#september 1952

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue September 15, 1952

Sunny Harnett wears an embroidered satin dress. By Hattie Carnegie. Sunny Harnett porte une robe en satin brodée. Par Hattie Carnegie.

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[theamericanpin-up]

Eddie Chan - September 1952 Esquire Magazine Calendar Illustration - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

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"September" by Eddie Chan for Esquire, January 1952

[chaplinfortheages]

The top is a slightly different version of a well known photo (see below) shot by Richard Avedon. Taken on September 13th 1952, four days later Charlie and family sailed to London for premiere of “Limelight”. Not then realizing, he would not return (and only for 10 days) to America again till April 1972.

[federer7]

Marge's Little Lulu #51. September 1952

Cover: John Stanley (Pencils) and Irving Tripp (Inks)

[theflapperdamefilm]

high noon Pickwick theater with a three stooges short shot on the frontier

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My life at the movies

[nerds-yearbook]

The Phantom Stranger first appeared in his own title, cover date aug/Sept 1952. He was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino. ("The Haunters From Beyond!", "When Dead Men Walk", "Goblin in the Bottle", "The House of Strange Secrets", The Phantom Stranger 1#, DC Comic Event)

[everything-anything3345]

Lost Honeymooners Sketch: "The New Bowling Ball". Airdate: September 20,1952. Running Time: 9 Minutes and 35 Seconds. This is from CBS and The Jackie Gleason Show. Note: First appearance of Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden.

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue September 15, 1952

Nina de Voogt wears a topaz-mink jacket by Emba mutation designed by Ritter Bros. Jewel by Companion. Gloves, by André David.

Nina de Voogt porte une veste en vison-Topaze de mutation Emba conçu par Ritter Bros. Bijou de Companion. Gants, par André David.

Photo Roger Prigent vogue archive

[theamericanpin-up]

Ted Withers - "Mary" - September 1952 Following a Star in the Artist's Sketch Pad Calendar Illustration - Brown & Bigelow Calendar Co. - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

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U.S. Navy F4U Corsair taking off from the USS Midway (CVA-41) September 17, 1952 during Operation Mainbrace. (NPC)

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[whiskeylover75]

Marilyn Monroe acting as Grand Marshal of the Miss America Pageant Parade, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 1952.

[nonhapiupareti]

It was on September 14 that the seventh round of the 1952 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. For the 250 class, the winner was Enrico Lorenzetti on a Moto Guzzi also designed to his instructions.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Edith Piaf before her wedding to Jacques Pills on September 20, 1952, at the Saint Vincent de Paul Church. With her is her matron of honor, Marlene Dietrich.

Photo: Keystone-France via Vogue France

[poirott]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AGATHA CHRISTIE! (b. September 15 1890)

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime"—a moniker which is now trademarked by her estate—or the "Queen of Mystery". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

[mrmousetolliver]

Alan Mathison Turing

Alan Turing was  was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist and is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science. During the Second World War, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre that produced Ultra intelligence. He led Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. He devised techniques for speeding the breaking of German ciphers, including improvements to the pre-war Polish bomba method, an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine. Turing played a crucial role in cracking intercepted messages that enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis powers in many crucial engagements, including the Battle of the Atlantic. in 1952 when Turing was 39, he began a relationship with Arnold Murray, a 19 year old unemployed man. In January of 1952, Turings house was burgled, and Murray told Turing that he and the burglar were acquainted, and Turing called the police to report the crime. During the investigation, he acknowledged a sexual relationship with Murray and both men were charged with "gross indecency" under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. On the advice of his family and lawyer he pled guilty. In March of 1952 he was convicted and given a choice between imprisonment or probation with the condition that he undergo a hormonal treatment to reduce libido, aka as "chemical castration". Turing opted for probation and began the chemical treatments. Over the course of the following year he was injected with estrogen, causing impotence and for breast tissue to form. In a letter, Turing wrote that "no doubt I shall emerge from it all a different man, but quite who I've not found out".

On 8 June 1954, at his house at 43 Adlington Road, Wilmslow, Turing's housekeeper found him dead. A post mortem was held that evening which determined that he had died the previous day at the age of 41 with cyanide poisoning cited as the cause of death. When his body was discovered, an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed, and although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it was speculated that this was the means by which Turing had consumed a fatal dose. Many question whether his death was suicide or accidental but it is officially listed as suicide. In 2013, Queen Elizabeth II signed a pardon for Turings conviction of "gross indencency", with immediate effect. The Queen officially pronounced Turing pardoned in August 2014. The Queen's action is only the fourth royal pardon granted since the conclusion of the Second World War. Pardons are normally granted only when the person is technically innocent, and a request has been made by the family or other interested party; neither condition was met in regard to Turing's conviction. In September 2016, the government announced its intention to expand this retroactive exoneration to other men convicted of similar historical indecency offences, in what was described as an "Alan Turing law". The Alan Turing law is now an informal term for the law in the United Kingdom, contained in the Policing and Crime Act 2017, which serves as an amnesty law to retroactively pardon men who were cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts. The law applies in England and Wales.