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Tag Archives: LIFE
Steve McQueen’s XKSS
From wikipedia: The Jaguar XKSS was a road-going version of the Jaguar D-Type racing car. After Jaguar withdrew from racing the company offered the remaining, unfinished chassis as the roadgoing Jaguar XKSS, by making changes to the racers: adding an extra seat, another door, a full-width windshield and folding top, as concessions to practicality. However, [...]
Posted in Home, Architecture, and Design Also tagged Steve McQueen
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
“Looking down onto fish balloon & crowds lining street during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 1941″ From wikipedia: The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States, tied with America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, and four years younger than the 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia. The three-hour [...]
IBM in 1962
A follow up to the last post – images from LIFE.
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged IBM
Small Game Hunting in the Old Days
From the LIFE photo archives, here are a few series of interesting hunting pictures taken in different parts of the world and in different time periods. Two things that are prevalent in all of them: 1) hunting was and still is a very communal activity, and 2) the working relationship between the bird dog and [...]
Trout Season Opening
From the LIFE photo archives: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=126065022138758a
Tex Johnston
54 years ago today, test pilot Tex Johnston performed a barrel roll in a Boeing 707 prototype in front a group of prospective buyers over Lake Union.