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Taken shortly before Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Widely used in his campaign during the 1860 presidential election, both Brady's photo and the speech helped him become president. [24] [s 2] [s 3] [s 5] Young Girl With Ghost: c. 1860 Unknown [s 2] Cathedral Rock: 1861 Carleton Watkins: Yosemite National Park, California, United States [s 3]
Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. [2] [3] She was often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups": her long jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations.
St Paul's Survives: Herbert Mason's photograph of St Paul's Cathedral taken on 29/30 December 1940. St Paul's Survives is a photograph taken in London during the night air raid of 29–30 December 1940, the 114th night of the Blitz of World War II. It shows St Paul's Cathedral, illuminated by fires and surrounded by the smoke of burning buildings.
Fort Worth was a frequent stop for some of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars during the 1940s and 1950s. These photos from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s archive capture some of the glitz and ...
The bodies in the foreground are waiting to be thrown into the fire. Another picture shows one of the places in the forest where people undress before 'showering'—as they were told—and then go to the gas-chambers. Send film roll as fast as you can. Send the enclosed photos to Tell—we think enlargements of the photos can be sent further. [26]
Pages in category "1940s photographs" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 4 Children for ...
It is said that he developed a "quintessentially American, and especially Californian, approach to modern photography" [3] because of his focus on the people and places of the American West. In 1937 Weston was the first photographer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship , and over the next two years he produced nearly 1,400 negatives using his 8 ...
To many observers, Lange's photography—including one photo of American school children pledging allegiance to the flag shortly before being removed from their homes and schools and sent to internment [29] —is a haunting reminder of the travesty of incarcerating people who are not charged with committing a crime. [30]