#bernard gotfryd

[federer7]

Rosalynn Carter with Amy and Pres. [Jimmy Carter] as she leaves for Latin America, Brunswick airport. May 1977

Photo by Bernard Gotfryd

[creativespark]

Bernard Gotfryd (American, 1924-2016), Keith Haring painting the backdrop for the Palladium nightclub in New York City, 1985.

[vintagelasvegas]

Landmark Hotel & Casino

Landmark tower, unfinished, December 1963. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd.

‘60: Frank Caroll & Sheldon Sandler purchase the property from Las Vegas Convention Center; break ground on Landmark Plaza and apt. complex.

'61: Tower design by architects Moffitt & Hendricks; groundbreaking in Sep. with expected opening date Nov. '62; Landmark Plaza and apts opened in Nov.

'62: KVEG AM station opens at Landmark Plaza in Feb; opening date moved to '63.

'63: Construction halted in Feb.

'64: Financiers Appliance Buyers Credit Corp (ABCC), subsidiary of RCA-Whirlpool, foreclosure of the property

'66: Caroll secures funding from Central Teamsters Pension Fund; Plaza Tower (Caroll & partners) buy the property from RCA; new designs by architects George Tate & Tom Dobrusky; construction resumes in Aug.; Landmark Plaza demolished; Caroll’s gaming license revoked in Nov.

'67: Top of the tower “L” sign installed, 11/19/67

'68: Interior design by Leonard England; Landmark completed in Spring; Caroll arrested for assault on England; Cessna 180 crashes into the tower on 8/2/68; Plaza Tower bankrupt in Aug.; Sold to H. Hughes in Oct.

'69: Hughes subsidiary Hotel Properties Inc created to control the Landmark; Grand opening 7/1/69

'77: Gas leak, 7/15/77 – one dead, over a hundred injured. Fire on floor 22, 10/22/77.

'78: Sold from Summa Corp to Mark III Corp (Wolfram, Tickel, Yelverton) in Apr. Casino closed Apr-May, reopened under license to Modica.

'83: Sold to W. “Wildcat” Morris in Oct.

'85: Landmark files bankruptcy, remains in bankruptcy though closing.

'90: Closed 8/8/90; Bought through foreclosure sale by Lloyds Bank in Dec.

’93: Bought by LVCVA in Sep.

'95: Tower demolished 11/7/95

Sources include Above Them All (2018) by Marc Wagner. Updated 7/1/2024.

[playypause]

Teddy Pendergrass, at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (feb. 1979)

Photo by Bernard Gotfryd

[twixnmix]

Keith Haring painting the backdrop for the Palladium nightclub in New York City, 1985.  

Photos by Bernard Gotfryd

[1264doghouse]

John Hurt & Skip James, 1965, New York City, Photograph by Bernard Gotfryd

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

John Lennon and Yoko Ono at a Press Conference in 1973 – Bernard Gotfryd // "Voice Piece for Soprano" from Grapefruit – Yoko Ono // John Lennon and Yoko Ono Leaving Schiphol – Joost Evers // "Beat Piece" from Grapefruit – Yoko Ono // Yoko Ono and John Lennon at John Sinclair Freedom Rally – unknown photographer // The Beatles Arriving at a Press Conference – unknown photographer // The Beatles in Stockholm – unknown photographer // The Beatles Wave to Fans at JFK Airport – unknown photographer // Yoko – Maisie Peters

[seoul-bros]

Nina Simone born on this day in 1933

Nina Simone Sings the Blues released in 1967 was the first record of hers I ever bought. No one sings like her or communicates so clearly the layering of conflicting emotions that make up a life.

Here she is with James Baldwin photographed by Bernard Gotfryd in 1965

[cosmicanger]

Toni Morrison at home in 1980. Photographs by Bernard Gotfryd.

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Jean Shrimpton sits cross-legged on a block with other young women in a studio, New York City. Shrimpton wears a miniskirt and a blouse. January 1967💐💐💐

Photo by Bernard Gotfryd💐💐

Via @isabelfutre on Instagram💐

[michaelcosio]

The Hunt for Martin Bormann - The Complete Story

Jan 19, 2024

A feature-length episode combining my original five episodes on Bormann to create, for ease of viewing, the omnibus edition! What happened to Hitler's sinister private secretary, the head of the Nazi Party Chancellery Martin Bormann? Did he manage to escape from Berlin in May 1945 and live out the rest of his life in hiding in South America? This programme will answer those questions.

Major Sources:

Ladislas Farago, Aftermath: Martin Bormann and the Fourth Reich (1974)

Hugh Thomas, Doppelgängers: The Truth About the Bodies in the Berlin Bunker (1995)

Charles Whiting, The Hunt for Martin Bormann: The Truth (1996)

Jochen von Lang, The Secretary (1979)

Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Bundesarchiv; Petriukas; Skjolebro; Jorg Braukmamm; Noclador; Bernard Gotfryd; FF MM; Asunelu; Elzbieta Glanc-Botera

[vintagelasvegas]

Fremont Street at 1st, December 1963

Photo by Bernard Gotfryd

[rocklain]

Bernard Gotfryd now :(

ur government assigned gender for the day is the first thing u get when u click this link to a randomised wikipedia article. NO REROLLS . i am the  trollsteineggje mountain in norway

[twixnmix]

Andy Warhol photographed by Bernard Gotfryd at the Jewish Museum in New York City, 1980.

[dzismis]

Carskie pogromy, Galicja, Newark. Skąd wziął się jeden z najważniejszych pisarzy Ameryki?

Weronika Murek Philip Roth (Fot. Bernard Gotfryd / Library of Congress) Philip Roth swój horyzont kreśli jasno: urodziłem się w czasach sprzed wynalezienia rajstop i mrożonek, siedem tygodni po dojściu Hitlera do władzy i dziewięć tygodni po zaprzysiężeniu Roosevelta. 1. Galicja Do dziewiętnastowiecznej Galicji uciekali ci, którzy chcieli żyć. Uchodzili przed pogromami. Uchodzili przed…