Seminal Image #947
Brainstorm
(William Conrad; 1965)
for the series:
Seminal Images
June 30, 2009
The City: Oakland #2
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)
for the series:
The City: Oakland
Artists and Animals #25
Audrey Hepburn and a donkey (no cheap 'Donkey Show' gags, please)
for the series:
Artists and Animals
June 29, 2009
Welcome to Show Business! #25
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Welcome to Show Business
The Art of Jazz #94
Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool
(The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
(Columbia Records; 1955)
for the series:
Art of Jazz
June 28, 2009
Annals of Crime #71
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
June 27, 2009
Adventures in the Fight Racket #30
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)
for the series:
Adventures in the Fight Racket
Signs and Meaning in Cinema #28
Meaning: Crime of Passion
(Gerd Oswald; 1957)
for the series:
Signs and Meaning in Cinema
Africa Talks to You #4
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Africa Talks to You
June 26, 2009
The Art of the Panel: Fawcett #4
from Hopalong Cassidy and the Haven of Horror!
(Artists Unknown)
(Six-Gun Heroes #3; July, 1950)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Fawcett
Seminal Image #946
La decima vittima
(The 10th Victim)
(Elio Petri; 1965)
for the series:
Seminal Images
The Art of Pop #43
Music for the Love Hours
(The Jackie Gleason Orchestra)
(Capitol Records; 1957)
for the series:
Art of Pop
The Life and Times of the American Motel #10
The Golden Sands Motel (Virginia Beach, VA)
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel
June 25, 2009
Michael Jackson Dead at 50
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.
for the series:
Obits
Mop Tops in Action #12
Ringo and his missus carry their own luggage
for the series:
Mop Tops in Action
The Art of Cinema #400
Bébert et l'omnibus
(Bébert and the Train)
(Yves Robert; 1963)
for the series:
Art of Cinema
The Art of the Panel: Marvel #10
from My Friend, My Foe... The Freak
(by Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, Johnny Craig and Artie Simek)
(Iron Man, vol. 1 #3; July, 1968)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Marvel
June 24, 2009
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding #4
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding
June 23, 2009
Aftermath: Japan #8
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Aftermath: Japan
The Art of the Panel: Dell #2
from The F.B.I.
(Artists Unknown)
(The F.B.I. #1; April-June, 1965)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Dell
Annals of Crime #70
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
June 22, 2009
The Fair: A Century of Progress #2
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
The Fair: A Century of Progress
June 21, 2009
The Art of the Centerfold #50
Majken Haugedal (Miss October, 1968)
for the series:
Art of the Centerfold
Annals of Crime #69
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
June 20, 2009
Signs and Meaning in Cinema #27
Meaning: The Steel Helmet
(Samuel Fuller; 1951)
for the series:
Signs and Meaning in Cinema
June 19, 2009
They Were Collaborators #581
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
The Art of the Panel: Harvey #2
from Racetrack Girl!
(Artists Unknown)
(First Love Illustrated #45; October, 1954)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Harvey
June 18, 2009
Friends and Family #61
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Friends and Family
The Art of the Panel: DC #13
from Superman in the White House
(by Otto Binder and Al Plastino)
(Superman #122; July, 1958)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: DC
June 17, 2009
Artists in Action #511
Jean-Luc Godard checks out the latest issue of La Cause du peuple,
hot off the presses.
for the series:
Artists in Action
The Art of Cinema #396
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
(Burgess Meredith; 1949)
for the series:
Art of Cinema
June 16, 2009
Annals of Crime #68
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)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding #3
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
The Fair: Peace Through Understanding
The City: Philadelphia #11
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)
for the series:
The City: Philadelphia
June 15, 2009
When Legends Gather #533
Malcolm X, Lewis Michaux and Muhammad Ali
for the series:
When Legends Gather
June 14, 2009
The Heretofore Unmentioned #80
Eva Narcissus Boyd (aka, Little Eva)
for the series:
Heretofore Unmentioned
June 13, 2009
The Art of Pop #42
Your Number Please . . .
(Julie London)
(Liberty Records; 1959)
for the series:
Art of Pop
When Legends Gather #532
Howard Duff, John Birks Gillespie and Ava Gardner
for the series:
When Legends Gather
June 12, 2009
The Life and Times of the American Motel #9
The Holiday Inn (Rocky Mount, NC)
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel
June 11, 2009
The Art of Cinema #394
Un tranquillo posto di campagna
(A Quiet Place in the Country)
(Elio Petri; 1969)
for the series:
Art of Cinema
June 10, 2009
The Art of the Panel: Marvel #9
from The Mysterious Molecule Man!
(by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers and Artie Simek)
(Fantastic Four #20; November, 1963)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Marvel
June 09, 2009
Seminal Image #942
San Clemente
(Raymond Depardon and Sophie Ristelhueber; 1982)
for the series:
Seminal Images
Africa Talks to You #3
The Golden Age of Publicity #24
Original caption:
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)
for the series:
Africa Talks to You,
The Golden Age of Publicity
Artists and Animals #23
Jose Feliciano and his seeing-eye accompanist
for the series:
Artists and Animals
June 08, 2009
Fun at Bohemian Grove #41
Four Bohemians sit at the opening of a tent holding French Horns (1905)
for the series:
Fun at Bohemian Grove
The Art of Pop #41
Sea of Dreams
(Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra)
(Capitol Records; 1958)
for the series:
Art of Pop
When Legends Gather #531
George 'Spanky' McFarland, Oliver Hardy, Darla Hood and Stan Laurel
for the series:
When Legends Gather
June 07, 2009
Signs and Meaning in Cinema #26
Signs: The House on 92nd Street
(Henry Hathaway; 1945)
for the series:
Signs and Meaning in Cinema
No Sleep Till Brooklyn #3
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
The City: Philadelphia #10
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
The City: Philadelphia
June 06, 2009
The Art of the Panel: Marvel #8
from Stand Up and Fight!
(by Doug Wildey)
(The Outlaw Kid #10; March, 1956)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Marvel
Seminal Image #941
Natsu no imoto
(Dear Summer Sister)
(Nagisa Oshima; 1972)
for the series:
Seminal Images
June 05, 2009
They Were Collaborators #579
Francoise Sagan and Jean Seberg
for the series:
They Were Collaborators
Aftermath: U.S.A. #10
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Aftermath: U.S.A.
Nuns Gone Wild #13
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Nuns Gone Wild
June 04, 2009
Africa Talks to You #2
Original Caption:
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)
for the series:
Africa Talks to You
The Heretofore Unmentioned #78
George Joseph Kresge, Jr. (aka The Amazing Kreskin)
for the series:
Heretofore Unmentioned
June 03, 2009
The Art of the Panel: Harvey #1
from My Revengeful Heart
(Artists Unknown)
(Hi-School Romance #13; February, 1952)
for the series:
Art of the Panel: Harvey
The Life and Times of the American Motel #8
Lamplighter Motel (Las Vegas, NV)
for the series:
Life and Times of the American Motel
June 02, 2009
Before and After #190:
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Before
After
for the series:
Before and After
June 01, 2009
The Art of the Girlie Mag #10
The Vagabond
(vol. 1, #1; November, 1960)
for the series:
Art of the Girlie Mag
Annals of Crime #67
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)
for the series:
Annals of Crime
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