
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Josephine Baker takes her pet cheetah, Chiquita, for a walk...

Josephine Baker takes her pet cheetah, Chiquita, for a walk (1931).
An exact replica of the famous fortune teller...

An exact replica of the famous fortune teller from The Twilight Zone TV show episode.(via Entertainment Earth)
Elsa Lanchester in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Elsa Lanchester in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Migrant Madonna: 1939

June 1939. "Wife and baby of itinerant cane furniture maker and agricultural day laborer camped in Wagoner County, Oklahoma." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Style Council: 1943

May 1943. "Boys who live in the Harlem area." Three fly guys. Medium format negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size.
The Barber of Harrisonburg : 1941

January 1941. Harrisonburg, Virginia. "Shenandoah Valley. The Valley State Employment Service is aiding in the tapping the skilled labor resources of the Valley. These signs have been widely distributed. This one is in the center of Harrisonburg." Medium format negative by John Vachon. View full size.
Laboratory set from Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James...

Laboratory set from Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale). Art direction by Charles D. Hall
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Corsets on display in a store on the Boulevard de Strasbourg in...

Corsets on display in a store on the Boulevard de Strasbourg in Paris, 1912, photographed by Eugène Atget
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Mardi Gras: 1907

New Orleans circa 1907. "The Rex pageant, Mardi Gras." Laissez les bons temps rouler! Panorama of two 8x10 glass plates, Detroit Publishing. View full size.
Coney Krewe: 1913

New York circa 1913. "Mardi Gras parade, Coney Island." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
Monday, February 20, 2012
F.W. Woolworth: 1940

May 1940. "Woolworth Company, Indianapolis, Indiana." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
What a memory. My grandmother and I went to Woolworth's once a week. It was such a treat!
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