Old New York #18
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1893)
for the series:
Old New York
January 31, 2008
Tricky: Scenes from a Life #48
Tricky thanks Checkers for bailing him out (1952)
for the series:
Tricky: Scenes from a Life
January 30, 2008
January 29, 2008
When Legends Gather #353
Bert Lahr, Herbert Marshall, Robert Benchley, David Niven and Dave Chasen
for the series:
When Legends Gather
January 28, 2008
They Were Collaborators #427
The cast of That Was the Week That Was
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
January 27, 2008
The Art of Jazz #51
Street of Dreams
(Grant Green)
(Blue Note Records; 1964)
for the series:
Art of Jazz
Artists in Action #324
Lenny Bruce hightails it after knocking down a Television cameraman
for the series:
Artists in Action
The Art of the Piano #15
Operatic Rag
(by Julius Lenzberg)
(Jerome H. Remick & Co.; 1914)
for the series:
Art of the Piano
January 26, 2008
American Dry Spell #12
A plane carrying spiritous liquors crashes on a farm near Crotonville, New York (1922)
for the series:
American Dry Spell
An Illustrated History of American Labor #4
Marie Dressler and New York chorus girls protest the inequities of Actors Equity (1919)
for the series:
An Illustrated History of American Labor
January 25, 2008
Annals of Crime #6
Original Caption:
Ends Shooting Spree.
Allison, Iowa -- Ronnie Loughlin, 15-year-old altar boy, sits handcuffed after surrendering to police at Allison on Sept. 4th. The youth had killed one woman in a shooting spree, and kidnaped a second whom he held hostage during a 5-hour ride through South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. "I just went berserk, I guess," he told authorities. (1955)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
The Heretofore Unmentioned #3
Fred Otash (Private-Eye to the Stars)
for the series:
Heretofore Unmentioned
Artists in Action #322
Errol Flynn tries to remember if he really did that
for the series:
Artists in Action
January 22, 2008
The Art of Songwriting #18
Her Beaus Are Only Rainbows
Music: George W. Meyer
Lyrics: Alfred Bryan
(Henry Waterson Inc.; 1926)
for the series:
Art of Songwriting
Artists in Action #321
Lou Costello checks out Lupe Velez's fuzzy bunny.
for the series:
Artists in Action
They Were Collaborators #425
Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, Gene Rayburn and Richard Dawson.
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
The Cool Hall of Fame #110
Otis Redding's gotta gotta gotta gotta...
for the series:
The Cool Hall of Fame
The Art of Cinema #278
It's Always Fair Weather
(Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen; 1955)
for the series:
Art of Cinema
When Legends Gather #351
Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey and William Faulkner discuss the efficacy of corncobs
for the series:
When Legends Gather
The Art of Crime Fiction #11
The Asphalt Jungle
(by W.R. Burnett)
(Alfred Knopf; 1949)
for the series:
Art of Crime Fiction
January 21, 2008
When Legends Gather #350
Simone Signoret, Harry Belafonte, Yves Montand and Martin Luther King Jr.
for the series:
When Legends Gather
January 20, 2008
Bobby Fischer dead at 64
Bobby Fischer, here seen arriving in Reykjavik in Iceland on 5th July 1972 for the world championship match against Boris Spassky.
Read The Guardian's obituary here.
for the series:
Obits
The Cool Hall of Fame #109
Steve McQueen photographed in London; 1969.
for the series:
The Cool Hall of Fame
January 17, 2008
January 16, 2008
Annals of Crime #5
Original caption:
Detroit -- After refusing to walk, Leonard G. Hamilton is carried to a patrol car by detectives and uniformed officers. Hamilton was identified by five victims as one of the "lure' bandits who had been robbing truck driver salesmen in the area since the previous November. Police said Hamilton was wanted in Los Angeles on 53 charges of robbery, and in St. Louis for 24 like offenses. (1956)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
January 15, 2008
The Golden Age of Prurience #45
Hippies
(Vol, 1 #4; 1967)
for the series:
The Golden Age of Prurience
