reading →

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