He's such a casual hero - the calm face, the seaweed hanging off his bare foot. He knows he's saved the girl, and I'm pretty sure he's looking forward to his pipe.
I'm on sort of a wrap-around cover kick. There's nothing I don't like about this one - the clouds, the water, the island full of monks. I wasn't looking for this - it was a happy surprise running across it.
Athos, the Holy Mountain by Sydney Loch 1957 from Athos Agion Oros
I've always been attracted to the idea of just walking away and letting society play its own games. If society wants me, let them send a letter. John Noah Rondeau, Cold River, New York 1920s - 1950s from Hermitary
He sure does seem calm about the whole thing, doesn't he? I wonder what he was locked up for. By the look on his face, this is not an unfamiliar situation for the guy.
I honestly had no idea Kris was such a jock. Rugby, football, track and field, boxing - not to mention completing Ranger school while he was in the Army. He always looked so laid back and bearded to me.
Kris Kristofferson 1981, photographer Douglas Kirkland from The Selvedge Yard
How fast do you figure that guy was actually going? Not very is my guess. And you know that car weighed more tan our plastimobiles of today. That driver had some fuckin guts.
And you think our current politics are contentious.
Civil War Era political ribbon, from a telegram sent by John A. Dix, United States Secretary of the Treasury, to Treasury agents: "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." 1860s from Cornell University Library
There's such a story in this photo. England was being hit hard, supplies were low. These two dressed warmly, went out, and picked dandelions. I wonder if they talked about doing that as girls or about the older women who told them they could be eaten. They came in and cleaned the greens and cut them into a beautiful bowl, all to stay healthy and have something fresh. I wonder how many people ate this salad. I wonder if they all appreciated it.
I am (full name) entering the team of the Soviet Union Pioneer Organisation, in front of all my comrade mates, I solemnly declare: to love and to protect my country, live as the great Lenin advised, as the Communist party guides, as the Pioneer Laws require.
It looks to me like these are mostly understuff with a purpose, like holding in a hernia and so on. Anyway, I love this picture - especially the little display models.
Now that's some beautiful cover design, there. I don't have anything to add. I love the smoke.
Afloat on the Ohio : An Historical Pilgrimage of a thousand miles in a skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Reuben Gold Thwaites 1909, artist marked as CYR from University of Wisconsin, digital collection