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voca1ion · 2 months
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Some of the best and oldest color photography i’ve seen of New York City c1939 thanks to Macy’s color view postcard series.
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retropopcult · 19 days
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Eclipse watchers squint through protective filters as they view an eclipse of the sun from the top deck of New York City's Empire State Building, 1932.
(source: San Diego Tribune)
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newyorkthegoldenage · 19 days
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People gathered in Times Square to watch the total eclipse on July 9, 1935.
Note: The Times Instagram gave the date as 1945, but as numerous people have pointed out, that’s wrong. So I changed it to 1935.
Photo: NY Times via Times Instagram
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Gala and Dalí in the ticket booth of the pavilion “Dream of Venus” by Dalí for the New York World Fair (1939)
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Facade of the pavilion “Dream of Venus” conceived by Salvador Dalí for the New York World Fair (1939). Ph. Julien Levy (AIC)
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The pavilion featured a spectacular facade full of protuberances, vaguely reminiscent of the Pedrera building by Antoni Gaudí. The main door was flanked by two pillars representing two female legs wearing stockings and high-heeled shoes. Through the openings of  the irregular façade, visitors could see reproductions of the Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci and The Birth of Venus by Botticelli. Between the painter's initial ideas and the [...]
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frostedmagnolias · 5 months
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Group of women having a snow ball fight in NYC at New York World’s Fair
c. 1939
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Nothing Sacred | 1937
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nemfrog · 3 months
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Published on the occasion of the opening of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, April 29, 1939. Booklet cover detail.
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semioticapocalypse · 6 months
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Carl Russell waves to his co-workers on the structural work of the 88th floor. 1930
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lionofchaeronea · 6 months
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Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Berenice Abbott, 1935
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archiveofaffinities · 3 months
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Times Square, Looking North New York New York, Mid 1930s
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voca1ion · 2 months
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1930s trifold postcard depicting the then-new Chrysler building on Lexington Avenue 42nd street.
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cyclesofmystery · 1 month
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I’ve been very into Abner Dean's work these last couple days. Here's one of his New Yorker Covers from 1934.
I’ve also been thinking about pairing music with my posts. Here’s the Ray Noble Orchestra getting particularly jazzy in 1933 with a vocal refrain by Al Bowlly (everybody loves Al Bowlly), some hot trumpet by Nat Gonella, some great baritone saxophone by Ernest Ritte, and reedman Freddy Gardner.
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Edward Hopper, a native New Yorker, was an avid theater-goer. These are some ticket stubs he saved between 1925 and 1936, with the names of the plays written on the back: Hamlet with Gielgud, Strange Interlude, Green Pastures, The Doctor's Dilemma, and six others. And the priciest was for Gielgud—$3.30 to sit in the orchestra.
Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art
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Dalí · Dream of Venus costumes · 1939
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Horst P. Horst (1906–1999) ~ Costume design by Salvador Dali for ‘Dream of Venus’, 1939 | src Christie’s view & read more on wordPress
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Horst P. Horst (1906–1999) ~ Costume design by Salvador Dalí for ‘Dream of Venus’ (Lobster # 1), 1939 | src Christie’s In June 1939 Salvador Dalí designed a pavilion for the New York World’s Fair built by the architect Ian Woodner. The building was named Dream of Venus.  The pavilion…
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oldnewyork · 1 year
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Military aircraft fly over the Statue of Liberty, c. 1935
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desimonewayland · 1 year
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Paul Cadmus
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From Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabet: A Primer for Laymen, 1939
Ink, pencil, colored ink, and gouache on paper
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