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Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Tea Time

“Anne and her family lived alone on an island. She enjoyed having tea time with her friends the spiny lobster and baby hawk.”
 stumbleupon |  via National Geographic, August 1938 | retronaut

History

This photo touched my heart. A dog named Leao keeps watch by the the grave of his owner who was killed in a landslide in Rio de Janeiro . 
Source: stumbleupon

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Moneta Sleet Jr.

Photo: Bereaved celebrities Nancy Wilson, Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Sidney Poitier, Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. and actor Marlon Brando proceed to Dr. King’s funeral., Moneta Sleet Jr., Ebony Collection. April 1968. 
Photo: Pulitzer-prize winning photo of Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. comforting her daughter Bernice, age 5, during her husband's funeral in Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church
Moneta Sleet , Jr. (February 14, 1926 - September 30, 1996) is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph entitled “Deep Sorrow”. He captured the photograph of a tearful Coretta Scott King cradling her daughter Bernice at the funeral of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sleet was the first and only black man working for a black publication (Ebony magazine) to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Moneta Sleet , Jr.

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Vintage Photo

Two friends, sitting, waiting. High button shoes and a wooden chair. 1900s. Real photo. vintage
Source: etsy