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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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A page from the Life magazine article, November 14, 1960 (on the football team plane crash).
Published in Cal Poly: The First Hundred Years (Page 81)
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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]
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.
An old edition of Life Magazine surrounded by an old US Army canteen, an old Beatles poster, and -- well, just lots of other old stuff. At Bartevian, on Boylston Street.
(That's the December 22, 1947 edition of Life. I was 6 years old when it came out.)
Special Double Issue - The Magic of the Movies. Natalie Wood and a plethora of popular actors and actresses of the time.
Published: 1959 Author: E. M. Belknap; Publisher: New York; Crown Publishers; Hardback. Fifth printing. 338pp. Filled with over 440 b/w photographs. An almost entirely photographic guide to Milk Glass.
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.
From Russia With Nukes ! Illustration for an article on the "Missile Gap" and how the Reds might knock out our forces with an ICBM strike.
Photo by Bill Eppridge
©Time-Life
Wikipedia:
Robert Marvin Hull (January 3, 1939 – January 30, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blond hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the nickname "the Golden Jet". His talents were such that an opposing player was often assigned just to shadow him.
During his 23-year playing career, from 1957 to 1980, he played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player twice and the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point scorer three times, while helping the Black Hawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961. He also led the WHA's Winnipeg Jets to Avco Cup championships in 1976 and 1978. He led the NHL in goals seven times, the second most of any player in history, and led the WHA in goals one additional time while being the WHA's most valuable player two times; his 77 goals scored in the 1974–75 WHA season was the most in league history.
He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and received the Wayne Gretzky International Award in 2003. In 2017 Hull was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
I'm puzzled why the model here is not identified anywhere on the web. Want to guess? -- images.google.com/hosted/life/cb2a554f273fcf11.html
Another Life Magazine Christmas Recipe. It all looks ok, until you notice the recipe calls for VINEGAR!!
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
Like, how? I'd like to know since Bufferin IS aspirin plus a buffering compound. Could we have a journal citation for those clinical studies?
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
A rapt audience in a Chicago bar watches the 1952 World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees. (The Yankees won)
Britain's Dorothy Hyman was second and Giuseppina Leone of Italy was third. (Life Photo by Mark Kauffman)
British actor Alec Guinness in Under the Sycamore Tree. Taking off his make-up. London,1952.
(LIFE Magazine)
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.
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.