Willem van de Poll

Portraits of an Irish Traveller family

Willem van de Poll (Dutch, 1895-1970)

From a trip to Ireland in 1946

found here: National Archive of the Netherlands

inspired by a Nothing Is New twitter post

Keep On The Sunny Side

The Carter Family photographed by Eric Schaal
Poor Valley, VA - 1941

source:life

In the book I mentioned yesterday, the Carter Family joins forces with Coco Chanel to fight vampires.
On a more personal and non-fiction note, Poor Valley is about thirty miles from where my mom grew up.
What's your favorite Carter Family song?
I'm going with "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes". Unless it's "Hello Stranger" or "Wildwood Flower". "No Depression in Heaven" is really good too. Of course, if you like church songs there's always "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" and "Anchored in Love".
It's hard to choose...

Spring Comes To Brooklyn

Spring Comes To Brooklyn - 1949
photos by Ralph Morse

source:life

Historical Williamsburg

1. Ed Clark 1946
2 & 3. Alfred Eisenstaedt 1954
4. Alfred Eisenstaedt 1943
source:life

Three Portraits

1. "American GI Al Robertson holding up pocket knife taken as a souvenir after the fighting near Buna Beach against Japanese forces controlling the area."
2. "American Capt. Byron Bradford sitting on a captured Japanese bicycle during the battle for control of the island."
3. "Sgt. Herman Bottcher pausing during the fight against Japanese forces holding the Buna area."


More about Herman Bottcher, veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

Photos by George Strock
Buna, Papua New Guinea
1943

source:life

Guadalcanal 1943

Photos by Frank Scherschel
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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