Fleet of more than one hundred transporters has altogether travelled a distance equal to the distance between the Earth and Sun. Photo credit Continue reading
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1932 Ford Model 18 Edsel Ford Speedster
The 1932 Ford Model 18 Edsel Ford Speedster was developed by Henry Ford’s son and President of Ford – Edsel B. Ford. Whereas Henry was a hard-nosed man who had grown up on a farm, and thus valued practicality above all else Continue reading
Unconditional Surrender
On San Diego’s harbor, right next to the maritime museum aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway, stands a 25-foot-tall statue depicting a sailor kissing a nurse. The sculpture titled “Unconditional Surrender” is based on a famous photograph clicked by Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square of New York, on August 14, 1945 Continue reading
Tribute to Marc Riboud
French press photographer Marc Riboud, born in 1923, died on August 30th at the age of 93 years old. Invited in 1953 by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa to join the prestigious Magnum Agency, which he was the president between 1974 and 1976, he traveled all around the World from India to China, including Japan. Continue reading
11 Mysterious Photos And The Real Stories Behind Them
The whales at Thorntonloch, Scotland in 1950. “I was 11 when I went to see the whales stranded on Thorntonloch beach. There were 147 pilot whales, the largest beaching in Scotland, and no one had any idea why they were there. Continue reading
What Makes a Good Life?
What keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life? If you were going to invest now in your future best self, where would you put your time and your energy? There was a recent survey of millennialsasking them what their most important life goals were, and over 80 percent said that a major life goal for them was to get rich. And another 50 percent of those same young adults said that another major life goal was to become famous.
Two JFKs in Beached Rowboat, 1963
Weekend at Newport. President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., in beached rowboat. Newport, RI, Bailey’s Beach. 1963