Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist,best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. Dorothea Lange in 1936 [...]
Shalako is a 1968 British western film directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot. Stephen Boyd portrayed a classic western villain. Jack Hawkins played an upper class Englishman abroad in the "new" country. Honor Blackman portrayed an English lady Julia Daggett. [...]
The Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF) is one of the longest consecutively running jazz festivals. It debuted on October 3, 1958 and was founded by San Francisco jazz radio broadcaster Jimmy Lyons. The festival is held annually on the 20-acre (8.1 ha), oak-studded Monterey County Fairgrounds, located at 2000 Fairground Road in Monterey, California, USA on the third full weekend in September, beginning on Friday. More than 500 top jazz artists perform on nine stages spread throughout the grounds, with more than 50 concert performances. Performers: Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars, Dizzy Gillespie, [...]
These are photographs from 1910-1012 taken by Bain News Service. Read more »
This pin-up girl illustrations by American artist Gil Elvgren pin-up caused by photographs from the '50s. Read more »
Looking south from 34th St.; Met Life Building is at front left, lower Manhattan buildings at back, 1913 "Cars and people crossing intersections at 42nd Street after rain during the Bus Strike. 1953 Hillside Avenue, West from 170th Street. Bus [...]
In late 1971, two years after the Stonewall riots in New York sparked the modern gay rights movement in America. Read more »
Near Logan Airport - Airplane Coming in for Landing Over Frankfort Street at Lovell Street Intersection 05/1973 These Point Shirley Homes on Wintrop Shore Drive Are in Landing Pattern for Logan Airport's Runway 27 10/1973 Lovell Street Homes in Jet [...]
Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and his documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism. ( Wikipedia )
There's something about a bridge. Whether it's an ancient stone arch over a stream or a 19th century marvel like the Roeblings' Brooklyn beauty or a modern, mile-long steel behemoth with towers that rise hundreds of feet into the air, a bridge is the most practical and the most evocative of structures. A bridge takes us places; a bridge connects places. And sometimes, a single bridge can help to define places. Take the Golden Gate Bridge, 75 years old this year. (It opened on May 27, 1937.) With its immediately recognizable "international orange" — not golden — [...]
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, kids were used to promote cigarettes, firearms, drugs and much more. Many of the ads — which feature things like cellophane-wrapped infants and gun-toting toddlers — seem irresponsible and creepy. 7-Up -- Soda (1956) Ayer's -- Cathartic [...]
These images are Autochromes taken by Clifford R. Adams in England in 1928 for National Geographic. Read more »
The London Film Festival started way back in 1953. It was founded by a group of film critics who thought that London deserved it's own festival. They also decided that the event would be different from other festivals like Cannes and Venice, this festival would be targetted at the general public, rather than the film stars or people in the industry. Here we have some some of the simple but stylish posters promoting the event from October 1962 at the sixth festival to their 21st Birthday in 1977. [...]
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