Seminal Image #947

Brainstorm
(William Conrad; 1965)
An Ongoing Series of Cultural and Personal Observations;
by Tom Sutpen, Stephen Cooke, Richard Gibson, Kimberly Lindbergs and Greg Ferrara

Original Caption:
A Job Calling for Concerted Action.
Oakland -- Several hundred workmen are required to lay the base of this huge gas tank, and they all have to move simultaneously. The tank which is one of the largest in the United States, measuring 210 feet in diameter, is built three feet from the ground and lowered upon a sand foundation by means of jacks. (1922)

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New York -- If Hollywood wants Ginger Rogers to make a comeback, it will have to clean up its act. Ginger says she'd love to do a movie again, but the only film roles she's offered are "far too risque." (1978)

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Fort Bragg -- Overturned toys litter the children's bedroom in the home of an Army doctor, Captain Jeffrey MacDonald, following the murder of MacDonald's wife and two daughters by three men and a blond woman. The bed, shown partially on right, is smeared with blood stains. The girls were found slain in their bedroom, while a wounded MacDonald, apparently left for dead, was found in the master bedroom near his wife's body. (1970)
Today's Adventure:
Original Caption:
In This Corner...
Hollywood -- If the fellow at left seems to be familiar, it's only because it's former heavyweight champion-turned-actor Archie Moore. With the ex-boxer in this scene from an NBC-TV dramatic program is actor Harry Guardino. They appear in a TV version of 'It's Mental Work,' a John O'Hara story, on the December 20th segment of the 'Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theater' series. (1963)

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Pretoria -- Two hundred and fifty South Africans and other non-Europeans demonstrate outside the hotel of Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Mr. Hammarskjold is in Pretoria for talks with Dr. Verwoerd on South Africa's racial policy. (1961)

from Hopalong Cassidy and the Haven of Horror!
(Artists Unknown)
(Six-Gun Heroes #3; July, 1950)

The Golden Sands Motel (Virginia Beach, VA)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel

Hard to believe, but there was a point in time when his life wasn't one big, unending freak show. This photo hails from that time.
Michael Jackson passed away this afternoon at the age of 50.

from My Friend, My Foe... The Freak
(by Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Johnny Craig and Artie Simek)
(Iron Man, vol. 1 #3; July, 1968)

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New York -- Federico Fellini, whose movie "8 1/2" won this year's Best Foreign Film Oscar and his wife, actress Giulietta Masina, lend their fine Italian hands to a Graumann's Chinese Theater-style "hands in concrete" ceremony at the New York World's Fair Hollywood Pavilion. Assisting are members of the George Murphy Associates firm. Pictured are Fellini, Norma Yost, Mrs. Fellini, and Lee Savin. (1964)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding

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Tokyo -- The Japanese went to the polls in their National Election and here are some of them casting their ballots. Women who never knew what it was to have a voice in their nation's affairs until the American occupation, are shown at one of the polling stations. Note that they wear the native wooden shoes, the prototype of the now Occidentally-fashionable platform shoes. The pro-American Liberal Party of Premier Yoshida Shigeru retained power. The Communists took a bad shellacking, failing to win a single seat in the Diet. In the last Diet the Red Party had 22 representatives. (1952)

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In Defense Of Himself.
Washington -- W. A. "Tony" Boyle, president of the United Mine Workers union, gestures to emphasize a point during a press conference March 9th at the National Press Club. Boyle issued a 14-page statement defending himself and the United Mine Workers, denying any connection or involvement in the murder of Joseph Yablonski, whom Boyle defeated in an election last Dec. 9th. Boyle challenged the Labor Dept's claim that widespread irregularities marred the balloting. (1970)

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Chicago -- A view of the Hall of Pure Science, in the science building at the World Fair in Chicago. In the center are professor Piccard's sratosphere Gondola and Dr. William Beebe's Bathyspdhere, with which they traveled the greatest distance above the earth and below the sea, respectively, that man has ever attained. On the walls are painted statements of the world's greatest scientists. (1933)

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Akron -- Runaway delinquent Ruth Beichler, 17, shows apparent remorse after her capture at Akron several hours after her escape with four other teenagers from the Summit County Detention Home. The girls are accused of murder in the death of Mrs. Eula Bonham, matron at the home whom they found bound and gagged with an ammonia soaked rag. Ruth, captured with a fellow escapee, said she was sorry but added, "We wouldn't have got caught if we'd moved fast." She wears crime-cult pachuco tattoos on her body. (1955)

from Racetrack Girl!
(Artists Unknown)
(First Love Illustrated #45; October, 1954)

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Los Angeles -- Mobster Mickey Cohen looks a bit bored as he waits to explain his plush income to the Senate crime committee, headed by Senator Estes Kefauver, as they began their investigation of local crime patterns in Los Angeles. Cohen is fingered as top witness of the 22 persons subpoenaed for appearance. (1950)

from Superman in the White House
(by Otto Binder and Al Plastino)
(Superman #122; July, 1958)

Jean-Luc Godard checks out the latest issue of La Cause du peuple,
hot off the presses.

Original Caption:
Musician Arrested.
New York -- Miles Davis, 32, of 881 10th Avenue, a trumpeter now appearing in Birdland, 52nd Street and Broadway, was arrested after fighting with patrolman Gerald Kilduff, who had ordered him to move from crowded sidewalk. In the scuffle, Davis was hit on the head with a blackjack for which a St. Clare's ambulance had to be called. (1959)

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New York -- Robert Moses, President of the New York World's Fair, looks over the scene of his largest project as final touches were put into the opening day operation today, with fair weather and large crowds expected. (1964)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding

Original Caption:
For That Smoke-Filled Room?????
Philadelphia -- With the opening of the Republican National Convention less than a week off, the final touches are being put to Convention Hall to accommodate the flood of delegates who will nominate the Republican Party's Presidential hope. Here Patrolman Richard Baker relaxes with a cigar amid a collection of ashtrays provided for use of the delegates. (1948)

The Holiday Inn (Rocky Mount, NC)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel

Un tranquillo posto di campagna
(A Quiet Place in the Country)
(Elio Petri; 1969)

from The Mysterious Molecule Man!
(by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers and Artie Simek)
(Fantastic Four #20; November, 1963)

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Kenya -- Actress Carroll Baker goes native and enjoys it as a Masai tribeswoman adds more water to her tin tub. The American actress used the facilities in a tent during the filming of 'Mister Moses', a United Artists release, on location in Kenya (1965)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
Africa Talks to You,
The Golden Age of Publicity

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Brooklyn -- A taxi sends up a big bow wave and leaves a wake of spray as it shoots through a flooded street at Atlantic and Grand Avenues, as the tail of Hurricane Carol sideswiped the city this morning. The traffic light serves as a lighthouse for the sea-going traffic. The eye of the hurricane passed over Montauk Point, L.I. The east end of the island reported downed trees and power lines, as well as abnormally high tides, but no serious property damage. (1954)

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Pickets Relief Headquarters with Perambulator.
Philadelphia -- Mrs. Anna Paulussen, mother of three children, pickets the headquarters of the Department of Public Assistance with two of her children, Franklin, four, and Harry, 15 months. She claims that she cannot get relief for herself and her children although deserving of it. (1940)

from Stand Up and Fight!
(by Doug Wildey)
(The Outlaw Kid #10; March, 1956)

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Washington -- National Service Life Insurance is to be paid to some 16,000,000 present and former policy holders. Hundreds of employees work staggered shifts to produce and process millions of punched cards from which later will be computed the amount of dividend to which each veteran is entitled. This special dividend will amount to $2,800,000,000. (1949)

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No Sissy Sister
St. Louis -- This young boy finds physical fitness is a popular aspect of the program at Guardian Angel Settlement Association. A new punching bag gets a vigorous workout from Sister Teresa Joseph and 6 year old Kenneth Suitter. (1961)

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Leopoldville -- Premier Patrice Lumumba crosses the city in a Congolese Army truck after his arrest and return to the captial. A Conglese officer holds the rope that ties the former strongman's wrists. (1960)

from My Revengeful Heart
(Artists Unknown)
(Hi-School Romance #13; February, 1952)

Lamplighter Motel (Las Vegas, NV)
This was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel

Original Caption:
Chicago -- The body of a man with a "cross on his forehead" - slang for a marked man - lies under a one way street sign, late on May 29th. Police identified the dead man as Vincent James Sparri, about 40. They said he was gunned down by five men who shot him in the back twice and in the head at least three times. Authorities probed possible tie-ins with a recent million-dollar restaurant fire. (1958)