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Featured among the myriad of advertisements in Life Magazine’s November 19, 1945 edition is this advertisement for Harvel’s newest watch–the Date-O-Graph. The wearer is now able to tell the day, date, and month of the year with just a flick of the wrist. Various other styles of watches flood the page but the Date-O-Graph maintains…

Pioneer, National Geographic Volume 115, 1959 The Pioneer spacecraft is photographed to lionize NASA and give it broad public appeal.  Printed in 1959, Luis Marden’s photo attests to the spectacular allure of NASA with many bright lights and powerful scaffolding. The darkness surrounding the Pioneer works to push the viewers focus away from Earth and…

The image above was taken by Alessandro Penso on January 15th, 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia. Later to be published in Time Magazine, it is accompanied by a small paragraph of text explaining both the context and history. The image depicts frozen clothes left by migrants and refugees behind the city’s main train station. The text…

The women stand in a line-up; their skin-tight outfits are black to contrast against the white grid used to note their bodily proportions. Individual chalkboards with each woman’s name and a combination of numbers hang above the three women pictured. Though this photograph is not a mugshot or a medical experiment, but rather a supplemental…

My piece of visual media comes from a series of images published in a 1948 edition of Time Magazine which center the actions of Fawzi Bey Kaoukji, the leader of the volunteer army of Arab Nations during the 1958 Palestine War. The images show Kaoukji leading his forces across the northern Palestinian landscape, and standing…

The photograph entitled Excursionists Aboard the Paddle-wheeling Congo Belle Glide Down the Weeki Wachee appears in the 1955 edition of The National Geographic magazine. The image was taken by Bates Littlehales, a long time National Geographic photographer well known for his work in underwater photography. The photograph captures tourists indulging in a picturesque voyage along…

This is an advertisement made by the Regina Corporation for the Regina polisher and scrubber published in LIFE magazine in 1953. This advertisement depicts various ways to use The Regina in different rooms in a home. Eight of the nine pictures show a woman, wearing an apron on top of a dress, using the Regina…

By Aden Soroca A 1948 edition of Time Magazine features an eye-catching advertisement from a beverage company formerly known as Clicquot Club. The company produced beverages such as cider, ginger ale, and other flavors of soda during its existence from the late 19th century until the mid-late 20th century. The full page advertisement attempts to…

The mid-20th century marks a turning point in American culture and the collective psyche, ushering in an age of technology, consumerism, and a heightened sense of American idealism. Following World War II, in which life was characterized by material conservation and the ever-present fear of active wartime, the postwar period became an utter counter to…

By: Faye Roselle This image was taken by Luis Marden on Kodachrome film for National Geographic for the July-Dec, 1955 volume (vol. 108). The viewer is given two subject lines for this image with the first being Standing at the Oars, Fisherman Send Their Craft Streaking After a Swordfish and the second being High Above…