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A Close up of the tail lamps on this 1959 Cadillac Coupe De Ville at the RACV Fly The Flag Tour.
In 1983 Life magazine named the entire 1959 Cadillac range as one of the worst American cars ever, describing them as being from the Buck Rogers School of transportation.
Recently world renowned Artist Dr. J Eugene Grigsby requested to personally view my fine-art exhibit entitled "Everyone Could Use A HERO showing at the Central Art Gallery inside the Phoenix Public Library, but there was only one small problem. Dr. Grigsby is confined to a wheelchair and could not get over to view my exhibit. So what did I do...??? I brought the exhibit over to Dr. Grigsby's art studio home so that he could view the exhibit. He loved it!!! Now let me explain the history about this incredible creative and talented individual. He is a World War II Veteran who never received his medals (my staff and I are currently heading a campaign to Washington to get this man what he so rightly deserves)...; he also stood alongside the original Tuskegee Airmen (as he was friends with a good many of them), he is 94yrs young and will hold a conversation that would rival any orator walking today!!! He is THAT sharp!!! I could mention so much more about this perfect example of what a human being should be and act like; but I'm afraid that I would be biased. Truthful, but yet biased. Peace, dear Dr. Grigsby. My words alone can not express... *T.M.NOEL/ ANGRYHOUZE, inc.
Ad, Personal Products, Perfume
Cheramy Perfumer
April Showers
½ Page Magazine Ad
Life Magazine 1940-05-20
No other person at the Algonquin Round Table loomed larger over the group than Robert E. Sherwood. When the group started meeting in June 1919, he was a Harvard graduate and combat veteran of World War I. Sherwood was a writer briefly on Vanity Fair, before moving to the original Life humor magazine. In his late twenties he got serious about writing plays. Sherwood went on to win four Pulitzers: three for Broadway dramas and one non-fiction award for a book about President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sherwood was a longtime New Yorker who loved the theater and working with actors; but he was very political and that always showed in his work.
From The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, to be published Dec. 2014 from Lyons Press. By Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, with a foreword by Anthony Melchiorri. For more information, visit algonquinroundtable.org.
Over a thousand Chicagoans from all over the city, gathered at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by David Lang.
I just had to include this photo of Hollywood star, Rock Hudson. He was asked to weigh in on the debate over the Mini vs. the Midi skirt issue. Of the Midi he was quoted as saying "Yechh!"
Rather interesting in hindsight...
Explorer 1, the first satellite launched by the United States, was sent into space on January 31, 1958. Wernher von Braun led the Army’s Redstone Arsenal team that built the first stage Redstone rocket that launched Explorer 1.
Paperback. Rare! I was not able to locate another copy. 1062 pages. Though there is no publisher's date inside the book, it was published in 1920. There is an inscription inside the front cover on the first page dated 1926. Two publishers listed. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. New York_Charles Scribner's Sons. This copy is printed in Great Britain. The pages contain some browning, indicative of a 92 year old book. The pages are almost completely separated from the spine between pages 30 and 31. There is some tearing of the front and back covers and both contain an emblem with scrolling ribbon which the owner wrote her name in, in pencil. The paper cover over the spine is missing. Considering its age, this book is in remarkable condition. All pages are intact. The book contains: Contents: Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, King Lear, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Pericles.
Ad, Automobile
Plymouth, 1940
Plymouth Builds Great Cars
Two page magazine ad
Life Magazine 1940-05-20
Artist/Illustrator - Ronald McLeod
The Duke of Abercorn, addressing the audience from the stage, at the official formal opening of the American Red Cross Service Club, on Chichester Street in Belfast. 10 October 1942.
Immediately behind him, and from left to right are: Club Director, Thomas W. Irving; General Russell P. Hartle; and Captain William J. Larson, USNOB Londonderry.
Image source
The LIFE Picture Collection
Photographer: David E. Scherman
Year: 1942
via: WW2 Radio: www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/
Title: Life - Oil
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: ca. July - December 1937
Place: Gladewater, Texas
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 2.8 x 10.6 cm.
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Norman Rockwell created many ads for the Orange Crush Company that year. The ads were published in magazines such as “Collier's,” “The Literary Digest,” “The Youth's Companion,” and “Life.” He was 27 at the time.
In his autobiography, “My Adventures as an Illustrator” published in 1960, Rockwell wrote about how he was so deeply immersed in the Orange Crush illustrations that he began to visualize the bottles in his sleep. He described a vivid dream where “long lines” of Orange Crush bottles, both quart and regular size, were “marching down on me” with their labels clearly visible. This anecdote, along with the numerous Orange Crush ads he created, twelve in all, indicates a strong connection and perhaps a genuine liking for the soda and the brand.
[Note: In 1959, after his wife Mary died suddenly from a heart attack, Rockwell took time off from his work to grieve. It was during that break that he and his son Thomas produced Rockwell's autobiography, “My Adventures as an Illustrator.”]
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.
“A few years later a christening occurs, and here we leave him, with the honorable Viola Fitzmaurice on one knee and Mr. Hiram Pipp Willing on the other. Although the education of Mr. Pipp may be complete in some particulars, he has learned that he has not lived in vain.” [Text accompanying the illustration]
Mr. Pipp is a diminutive, somewhat overwhelmed figure who becomes the centerpiece of a social comedy. He was an original character created by the renowned American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson. In "The Education of Mr. Pipp," the story unfolds as Mr. Pipp takes his wife and two glamorous daughters—classic "Gibson Girls"—on a Grand Tour of Europe. As a small, unassuming figure, Mr. Pipp was the perfect foil to the glamorous "Gibson Girls,” who represented the idealized beauty and confidence of the era. Much of the humor and charm came from Mr. Pipp's hapless demeanor and struggles to navigate high society while his daughters effortlessly dazzled everyone around them.
His daughters symbolized the new modern woman, while Mr. Pipp reflected the older generation, often bewildered by their sophistication. This dynamic resonated with audiences, making Gibson’s illustrations both entertaining and culturally relevant.
Gibson's work was so popular that "The Education of Mr. Pipp" was later adapted into a Broadway play in 1905 and even a film in 1914. It's a fascinating example of how Gibson's illustrations captured and satirized the social dynamics of his time.
Charles Dana Gibson's work, particularly his creation of the "Gibson Girl," had a profound impact on American culture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The "Gibson Girl" became an iconic representation of the idealized modern American woman—confident, stylish, athletic, and independent. This figure not only influenced fashion trends but also reflected and shaped societal attitudes toward femininity and women's roles.