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LIFE in the 20s
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Viktoriya Sasonkina by Steven Meisel
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wenen, Danseres Lulu Mirskeija carnaval Wenen 1928 by janwillemsen on Flickr. Via Flickr:
foto uit Spaarnestadarchief, tijdschrift Het leven
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(via Happy Birthday Marvin Gaye )
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Solar shower, 1966 by Leonid Yablonsky
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Monument To Sade by Man Ray, 1933
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Easter’s coming…
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Dirigible Over St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow (1921)
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Man Ray
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Sunday morning, 1945, photographed by Robert Doisneau
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Little Deuce Coupe
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Whitman Twiggy Paper Doll Set 1967 (by hmdavid )
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Alberto Vargas (by oldcarguy41 ) April 1944
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Portrait Willis Bock by Otto Umbehr (Umbo), 1928
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“enzo sellerio’s work is critical and challenging, often referring to sicily’s dark history, but just as often it tells a passionate, involving intelligent and even amusing tale of everyday life there, with all its verve and vitality. he captures grace and irony with a magical depth, and this image of a street scene in palermo is the result of a deeply felt empathy with his surroundings, a perpetual sense of wonder, and a sharp eye for graphic composition. the image’s structure resides in a rigid geometric scheme established by the sides of the chairs perched on the children’s heads, which are perfectly centred within the frame yet at the same time create a sense of dynamism, with their broken line suggesting a climb or descent. the compositional balance is further offset by the position of the children’s legs, along with the silhouette of a man to the side of the frame. perhaps this dark, hunched figure, wrapped up in a coat that’s too long for him, embodies the true mystery of the photograph.” children carrying chairs, palermo, 1960 photo by enzo sellerio, from photobox: bringing the great photographers into focus
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Holly reading by John Willie , c. 1930s
Also at foxesinbreeches
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Andrew Loomis (From “Remember Me,” Ladies Home Journal , September 1944)
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Jimi Hendrix.
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John Whitcomb (From “A Woman to Remember,” Ladies Home Journal , November 1947)
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Zora Neale Hurston, 1935
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Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow at Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball, New York, 1966
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John Lennon
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Beauty treatment, 1950s
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Dorian Dennis aka. “Miss French Riviera” .. Photo courtesy of the Janelle Smith collection..
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The Atomium in Brussels nearing completion. It was built for Expo ‘58, designed by André Waterkeyn based on the form of an iron crystal. The car in the foreground is a Tatra 603 from the same year.
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Showgirls, 1958
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Lucy
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“April 1st is absolutely the worst day on the Internet. I’m going outside. ”
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inge morath, a llama in time square, new york city, 1957 happy april fools!
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Texas road map from Humble Oil, 1957
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Jeanne Moreau as Le Sphinx in a 1954 adaptation of La Machine infernale by Jean Cocteau
Photo by Thérèse Le Prat
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Esquire pin-up, “Calamity”, 1947 Illustration by Ben-Hur Baz
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Anita Ekberg
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Jessica Rabbit.
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Irina Baronova
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Elliott Erwitt New York City, Third Avenue El, 1955
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c a. 1870, [Tintype portrait of a gentleman pensively playing the accordion] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
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(via Vintage Scans: Lili St. Cyr ) From Modern Man , August 1956.
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Friederike Kierschner
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Edouard Boubat, Collioure, 1954
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Happy April Fools Day! ~ French postcard, Circa 1907. via
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I feel like this should be some sort of April Fools joke — but no, this really was a rehearsal for an underwater wedding in San Marcos, Texas. (see more photos here )
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René Jacques L’homme de nuit, 1939
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David Bowie.
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Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
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Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein .
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Dorothy Stone (date of photo not known)
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Lucie Clayton instructs finishing school pupils, Old Cavendish St, London, 1936
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Group of ladies at the Midwest Horse Show, c.1938, Chicago. This event was the pinnacle of the African American social scene in Chicago.
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Marilyn Monroe in 1946….
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Pier. 1940’s
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Brockton Enterprise newspaper building, Brockton, MA circa 1940’s
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Wherever The Voyage Leads You (by wackystuff ) French April Fools postcard
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Two Ziegfeld Girls c.1926
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(via Photos: Spring – Johanna’s blog ) Source: 1940’s throwback
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Ballet Mécanique, Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy (1924)
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Ballerinas, 1936 by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Giant photographed by Frank Worth, 1955
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’80s McDonald’s
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Brigitte Bardot