» Interiors http://nothing-is-new.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:05:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 90s CUBA http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/12/09/90s-cuba/ http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/12/09/90s-cuba/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:31:11 +0000 KellyR http://nothing-is-new.com/?p=8192

Take a trip back in time to Cuba, 1997. Photographs by Kenneth Treister.

via Digital Library of the Caribbean

 

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Lion rugs & little girls. Judy Kepes in her nursery, 1949.
Daughter to designers, Juliet and Gyorgy.
See more pics of their wild Cape Cod nursery via LIFE.

 

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Voodoo ceremony in Haiti, circa 1970. Voodoo alters, voodoo flags, voodoo priest, voodoo priest eating, priestesses dancing, priest almost unconscious, vévé symbol written on floor.

via Digital Library of the Caribbean

 

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Spencer, Rosalyn & Sophie Depas. 227 Cumberland St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 19, 1978. Sophie has a loom in her room! Turns out Spencer Depas wrote a book titled Macrame, Weaving, and Tapestry: Art in Fiber—coolest ’70s Brooklyn dad ever!

By-the-by: Brooklyn apt. sublet available Aug 31 – Sept 10 (Labor Day week) It’s my sweet one bedroom railroad in Williamsburg, near the Lorimer stop on the L. Convenient to everything. 15 min subway ride to Union Sq. Coffee shop across the street. email me: hello.nisn@gmail.com Affordable.

via Nooney Collection at NYPL (see more Brooklyn Apartments)

 

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Photographer Don Wallen captured the great people, places and things of Washington State during the mid-late 1970s. There is a huge collection of his work via University of Washington. If anyone is conducting in depth research of Seattle’s drag queens of the 1970s, see Don’s archives and yr welcome.

1. Terry Finsfather from Bothell eating corn on the cob at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, Washington, August 25, 1974
2. Jeannette Erickson, President of the Elvis Presley Flaming Star Fan Club, holding a giant birthday card at her home at 3666 Francis Ave N., Seattle, Washington, January 24, 1975
3. Halloween masks and accessories at the Display and Costume Supply, 2nd Ave and Bell St., Seattle, Washington, November 6, 1978
4. Dalmation in the back of a car at the 57th All-Breed Dog Show
5. Skateboarders Andy Garmoe, at left, and Ross Peacocke posing with their boards, Kirkland, Washington, August 11, 1986
6. Bathtub of author Tom Robbins, La Conner, Washington, March 20, 1976

]]> http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/07/08/wa-wa/feed/ 7 KATHERINE LANE WEEMS http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/06/15/katherine-lane-weems/ http://nothing-is-new.com/2011/06/15/katherine-lane-weems/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:07:02 +0000 KellyR http://nothing-is-new.com/?p=7247

Pics of puppies and gal pals from Katherine Lane Weems scrapbook, 1965-1968. She looks like a fun lovin’ kinda lady—modeling her bathrobe, hosting sleepovers, having a drink in leopard print. And that wicked view of Central Park from her apartment—totally JEALS, Katherine! KLW was a sculptor, most famous for her work of realistic portrayals of animals cast in bronze. See Rhino.

via Harvard University

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