Tag Archives: records

Record Players

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Christopher George

Martin Munkacsi, [Portable record player], 1930s (2007.110.2650) USSR in Construction, July 1935 (2012.13.24) A portable gramophone manufactured by the Leningrad factory. The gramophone industry that came to us after the October revolution was a handicraft industry, in a semi-ruined condition. … Continue reading →

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Listening to Records

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Christopher George

Martin Munkacsi, [Listening to records], 1930s Weegee, After midnight in Washington Square Park, Folk Dance, ca. 1946 (14213.1993) Gordon Parks, “Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man,’” 1952 (1606.2005) Retreat is found beneath the city in an underground room. Here surrounded by lights, … Continue reading →

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Record Stores

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Christopher George

Weegee, [Man sleeping in front of the Metro Music store, New York], ca. 1943 (14473.1993) Todd Webb, Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets, New York, April 23, 1948 (2011.21.3) Todd Webb, Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets, New … Continue reading →

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Revolutions (33, 45, and 78): USSR in Construction (1935)

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Christopher George

Records have to be made to satisfy the most varied demands and tastes of Soviet users. Some people like opera and classical music, others prefer concert solos, others again demand dance music. Collective farmers from the Ukraine will seek Novi … Continue reading →

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“… he plays records and eats ice cream…”

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Christopher George

Gordon Parks, “Retreat is found beneath the city in an underground room. Here, surrounded by lights, he plays records and eats ice cream and sloe gin as he broods over his invisibility. To take this symbolic picture, Parks built a … Continue reading →

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45 @ 60

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Christopher George

Martin Munkacsi, [Man holding records], 1930s Martin Munkacsi, [Man holding records], 1930s Martin Munkacsi, [Man and woman with records], 1930s Martin Munkacsi, [Record player], 1930s Weegee, Art Ford and Vikki Carrol,  Music in the Air,  ca. 1955 Weegee, Art Ford, … Continue reading →

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