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1961 Life Magaine cover of the M&M Boys - Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris and a 1953 rookie photo of Roger Maris playing with the Fargo-Moorhead Twins--a Cleveland Indains class C minor league team of the Northern League
“When her little sister came to town.”
Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) was a highly popular illustrator for major national magazines during the first quarter of the 20th century. He created elegant pen and ink illustrations that were evocative of American life, his most popular creation being the glamorous and independent Gibson Girl. He first established her popularity in “Life” magazine in the two years 1899-1900, creating almost weekly images illustrating romantic and other relationships.
Representing hope and freedom, a 25 foot, 6,000 pound statue named, UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, by world-renowned artist, J. Seward Johnson, is a three-dimensional interpretation of a photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt of a Sailor, Carl Muscarello, kissing a nurse, Edith Shain, in Times Square, New York City on Aug. 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day.
Edith Shain, the nurse memorialized in Eisenstaedt’s photo, states, "There is so much romance in the statue; it gives such a feeling of hope to all who look at it."
“This statue brings back so many memories of peace, love and happiness. During the moment of the kiss I don’t remember much, it happened so fast and it happened at the perfect time. I didn’t even look at the Sailor who was kissing me,” Shain continued. “I closed my eyes and enjoyed the moment like any woman would have done.”
For the next year, the sculpture will stand next to the USS Midway Museum on the San Diego Bay. It was previously displayed in New York City in 2005 and Sarasota, Florida in 2006.
NY Times - Edith Shain, Who Said Famous Kiss Came Her Way, Dies at 91
LA Times - Edith Shain dies at 91; WWII nurse in iconic Times Square kissing photo
Unpublished photo. The November 19, 1952 issue Life magazine featured Huston on its cover to discuss her experiences as a duck hunter. Photo by Howard Sochurek.
Footage of Jeannie: uwm.edu/wtmjsearch/wtmjnewsarchive/46902/
Even though it was before my time, the life and assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy interests me. I love biographies and so, it is natural for me.
I love to look at photos of him, Jackie, and their children when they were young with innocent faces untouched by the marks and horrors of their future lives.
We inherited all the magazines and newspapers of JFK’s presidency, the assassination, and the aftermath. The other day, I was thumbing through them, after reading they are going to re-examine JFK’s remains, and found this photograph of John Kennedy, which is now my favorite.
For some reason, it made me cry deeply. I actually sobbed. It made me feel as if what awaited him is written in small print in some corner of this photo. His destiny had already been set. Even the direction of his hair is blowing where he got shot the second time from the 2nd gunman, Oswald. Spooky, oui?
He looks so carefree, young and handsome walking along the dunes…something I used to love to do when I was little and we had a summer home on Cape Cod. My parents, I know were watching me, but I used to pretend I was alone, just walking, wandering, imagining, and thinking thoughts of this or that while smelling the ocean and feeling the breeze blow through my hair. I loved the cloudy days best.
When I look at this photo, I like to think John Kennedy is doing the same thing. If he was, well, then, despite the years, we have something in common.
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Vintage July 20, 1942 issue of Life Magazine with a great vintage fashion short coat leggy pin-up cover. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
I'm sure the tie helps, but I bet the ladies really like him for his hunting skills and mating possibilities.
This past weekend my EVERYONE COULD USE A HERO fine-art exhibition had been blessed by non-other than the incomparable and enigmatic entrepreneur and brand strategist (oh, did I mention a Millionaire by the ripe old age of fourteen) and also Author of the New York Times bestseller top ten listed self-realization book entitled: REALLIONAIRE!!! This was Royalty right here. I was humbled by the surprise visit. (peace, Dr. Farrah)...
This statue by J. Seward Johnson is a recreation of the famous photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt that appeared on the cover of Life magazine at the end of WWII. It's near the U.S.S. Midway museum in San Diego, CA. The name of the statue is "Unconditional Surrender."
Over a thousand Chicagoans from all over the city, gathered at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by David Lang.
the ads are awesome and in some ways more interesting than the 16 pages of color space walk photos from the gemini 4 mission.
Lt. Cesar Basa (1915-1941) was one of the pioneering pilots of the Philippine Army Air Corp (PAAC), the precursor to the Philippine Air Force. As part of the five Filipino fighter pilots of Curtiss P-26A planes led by Capt. Jesus Villamor, he engaged the Imperial Japanese Air Force. He died during the Japanese strafing of Nichols Field, as Basa who had just landed his plane, was running for cover.
(Photo by Carl Mydans/LIFE Magazine.)
Audrey Hepburn wearing a Givenchy hat for a photo series which appeared in the April 20, 1962 issue of LIFE Magazine.
The photograph is by Howell Conant.
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Here's Norm and Tom McMullen (Later to be head of McMullen & Yee Publishing) sitting in Norm's T roadster at a Bob's Big Boy drive-in. This full-page pic' is on page 137 of Life Magazine, April 29, 1957.
The caption below it says;
" A DREAM BOAT for hot-rodders is a chromed roadster like this one belonging to Norm Grabowsky of Sunland, Calif. The car, a Ford with a Cadillac engine, took him $8,000 and five years to build.He and many hot-rodders spend a lot of time at drive-ins where they can satisfy their hunger and show off their creations".
I've met Norm at the NSRA Nats South at Winston-Salem in '79 and later in this century at the Nats South in Knoxville, Tn. Always fun to talk to.