Launch of the Frank J. Hecker. St. Clair, Michigan. September 2, 1905. Via Shorpy.
Art
Late Traveler
Martin Lewis, “Late Traveler” (1949) (via)
New York, 1932
Night View by Berenice Abbott [New York at night, Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Ave., West Side, 34th and 33rd Streets], 1932. (via)
Montgomery, Alabama, 1958
Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for loitering outside a courtroom where his friend Ralph Abernathy is appearing for a trial, Montgomery, Alabama, September 3, 1958. Photo by Charles Moore.
Making Eddie Coyle
Robert Mitchum signs an autograph while on location in Boston filming The Friends of Eddie Coyle, autumn 1972. (via)
Record Club: Need You Tonight
“Need You Tonight” (INXS cover) – Record Club. More information about Beck’s Record Club project here.
Wanda Jackson: Thunder on the Mountain
Wanda Jackson – “Thunder on the Mountain” (with Jack White) (via myonetruevine)
Face of the Day
“Alice Adeline Cooke, criminal record number 565LB, 30 December 1922. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, New South Wales…. Convicted of bigamy and theft. By the age of 24 Alice Cooke had amassed an impressive number of aliases and at least two husbands. Described by police as ‘rather good looking,’ Cooke was a habitual thief and a convicted bigamist. Aged 24. Part of an archive of forensic photography created by the NSW Police between 1912 and 1964.” Source: Mug Shots of Australian Criminals (via).