Refreshments
During New York’s twelve-day heat wave, August and September 1953.
Note the combination of ice lolly and gloves. That’s classy, that is.
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A Guild of Evil night out?
That’s Foxie, Mixie and Moxie, the Guild’s deadliest pieces of skirt. [Conversation in background: “And this is where the body needs to be buried…”]
“Foxie, Mixie and Moxie”
Which one’s holding onto the invisible man?
Mata Hari’s got nothing on these gals.
Whenever I see really old photos like this, I always wonder, where are they now?
Does anyone know who the photographer is?
It’s Peter Stackpole, one of the first staff photographers for Life magazine.
http://www.photographersgallery.com/by_artist.asp?id=216
The rest of the “heat wave” series can be found here:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=de&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=stackpole+heat+wave+source:life&btnG=Suche&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Thanks, David.