The Mother Road

The weather has been just terrible. New York summers are generally characterized by warm, sunny days with a nice breeze to compliment. This summer's weather, however, resembles a monsoon more than anything else. While looking through some photos on LIFE.com, I came across this one of U.S. Route 66, a 2,448 mile highway that existed until June 1985 before it was replaced by the Interstate Highway System. While I cannot tell what the weather was like in this photograph because it is in black and white, it were the clouds that caught my eye and brought to mind the inclement weather New York has been experiencing.

Four-eyed

I saw this photo and I just had to laugh. It was taken at the first full-length color 3D motion picture in 1952. Apparently no one told the men that ties and goofy glasses do not match. My first 3D movie was Toy Story in 1995. I was five years old at the time and probably sporting velcro sneakers with some sort of embellishment running down the side. How times have changed...

Not the best day

I am not a baseball fan but if I had to choose between the Yankees and the Mets, I'm for the Yanks all the way. I have no justification for this choice besides my dad and brother having overwhelming love for this team. So, after my first time at the new stadium and still in a state of Yankee-bliss, I decided to search me some Yankee photos.

There is a classic sports portrait of Mickey Mantle flinging his batting helmet in the air after a weak day at-bat. This photo made me realize the intense devotion that these players have for their sport. Mantle said, "To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer."

Dior's Zest

Christian Dior once said, "Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest."

And it was Dior's zest that made him the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses. I just wish I could afford it...

"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash".

I've never been a huge fan of Johnny Cash but it was the portrayal in Walk the Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, that brought my attention to his life and career.

In an interview, Cash told LIFE, "The ideas come in little bits or big pieces. I write them down and sometimes carry them around for years, in my head."

Kissy, Kissy

One of the most famous photographs ever published by LIFE was Alfred Eisenstaedt's V-J day in Times Square. Eisenstaedt shot this celebrated photograph in Times Square on August 14, 1945, the day Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II. The image was published a week later in LIFE magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the country that were presented in a twelve-page section called Victory.



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Brotherly Love

Since the anniversary of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s death, I have been interested in photography of the Kennedy family. I came across this wonderdul photo of John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, sitting head-to-head in a hotel suite. This photo was taken when JFK was still a presidential candidate while his brother, Bobby, was his campaign organizer. Little did JFK know that 49 years later, rumors would be flying this his brother was having an affair with his wife, Jackie.



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