Vintage

CIVIL RIGHTS MUG SHOTS (“WE SHALL OVERCOME”)

The Montgomery County Alabama Sheriff’s Office discovered arrest logs and photographs from the time of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56) and the Freedom Rides (1961).

The Twisted Metal Death Parade of America in the 1950-60’s

Courtesy of THESE AMERICANS

Byberry Insane Asylum – A House of Horrors in 1940’s Philadelphia

For nearly 200 years, Northeastern Philadelphia had treated its surrounding mentally ill citizens “to keep them off the streets” because they caused “terror among their neighbors.”

The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” Lobby Cards (1970)

Scenes from Gimme Shelter, the 1970 documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin chronicling the last weeks of The Rolling Stones‘ 1969 US tour which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert. (All rights reserved. Images @ Maysles Films.)

The 1970’s Roller Skaters of “Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink”

Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink “I had just purchased a Yashica Mat at a pawnshop and as usual I was out riding around looking for something to shoot. I happened upon an old wooden structure built in the 30’s in rural southern Hillsborough County (Tampa, FL) – the sign read Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink. That […]

Bob Dylan in the Summer of ’64 – ‘Too Scruffy’ for LOOK Magazine

The story was never published. After reviewing the proposed layout, the editors declared Dylan to be “too scruffy for a family magazine” and killed the story.

KKK Cross Burnings, the Garden of Eden and Florida Family Life in the 1950’s

Photographs from the area around Tallahassee, Florida in the 1950’s. A selection from the Red Kerce Collection. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

Stanley Kubrick’s Photographs of 1940’s NYC

Between 1945 and 1950, Stanley Kubrick worked as a staff photographer for LOOK magazine. Only 17 years old when he joined the magazine, he was by far its youngest photographer. Kubrick often turned his camera on New York City. (All rights reserved. Images @ The Estate of Stanley Kubrick.)

Walker Evans and African-American Flood Refugees in Forrest City, Arkansas (1937)

Walker Evans photographed flood refugees at mealtime, Forrest City, Arkansas, 1937. EXPLORE ALL WALKER EVANS ON ASX

“WEEGEE AND BETTIE”

Weegee (Arthur Fellig) was personal friends w Bettie Page, for years living only three blocks apart from each other just off Times Square (Weegee on West 47th Street and Ms. Page on West 46th Street), a walk one can do in less than five minutes. EXPLORE ALL WEEGEE ON ASX (All […]

Tag Archives: Vintage