Pete the Barber
by Jules Aarons Boston, MA.
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Image found at The Vintage Barber Shops Flickr Pool.
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Joey Ramone 1983, New York City.
photo: Larry Jaffee
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January 1941, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Image via Shorpy.
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the fly boy freshin' up.
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photo:h.wang
mid 70's nyc street life. stick ball and sore losers.
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an homage to the nyc golden days of yesteryear.
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Local haunt of yesteryear ~ Grant's Bar and Grill Midtown, Manhattan.
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the ducks
the king's cut
the beginning - the quarrymen 1958
"have a golden week friends"
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the classic - the duck's A
the king gets a trim
the beginning - the quarrymen 1958.
"have a golden week friends"
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It's Spring so rain's not unusual but it feels like it's still winter here. So ironically we're envying people in old black and white photos that are presumably basking in the sun and blue skies.
(My girl found these images off a blog - photo of girl in mexico from Albert Tanquero, other images from either the Snaptorium or Tastevik flickr pools).
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the butcher
the food cart vendor
the firefighter
the waiter
Just a little nod to the men hard at work, and the men working hard to find work.
The Workers by American Photographer Irving Penn.
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Anthony Bourdain's Disappearing Manhattan was one of our favorite episodes of No Reservations, not only because he took us around one of our favorite cities, but because we are supporters of restaurants that might look a little rough around the edges but come with history and compelling stories, that are family owned and operated, that have charm and character and grit, that are trying to hold on to their place in the middle of an absurdly increasing, bullying New York real estate market.
We're sad to report on this windy Monday that one of the restuarants on that list will be disappearing: Manganaro's. When Bourdain filmed the Disappearing episode, he wrote "Manganaro's is a bit of vintage Italian-America that people raised on a more al dente, post-Batali, Northern-inflected, lightly sauced, meatball-free, Italian might not appreciate. But it's a vital step back in time, another world, and an essential one to remember and cherish." We couldn't agree more. Mangaro's is an iconic New York dining spot that helped pioneer the hero sandwich, with roots going back to the 1890s, and its mere presence in a city of expensive businesses that keep coming and going without making much of a mark is irreplaceable. We just wish the brothers, whose feud is the stuff of legend and who haven't spoken in 30-something years, could have put their differences aside. That, and maybe they could have treated their customers nicer - as we found out first hand, not everyone gets the Bourdain red carpet treatment.
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Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera on view now at the Brooklyn Museum.
“There were details, accidents of light, which I'd missed when I'd been able to make only quick sketches of a setting. For example in Rob Shuffleton's barbershop in East Arlington, Vermont: where Rob hung his combs, his rusty old clippers, the way the light fell across the magazine rack, his moth-eaten push broom leaning against the display cases of candy and ammunition, the cracked leather seat of the barber chair with the stuffing poking through along the edges over the nickel-plated frame. A photograph catches all that.”—Norman Rockwell (1960)
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via:the mcmahan photo art gallery & archive
The latest greatest cuts of 1884. Some styles are still in the mix.
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self portrait
Vivian Maier's photos have been making their way around the web recently thanks to John Maloof who bought the negatives to her work at an antique auction. This story is particularly interesting because her photos remained unknown and mostly undeveloped until Maloof's discovery - over 100,000 negatives and 3,000 prints. The auction house where Maloof bought Vivian Maier's photos acquired her belongings from her storage locker that was sold off due to delinquent payments. Maloof later found her name written with pencil on an envelope and decided to Google her about a year after he purchased the negatives, only to find her obituary placed the day before his search. She passed away only a couple days before that inquiry on her, leaving so many questions unanswered, and with her not knowing this man she had never met held her life's work and was about to share them with the world.
Vivian's Story Vivian Maier (1929-2009) was a street photographer from the 1950s to 1990s. She's a bit of a mystery, with some contradictory information out there. But here's what's been gathered about her so far: She was born in New York to immigrant parents, spent many years in France before returning to the U.S. where she worked in a sweat shop in New York when she was about 11 or 12, and later worked as a nanny in Chicago for about 40 years. In 1959 she traveled the world alone, where she photographed places like Egypt and Vietnam. She was describe as a tell-it-like-it-is and "keep your distnace from me" type of person, outspoken, a feminist, loved foreign films and learned English by going to theaters, and wore men's jackets and men's shoes most of the time. She was constantly taking pictures, which she didn't show anyone.
If you're in Chicago, Vivian's first U.S. exhibition will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center. Around 80 prints will be on display, including a sample of her color work, and will run 'til April 3rd. There's also a feature length documentary film about her in production now and a book of her work is expected to be released next Fall.
All photos are copyrighted under Maloof Collection, Ltd.
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manhattan, lights out
lootin' in bed stuy, free for all? photo:tyrone dukes/ny times
son of sam nabbed. psycho killer ~ qu'est-ce que c'est
talking heads. ocean club, tribeca. photo:allen tannenbaum
bowery bum at cbgb (r.i.p.) photo:h.wang
1977: The first Apple computer goes on sale. Star Wars opens. Punk Rock is the new. Elvis dies at 42. Carter becomes president.
But it was the Summer of 1977 in New York City that people will always remember - a time and place of extreme highs and lows: Lighting strikes a Con Ed substation along the Hudson River setting off a chain of events resulting in the massive New York blackout, leading to mobs, fires, and looting. The Son of Sam murders terrorizes a city already swallowed by crime, violence, drugs, financial crisis, and decay. But it's also when the New York Yankees win the world series and uplifts the city, even for just a moment. And ultimately music saves the broken city - everyone from the Ramones to the Talking Heads to the Dead Boys to Patti Smith takes the stage at places that would later become legendary, like CBGB.
Great respect to Allan Tannenbaum for capturing the scenes of the most high-strung, prolific, eclectic city in the world.
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Well, on a strange day years ago. We don't know what day and year these photos by George Silk were taken, this was the first time these folks saw snow in Los Angeles - an event obviously so rare that people were literally packing snow in the trunks of their cars. For some people, snow is just a pain in the ass, but for the rest of us that don't get to see snow very much, it brings out the kid in us.
All photos copryight LIFE/Time, Inc.
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radio city
flatiron
central park west
grand central, shut down
New York Dec 1947 and 1905. Looks pretty much the same now.
All photos copyright LIFE/Time, Inc., photos by Mark Kauffman and Michael Rougier. Flatiron photo via New York Public Library.
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