June 30, 2012

Chomp

That's a pretty good shark impression.

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Live to Ride

Ride to Live.

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June 25, 2012

Action

Amused by the guy, mystified by the doll cake.

Tampa, FL
1950s, photographer Bobby Smith
(I almost never double up on a source
so quickly, but I was really taken
by this collection.)

Biggest Stash Box Ever

I'm not big on cigars, but who can pass up a Cuban?

Tampa, FL
1937

Back Seat Driver

This is what a real backseat should look like. I mean, you could raise a family in there. Room to stretch out.

Tampa, FL
1950s, photographer Bobby Smith

June 14, 2012

in the moment

This isn't a photo, it's a fucking time capsule.

Clovis, NM
1973
from C Simpson

June 13, 2012

Good for a Laugh

This is what I picture when I imagine hi-jinks at the Smithsonian. That's "a seventeen and one half foot long beard found in a North Dakota attic," in case you were curious.


Washington, DC
1967
from  The Smithsonian Institute Archives

Stares

This one's worth slowing down to check out. It's posed, but strangely. The people at the time look interested but unwilling to participate. The children look strangely dejected, aside from the Artful Dodger down from behind the headmaster? teacher? father? Pictures like this drive me insane with lack of knowledge. And is there a guy near the top giving us the rump?

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June 12, 2012

danger zone

Just so you get the scope here, those guys are about 6 and a half miles from the explosion. Still, I have to believe that ain't safe. 

Nevada Proving Grounds
1953
from OSUL

Benvenuto Cellini's "Salt Cellar"

My land. What they call art these days.

National Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Sisters

I like thinking that they all put on their best hats and coats to go hold lion cubs. Whose idea was this outing? I'm guessing bottom left.

1930

Swing Dance

When the music plays, sometimes you just gotta dance.

Out West
1908 - 1912, photographer 
Erwin E. Smith

June 5, 2012

Chariots MC

Is he fighting against it or just beaming strangely?

Imperial Beach, CA
1972 
where you can also read 
an interesting interview with the
woman who took quite a few
at that time

June 2, 2012

don't mind if I do

He may be a hairy gent, but he's light on his feet.

Yosemite National Park
1920

Design, Unflawed

I covet this.

England
1961, artist FHK Henrion

That's Just Mean

I'd love to know what prompted that. From their faces, it almost seems like a joke.

Wisconsin
1906, photographer Harry Elsworth Cole

Preparing for Ascent

They'd captured the beast, but the next step was murky.

Tuillerie Gardens, Paris
1878