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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Christopher George

The New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, November 28, 1931 (2007.50.20) Weegee, [Female cab driver with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade clown, New York], (14751.1993) Don’t be SCARED… LADY CAB DRIVER… cruising down COLUMBUS AVE in the rain.. its just the hand … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Christopher George

Weegee, [Triumphant turkey catcher after turkey truck crash on the Bowery, New York], ca. 1942-43 (16442.1993) The New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, November 28, 1931 (2007.50.20) Todd Webb, [Turkey seller, Patzcuaro, Mexico], 1969 (2013.99.54) Martin Munkácsi, [Turkey vendor, England], 1932 … Continue reading →

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“A wishful dream about Thanksgiving, turkey, etc.” – Happy Thanksgiving, 2017

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Christopher George

Aaron Siskind, Harlem Peace Meals, ca. 1937 (93.1981) Martin Munkácsi, [Turkey vendor, England], 1932 (2007.110.55) Todd Webb, [Turkey seller, Patzcuaro, Mexico], 1969 (2013.99.54) Lee Sievan, Turkey Dinner 40¢, 1940s (7.1990) Weegee, [Triumphant turkey catcher after turkey truck crash on the … Continue reading →

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La Colonne brulée de Constantin

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Christopher George

Pascal J. Sébah (1823–1886), La Colonne brulée de Constantin, ca. 1880 (676.2002) The Column of Constantine was built in 328 by Emperor Constantine. Standing over 100 feet tall, it was initially topped with a statue of a standing Apollo with … Continue reading →

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100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Christopher George

USSR in Construction, “Soviet Armenia,” February 1936, (2012.13.30) A Land of Ancient Culture Where Ararat and Alagez Rear Their Summits to the Skies Where Lake Sevan Extends its Waters Where Foaming Streams Roar Down Mountain Chasms Here lives one of … Continue reading →

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Bread – Acquiring

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Christopher George

Regards, Notre Pain, May 12, 1938 (2007.18.42) Underwood and Underwood publisher, Baking division of British Commissariat at work in France, 1914-1918 (2011.36.16) Leon Levinstein, Bread Line, Bowery, 1950-1959 (2011.53.37) Leonard Freed, [Man walking with his bike and carrying a baguette … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 27, 2014 by claartjevandijk

Lee Sievan, Turkey Dinner 40¢, 1940s (7.1990) Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, Boy with Turkey, ca. 1920 (590.1983) Martin Munkácsi, [Turkey vendor, England], 1932 (2007.110.55) Irving Haberman, [Kenneth White and Flora Percudani, both 5, of the Childrens Aid Society’s West Side … Continue reading →

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“The Armenians are one of the most ancient peoples in the world”

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Christopher George

The Armenians are one of the most ancient peoples in the world. After thousands of years they have now again acquired A country of their own. Everything in this reborn country, Its towns, Its industry, Its agriculture, is new. The … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 28, 2013 by erinbarnett

Weegee, [Clown and turkey], 1943

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The Patterns of Presence: Candida Höfer’s Turkish Gastarbeiter Series

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Christopher George

Candida Höfer, [Untitled], ca. 1976 Candida Höfer, [Untitled], ca. 1976 Candida Höfer, [Untitled], ca. 1976 Candida Höfer’s early (late 1970s) series examines the preternaturally patterned domestic and commercial spaces of Turkish Gastarbeiter (guest workers) in Cologne and Hamburg (similar terrain as … Continue reading →

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