#ca. 1956

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• Day Dress.

Designer: James Galanos

Date : ca. 1956

Medium: Silk faille

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Christos Bokoros, b. 1956. "Tree and Flame", ca.1996. Oil on panel. Greek artist.

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General Motors Acceptance Corp, 1956

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Thelonious Monk, b. October 10, 1917 / 2024

(image: Thelonious Monk, Monk's Mood, New York, NY, ca. 1956-1957)

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Couple on a train, ca. 1956 - by Vivian Maier (1926 - 2009), American

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Тихое местечко Poienile de sub Munte, спрятанное вдали от современного мира, у самого подножия Карпат в Румынии.

Поэниле-де-Суб-Мунте (Руска Поляна) — деревня, где проживает одноименная коммуна в округе Марамуреш, Трансильвания, Румыния , с населением около 10 600 человек. Поэниле-де-Суб-Мунте расположен недалеко от деревни Репедя и от пригорода Гура-Бардиу.Старинное название местности – Поэниле Русулуй. Самое старое письменное упоминание о Поэниле-де-Суб-Мунте в 1353 году делает это место одним из старейших в Марамуреше.  Здесь жизнь движется в соответствии с временами года, а воздух несёт в себе неповторимый аромат сосен, овец и дыма от дровяных печей.

Поениле - крупнейший муниципалитет румынской части Марамуреша. Безусловно, большая часть муниципалитета - это лесистая гористая местность гор Марамуреш , часть Лесных Карпат . На северо-западе лежит массив Пип Иван Марамуреш (Варфул Поп Иван, 1936 м), на севере Фаркау ( Варфул Фаркау , 1956 м), на северо-востоке Варфул Речита ( 1573  м ) и на юге горы группа Пьетросул-Марамурешулуй. Реки Рика, Соколоу, Бардиу и Ковасница сливаются в муниц��палитете, образуя Рускову, которая впадает в Вишэу (Вишау).

The quiet town of Poienile de sub Munte, hidden away from the modern world, at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania.

Poienile de Sub Munte (Ruska Polyana) is a village and commune of the same name in Maramures County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of about 10,600. Poienile de Sub Munte is located near the village of Repedea and the suburb of Gura Bardiu. The ancient name of the area is Poienile Rusului. The oldest written mention of Poienile de Sub Munte is from 1353, making it one of the oldest places in Maramures. Here, life moves according to the seasons, and the air carries the unique aroma of pine trees, sheep and smoke from wood-burning stoves.

Poienile is the largest municipality in the Romanian part of Maramures. By far the largest part of the municipality is the wooded mountainous terrain of the Maramures Mountains, part of the Forest Carpathians. To the northwest lies the Pip Ivan Maramures Massif (Varful Pop Ivan, 1936 m), to the north Farcau (Varful Farcau, 1956 m), to the northeast Varful Recita (1573 m) and to the south the Pietrosul-Maramureșului mountain group. The Rica, Socolou, Bardiu and Covasnita rivers merge in the municipality, forming the Ruscova, which flows into the Vișau (Vișau).

Источник://t.me/roundtravel, /maramures.org/item/primaria-poienile-de-sub-munte/, /www.graiul.ro/2022/09/28/la-poienile-de-sub-munte-au-fost-odata-ca-niciodata-catune-izolate/, /wikimapia.org/13405704/ru/Поениле-де-суб-Мунте-Руска-Поляна, /de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poienile_de_sub_Munte.

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Vampira, a.k.a. Maila Nurmi, ca. 1956

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Willie Mays 1931-2024

Above: Willie Mays in 1956. Photo: UPI/ABC News

Willie Mays, one of the greatest ballplayers in history, died today at the age of 93. He was one of the dominant figures in the golden age of New York baseball, when the Giants, the Dodgers, and the Yankees battled for supremacy. From 1947 to the Giants' and Dodgers' final season in New York in 1957, at least one of those three teams played in 10 of 11 World Series, and won 9 of them.

His stats are astonishing. Over his 22 years in the majors, he had a .301 batting average. He had 3,293 hits, including 660 home runs. His 7,112 putouts as an outfielder rank No. 1 in major league history, and he had 657 more playing first base. He stole 338 bases at a time when base stealing was not as common as it is now. He batted in 1,909 runs. Beginning in 1957, the year the title was created, he won 12 Gold Gloves.

But more than his statistics was his infectious joy in playing. He greeted everyone with "Say hey" and became known as the Say Hey Kid.

“Willie could do everything from the day he joined the Giants,” said Leo Durocher, his manager during most of his years at the Polo Grounds. “He never had to be taught a thing. The only other player who could do it all was Joe DiMaggio.” And DiMaggio said of him, "Willie Mays is the closest to being perfect I’ve ever seen."

Above: Willie Mays slides safely into the plate in the sixth inning of a game against the Phillies at the Polo Grounds, ca. early 1950s. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/NBC News

Above: Willie's famous catch in the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds on September 29, 1954. His over-the-shoulder catch made while running is considered to be one of the greatest plays in baseball history. The score was tied at 2-2, and not only did he prevent a home run, he threw the ball in to the infield, preventing runners on base from scoring. The Giants went on to sweep the Cleveland Indians in four games.

Above: Mays plays stickball with local kids in Harlem in 1954. He lived on 155th Street while playing with the Giants. In 2017, the corner of 155th Street and Harlem River Drive was renamed Willie Mays Drive. Photo: Bettmann Archive/ABC News

Mays at home in Harlem with his landlady, Ann Goosby, in 1954. A profile of Mays published that year in LIFE pointed out that Mrs. Goosby “cooks his meals, keeps his clothes clean and generally takes care of” the young star. Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt via Life magazine

Above: Willie Mays at the Polo Grounds in 1954. Photo: Patrick A. Burns for the NY Times via Instagram

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Jackson Pollock (American, 1912-1956) - Beach Figures, oil on canvas, 68.6 x 50.8 cm ca. 1944

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Heinz von Perckhammer (German, 1895 - 1965)

A young woman sitting on a springboard looks at the water - ca. 1956

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• Dress.

Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)

Date: ca. 1898

Culture: French

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Jan de la Froey, Southern Dutch artist, 17th Century

Alcmene’s (Nausicaa’s) Vision, ca.1669/70, oil on canvas, 117.8x148 cm

Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Austria Inv. 280

The painting was purchased in 1964 by Charles Alphonse Dufresnoy (1611-1668) as "Alcmene’s Vision", but already listed in 1936 by Wilczek and in 1956 by Pigler as "Nausicaa’s Vision". Pirondini’s 1985 expertise attributes the work to Jean Boulanger (1606 Troyes –1660 Modena) and identifies the subject as "Nausicaa". As Juffinger (p 43) established by means of the preserved contract, Humprecht Jan Czernin commissioned Jan de la Froey to paint "Alcmene’s Vision". Thus the figure asleep in the bed would be Alcmene, mother of Heracles (Roman: Hercules) – not Nausicaa (daughter of Alcinous, King of Phaeacia), to whom Athene (Roman: Minerva) appears, and who then finds the shipwrecked Odysseus as she washes clothes on the shore, and takes him to her parents (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6). (© Residenzgalerie Salzburg)

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Christos Bokoros, b. 1956. “Tree and Flame”, ca.1996. Oil on panel.

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historical fashion polls (halloween edition) info

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Harpel House

Built in 1956 for radio announcer Willis Harpel

Los Angeles, CA

Architect: John Lautner (1911-1994)

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Harvest from the virgin lands, ca. 1956 - by Dmitri Baltermants (1912-1990), Polish/Russian