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Mobile Lounge: 1963

A more complete view of the "mobile lounge" whose gangway was seen here yesterday. "Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63. Eero Saarinen, architect. Mobile lounges." Photo by Balthazar Korab. View full size.

A more complete view of the "mobile lounge" whose gangway was seen here yesterday. "Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63. Eero Saarinen, architect. Mobile lounges." Photo by Balthazar Korab. View full size.

 

La Dolce Vespa: 1955

July 1955. "Vespa motor scooters in Rome, Italy." From photos taken for Look magazine. View full size.

July 1955. "Vespa motor scooters in Rome, Italy." From photos taken for Look magazine. View full size.

 

Golden Falcon: 1963

"Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Va., 1958-63. Eero Saarinen, architect. Mobile lounges." A sort of giant rolling jetway (mostly out of frame at left) that carried passengers at Dulles from terminal to plane. The stair truck supported the gangway. 120mm color transparency by Balthazar Korab. View full size.

"Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Va., 1958-63. Eero Saarinen, architect. Mobile lounges." A sort of giant rolling jetway (mostly out of frame at left) that carried passengers at Dulles from terminal to plane. The stair truck supported the gangway. 120mm color transparency by Balthazar Korab. View full size.

 

First Aid: 1943

June 1943. "Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. First aid group in school dispensary." Does the post-secondary version of this course involve beer? Photo by Philip Bonn for the Office of War Information. View full size.

June 1943. "Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. First aid group in school dispensary." Does the post-secondary version of this course involve beer? Photo by Philip Bonn for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Social Media: 1943

Spring 1943. "Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Social studies class. Students study in groups of six or eight, each group picking own subject." Photo by Philip Bonn for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Spring 1943. "Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Social studies class. Students study in groups of six or eight, each group picking own subject." Photo by Philip Bonn for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Maverick Square: 1906

Boston circa 1906. "Maverick Square and tunnel entrance." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Boston circa 1906. "Maverick Square and tunnel entrance." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

 

Cabin in the Sky: 1940

HOME EXHIBIT PLANNED
Dwelling Rises on Terrace in Rockefeller Center

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; NEW YORK -- On the second-floor terrace of the International Building at 51st Street near Fifth Avenue, a seven-room dwelling is under construction as the focal point in what is designed to be a home-building center and exhibit. It is being erected by the Rockefeller Home Center, successor to the Permanent Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Crafts (PEDAC).
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The dwelling is of modern design by Edward D. Stone and the exterior is of redwood. In the first floor is a "three-purpose" room with a glass-enclosed side opening onto a terrace. Construction of the exhibition house, which is sponsored by Collier's magazine, is under direction of Irons & Reynolds, contractors.
-- News item, May 16, 1940

July 15, 1940. "Collier's House at PEDAC, New York City. Exterior from below. Dan Cooper, decorator; Edward Durrell Stone, architect." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
HOME EXHIBIT PLANNED
Dwelling Rises on Terrace in Rockefeller Center

        NEW YORK -- On the second-floor terrace of the International Building at 51st Street near Fifth Avenue, a seven-room dwelling is under construction as the focal point in what is designed to be a home-building center and exhibit. It is being erected by the Rockefeller Home Center, successor to the Permanent Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Crafts (PEDAC).
        The dwelling is of modern design by Edward D. Stone and the exterior is of redwood. In the first floor is a "three-purpose" room with a glass-enclosed side opening onto a terrace. Construction of the exhibition house, which is sponsored by Collier's magazine, is under direction of Irons & Reynolds, contractors.

-- News item, May 16, 1940

July 15, 1940. "Collier's House at PEDAC, New York City. Exterior from below. Dan Cooper, decorator; Edward Durrell Stone, architect." Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

 

Violet Camp: 1905

New Zealand circa 1905. "Men in front of 'Violet Camp' tent, Christchurch." On the lookout for ... foxes! Glass negative by Adam Maclay.  View full size.

New Zealand circa 1905. "Men in front of 'Violet Camp' tent, Christchurch." On the lookout for ... foxes! Glass negative by Adam Maclay. View full size.

 

Chez Prez: 1920

Washington, D.C. "Woodrow Wilson house, S Street." Residence of the former president and his wife starting in 1921, and where he died in 1924. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

Washington, D.C. "Woodrow Wilson house, S Street." Residence of the former president and his wife starting in 1921, and where he died in 1924. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

 

Knock Knock: 1943

January 1943. "Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. Locomotive coupled to caboose." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

January 1943. "Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. Locomotive coupled to caboose." Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Performing Artsy: 1920

Circa 1920. "Marion Morgan Dancers." Nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe, specialist in the gauzily draped (and undraped) subject. View full size.

Circa 1920. "Marion Morgan Dancers." Nitrate negative by Arnold Genthe, specialist in the gauzily draped (and undraped) subject. View full size.

 

Fun in the Sun: 1901

Palm Beach circa 1901. "The Royal Poinciana, from northwest." A mere fraction of Henry Flagler's immense hotel, at one time the largest wood-frame structure in the world. 8x10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

Palm Beach circa 1901. "The Royal Poinciana, from northwest." A mere fraction of Henry Flagler's immense hotel, at one time the largest wood-frame structure in the world. 8x10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.

 

And Away We Go: 1952

New York. August 1952. "Jackie Gleason rehearsing television show. Includes Gleason in steam cabinet." From negatives by various staff photographers used in the Look magazine articles "TV's Big Boy," "Mr. Saturday Night" and "The Jackie Gleason Story: Fat, Sad and Funny." View full size.

New York. August 1952. "Jackie Gleason rehearsing television show. Includes Gleason in steam cabinet." From negatives by various staff photographers used in the Look magazine articles "TV's Big Boy," "Mr. Saturday Night" and "The Jackie Gleason Story: Fat, Sad and Funny." View full size.

 

Let's Eat: 1943

August 1943. "Middle River, Maryland. A Farm Security Administration housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. A worker's family in their trailer home." Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

August 1943. "Middle River, Maryland. A Farm Security Administration housing project for Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers. A worker's family in their trailer home." Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information. View full size.

 

Haka Twerk: 1913

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Haka: Traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand.

New Zealand, 1913. "Maori boy performing a haka on the beach, Northland." Glass plate negative by Arthur Northwood. View full size.

      Haka: Traditional ancestral war cry, dance or challenge from the Māori people of New Zealand.

New Zealand, 1913. "Maori boy performing a haka on the beach, Northland." Glass plate negative by Arthur Northwood. View full size.

 
 
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