J. Brooks Press Collection

when I get a few dollars I buy books and a new tie

[photographydevoted]

[withnailrules]

Golden Gate Bridge, May 19, 2019

[bestboxerever]

Bridge

[toiich]

'Lee Miller, a sequence of three nude studies'

by Man Ray, c. 1930

[jbrookspress]

Lee Miller exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris. From April 10 to August 2, 2026, the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is featuring the largest retrospective devoted to Lee Miller in France in twenty years.

Initiated by the Tate Britain and in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago, the exhibition brings together roughly 250 vintage and modern prints, some of which have never been exhibited, offering a fresh perspective on her oeuvre.

[gregorygalloway]

"Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" was released on 13 July 1956.

Otis Blackwell wrote "Don't Be Cruel," but was happy to give co-writing credit to Elvis Presley (and 50% of the royalties) to be recorded by the "hottest new singer around."

"Hound Dog" was written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller and had been a hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953.

Both songs would hit #1, with "Hound Dog" hitting #1 on the Country, Pop, and R&B charts in the US at the same time, and would go on to sell more than 4 million copies in 1956 alone, and would go on to sell more than 10 million copies worldwide.

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[henk-heijmans]

Child cuddling her tiny kitten during a blessing of the animals at an English church, ca. 1949 - by Mark Kauffman (1923 - 1994), American

[stone-cold-groove]

Are you prepared for the blackout? World War II era propaganda poster.

[aireemacpherson]

[jbrookspress]

The BBC ‘breaking news’ logo, repurposed, sent by a friend in the UK not long after the Brexit vote and the US presidential election of 2016.

[menswearsucks]

[hellolonewolf]

Myles Hyman

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Art Deco-inspired poster for the 1939 World's Fair. Artist unknown.

Photo: Redbubble

[vintagemanhattanskyline]

The 77-story Chrysler Building. 405 Lexington Avenue, east block between 42nd to 43rd streets. William Van Allen, 1928-1930.

View looking east of Chrysler Building from Lincoln Building. Circa, 1931.

Photo: Unknown.

Source: "New York Illustrated" (New York. Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co. 1938).

[pied-a-terre]

Art Deco Britain by Elain Harwood

The book begins with an overview of the international Art Deco style, and how this influenced building design in Britain. The buildings covered include houses and flats; churches and public buildings; offices; shops, showrooms and cafes; hotels and public houses; cinemas, theatres and concert halls; sports buildings; industrial premises and transport buildings.

The book covers some of the best-loved and some lesser-known buildings around the UK, such as the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Eltham Palace, Broadcasting House and the Carreras Cigarette Factory in London, Finella in Cambridge, St Christopher’s Church in Liverpool and Tindale Lido in Plymouth.

[unityfreedomanarchy]

This has been my phone wall paper for agesDoes anyone know the name of this artist???