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Unknown: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 3:11pm.
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Unidentified man in an uncaptioned frame from a roll of 35mm film shot by Farm Security Administration photographer John Vachon in 1937. View full size.
Hello Hollywood
Submitted by OldHippieDude on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 12:05am.
If this kid has any kind of a voice at all, he has a career calling in Hollywoodland. I'm not Gay, but I must say, this dude is good lookin'! Wow!
Mystery men
Submitted by slr in tx on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 6:06pm.
Yeah, top guy has to be JV - check out that head of hair, looks like he has an advancing hairline. (I used to have hair- *sigh*) The bow tie guy looks somewhat like Truman Capote- until he smiles. And then there's Warren Beatty.
Quite a stellar lineup.
Mystery Man
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 4:20pm.
Some nearby frames below. Top one taken in a mirror, probably JV himself. The holes, made with a paper punch, mean he didn't want prints made of these. There was a punch in the main pic too, which I managed to Photoshop out.
Whoever he is
Submitted by Maggie on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 3:44pm.
I find the photo strangely sexy. I'm not entirely sure why!
Now, I think....
Submitted by slr in tx on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:19am.
It may be a self portrait of Vachon.
Check out this link---
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8917/8917.samples.pdf
page 2
[Those are some great photos. But Vachon had a narrower face (below). - Dave]
I think...
Submitted by slr in tx on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 10:11am.
it's Warren Beatty, Sr.
[I thought the same thing. 1937 is the year Warren was born. - Dave]
Mr. C
Submitted by Janice on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 8:06pm.
I was thinkin' more like Perry Como taking a break during a whirlwind tour with the Ted Weems Orchestra...
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