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British actor Alec Guinness in Under the Sycamore Tree. Taking off his make-up. London,1952.
(LIFE Magazine)
No visit to Fort Peck Dam would be complete without including Margaret Bourke-White's historic, spectacular First Cover of LIFE Magazine (1936). These are the gate piers of the spillway structure under construction. Bourke-White (one of my heroes) masterly limned the crenelated medieval castle aspect of these colossal monoliths. Compare this with the next picture and see if you can find the same distinctive shapes.
Lake Wales Post Office, 195(?). Postal Workers. Black & White, 6" x 5".
From Lake Wales News - Owen and LaVerne Brice Archives held at Lake Wales Public Library.
Friday, December 26, 3:20am, snowed thru Saturday 27th. So, in 24 hours +25.8"
Imagine the work commuters, stuck buses, overflowing subways!
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company. 1882. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A Fine First Edition of this collection of poems including "The Difference". In flexible plain covers. Frontispiece, Aldrich portrait with tissue guard present. BAL 315 ; Illustrated by The Paint and Clay Club . Houghton Mifflin and Company US
(Corner Adderley and Darling streets - known to the locals as 'Cartwrights Corner')
April 1943
Photo: Hart Preston
The Packard automobile, particularly the 1952 model, was a paragon of luxury and innovation. The Packard 300 from 1952 was a true American luxury liner on wheels, boasting a Straight 8 engine with 327 cu in (5.4 L) displacement, delivering 150 HP. It featured a 3-speed manual transmission with optional overdrive and a liquid-cooled system, ensuring a smooth and powerful ride. The vehicle's 0-60 time was estimated at 15 seconds, with a top speed of 100 mph, which was quite impressive for its time. The design was marked by its iconic "Cathedral" taillights and the unmistakable Packard Clipper theme, which included a long hood and short rear deck. Inside, the Packard 300 offered a luxurious experience with rich fabrics and top-tier materials, alongside technological advancements like power steering—a rarity in the ‘50s.
The Packard Motor Car Company started producing automobiles in 1899 and continued until 1958. The brand was renowned for its high-quality luxury vehicles and was considered a symbol of prestige. However, after World War II, Packard struggled to compete with the Big Three (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) and maintain its position in the luxury car market. The company merged with Studebaker in 1954, but disagreements among executives and financial difficulties led to the decline of the Packard brand. The last true Packard rolled off the production line on June 25, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan.
[Sources: Bing Copilot, Wikipedia, HotCars.com, and Metrommp.com]
...to catch a glimpse of the Royal Family (George VI and Elizabeth) party.
Feb. 1947
Photo: Herbert Orth
...sitting in amphitheater and spread out up hillside topped by huge stone monument to the Voortrekkers, the 19th century Dutch who settled Cape Town, during huge celebration in Pretoria, in honour of their country's pioneers.
December 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
... at the Farm "Ryssel", Worcester, Cape Province
April 1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White, Life Magazine
(computer generated colourisation)
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.
... wearing traditional turban which is put on at the age of 18 signifying readiness for marriage, Windhoek
Apr.1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
Vintage advertising - The plight of the vanishing Oryx. One species of Oryx has become extinct. The remainder are being bred in captivity in Texas, New Mexico and other states. They are all on the brink of extinction. Today, almost 50 years later, it is only captive breeding that is keeping them from vanishing.
Every year on the anniversary marking the end of World War II, the Times Square Alliance invites couples (though strangers would be more appropriate) to come make out in the same spot this nameless couple did just 62 years ago.
"Couples of all ages and from all walks of life were invited to meet in front of the sculpture “Unconditional Surrender”, which was created by acclaimed artist Seward Johnson, memorializing a famous photo snapped by Lieutenant Victor Jorgenson and evoking the iconic LIFE magazine cover photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt.", reported the Alliance website.
Kissers were handed out a sailor cap, roses and... breath mints!
For more, much better pictures, visit the Times Square Alliance website.
For clues that reveal who might have been the passionate nurse and sailor of the picture, read Sewell Chan's article "When a Kiss Isn’t Just a Kiss" in The New New York Times.
time.com/26789/w-eugene-smith-life-magazine-1951-photo-es...
Original caption: At 5:40 A.M., the long suffering over, the mother first saw her son. She had no name for him, but a week later she chose Harris Lee.
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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A small group of people gathered on Federal Plaza, underneath the Alexander Calder sculpture, to protest the dictatorship in the African republic of Togo.