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Scanned from the original pages of Century and Scribner's monthly magazines from 1903 and 1908.
Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, The Century magazine for January 1908.
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For more about fellow photographer Gertrude Staunton Kasebier, click on this link.
George Hurrell, selfie
George Hurrell's Hollywood lighting at work
George Hurrell, Jean Harlow, January 1935 issue of Vanity Fair
George Hurrell, Ramon Navarro, 1931
George Hurrell, Anna May Wong, 1938
George Hurrell, Greta Garbo and John Barrymore, 1933
George Hurrell, Carole Lombard, date unknown
George Hurrell, Humphre Bogart, 1939
George Hurrell, Bette Davis, 1940
George Hurrell, Walt Disney, Disney Studios, Burbank, California, 1940
George Hurrell, Gene Tierney, ca. 1941
Portions of this book are available by Google on the Internet at this link.
It offers anecdotes and gossip about the Hollywood of Hurrell's day as well as some technical information about his unique lighting technique.
For Saint Patrick's Day
I couldn't resist uploading these wonderful old photos that tell a history of a long-suffering country in its heroic struggle against an occupying empire. Thanks to the staff of the National Library of Ireland for its treasure trove of photographs and history. The laconic captions are reproduced as they appeared on its official website.
Poet Patrick Kavanagh 1904-1967
Bula Benton Edmunston/Edmunston Croker
Richard "Boss" Croker
The leader of Tammany in the late 19th century was Richard Croker, who, as a low level Tammany worker on election day in 1874, became involved in a notorious criminal case. A street fight broke out near a polling place and a man named McKenna was shot and killed.
Croker was charged with the murder. Yet all who knew him said that Croker, who was a former boxer, would never use a pistol as he relied solely on his fists.
At a celebrated trial, Croker was acquitted of McKenna’s murder. And Croker went on to rise in the Tammany hierarchy, eventually becoming Grand Sachem. In the 1890s, Croker exerted enormous influence over the government of New York City, though he held no government post himself.
Perhaps mindful of Tweed’s fate, Croker eventually retired and returned to his native Ireland, where he bought an estate and raised race horses. He died a free and very wealthy man.
The Burning of Cork City, Ireland, 14 December 1920
Doyle Wedding, Co. Kilkenny, circa 1943
Threshing, Gracedieu, Co. Waterford, 1923
Sackville, now O'Connell Street, Dublin, ca. 1905
Mount Sion School, Waterford, ca. 1808
Doon Well, Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal, ca. 1900
Saving Tobacco Crop, Rathmoyan, Co. Westford, 1933
Epilogue
Sixty years ago early this May 2015
My young wife and me, on the road with our rented Ford Anglia, Ireland, May 1955
Paul Giambarba, O'Connell Street, Dublin, Contax I, Kodachome, May 1955
Paul Giambarba, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Contax I, Kodachome, May 1955
Paul Giambarba, Ashford Castle Grounds, Co. Mayo, Contax I, Kodachome, May 1955
Paul Giambarba, Castlehill, Co. Mayo, Contax I, Kodachome, May 1955