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Sheikh Salman discussing state matters with the Bahrain government's adviser Sir Charles D. Belgrave at the latter's office in the Adviserate office building in Manama circa 1952.
Life magazine ran an article in September 1942 on the Naval base in Derry/ Londonderry, using a number of the photographs taken by David E Scherman.
Sir Charles D. Belgrave (1894-1969) smoking a cigar at his home in Manama circa 1952.
(Charles Dalrymple Belgrave was born in the late Victorian era at the height of British imperial power when Britain literally ruled the waves and subsequently from a young age he played an active role in the running of this colossus "The empire on which the sun never sets" however by the time of his death nearly seventy-five years later Britain had become a secondary world power and like many members of his ruling class the steady decline of the British Empire after the Second World War and its eventual end in the 1960s took a toll on his psyche)
Eye-catching vintage advertisement for Libby's Tomato Juice, from the October 12, 1942 issue of Life Magazine.
"Yours to Command - Nutrition Guards"
"Temptin', sparklin' flavor, too"
Today's airbrushed style pinup photo features Christina enjoying the sun on her day off. With the temperatures blazing and not much really to do, Christina has decided to lounge around the deck of the Battleship and catch up on her LIFE Magazine reading that she's a bit behind on. Normally lots of sailors leave the ship to play in the city, but she's noticed for some reason they've all decided to stay onboard...
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Brutal African dictator Idi Amin wearing a speedo, while eating a sandwich. This photograph was taken in either 1971, or 1972 and printed in the December 29th 1972 issue of Life Magazine. Naturally, this will be framed.
A British officer chatting with a British Indian soldier at the RAF (Royal Air Force) Base on the island of Muharraq circa May 1945.
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Original caption: After another delivery Maude departed at 4:30 a.m., leaving the case in charge of another midwife.
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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.
archive.org/details/Life-1951-12-03-Vol-31-No-23/page/134...
A road sign in Manama directing the way to Belgrave Road circa May 1945.
(Belgrave Road was named after Charles Dalrymple Belgrave the British adviser to the government of Bahrain (1926-1957) in recognition of his services to the Bahraini state however following Belgrave's retirement and final departure from the country in 1957 the road was renamed "Sheikh Isa Al Kabeer Avenue" (Isa the Great) in honour of Sheikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa (r. 1869-1932) Bahrain's longest-reigning ruler in modern times)
Sir Charles D. Belgrave talking with a young Yousuf Ahmed Al Shirawi (1923-2004) who was a mathematics teacher at Manama Secondary School at the time. From the mid-1950s to the early 70s, Al Shirawi held a number of important official positions and subsequently became Bahrain's first post-independence Minister for Development and Industry, a post he held until his retirement in the mid-1990s circa 1952.
Title: [Coronation of Rose Queen, Frances Connally, Life Magazine]
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: September 30, 1938
Place: Tyler, Texas
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Description: This is the coronation of Rose Queen, Frances Connally at the Sixth Annual Rose Festival held in Bergfeld Park in Tyler, Texas. The theme for this festival was ''Southern Plantations''.
Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 17.7 x 12.7 cm
File: ag1982_0234_1877_02_rosefestival_sm_opt.jpg
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Article and pinup gallery of "The Girls of Hollywood" - complete with vital statistics - from the August 3, 1942 issue of Life Magazine.
(May have been a different time, but I know what I like.)
Photo by Nina Leen
© Time/Life
"Suse Sweaters" - Sweaters matching dresses designed by Susan Dannenberg of Los Angeles from the 1940s.
From the January 27, 1947 edition of Life Magazine:
"Susan liked sweaters but did not have a sweater figure, knitted some for herself while waiting for a broken leg to mend. She decorated them with bleeding hearts, poodles, flowers and pink elephants with the idea of attracting more attention to the sweater and less to the shape of the wearer.
The scheme worked so well that she made some for her friends, then began selling a few. Some of her best customers were Hollywood women like “Slim” Hawks, Esther Williams, Barbara Stanwyck, and Jennifer Jones. By now “Suse” (pronounced Susy) sweaters are sold all over the U.S. The sweaters were all handmade, by 20 knitters and three girls who do nothing but cut out the zany appliques. Some are further decorated with beads and splashy fake jewels. The effect is extravagant and so is the price, from $50 to $70."
($50-$70 in January 1947 would be $750 - $1,054 in 2025.)
Searching the phrase "Suse Sweater" on newspapers.com, the sweaters were advertised almost exclusively in California initially. By 1949, scattered ads were found in a few western states and the northeast. Ads began to taper off by 1952-53, and the last ad I could find using the term was in the L.A. Times during August of 1954, where the sweaters were selling for $33.33 each, or about $400 in 2025 terms.
Over a thousand Chicagoans, from all walks of life and all parts of the city, came together at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by Davind Lang.
Although a bit chaotic in the beginning, once the leaders of each of the small groups that formed the whole got things in sync, it became a beautiful performance and a moving experience.
I came upon this event purely by accident and it took me a while to figure out what was going on.
Once surrounded by all these people, I was pretty much stuck, so you see some of the same faces over and over again.
From right to left: Yateem petrol station (site of the present-day Yateem Mosque), Cable & Wireless offices (site of the present-day Batelco building), Gray Mackenzie (site of the present-day Downtown Rotana Hotel) and the Judicial Court (site of the present-day Constitutional Court) circa 1952.
The imposing Minaret of the Bin Khalaf Mosque in the background erected by local pearl merchant Ahmed Bin Khalaf in 1926 this Minaret was the tallest built structure in Manama for over a decade until it was overtaken by the Al Fadhel Mosque's Minaret in 1938 the windowed building on the left opposite the Minaret is the Al Tajir family home circa 1952.
My personal favourite LIFE cover by Alfred "Eisie" Eisenstaedt.
Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898-August 24, 1995).
Photo courtesy of LIFE magazine.
In 1935, a 37-year-old Alfred Eisenstaedt emigrated to the United States--narrowly escaping the Holocaust in Europe--and landed a job as one of the first staff photographers at LIFE magazine.
He would become one of the most important photographers in America--indeed, the father of photojournalism.
Eisie--as his friends called him--applied a simple credo to taking pictures: "It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter."
The links below will tell you a little more about the great man Eisenstaedt, and his love of Rolleiflex and Leica cameras;
www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/photography/fieldskinds...
Sayed Mahmoud Ahmed Al Alawi (1902-1994) head of the Finance Directorate and Bahrain's first post-independence Minister of Finance, with his staff at the offices of the Finance Directorate
in Manama circa 1952.
Marilyn monroe: For LIFE Magazine:
original picture was taken by: ed clark:
8 august 1950: griffith park los angeles:
*colorization*
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Colorful and patriotic ad for the United States Rubber Company showing off how classy their whitewall tires look on the battlefield. Send for the free booklet on "How To Save Rubber." Taken from the June 23, 1941 issue of Life Magazine.
"Royal Master owners believe in National Defense..."
"Once you ride on U.S. Royal Masters, you'll never buy any other tires."
Assistant operator at Bahrain refinery wearing a white garment over his head to keep cool from the heat circa May 1945.