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Apr 10, 2013
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“I love myself when I am laughing…and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”

- Zora Neale Hurston

photographs by Carl Van Vechten


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Mar 18, 2013
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kateoplis:


Locomotive aérodynamique à la gare de Lyon, Paris, 1937



Longing to travel again. 

kateoplis:

Locomotive aérodynamique à la gare de Lyon, Paris, 1937

Longing to travel again. 


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Feb 25, 2013
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theatlantic:

livelymorgue:

Though the weather was freezing, skaters descended on the Wollman Memorial Rink in Central Park, December 10, 1968. Photo: Neal Boenzi/The New York Times

Beautiful.

Going ice skating with the afterschool kids tomorrow! Super stoked.


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Jan 19, 2013
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life:

Eartha Kitt by Gordon Parks— Happy birthday, Eartha.

What a babe.

life:

Eartha Kitt by Gordon Parks— Happy birthday, Eartha.

What a babe.


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Aug 27, 2012
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kateoplis:

Construction of the Hoover Dam, 1931-1936

what.

kateoplis:

Construction of the Hoover Dam, 1931-1936

what.


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Jun 8, 2012
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bremser:

André Kertész, A Picnic Party in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1929

(via eiramisu)
what a fun looking group of mecs and meufs

bremser:

André Kertész, A Picnic Party in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1929

(via eiramisu)

what a fun looking group of mecs and meufs


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May 3, 2012
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kateoplis:

Charles Moore, 1963

kateoplis:

Charles Moore, 1963


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Mar 5, 2012
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Rene Magritte by Duane Michals

Rene Magritte by Duane Michals


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Dec 19, 2011
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vintageblackglamour:


Self-portraits by Sammy Davis, Jr.

vintageblackglamour:

Self-portraits by Sammy Davis, Jr.

(Source: tinasinatra, via vintageblackglamour)


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Oct 10, 2011
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Blanket toss, 1955. Harold Feinstein. 

Blanket toss, 1955. Harold Feinstein


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Oct 7, 2011
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life:

Photographs highlighting George Harrison’s extraordinary life and career — George Harrison: The Beatles & Beyond

Also, his son looks EXACTLY like him. 

life:

Photographs highlighting George Harrison’s extraordinary life and career — George Harrison: The Beatles & Beyond

Also, his son looks EXACTLY like him. 


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Apr 28, 2011
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Cedric Nunn, In the fishing village of Amiston, South Africa, 1989. 
source (NYT Lens Blog)

Cedric Nunn, In the fishing village of Amiston, South Africa, 1989. 

source (NYT Lens Blog)