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October 31, 2017

You Were a Child of the 1950s and 1960s If You Remember These Dolls

You were a child of the 1950s and 1960s if you remember these dolls. Did you have one? Do you still have it? Or are you collecting any of these much loved dolls.



1. Thumbelina Doll

The Ideal Toy Company borrowed the name “Thumbelina” from a fairy tale and began selling Thumbelina in 1961. This sweet-faced baby doll was popular for its real life look, light weight, body that could wiggle, and for its lovely pink and white costumes. The doll brought out the desire of a girl to identify with her mother.



2. Tiny Tears

Tiny Tears was a doll manufactured by the American Character Doll Company. She was produced from 1950 through 1968. After being filled with water from her baby bottle, the doll shed tears from tiny holes when her stomach was pressed. Tiny Tears gave expression to the compassionate nature of a child.



3. Chatty Cathy Doll

Chatty Cathy was a pull-string talking doll manufactured by the Mattel from 1959 to 1965. In 1960, a child had the choice of one of two outfits for it. In 1961 six extra outfits were sold for it with names like Party Dress, Nursery School Dress, Sleepy Time Pajamas, Playtime Shorts, and Party Coat. In 1963 Sunday Visit Dress and Sunny Day Capri Shorts were available. The doll fascinated children with its appealing voice.



4. Patti Playpal

Patti Playpal was produced by the Ideal Toy Company from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. Its head, arms, legs and torso were made from vinyl. At 36 inches tall the dolls were marketed as “companion dolls” to children, able to share clothing with their owners as if they were a real friend.



5. Barbie

Barbie needs no introduction. She has been a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. since 1959. Barbie has many accessories and doll friends. Mattel has sold over a billion Barbie dolls, making it the company’s most profitable line. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.



‘A Century Run or Bust’, deposited by Fred L. Hacking in 1900

A set of two photographs from the year 1900, marking the commencement of the 20th century. The first, entitled "A century run or bust", shows a man riding a child's tricyle, being pushed with a stick by another man, towards the direction marked as the "20th Century" by a sign on a nearby tree. The second photograph, entitled "Busted", shows the man falling off, and destroying, the tricycle, and being mocked by the second man.



(Photos by Fred L. Hacking)

The Face of New York in the 1940s Through Andreas Feininger's Lens

Born in Paris, one of the world's most prolific photographers, Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger (1906-1999) was an American photographer and a writer on photographic technique. He was noted for his dynamic black-and-white scenes of Manhattan and for studies of the structures of natural objects.

Feininger was a pioneer both visually and technically. He was educated in German public schools and at the Weimar Bauhaus. His interest in photography developed while he was studying architecture, and he worked as both architect and photographer in Germany for four years, until political circumstances made it impossible. Feininger moved to Paris, where he worked in Le Corbusier's studio, and then to Stockholm. There he established his own photographic firm specializing in architectural and industrial photography.

New York in the 1940s by Andreas Feininger

With the outbreak of war in 1939, Feininger moved to New York, where he was a freelance photographer for the Black Star Agency and then for the U.S. Office of War Information. After working on a retainer basis, he was a staff photographer at LIFE from 1943 to 1962, and there established his reputation.

Feininger subsequently concentrated on his personal work, exhibiting and publishing extensively. he was renowned as a teacher via his publications that combine practical experience with clarity of presentation.

42nd Street, New York, circa 1940

Apollo Theatre, NYC, 1940

Central Park, NYC, 1940

Futon Street, New York, 1940

Lower Manhattan seen from Brooklyn, circa 1940

Adorable Posters Promoting Kindness to Animals From the Great Depression

Morgan Dennis (1892-1960) was an American artist and writer who is most often remembered for his images of dogs. These posters, by Morgan Dennis, were produced for the American Humane Association's Be Kind to Animals Week during the 1930s.

Posters promoting kindness to animals from the Great Depression

The commemorative week was first observed in 1915, and several well-known artists of the time created artwork to promote it over its first few decades of life. The national organization offered copies of posters like Dennis' to local branches, leaving space at the bottom for their identifying information.

Each Dennis poster featured a child performing a kind act, reflecting the organization's educational approach. The Association's timeline history of the week notes that in 1936 Shirley Temple was the junior chair of the Be Kind to Animals Week commemoration—a celebrity endorsement that further cemented the relationship between kindness to animals and childhood.

1932 Be Kind to Animals Week poster featuring artwork by Morgan Dennis.

1934 Be Kind to Animals Week poster featuring the artwork of Morgan Dennis.

1935 Be Kind to Animals Week poster featuring the artwork of Morgan Dennis.

1936 Be Kind to Animals Week poster featuring the artwork of Morgan Dennis.

1938 Be Kind to Animals Week poster featuring the artwork of Morgan Dennis.

(Images: Collection of Robert Penney/the National Museum of Animals & Society; via Slate)

October 30, 2017

The World in the 1890s Through 12 Glorious Photos

Photochromes are vibrant and nuanced prints hand-colored from black-and-white negatives. Created using a process pioneered in the 1880s, these images offer a fascinating insight into the world when color photography was still in its infancy.

Photochrome is a method of producing colored images from black-and-white negatives, allowing color pictures to be created before color photography became available. The process was developed in the 1880s by the Swiss chemist Hans Jakob Schmid.

Creating a photochrome involved taking detailed notes on the colors present in the photographed scene, and then hand-coloring the negative...

Women in Algeria, 1899

The Praça da Ribeira in Porto, Portugal, circa 1903

Lauterbrunnen and the Staubbach waterfall, Switzerland, circa 1900

Mosque of El-Zituna in Tunis, Tunisia, 1896

The Rhine Falls, Switzerland, circa 1890

The World Through Jack London's Eyes

When most people hear the name Jack London, they think of one of the most widely read American writers who produced 50 books including Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf; some may also know him as an adventurer or social activist. But most don't realize that Jack London was a prolific photographer producing nearly 12,000 photographs during his lifetime, ranging from the poignant images of the ragged homeless living in London's East End; images of the Russo-Japanese War while he was on assignment for the Hearst Syndicate; sensitive images of the South Seas islanders during his voyage aboard the Snark to the 1906 San Francisco earth quake devastation.

In his photography, London showed his powers of perception and revealed his compassion, respect and love for humanity. Most of his photographs remained unpublished until 2010 when authors Jeanne Campbell Reesman, Sara S. Hodson and Philip Adam published Jack London Photographer with 200 images.

London lived during the first true mass-media era, when the use of photographic images ushered in a new way of covering the news. With his discerning eye, London recorded historical moments through the faces and bodies of the people who lived them, creating memorable portraits of individuals whose cultural differences pale beside their common humanity.

White Chapel on a bank Holiday, London, 1902.

Men spending the night outdoors on the Thames embankment, London, 1902.

Homeless women sleeping in Spitalfields Garden, London, 1902.

Salvation Army barracks in London during Sunday morning rush – men who had been given tickets during the night queuing for free breakfast, 1902.

London, 1902.

Luisa Lukic: Short Life of a Beautiful Girl Through Amazing Photos

These amazing photos as a photo story from Elly Lukic that show a part of the life of Luisa Lukic (1966-1990), her half-sister. She was a beautiful girl, but had a short tragic life. 

“She was the only child of my father and his first wife Snezana (no relation to me). Although I have no memory of my oldest sister, I feel as if a part of me is missing, like I've lost a twin. I've been told we're a great deal alike, both in appearance and demeanor.”

Luisa Lukic (1966-1990)

“The last photo was photographed months before her death. Luisa became withdrawn, dyed her hair a desperately hopeful orangish-blonde shade, and lost a ton of weight. You can see the wear in her face. Another casualty of clinical depression.”

Here is the photo story...

My sister Luisa with her mother and grandmother (no relation to me), 1975

 My sister Luisa with her grandmother and dad, 1975

My sister Luisa as a little girl, sitting between her mother and grandmother on a park bench, 1975

Good morning little schoolgirl, 1975

Luisa with her mother Snezana and grandmother, 1978

The Story Behind the Photograph of a Girl Reading a Christian Book in the Swinging 60s

A girl under summer skies, reading in the University Parks, one of the series published as The Oxford Pictures 1968-1978 (Dewi Lewis Publishing 2016). The photo was taken by Paddy Summerfield in the late 1960s, as he shared the story behind the image:

“I looked for moments that reflected my sense of being an outside” … Sex and the Christian by Paddy Summerfield.

“I came across this girl in the Oxford University parks, lying in the summer sun reading a book. It was in the late-60s, not a laptop in sight. It was surprising to find an unshaven armpit, almost as shocking as pubic hair. It’s from The Oxford Pictures, my first photographic essay. It was very much a young man’s vision: anxiety, desire and sexual guilt run right through it, maybe because of my strict upbringing with Sunday school lessons and Christian teaching.”

“It might have been the swinging 60s, with lots of photos in the papers of girls in miniskirts and Mick Jagger in a white dress, but plenty of people felt they were missing out – that this sexual revolution was somewhere else, out of reach. We felt the barriers rather than the freedoms. So I looked for visual moments that reflected my sense of being an outsider: isolated figures beside the river, or sitting on a park bench.

“I wanted a relationship but also feared having one. So it’s not so much sexuality in the pictures as anxiety over something forbidden. Since I was looking to show alienation and loss, I often photographed people from behind, or with body parts “amputated”. I sensed that many of my young subjects shared my feelings.

“Summer was the perfect time for the project: the stronger the sunlight, the darker the shadows and the greater the melancholy. By making figures fragmented and amputated, they become dehumanised, while turned backs and hidden faces suggest a fear of rejection. Often, I don’t show a particular person, but something more general that can stand for us all.

“Many of the pictures refer to darker sides of sexuality, transgression and prohibition. There’s a punt pole photo where the person is reduced to a naked limb stretching out, grasping the erect pole. Beyond it, there’s a circular hole in the trees. Then there’s a girl in shadows, hidden by her hair, with sunlight sculpting her bare arm into a phallic shape. Such symbols recur throughout, typical of the obsessions of a young adult.

“It’s been a good life, working as a photographer. It’s not a proper job. All day photographing, in and out of pubs in the evening, a bit of noise and mischief and exhibitionism. Back then, we were always talking about pictures: what we understood, what we felt others were saying.

“I may have taken my photographs in Oxford but it was not really my subject. They are a personal document, concerned with expressing my inner life rather than recording the world around me. So by photographing students, I found a way to tell a story of pain. We were all young together, all lonely together. Everyone looks for love, everyone. We don’t all find it.”

(Photo by Paddy Summerfield, via The Guardian)

October 29, 2017

Colorized Photos of Men Involved in Abraham Lincoln Assassination

These fascinating colorized photos bring to life the men who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. The striking images, featured in new book ‘Retrographic: History in Living Colour,’ by author Michael Carroll, show three of the co-conspirators involved in Lincoln’s assassination looking pensive with their hands bound, with another showing a fourth man who has not been restrained.

They show the conspirators handcuffed before their trial alongside what is thought to be the last photo of Lincoln before his death. Another colorized photo shows the moment four of the plotters were hanged in front of a crowd at Fort McNair. The 16th President of the United States was shot dead at the theater by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.

Conspirator Lewis Payne tried to kill the US Secretary of State.

Samuel Arnold was mysteriously pictured without handcuffs.

The conspirators being taken to the scaffold on July 7 in 1865.

Edmund Spangler had reportedly been responsible for helping Booth escape.

David E. Herold following his capture. He was sentenced to death and hanged with three other conspirators.

Lincoln died just over a month after the Confederacy had surrendered to the United States.

(via Media Drum)



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