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The social advantages that Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream offers the women with marital problems, according to an ad from a 1940's era issue of Life Magazine.
Save your marriage, ladies and BRUSH YOUR TEETH!
"If nurses could only tell!"
"The Kiss" mural by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra on the corner of 10th Avenue and 25th Street, Chelsea, New York. The mural is based on the well-known photograph "V-J Day in Times Square" by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
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Joel-Peter Witkin's contemporary corpse photography is nothing new. In the earliest days of photography, in the 1840's, grieving parents of means, would hire a daguerreotypist to record, on the silver coated copper plate, a photo of their deceased child. This image was taken in either southern Arizona or northern Mexico. I would guess the latter. Mexicans would routinely photograph a loved one in their open coffin, surrounded by family members holding unlit candles.
Which is remindful of W. Eugene Smith's masterpiece from his 1951 Life magazine "Spanish Village" essay; where the dead body is ringed by the women in black. Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) or Michaelangelo Caravaggio (1571-1610) come to mind. Smith was one of the few photographers who printed their own photos for Life. Comparing Smith's original prints to the reproductions in Life are literally apples and oranges. I collect old Life magazines and the pages have turned yellow/brown from the acid. Even in 1951 Smith's exquisite prints were barely hinted at in the unremarkable magazine reproductions.
As I wrote earlier, I was a student of Smith. I attended his final class. I am the last person quoted in Jim Hughes' biography of Gene. I will write about my observations of him when I establish my own personal web site.
Note: Signed, numbered, limited edition, archival matte C-prints of this image can purchased on page 5 of my Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/davidleeguss
@2009 David Lee Guss Homage, W. Eugene Smith, funeral, 1890's-2008
A composite of two advertisements taken from the October 26, 1942 Issue of Life Magazine promoting tooth decay and theft. Happy Halloween!
This issue of Life Magazine from June 2, 1972 features beautiful Raquel Welch is on the cover, with her derby jersey, her skates, and not much else!
The cover says "Raquel, On Skates as a Derby Demon." The article profiles her role as a roller derby "demon" in the film "The Kansas City Bomber." There are several photos of Raquel and her teammates in the movie.
In addition to the article about Raquel, there are several noteworthy vintage ads in this magazine, including ads for The World Book Encyclopedia; retro cars from Detroit including the Hornet, Gremlin and Matador; and cool vintage Polaroid Land Cameras.
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Original caption: After another delivery Maude departed at 4:30 a.m., leaving the case in charge of another midwife.
W. Eugene Smith/Life Pictures/Shutterstock
W. Eugene Smith’s Landmark Photo Essay, ‘Nurse Midwife’
“In December 1951, LIFE published one of the most extraordinary photo essays ever to appear in the magazine. Across a dozen pages and featuring more than 20 of the great W. Eugene Smith’ pictures, the story of a tireless South Carolina nurse and midwife named Maude Callen opened a window on a world that, surely, countless LIFE readers had never seen — and, perhaps, had never even imagined. Working in the rural South in the 1950s, in “an area of some 400 square miles veined with muddy roads,” as LIFE put it, Callen served as “doctor, dietician, psychologist, bail-goer and friend” to thousands of poor (most of them desperately poor) patients — only two percent of whom were white.”
“Nurse Midwife” as it appeared in the Dec. 3, 1951, issue of LIFE magazine.
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Advertisement for Hoover vacuums from the June 23, 1941 issue of Life Magazine.
"It beats... as it sweeps... as it cleans."
"Stop 'Fuddling' with Dirt"
The Martin PBM Mariner was a patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War period. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina in service. A total of 1,366 were built, with the first example flying on 18 February 1939 and the type entering service in September 1940.
Design and development:
In 1937 the Glenn L. Martin Company designed a new twin-engined flying boat, the Model 162, to succeed its earlier Martin P3M and complement the PBY Catalina. It received an order for a single prototype XPBM-1 on 30 June 1937. This was followed by an initial production order for 21 PBM-1 aircraft on 28 December 1937.
To test the PBM's layout, Martin built a ⅜ scale flying model, the Martin 162A Tadpole Clipper with a crew of one and powered by a single 120 hp (89 kW) Chevrolet engine; this was flown in December 1937. The first genuine PBM, the XPBM-1, flew on 18 February 1939.
The aircraft was fitted with five gun turrets, and bomb bays that were in the engine nacelles. The gull wing was of cantilever design, and featured clean aerodynamics with an unbraced twin tail. The PBM-1 was equipped with retractable wing landing floats that were hinged outboard, with single-strut supported floats that retracted inwards to rest beneath the wing, with the floats' keels just outboard of each of the engine nacelles. The PBM-3 had fixed floats, and the fuselage was three feet longer than that of the PBM-1.
Operational history:
The first PBM-1s entered service with Patrol Squadron Fifty-Five (VP-55) of the United States Navy on 1 September 1940. Prior to the USA's entry into World War II, PBMs were used (together with PBYs) to carry out Neutrality Patrols in the Atlantic, including operations from Iceland. Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, PBMs were used on anti-submarine patrols, sinking their first German U-boat, U-158 on 30 June 1942. PBMs were responsible, wholly or in part, for sinking a total of ten U-boats during World War II. PBMs were also heavily used in the Pacific War, operating from bases at Saipan, Okinawa, Iwo Jima and the South West Pacific.
The United States Coast Guard acquired 27 Martin PBM-3 aircraft during the first half of 1943. In late 1944, the service acquired 41 PBM-5 models and more were delivered in the latter half of 1945. Ten were still in service in 1955, although all were gone from the active Coast Guard inventory by 1958 (when the last example was released from CGAS San Diego and returned to the U.S. Navy). These flying boats became the backbone of the long-range aerial search and rescue efforts of the Coast Guard in the early post-war years until supplanted by the P5M Marlin and the HU-16 Albatross in the mid-1950s.
PBMs continued in service with the U.S. Navy following the end of World War II, flying long patrol missions during the Korean War. It continued in front line use until replaced by its direct development, the P5M Marlin, with the last USN squadron equipped with the PBM, Patrol Squadron Fifty (VP-50), retiring them in July 1956.
The British Royal Air Force acquired 32 Mariners, but they were not used operationally, with some returned to the United States Navy. A further 12 PBM-3Rs were transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force for transporting troops and cargo.
The Royal Netherlands Navy acquired 17 PBM-5A Mariners at the end of 1955 for service in Netherlands New Guinea. The PBM-5A was an amphibian with retractable landing gear. The engines were 2,100 hp (1,600 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34. After a series of crashes, the Dutch withdrew their remaining aircraft from use in December 1959. (wiki)
Scanned from a ww2 era LIFE magazine.
In 1949 Life Magazine published photo's of 8 young starlets by Philippe Halsman, one of those girls was Marilyn Monroe who expressed 4 different situations: a hug, a good joke, a cool drink & facing a monster
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Davey, The Netherlands
Inspired by this collage
This picture was taken from the old waterfront road in Manama
(site of the present-day "Government Avenue" where a number of government offices are located including the Secretariat building the former Office of the Prime Minister along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its auxiliary buildings) circa May 1945.
" Misery Love Misery" by Artist *T.M.NOEL of ANGRYHOUZE. First off, as a Shorty from Brooklyn, I would often wonder why there were no streets named 'Sorrow Circle', or 'Desperate Avenue', or 'Hungry St.', or 'Thirsty Blvd.', or even 'Hopeless Way', (because as a Shorty); I would only DRAW what I saw. What I saw was all that I KNEW. So in essence, whatever emotion was evoked ended up right onto the Canvas. Except, it was NOT actually Canvas then. It was the backs of the paper bags that you get from the grocery store. Those became my Canvas. I cut the backs off because the backs had no creases on them to interrupt the creative process. I would take my school books and slip them under my mattress. I then would place the paper bag that I cut nice and straight on the top of the books and lower the mattress onto the Canvas (paper bag)... I would sleep on the top of my fresh new Canvas and dream of what I might create on it. Soon as morning came, my Canvas was then straight enough to create on. All the day through school I could not THINK of anything but what was waiting for me at the crib (to get my creative ideas down on)... A lot of those days as I think back were filled Police Sirens, Fire Trucks & with Hopelessness and Despair, but NOT anymore. Far Rock & Flatbush were the boro breeding grounds for my earlier joints that would soon become award winning illustrations filled with just as much PAIN as my Fine-Art Creations. If YOUR thirst is for 'The Art of War', please Follow my TWITTER (the book drops soon)... (peace)... *T.M.NOEL/ ANGRYHOUZE, inc.
Vintage Ads scanned from an old LIFE Magazine
November 27, 1950 edition.
The pages were very brittle and dry and were crumbling during handling.
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Vintage August 21, 1950 issue of Life Magazine with Three Beautiful Bubble Bath Girls on the cover. Great looking hair as well. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
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One of the most famous photographs ever published by Life Magazine, “V"J day in Times Square” was shot in Times Square on August 14, 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt who was in the square taking candid’s when he spotted a sailor "running along the street grabbing any and every girl in sight. Then suddenly he saw something white being grabbed. Eisenstaedt turned around and clicked the moment the sailor kissed the nurse.
The 26' tall statue is in Sarasota, Florida.
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I heard he later admitted the photo was staged?
The 1952 Ford introduced several notable advancements compared to earlier models:
•Engine Upgrade: The "Mileage Maker" straight-6 engine replaced the older L-head straight-6, offering improved performance with 101 horsepower. Ford’s high-compression “Strato-Star” V-8 was stepped up to 110 horsepower.
•Design Enhancements: It featured a curved one-piece windshield, a redesigned grille with a single center "bullet," and new trunk hinges that prevented crushing the contents. A lower center of gravity along with redesigned springs and shock absorbers gave a smoother ride.
•Interior Improvements: The dashboard included a "flight-style" control panel, suspended pedals, and standard gauges for voltmeter, gas, temperature, and oil pressure.
•Model Line Reshuffle: The base model was renamed "Mainline," the mid-level "Customline," and the top-tier "Crestline," which included options like the "Sunliner" convertible and "Victoria" hardtop.
These updates made the 1952 Ford more modern and user-friendly.