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Striking Images of 1941 Chicago by John Vachon, One of the New Deal’s Most Original Photographers

Vachon photographed what others might consider irrelevant or mundane ...

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Crime Story: Beautiful Photographs Reveals America At War With Itself in 1957 by Gordon Parks

In 1957 Life magazine asked Gordon Parks to show readers that crime looked like in the United States. ...

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“Same Damn ‘Lo Sweater” – From Palaces to the Projects – They All Love Ralph Lauren

“People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes?", he once said, "Does it have to do with class and money? No, it has to do with dreams”. ...

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When Stanley Kubrick Saw Gorgeous George Wrestle In 1949 Chicago

"Oh, my, what a strut. If only this man had been born in the barnyard. ...

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Capturing the Present in the Lush Polaroids of Celebrated Cinematographer Robby Müller

Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller (1940-2018) was a "master of light". Whilst working with Wim ...

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The Strange and Wonderous Creations of Tony Sarg: America’s “Master Puppeteer”

Working with fellow puppeteer Bil Baird, Sarg built a 60-foot balloon dragon, tottering Felix the Cat, hummingbird, and other buoyant wonders that made their way down the Manhattan streets. ...

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I Married A Munchkin At The Chicago Midget Club (1948 – 1982)

In 1948 former Wizard of Oz Munchkin Parnell St. Aubin set up a bar with his new wife Mary Ellen Burbach, the former midget Mae West ...

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Women On The Homefront Railroad: Epic 1943 Portraits by Jack Delano

"I've always felt that photographs for me were primarily for reproduction and for mass distribution. A photograph is something for lots and lots of people to see." ...

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1949 Chicago: A City Of Extremes Photographed By Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was just seventeen when he sold his first photograph to Look Magazine and just twenty-one when he took these photos of Chicago. ...

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Extraordinary Pictures of the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 began on a hot July day and thought to be the worst of around 25 riots during the so-called 'Red Summer'. ...

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The Greatest Show on Earth! Kodachrome Photos of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

CW Cushman loved travelling and most years would take photographs of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the so-called Greatest Show on Earth. ...

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Henry Darger’s Blengiglomenean Serpents And Vivian Girls

"Where there was any wall space, and tacked around every door frame, were pictures of little girls that had been cut out of magazines, newspapers and coloring books" ...

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