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The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer that operated independently from 1901 until 1929, when it was acquired by the Radio Corporation of America and then operated as a subsidiary called RCA Victor.
“The Arrow Collar Man” was first introduced in 1905 for Cluett, Peabody & Co., manufacturer of detachable collars for men’s button-down shirts. The ad campaign grew beyond its advertising purpose into a bona fide sensation. Leyendecker single-handedly changed advertising by switching the emphasis from text to image and making his pitch in emphatically visual terms. Cluett, Peabody & Co. became the most successful company in the U.S. at that time. By the 1920s, their sales increased to 4 million dollars a week and Arrow shirts with detachable collars were being exported to foreign ports such as Jakarta and the Belgian Congo. The Arrow Collar Man campaign ended in 1930, having been one of the most successful advertising campaigns in history. [Wikipedia]
[NOTE: The Arrow Collar Man is said to have been modelled by Charles Beach, Leyendecker's life partner.]
Dick Haymes (1918-1980) was an Argentinian singer and actor and one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. And then came Elvis, the game changer.
It Had to Be You – www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6Jd7zVpxM
Little White Lies – www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt3HDdh5RA
From 1909 to 1910, Theodore Roosevelt went on an expedition to Africa. Readers were fascinated both by the former President as well as his destination. He wrote monthly articles for “Scribner’s Magazine” describing the trip.
The first of the twelve articles “A Railroad Through the Pleistocene” was in the October, 1909 issue of Scribner’s. It describes the start of the expedition – “the wonderful railway journey through a country that was like a ‘great zoological garden,’ the black tribesmen of his caravan, his outfit, guns, tents, his first hunting experiences, etc., etc. The illustrations [are] from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt (the President’s son) and other members of the party.”
After his return in June 1910, Theodore Roosevelt published a book titled “African Game Trails,” which gathered together the articles he wrote for Scribner’s.
Advertisement for Playtex Living Girdles from a 1940 issue of Life Magazine.
"It lives and breathes with you!"
"No seams. No bones."
From the days when less was more.
“Prisoners Harry (Frank Sinatra), Marcel (Gregoire Aslan) and Charlie (Bernie Hamilton) are flown to a small tropical island to serve the elderly Father Doonan (Spencer Tracy), who makes them work high in the mountains at a health clinic for local children. When a volcano erupts, the young patients are stranded, while the rest of the island’s population flees. When Doonan offers to free the convicts if they help save the children, Harry leads his fellow convicts on a daring rescue mission.” – Movie synopsis on Google
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EEB-GWwWQ4
A collection of Life magazine covers from World War II on display at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in New Jersey. The covers show glimpses of that time in history.
Our Daily Challenge - Time - 9/17/16
1947; Until seven months ago Life Cover Girl Karen Lewis, 19, was a stenographer taking dictation at 95 words a minute in the Navy Department, Washington D.C. Cover by Philippe Halsman
Over a thousand Chicagoans, from all walks of life and all parts of the city, came together at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by Davind Lang.
Although a bit chaotic in the beginning, once the leaders of each of the small groups that formed the whole got things in sync, it became a beautiful performance and a moving experience.
I came upon this event purely by accident and it took me a while to figure out what was going on.
Once surrounded by all these people, I was pretty much stuck, so you see some of the same faces over and over again.
Very cool advertisement for Allison engines, a division of GM, from the July 13, 1942 issue of Life Magazine.
"Straight from the Tiger's Mouth!"
Artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) boldly asserted his support for American intervention in World War I before the country formally declared war on Germany. He was best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent Euro-American woman at the turn of the 20th century. His wife, Irene Langhorne, and her four sisters inspired his images. He published his illustrations in “Life” magazine and other major national publications for more than 30 years, becoming editor of “Life” in 1918 and later owner of the magazine. [Source: Wikipedia]
This beautiful photograph, taken by Joe Rosenthal, was one of the most significant (and most replicated) pieces of imagery of the 20th Century.
It was my desire to bring more life out of this photo by adding some color.
I hope it does no injustice.
Colored by Mark Jaxn
This series is made with an unabashed nod to John Seven whose work is a constant source of inspiration.
In early April 1917, the U.S. entered the First World War, “a war to end all wars” that would “make the world safe for democracy.”
[Not as long as autocrats continue to rule]
A Christmas present from my parents last year from the year after I was born, my daughter who is posing is amazed to see adverts on every second page for cigarettes, oh how times have changed and so many amazing images in this edition, I love it and treasure it!