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• Day Dress.
Designer: James Galanos
Date : ca. 1956
Medium: Silk faille
#fashion history#history of fashion#dress#fashion#vintage clothing#vintage fashion#vintage#vintage dress#1950's fashion#1950's dress#1950's#day dress#james galanos#silk faille#ca. 1956
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Christos Bokoros, b. 1956. "Tree and Flame", ca.1996. Oil on panel. Greek artist.
#Christos Bokoros#b. 1956#Tree and Flame#ca.1996#oil on panel#oil painting#painting#art#greek artist#tree#flame#gold#black
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General Motors Acceptance Corp, 1956
#GMAC#ad#1956#vintage#advertisement#automobile financing#thrifty terms#car loan#baby#birthday ca#e#1950s#retro#finance plan#advertising
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Thelonious Monk, b. October 10, 1917 / 2024
(image: Thelonious Monk, Monk's Mood, New York, NY, ca. 1956-1957)
#manuscript#art#music#score#music score#visual writing#thelonious monk#birthday anniversary#1910s#1950s#2020s
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Four friends share a bed in a Greenwich Village apartment after a long night out, ca. 1956.
Photo: Weegee via Int'l Center of Photography/bygonely
#New York#NYC#vintage NY#1950s#Weegee#beats#Greenwich Village#sleep#sleeping#friends#hangover#old New York
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Vampira, a.k.a. Maila Nurmi, ca. 1956
#vampira#maila nurmi#the vampira show#1950s#50s#goth#gothic#horror#vamp#black and white#photography#vintage
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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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Harvest from the virgin lands, ca. 1956 - by Dmitri Baltermants (1912-1990), Polish/Russian
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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)
#john lautner#architecture#mid century#20th century#modern architecture#modernism#mid centruy modern#california#los angeles
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• Dress.
Design House: House of Worth (French, 1858–1956)
Date: ca. 1898
Culture: French
#fashion history#history of fashion#dress#fashion#19th century fashion#19th century#19th century dress#french#house of worth#ca. 1898
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June 8, 1956. Elvis backstage at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA.
#elvis presley#elvis#elvis the king#elvis fandom#elvis fans#elvis history#50s elvis#imagine if he tried to look sexy
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The Tired Man
Robert Dickerson
enamel paint on composition board, ca. 1956
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Natalie Wood attends the Directors Guild Dinner in Los Angeles, 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
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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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I just got back from a vacation and I have soooo many finds to clean! can’t wait to show you guys. In the meantime here are some things I saw on my trip to California that felt like they belonged here… 🐦⬛
The Unknown Museum at SFO airport
Le Roi de Bâton by Tony Feher (b. 1956 d. 2016) at SFMoMA
A found arrangement of shells and trinkets on a coastal trail near Santa Barbara, CA
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