[Portrait of Sid Catlett, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947]

 

1947. William Gottlieb. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.10301/

[Cat on shoe shine stand on sidewalk]

 

Sept. 1960. Angelo Rizzuto.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021653164/

Irv's Lunch, Galesburg, Illinois

 

Irv's Lunch. 1980 John Margolies.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709219/

Life: Stanford White

 

Sept. 1966. Toni Frissell. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021751823/

Sept. 10, 1966.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021733772/

Kahn's Franks commercial

 

https://www.wcpo.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/hot-dog-mystery-why-cant-you-find-kahns-anymore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahn%27s

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

Free with Ads on Youtube. A long action flying extravaganza. Shot in 65mm Todd-AO. Wide widescreen. Which is why I am watching it now. I had it on VHS years ago taped off old AMC, also widescreen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_Their_Flying_Machines

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3929mach.html

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3923

Steak Sandwich Sliders with Comeback Sauce

 

These were good. A steak sandwich and a steak sandwich and a steak sandwich. 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/sandwich-of-day-steak-sandwich-and.html

Sandwich of the Day: A Steak Sandwich and a Steak Sandwich

 

I cooked three ginormous steaks today. Flintstones sized. On the grill. Lots left over. So I'll be having a steak sandwich and a steak sandwich. Dessert was Cherry Crumble in the microwave. These three steaks were $60 marked down to $27.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_sandwich

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/feb/01/how-to-eat-a-steak-sandwich

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/steak-sandwich-sliders-with-comeback.html

Beltline Drive-In, Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

1982 John Margolies.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017708175/

[Tree]

 

1931. Harris & Ewing. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016879099/

Albert Pujols - 700

 

Albert hit 699 and 700. I slept right through it. Nighttime cough medicine. 

View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland

 

Sept. 1941. Jack Delano.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017877388/

• Side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017877390/
  

• On the ferris wheel at the Vermont state fair, Rutland
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017877397/
  

• Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017877402/
  

Vogue- Ski Houses, Murchison, Houses Interior

 

Feb. 1969. Toni Frissell.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021741022/

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021752904/

[Women holding cat in bag, standing in front of store with marquee in background]

 

October 1964. Angelo Rizzuto.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021636518/

Nutter Butter Ice Cream Pie

 

Oreo cookie crust. Had to use fudge covered Nutter Butters. Different flavor and hard to blend. Any favorite cookie/candy combination with favorite ice cream will work here. Coffee ice cream is really good. My mother makes peppermint ice cream pie for Christmas.

Palms in Ponce de Leon [Hotel] court, St. Augustine, Fla.

 

c1902. William Henry Jackson.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016809054/

Four trains passing Little Falls

 

c1890. William Henry Jackson. Albumen print.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016802950/

The Call of the Wild/White Fang - Jack London

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Fang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_the_Wild

Wu's TV Corner #55: The Phoenix

 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-phoenix.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0674629/

1982 ABC. "In Search of Mira." Very short-lived (five episodes) Judson Scott, Richard Lynch science fiction show. With E.G. Marshall and guest stars Britt Leach, John Vernon, Jennifer Parsons, Marc Alaimo, Bert Remsen, Sandy Ward. Ancient alien in Peru, Bennu of the Golden Light (Judson Scott), wakes up in the 80s and is being chased by the relentless government agent Richard Lynch. Explaining this premise coherently is way beyond my limited skills as a TV reviewer so I will cheat with a Wiki copy/paste job:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_%281982_TV_series%29

• Bennu of the Golden Light (played by Judson Scott), the protagonist, is an alien who possesses special abilities including physical levitation, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, astral projection and telekinesis. Some of these are made possible or amplified by his Phoenix Amulet, which draws power from the Sun. Bennu's home planet was originally called Aurica, but this was changed to Eldebran for broadcast.
• Yago is another being from the planet Eldebran. He is evil and Bennu's primary opponent. Yago is connected to the Moon, as Bennu is to the Sun. The series bible explicitly compares Yago to Lucifer and Dracula. He wears a bracelet called "The Bells of Thon" around his right wrist, which has the power to deafen. He also carries a musical instrument called "The Black Moonball", which can alter his appearance or teleport him to another location. In the series bible Yago was named Aiwaz, presumably after the alleged being who dictated The Book of the Law to Aleister Crowley.
• Mira (played by Sheila Frazier) is another being from the planet Eldebran. 40,000 years ago she was placed on Earth as Bennu's companion, and when the series begins he is searching for her.
• Justin Preminger (played by Richard Lynch) is the recurring human antagonist of the story, a tough, cynical and relentless former P.O.W. in Vietnam turned government agent. He is obsessed with capturing Bennu, who, despite what his superiors say, he believes to be nothing more than some sort of New Age con man. He is generally only one step behind his alien quarry.
• Dr. Ward Frazier (played by E. G. Marshall) is a scientist sympathetic to Bennu and his goals.

This is the second episode, following the TV movie premiere, and was written by Leigh Vance. John Vernon is the government agency boss who sends out Richard Lynch on a secret mission to find Bennu. Bennu is just kind of wandering the streets, hitchhiking, and depending on the kindness of strangers, when he witnesses a clandestine deal go wrong and someone is shot dead. The bad guys chase Bennu but he is able to get away by using some of his alien powers to disable the gun. Bert Remsen is hauling cement and picks up Bennu and brings him home for dinner, but the bad guys are still out looking for him.

All five episodes are available on Youtube in a couple of places and I had watched the TV movie before. The Phoenix is a decent and staid show if you are into the mystical alien thing, but also leisurely paced. Not action packed but certainly watchable for SF fans and the IMDb reviews are generally positive.

Darker than Amber - John D. MacDonald

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darker_than_Amber

Autumn Coloring, South Carolina

 

Oct. 1958. Toni Frissell.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021710052/

Armour Hot Dogs Jingle Commercial (1974)

 

Burning the autumn leaves in Norwich, Connecticut

 

Nov. 1940. Jack Delano. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017877376/

Autumn at Sherrewogue, St. James, L.I. N.Y.

 Aug. 1968. Toni Frissell.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021752442/

Schmidt's Oktoberfest

 

Autumn Coloring, South Carolina

 

Oct. 1958. Toni Frissell.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021710054/

[Trinity Church and graveyard, viewed from rear]

 

c1916.

https://www.loc.gov/item/00652962/

• Broadway and Trinity Church, New York
• 1910-20.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2016812421/
  

[View from apartment 9D, 146 Central Park West, in the rain, New York City]

 

July 9, 1946. Carl Van Vechten.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004663839/

[Mountain climbers, Zermatt, Switzerland]

 

1954. Toni Frissell.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666568/

Albert Pujols - 698

 

Amazing Albert has been on fire.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34606956/st-louis-cardinals-albert-pujols-mashes-698th-career-home-run-vs-cincinnati-reds

[Back view of fashion models in swim suits, two kneeling wearing swim fins, and one seated]

 

1950. Toni Frissell. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2015645224/

Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

 

[Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

 

March 1945. Toni Frissell.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007675073/

Apology Accepted

 Not.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - William Goldman

 

Monroe's patent pie meat - prepared beef for pies

 

c1869.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2001701458/

The Glass Key - Dashiell Hammett

 

Great book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Key

[Frida Kahlo (Senora Diego Rivera) standing next to an agave plant, during a photo shoot for Vogue magazine, "Senoras of Mexico"]

 

1937. Toni Frissell.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2013651907/

Pabst Blue Ribbon

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabst_Blue_Ribbon

[Fashion models posing in bathing suits floating in a swimming pool]

 

Oct. 1948. Toni Frissell. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2009632343/

The heralding of peace

 

• G.W. Stephenson. Photograph shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, at night, with reflection in pool in the foreground. The specific time was 10:30 p.m. on November 11, 1921, the date of the first celebration of Veterans Day.
• 
  
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2007675752/

Hillbilly Junction billboard, Route 60, Willow Springs, Missouri

 

1979 John Margolies. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017704070/

Pumpkins and turnips near Berlin, Connecticut

 

Oct. 1939. Russell Lee.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741064/

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017741065/

Yocco's Hot Dogs Commercial

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yocco%27s_Hot_Dogs