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Sammy Davis Jr. and his son Mark in 1964. Photo: Leonard McCombe/Time-Life Pictures.
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Showing posts with label retro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retro. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Sammy Davis Jr. and Son
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Lucille Baldwin Brown
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| Lucille Baldwin Brown was born on Suwannee Street in Smokey Hollow community to Mr. and Mrs. Dallis Baldwin (who co-founded St. John now New St. John Church). Lucille was the first black public county librarian. ca. 1940s |
Monday, April 8, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Louis Armstrong
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| Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Louis Armstrong's stage personality matched his flashy cornet and trumpet playing. Armstrong is also known for his raspy singing voice. Text From Wikipedia |
Janet MacLeod
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| Professional model Janet MacLeod wearing veiled hat designed by Lilly Dache. New York, NY, 1937, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt |
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
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| "Despite the conflicts and passionate discrepancies between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, the art created by this fiery couple has influenced art-lovers around the world." |
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Vincent Price
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| American actor, writer, and gourmet and well known for his distinctive voice, Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was born in St Louis, Missouri. c. 1930s |
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Duke Ellington
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Pet Ring Tailed Possum
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| NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. A PET RING TAILED POSSUM EXAMINES DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MOVIE CAMERA SOMEWHERE IN NORTH AUSTRALIA AND ASSUMES THE OPERATORS' STANCE. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK), ID Number: 015549, Flickr |
Monday, January 21, 2013
Marion McCall Converse
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| New York circa 1925. "McCall." Marion McCall Converse, the future ex-wife of Converse M. Converse, a society couple whose split came in a much-publicized divorce. |
Walter White
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| Walter Francis White (1893–1955) graduated from college in 1916, he became an insurance salesman and secretary of the local NAACP branch. In 1918 the NAACP hired White as assistant secretary. White won international acclaim for his crusade against mob violence, personally investigating 41 lynchings and 8 race riots. In 1931 he succeeded Johnson as NAACP executive secretary. The NAACP under his leadership focused attention on the horrors of lynching and pressed relentlessly to end segregation in education and travel. Photograph of Walter Francis White, between 1920 and 1940. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP [Digital ID # cph.3c07019] |
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sir Hudson Fysh
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| Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh (7 January 1895 – 6 April 1974) was an Australian aviator and businessman. A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania. Serving in the Battle of Gallipoli and Palestine Campaignas a lieutenant of the Australian Light Horse Brigade, Fysh later became an observer and gunner to Paul McGinness in the AFC. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross during the aftermath of the war for his services to aerial warfare. circa 1935 |
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Bay Bridge
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| The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened November 12, 1936. Until 1962 cars drove in both directions on the upper deck, while trucks and trains traveled in both directions on the lower deck. A new section of the bridge is being built, and completion of the project is expected to take place in 2013. |
Monday, January 7, 2013
Coretta Scott King
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| Coretta Scott King and her daughter, Yolanda, photographed by Moneta Sleet for EBONY in 1958. Moneta Sleet was the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who took the famous shot of Mrs. King with her daughter Bernice at Dr. King’s funeral in 1968. via vintageblackglamour |
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