Man with Dog, Man with Bicycle

Top: Sigmund Freud with his dog, Jofi

Bottom: Emperor Joshua Norton photographed by Eadweard Muybridge

Santa Lucia

Did you observe St. Lucy's Day?
My parents used to belong to a church with a penchant for Scandinavian culture, and December 13th is the only saints day they recognized. I used to love the white robes and candle-wreath, but it was a girls-only affair so I never got to wear a pointy wizard hat. These days I'm more interested in the pre-christian origins of the celebration.

Photo credits:

Stockholm Club Lucia Fest, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Herman Larson, 1932 (from the Minnesota Digital Library)

Female students dressed for Bethel's Festival of Christmas in St. Lucia costumes, St. Paul, Minnesota
Kurt Christenson, 1980 (from the Minnesota Digital Library)

Luciafeier in einer schwedischen Kirche
Claudia Gründer, 2006 (from Wikimedia Commons)

Elsa Schiaparelli - 1938

Elsa Schiaparelli photographed by John Phillips
Paris - 1938
last one is her daughter, Countess Maria Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor
better known as Gogo Schiaparelli


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Just finished reading "The Show That Smells" by Derek McCormack .
Elsa Schiaparelli is a vampire while her (real life) nemesis Coco Chanel is a vampire hunter.
Wordplay, violence, haute couture, country music.

Queens-Midtown Tunnel - 1939

Construction workers building the Queens-Midtown Tunnel
New York City - 1939
photos by Carl Mydans
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At The Beach

Florida - no other information available

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Keep Warm

"A mechanic wearing a blizzard, cape-sheepskin lined coat to keep warm while working outddors in the cold climate."
Carl Mydans - 1939

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16 November 1938

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Strength & Health

Strength and Health Magazine Cover Stars

Tony Terlazzo

Steve Stanko

Siegmund Klein

John Grimek

Gord Venables

from: Muscle Memory

Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
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Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives

Hot Looks For Summer

#1. Shirley May France - August 1949. Mark Kauffman
#2. "Mocinoc St. Ignace Cold Water Swimming Race" - August 1949. Francis Miller
#3. Mark Spitz - Santa Clara, CA. Bill Ray
#4. Rick DeMont and teammate - Munich. September 1972. Co Rentmeester
#5. Debbie Meyer - Mexico City. October 1968. Michael Rougier
#6. "Indiana Swimming" - 1962. Robert W. Kelly
#7-8. Sophia Loren - Rome. June 1964. Alfred Eisenstaedt
#9. Lisa Hartman - August 1983. Ann Clifford
#10-11. "Sport Swimming and Diving" - no date, no credit
#12. Daphne Dayle and friends - Paris. June 1964. Paul Schutzer

Greenpoint

#1: Leo Seltzer 1938. Moses Soyer working on mural for Greenpoint Hospital, Kingsland Ave.
From the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
#2: Ralph Morse 1943. Newtown Creek. source:life
#3-6: Dinanda Nooney 1978. From the NYPL collection At Home In Brooklyn
#7-13: Various from the NYPL Digital Gallery