Word: photographs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lived mostly for the pleasures of the flesh,* and for the perpetuation of high tariffs. Mr. Penrose was a member of the U. S. Senate from 1897 through 1920, but he never achieved his heart's desire: to be mayor of Philadelphia. His nomination was thwarted by a photograph which showed him leaving a celebrated brothel at daybreak...
...Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court would as soon appear on the bench in sunsuits as violate the tradition that only the old (35 years), respected Harris & Ewing picture studio can photograph the Court. Last week Harris & Ewing's official, 1940 picture of the U. S. Supreme Court was distributed, showing as usual the Olympians of the U. S. robed in black, steeped in the law, anchored to the verities...
...planes are expected to compete in the various events, which include acrobatics, spot landings, precision maneuvers, bombing with flour sacks, and a navigation contest. A novel event is the observation hunt in which the pilots and observers are shown a spot on the map which they must find and photograph. The first pair back with the pictures wins...
Harrison developed his system, Professor Pond explained yesterday, in order that maps could be more easily understood by the average reader. They give the same impression as that given by an oblique airplane photograph, and clearly show the relations of the physical features of a country to each other...
...first Turkish translation of Aphrodite, by Pierre Louys, for 50 years a classic of carnality among Frenchmen and U. S. undergraduates. Istanbul bubbled like a hookah. Enlightened Turkish newspapers were highly incensed with Ibrahim Hakki Konyali. Then on Istanbul book stalls appeared a new Aphrodite, adorned with a photograph of a sculptured nude, billed as "the book everyone is talking about." The author: Ibrahim Hakki Konyali...