Thighs Wide Shut

Black Golden Tan

16. Jan, 2013 0 Comments

tanning oil and… oil, line the coast at Huntington Beach, 1930sÂ

sh!t creeps me out, and yet it’s oddlyÂ beautiful

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+ this bonus oil derrick foto!

The towering oil wells of Long Beach Harbor region are reflected in high tide waters pushing over a nine-block area today. Among the 12 families that were evacuated from the stricken neighborhood were two expectant mothers. Lifeguards turned them over to the Red Cross for care. Another 30 families floated their belongings out of inundated section.Â photograph dated – July 19, 1951

[pics via the incredible LAPL archives]

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1930s, 1951, California, Herman Schultheis, Huntington Beach, July 19, Long Beach Harbor, oil derrick, oil wells

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Smells Like Updogsarebarking

16. Jun, 2012 0 Comments

Two Venezuelan Boy Scouts, Rafael Petit, left and Juan Carmona, right, examining their boots after tramping 25 miles a day for two years in order to attend the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington the left Caraca, Januray 11, 1935 arriving in Washington today,Â DC June 16, 1937

WOAH! via LOC

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1930s, 1937, Boy Scout Jamboree, Boy Scouts, Juan Carmona, June 16, Rafael Petit, Washington DC

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DJs of Future Past

30. Apr, 2012 0 Comments

Deltron 3030 album cover

is no future! Â is past!!!

ropund dome2

round dome

visitors marching from the Trylon into the Perisphere to inspect Democracity – The City of Tomorrow, where they will stand on revolving galleries to look down on a panorama of the future for an admission of 25 cents, at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Â photo by David E Scherman

btw, the ’39 World’s Fair opened on this very day!!!

All Posts, Architecture, Music, NY, Photography

1930s, 1939, 1939 New York World's Fair, David E Scherman, Deltron 3030, New York, Perisphere, Queens, The City of Tomorrow, Trylon, World's Fair

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