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Side view of Telstar satellite (A20070113000) silhouetted against a black background; this Telstar is a backup spacecraft to Telstar 1 and 2 (launched respectively in 1962 and 1963). Photographed August 20, 2013, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Garber Facility, Suitland, Maryland.
Over a thousand Chicagoans from all over the city, gathered at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by David Lang.
Turkish tobacco brands such as Rameses, Fatima, Murad and Mecca were popular during the early twentieth century. Most were owned by American companies. Turkish tobacco was prized for its aroma and milder flavor.
During the Golden Age of American Illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, artists like Charles Dana Gibson could become wealthy celebrities. They could become rich and famous by creating drawings and paintings for newspapers, books, magazines, and commercial advertising.
Gibson was educated at the Art Students League of New York and wanted to create paintings for publication, but the marketplace definitely favored his pen-and-ink drawings. That preference was so strong that his “Gibson Girl” became an ideal image of youthful American femininity, and Gibson’s drawings of her were responsible for the success of several magazines. At the height of his career, Gibson was paid $100,000 for 100 drawings over a four-year period (well over $1 million today), and he was later able to purchase “Life” magazine with a syndicate of successful illustrators.
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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.
A small west African nation along the "Slave Coast," the country has been rules by a hereditary dictatorship for the past 50 years.
“The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company was an American motor vehicle manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York, which was active from 1901 to 1938. Although best known for its expensive luxury cars, Pierce-Arrow also manufactured commercial trucks, fire trucks, boats, camp trailers, motorcycles, and bicycles. . .
“In 1909, U.S. President William Howard Taft ordered two Pierce-Arrows (and two White Model M Tourers) to be used for state occasions, the first official cars of the White House.” – Wikipedia
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The iconic photo behind the two cameras was shot by Bill Beall as he chanced upon Officer Maurice Cullinane gently coaxing two-year old Allen Weaver back to the Curb. The photo won a Pulitzer award. And how could it not? Entitled Busted, the photo is a classic street shot. Unsuspecting protagonists caught at the decisive moment by the photographer.
I decided to use Beall's photo as a background for my Mamiya-6 as the camera came out about the same time as when Beall took his photo. Around late 1950s. The Mamiya-6 (note the hyphen) is different from the more famous plastic-bodied Mamiya Six, which came out in the 1990s. The former is a classic folding camera, which has long been forgotten. The latter is still used around. Actually the Mamiya-6 series debuted in the 1940s. My Mamiya-6 is the last version.
It is curious why Mamiya decided to resurrect the model name fifty years later. Perhaps, a period of fifty years is too long for one to remember the classic folding camera. I'm glad I have one. In my fantasy, I dream of having two. Thanks to the magic of Photoshop. Besides, one cannot have too many cameras, right?
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“Otho Cushing (1870-1942) was an American artist, known primarily for his early 20th century illustrations and cartoons, for magazines and posters. His sometimes-homoerotic style, often featuring classical figures, was influenced by Frederic Leighton, J.C. Leyendecker and Aubrey Beardsley.” – Wikipedia
This series is made with an unabashed nod to John Seven whose work is a constant source of inspiration.
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Lunch atop a Skyscraper is a famous photograph taken in 1932 by Charles C. Ebbets. Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground, at the building site of the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center.
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Amy and I happened on this statuesque couple while on a walkabout of Sarasota, Florida. :)
The 25-foot sculpture, titled Unconditional Surrender, is the work of artist Seward Johnson.
Maxfield Parrish was an influential and prolific American painter and illustrator, who was ranked among the most commercially successful and highest paid artists of the US during the 1920s. He is celebrated and famed for his iconic depictions of fantasy landscapes that featured exotic and beautiful women.
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Know all men by these presents - Life Magazine Cover © 1910 by Coles Phillips