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I'm puzzled why the model here is not identified anywhere on the web. Want to guess? -- images.google.com/hosted/life/cb2a554f273fcf11.html
... at the Farm "Ryssel", Worcester, Cape Province
April 1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White, Life Magazine
(computer generated colourisation)
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.
... wearing traditional turban which is put on at the age of 18 signifying readiness for marriage, Windhoek
Apr.1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
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.
Barnett, L. "The World We Live In: Part VIII. The Coral Reef" (Feb 8, 1954) Life, Vol. 36, No. 6
archive.org/details/Life-1954-02-08-Vol-36-No-6/mode/1up
For more information about the articles, please visit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_We_Live_In_(Life_magazine)
A small group of people gathered on Federal Plaza, underneath the Alexander Calder sculpture, to protest the dictatorship in the African republic of Togo.
...from the farmer's daughter, on the farm "Ryssel", Worcester, Cape Province.
April 1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White, Life Magazine
..of Zulu natives killing the Boer pioneer hero Piet Retief.
December 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White (Life Magazine)
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.)
"Ugly, isn't it?"
"No class."
"Looks like an afterthought."
"Good for laughs."
"Stubby buggy."
"El Pig-O."
New York Magazine said" "And then there is the VW, which retains its value better than anything else. A 1956 VW is worth more today than any American sedan built the same year, with the possible exception of a Cadillac."
Around 27 miles to the gallon. Pints of oil instead of quarts. No radiator.
Rear engine traction.
Low insurance.
$1,799* is the price.
Beautiful, isn't it?
*Suggested retail price, East Coast, $1,877 West Coast.
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Duane found a bunch of VW ads for me in old Life magazines that he had in his closet! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Christmas in February!
Life Magazine - June 6, 1969 40cents.
Reviewing these ads make me realize I use exclaimations marks wayyyy too much. (!)
Designed by Louis Michel Thibault and completed in 1679, the Slave Lodge is one of the oldest buildings in Cape Town. It was constructed originally to house the slaves of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) but was substantially modified when it was converted to Government offices in 1811.
The many uses of the building over three centuries - Slave Lodge, Government Offices Building, Old Supreme Court, and SA Cultural History Museum - attest to its long and complex history.
After Cecil Beaton. Photo taken by my friend Jena from my idea. That's me with the bandage. I had radiosurgery on my brain today. When I saw my bandage from the frame bolts, I had to do it. Apologies to little Eileen Dunne, the original 'Air Raid Victim' from the cover of Life Magazine on 23 September, 1940.
This photo and the others around it will give a little context. www.flickr.com/photos/64567834@N00/5350089219/
Barnett, L. "The World We Live In: Part XII. The Woods Of Home" (Nov 8, 1954) Life, Vol. 37, No. 19
archive.org/details/Life-1954-11-08-Vol-37-No-19/mode/1up
For more information about the articles, please visit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_We_Live_In_(Life_magazine)
Based on my art piece that's based on a 1966 Life Magazine cover. Got it done at Altered Image in Lewiston, ME.
...at the base of the Voortrekker monument designed by architect Gerard Moerdyk, during huge celebration in honor of their country's pioneers.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
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.