Throwback Thursday " Street Scenes"

How cool is this photograph from photographer Todd Webb? There is so much detail in this photo, you are not quite sure where to look! I love all the writing on the buildings and of course the cars. I believe this was taken in the 1940's but not sure where in the city. A wonderful article about this photographer is in the Architectural Digest, and a must read, along with some of his other photographs.

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Throwback Thursday "Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 1966"

Since we just had the lighting of the 2017 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree yesterday, I thought a vintage photo of the tree would be nice for today's feature. This shot is from 1966, only 51 years ago, but looks very different. In honor of Canada’s upcoming 100th anniversary (1967), the Petawawa Forest Preserve  provided the annual holiday celebration with a massive 64-foot white spruce, shipped across land 550 miles over the Thousand Island Bridge and into New York state. Once installed in front of the RCA Building, the tree was adorned with “five miles of of wire, 1,200 illuminated plastic balls in red, green, blue and yellow, and 4,000 clear 7-watt lamps.”

This is such a lovely holiday tradition, which I am sure will still be here in another 50 years for those to enjoy. It is worth seeing this tree at least once, fighting through the crowds, for a glimpse of history.

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Throwback Thursday "1940's New York City"

A truly wonderful vintage photograph from Rebecca Lepkoff, as the story goes, first got into photography after she worked as a dancer at the 1939 World's Fair, using her earnings to buy a second-hand camera. From her home on the Lower East Side, she chronicled its changes via images of children playing, industrial activity at the waterfront, everyday commuters on the El, billboards at movie houses, and more. Her passion was the "urban choreography, rapid movement, and spontaneity of New York's bustling streets," according to Tablet's obituary, and she was able to document the "thrumming commotion of New York at a time when the theater of daily, blue-collar life took place not in the small, cramped tenement dwellings but on the sidewalks, stoops, docks, fire escapes, storefronts, and rooftops."

How fantastic we still have her images to enjoy now, and for many years to come. I really love this photograph, it has so much detail. And you know, it's all in the details.

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