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| Long Haired Beauty of Old Japan -- The Transformation of a Geisha from East to West, Ca 1905 Meiji-era Portrait of a Japanese girl. |
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Old Japan
Paul Robeson
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| Paul Robeson, (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) majestic singer and actor, brilliant scholar and athlete, fierce political activist and all-around renaissance man. He is seen here in 1925 in a photo by the famed British photographer Alex Stewart Sasha. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. |
Metropolis
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| Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang. The film was written by Lang and his wife Thea Von Harbou, and starred Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Text by Wikipedia |
Phillis Wheatley
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| Phillis Wheatley, (May 8, 1753 – December 5, 1784),was the first published African American poet and first
African-American woman whose writings helped create the genre of
African American literature. Born in Gambia, she was made a slave at age
seven. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught
her to read and write, and helped encourage her poetry. "On being brought from Africa to America" Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic dye." Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.´ |
Mineralava Dolls
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| Photos of the Mineralava dolls (Rudolph Valentino and his wife, Natacha Rambova). They were created by the sculptor Helene Sardeau specifically for the Valentinos' Mineralava Tour in 1923. |
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Father of the Glaciers
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| Snowman at summit 1902 Waggoner, Muir, and Howe; Father of the glaciers Silhouettes of three men in hats and a child in snow-filled landscape standing in front of a monumental snowman sculpture. The snowman has a head with eyes, nose and mouth, modeled hair and mustache, two arms and legs, and an oval body. The snowman is approximately four times the size of a man. |
Chesterton Windmill
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| Chesterton Windmill with man posing outside. c.1930s. Unique stone tower built for Sir Edward Peyto, ('EP 1632' on cap).Major restorations 1776 and 1860. Ceased work 1910. Sails repaired and altered 1930 and later.. Restored 1965-71 by Warwick County Council, Department for the Environment and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and others under the direction of D. Ogden. |
Tibetan Monk
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| Tibetan Monk with Prayer Wheel, Darjeeling India, 1928 |
Danseuses Russes
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| April 9, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Paul Tchernikoff dancers, Russian Village Fair at Wardmann Park Inn." Our second glimpse of these lithe young ladies. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. |
Mlle LeZetora
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| Mlle LeZetora, “Colored Lady Athlete - Heavy Weight Act,” circa 1900. |
Monday, November 19, 2012
Frida Kahlo
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“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim” |
Ed Wynn
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| Ed Wynn (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966) was a popular American comedian and actor noted for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor. |
Pussycat Dolls
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| The Original "Pussycat Dolls", 1920s, African-American Vaudeville performers (showgirls/chorus line)dressed in very risque (for the time) feline (cat) costumes. |
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Eddie Cantor
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| Kid Millions (1934) is an American film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and starring Eddie Cantor. |
Friday, November 16, 2012
Eldorado 1955
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| A 1956 Cadillac Eldorado Seville photographed in 1955. From a series of
8x10 glossies with an ink stamp on the back reading "Styling Department,
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn Mich." Keeping an eye on the competition. shorpy |
Floral Parade
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| Detroit, 1901. "Bicentenary celebration floral parade -- automobile of William Metzger." Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. |
Raquel Meller
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| Raquel Meller, born Francisca Marqués López, was an Aragonese cuplé and tonadilla singer, and diseuse. She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas. Artists such as Charlie Chaplin and Sarah Bernhart considered Raquel Meller to have been genius. She performed extensively in the United States under contract for the Schuberts, and performances broke box office records at the time. |
Rosa Parks
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| Rosa Parks is an extraordinary person because she stood up against racism and stood up for herself. It was even harder for her because she was a woman, and in those days, things were much harder for women. |
Store Greeter
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| April 1938. "Boy on porch of general store. Roseland, Virginia." Medium-format negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration |
Here Come the Cars
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| February 1940. "Auto transport passing through Eufaula, Oklahoma." Now playing at the Chief: "Hunchback of Notre Dame." by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. |
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Odetta Holmes
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| Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". |
Zep Diner
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| The Zep Diner was located near a Goodyear tire plant and north of the blimp hangers in Carson, where Goodyear has anchored its West Coast blimp fleet since the late 1920s. posted by |
Nina Mae McKinney
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| Nina Mae McKinney (June 13, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally in theatre, film and television after getting her start on Broadway and in Hollywood. |
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Ruth St. Denis
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| Ruth St. Denis (January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) US dancer, teacher, and choreographer who is considered one of the pioneering influences in American modern dance. |
Ruth St. Denis
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| Ruth St. Denis in Radha. (1906) |
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