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Captain's Table: 1960 June 18, 1960. "Rowing, Harvard-Yale Regatta. Crew race at New London, Connecticut." We're back aboard the Versatile with yachtsman Harold "Mike" Vanderbilt (seated), Cabin Boy and various other guests who have yet to lose their shirts. As well as some expensive looking sporting goods. 35mm Kodachrome slide by Toni Frissell.
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Hunting Party: 1958 November 1958. "Waterfowl hunting (Nevada) -- Mr. and Mrs. Stanwood Murphy of San Francisco." The man at left is legendary restaurateur "Trader Vic" Bergeron; the DC-3 belongs to Albert Stanwood Murphy (1892-1963), president of Pacific Lumber & Truss. 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Shooting: California Waterfowl Hunting; Upland Game Birds in Nevada."
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Family Picnic: 1964 May 1964. 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Life magazine assignment "The Splendor of a Great Family: The Vanderbilts."
On her country estate near Stamford, Connecticut, Gloria Vanderbilt enjoys a picnic with her husband, Wyatt Cooper, and two sons by her marriage to Leopold Stokowski -- Chris, 12, and Stan, 13. She came upon the picturesque waterfall with its secluded cottage one day and couldn't resist buying it. "It was like something ...
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Boomers, First Grade: 1953 It's seventy years ago in Idyllic Larkspur™, where we find me (bottom left corner) with Bob, David, Bob, Jim, Jim, Margaret, Sandy, Donna, Rae Ann, Roberta, Virginia, Jerry, Buzzy, Fred, Gordy, Frances, Alice, Alice, Sheila, Mrs. Madeline Drew and others whose names I forget. This was taken within a month of losing nearly half our classmates, they having been siphoned off to the district's brand new school in neighboring "Twin City," almost-as-Id...
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Candlelight Inn: 1951 January 18, 1951. "Patricia Murphy's Candlelight Inn restaurant. Manhasset, Long Island, New York. Garden Room." This was one of several Candlelight Inns operated by New York restaurateur Patricia Murphy (1905-1979), whose culinary trademark was the freshly baked popover. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.
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Prove It: 1925 Washington, D.C. September 11, 1925. "Demonstration of auto safety fender." 4x5 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection.
SAFETY FENDER COMPANY TO GIVE TEST HERE
"How to pick up a girl" will be practically illustrated tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on Third street between Maryland and Pennsylvania avenues northwest.
Using a human being in their demonstration, the manufacturers, under the supervision of the traffic director's ...





















































