The cover for the April 26, 1943 issue of LIFE featured “Jango” Helen Almy being capped after successfully completing junior nurses aide project operating in Washington’s Doctor’s Hospital.
Jango
Posts By: Kelly Rakowski
-
-
Heidelberg USA
In the late 1940s American girls (and boys) spice up Heidelberg, Germany in an unruly mix of saddle shoes and lederhosen.
-
Hey Shorty!
One young Sullivan High School illustrator set out to draw every senior in the class of 1946.
-
Marine Boot Camp
A gangly group of rag tag teenagers transform their scruffy selfs into somewhat shiny new men with the loving support of the US Marine Corps.
-
Andrea Ski
Meet the 15 year old ski prodigy Andrea Mead Lawrence.
-
Lion Tamer
“Like almost everyone else, Pat English dreamed of being famous.
-
Rison Family Pictures
A collection of lovingly worn portraits and snapshots from the Rison Family Photograph collection.
-
Soviet Beauty Queens
Dashwood Books in NYC recently published a book-like zine on Soviet Beauty Queens.
-
80 Blocks From Tiffanys
80 Blocks From Tiffanys is a 1979 documentary by Gary Weis following the lives of two gangs in the South Bronx, the Savage Nomads and Savage Skulls.
-
Philly Girls
1980s sass-a-tude! Rows of Philly brick houses and endless summer friendships.