The first bikini - 1946
‘The modern bikini was introduced by French engineer Louis Réard and fashion designer Jacques Heim in Paris in 1946. Réard named his swimsuit the “bikini”, taking the name from the Bikini Atoll, one of a series of islands in the South Pacific where testing on the new atomic bomb was occurring that summer.’
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“Kubrick’s striking black and white images of 1940s New York City — which were often shot on the sly, his camera concealed in a paper bag with a hole in it — hint at the dark beauty and psychological drama of his later creative output. Now, VandM is making 25 select prints from the nearly 10,000 photos that he took as a young man available for purchase for the first time. The majority of the proceeds going to the Museum of the City of New York.’
I Want A Zoot Suit
Dorothy Dandridge and Paul White with Ted Fin Rito and his Orchestra
The Three Little Pigs was a bar on Geary Street that was a favorite haunt for sailors during World War II. The photos below are from The Three Little Pigs, circa 1944 and 1945.
Photos courtesy of FoundSF.org
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