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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.
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.
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...
Assistant operator at Bahrain refinery wearing a white garment over his head to keep cool from the heat circa May 1945.
Black and white ad for Prince Albert featuring another episode of the cartoon "antics" of Ol' Judge Robbins as we see Dan asking Chubbins for a dance.
From a 1940 issue of Life Magazine.
"Step into the circle of HAPPIER SMOKING!"
"Hot smoke bites the tongue"
What the hell kind of a nickname is 'Chubbins' for a girl you want to dance with?
Marilyn monroe: For LIFE Magazine:
original picture was taken by: ed clark:
8 august 1950: griffith park los angeles:
*colorization*
Feel free to add, copy, or use this picture, anywhere you want:
Loading and discharging cargo at Manama port (site of the present-day Bahrain Financial Harbour) circa May 1945.
Exterior view of the Adviserate, office building for Sir Charles D. Belgraves (1926-1957) in Manama circa 1952.
(The sole purpose for the existence of this government department was to serve the adviser to the government of Bahrain, Sir Charles D. Belgrave therefore after Belgrave's retirement in 1957 and the subsequent abolishment of his office the Adviserate ceased to exist)
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!
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."
Launch advertising for the lavish series of photography books from Time-Life Books. Trading on the reputation of LIFE magazine as the premier US publication for news and editorial photos, this series of books promised to be the definitive word on photography practice.
Bound in distinctive silver covers, and (in early press runs) using quality gravure photo reproduction, the core titles Light and Film and The Camera were highly influential in photography instruction. Part of their power in illustrating any concept was the ability to draw on LIFE's deep back-catalog of historical imagery to give inspiring examples. Evidently the series reached 17 volumes, although the books on general principles reached many more people than some of the niche topics.
New editions were in print into the 1980s, outliving LIFE magazine itself by a decade.
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.)
B.F. Goodrich rubber advertisement from the November 16, 1942 issue of Life Magazine.
"Dad's in the hangar, Mr Smith, puttering around with the plane!"
Advertisement for Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream taking full responsibility for ensuring a happy sex life. Taken from an issue of Life Magazine in the early 1940's. Complete with dentist testimonial.
"If He's Found Somebody New, your Breath May Be the Reason!"
Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes from the back cover of the September 16, 1940 issue of Life Magazine, courtesy of Mr. Jerry Fairbairn.
"Luckies' finer tobaccos mean less nicotine"
"With men who know tobacco best, it's LUCKIES 2 TO 1"
Ad for Pillsbury's Pancake Fluor - complete with cartoon-bubble speaking wheat, corn, rye and rice kernels - from the October 12, 1942 edition of LIfe Magazine.
Although the real Life cover for that date is quite different, this seems a great "What If" from the 2012-09-29 FHC Finale Fly Day. I'm sure the Granley Father-Son team & RCAF veterans flying these warbirds would concur.
Other faux magazine covers of mine - all aviation-centric!
Advertisement for the Packard 120, taken from the March 18, 1940 issue of Life Magazine.
"Standing or running, the PACKARD 120 is the standout eight!"
"Ask the man who owns one"
This camera was once owned by two hall-of-fame photographers (at different times). Walter 'Wally' Bennett, "Time" magazine's first salaried photographer and Frank Scherschel, a photographer for "Life" magazine who was known for his WWII color work.
"The Winner and the Losers" A print in Life Magazine of a man studying stock prices in the newspaper and on a ticker tape. Several outlined figures are seen pointing at the man from across the room.
500.3.1b
for memorial day...
taken at the war memorial museum in saigon... a hero.
LARRY BURROWS (LIFE magazine tribute)
Born: May 29, 1926 in London
Died: February 10, 1971 in Laos
Photo by Roger Mattingly
Laotian Border, 1971
This photograph was taken while Burrows was covering his last story, "The Edge of Laos," three days before he was killed in a helicopter crash.
On February 10, 1971, he took off in a helicopter with four other photographers to cover the South Vietnamese army's invasion of Laos. Downed by North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, he lost his life at the age of 44.
Larry Burrows began working in LIFE magazine's London bureau in 1942, as a "tea boy" whose job it was to fetch cups of steaming tea. In 1945 he started to photograph people like Ernest Hemingway and Winston Churchill.
He didn't like being called a war photographer, but he spent much of his career on battlefields for LIFE magazine covering conflicts in the Congo, the Middle East and Vietnam. He was a three time winner of the Robert Capa Gold Medal for still photography requiring exceptional courage and enterprise.
He was named 1967 Magazine Photographer of the Year by the Pictures of the Year competition of the National Press Photographers Association.
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.