This Irving Penn portrait from 1947 of the hulking Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen and his chic wife, Dagmar gets posted about a fair bit. But his is a story that needs to be told far and wide. A brief outline is below.
At a birthday party at John Lennon's New York apartment in 1984, Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh to Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and John Lennon's son, Sean.
This is Wojtek, the WWII bear who drank beer, ate cigarettes, & carried artillery shells at Monte Cassino. Drafted into the Polish Army, he was promoted to Corporal
Meet Wojtek, the WWII bear who drank beer, ate cigarettes, & carried artillery shells at Monte Cassino. Drafted into the Polish Army, he was promoted to Corporal & later retired in Edinburgh Zoo.
Peter Freuchen: 6'7" Danish explorer, walrus-spearing, peg-legged, Nazi-punching badass. Escaped an ice tomb with a knife made from his own shit, amputated his own toes with pliers, won The $64,000 Question, starred in an Oscar-winning film, and bench-pressed Jean Harlow. Absolute legend.
Cameron Diaz (left) with Iron Maiden's Steve Harris, 1983
Meet Achile Chatouilleu, also known as “The French Tickler”, the 107 year old embalmed clown.
Rich Allen spent his days walking the streets of 1970s NYC and photographing what he saw. He saw some great scenes, there's a few here but I've compiled a gallery of my favourites in the link below.
The Four Underage Horsemen from Brooklyn E 3rd St 1974 – Rich Allen. Allen spent his days walking the streets of New York and photographed scenes that he found interesting. He saw some brilliant scenes.
Which actor or actress has experienced the biggest decline purely in terms of acting career and audience interest?
These well known (and some less well known) artists show us inside their varied and eclectic studios. Francis Bacon was a scruff.
On this day in 1943, Nazis hung 17 year old Yugoslav Lepa Radić. When they asked her the names of her companions, she replied: "I will be killed, but there are those who will avenge me...I am not a traitor of my people"...
On this day in 1943, Nazis hung 17 year old Yugoslav Lepa Radić. When they asked her the names of her companions, she replied: "I will be killed, but there are those who will avenge me...I am not a traitor of my people. Those whom you are asking about will reveal themselves wiping out all you.."
Helen Mirren rehearsing for her role as Maggie Frisby, a fading rock singer, in David Hare’s play Teeth ‘n’ Smiles, 1975
Liberace leaving the High Court in the UK in 1959. He was suing The Daily Mirror for implying he was gay, a case he went on to win. He won what was up until that point the largest settlement recorded.
Andy Warhol's postoperative scars. He had been shot by radical feminist Valerie Solanas, creator of the 'SCUM Manifesto' (Society For Cutting Up Men). He was shot in his spleen, stomach, liver, esophagus, and lungs. (1969)
In 1959 Liberace sued the UK's Daily Mirror for implying he was gay, specifically ... 'a fruit-flavoured, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love' ...and he won! Upon his death due to an AIDS related illness, The Mirror printed the headline 'Can we have our money back'
Charles Bukowski partying with his friend, Georgia Peckham-Krellner. 1970.
A photograph showing the lynching of Laura Nelson and her 14 yr old son L.D. May 25, 1911. This is one of 4 photos that were sold as 'souvenir' postcards that were created that day. The others are a lot closer and detailed.
Frederick Fleet, 24, the Titanic lookout who saw the iceberg, photographed in 1912. He later served in both World Wars but tragically took his own life in 1965 after battling depression.
This chart shows the average weekly diet of one working class family from Oxfordshire in 1912
On this day in 1958 the plane carrying the Manchester United football team crashed in Munich after attempting a third takeoff. There were 44 people on board, 20 of whom died at the scene. Three more would later die in hospital.
Manchester United's Bobby Charlton, injured and bandaged, rests in a hospital bed following the Munich Air Disaster that occured on this day in 1958. There were 44 people on board, 20 of whom died at the scene. Three more would die in hospital over the following days and weeks.
