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Fan Dancer

Date: 09 28 1933
Description: Fan dancer Rosita Carmen performing at the Orpheum Theatre, while offstage she is accompanied by the organist Mac Bridwell.
Photograph

Fan Dancer

Date: 09 28 1933
Description: Rosita Carmen, burlesque dancer, performing with feather fans on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre.
Photograph

Lutie Frantz in Nude Flexing Back

Date: 
Description: Male nude flexing back muscles, identified as probably Lutie Frantz.
Photograph

Boys Swimming

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a boy diving into the river from a large rock, while others are awaiting their turn to jump. Several boys are already swimming in the wate...
Manuscript

Renaissance Newsletter

Date: 1978
Description: Front and back of "Renaissance" newsletter. Features a greek-style drawing of a man on the front, and on the back a depiction of a naked man and woman wear...
Photograph

Clay Figure on Woman's Breast

Date: 
Description: A tiny clay figure sits on the exposed left breast of Alice Bedard, looking into the distance. A poster of skyscrapers is visible in the background.
Photograph

"The Mud King"

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A bearded young man, Michael McCormick of Madison, was crowned the "The Mud King." He is covered in dark mud from the banks of nearby Rowan Creek holding a...
Photograph

Young Women on Bank of Rowan Creek

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Young women standing and sitting on the banks of Rowan Creek near York Farm during the Sound Storm music festival. Clothing is draped on branches nearby.
Photograph

Nude Woman on Festival Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A nude woman talks to a stagehand on the side of the stage at the Sound Storm Music festival.
Photograph

Nude Man Dancing on U-Haul Truck

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A nude man with long hair dances on top of a U-Haul moving truck. Two people in the foreground are near a Sunn brand amplifier on the bottom right.
Photograph

Bikers Wash in Rowan Creek

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Bikers wash on the bank of Rowan Creek near York Farm during the Sound Storm music festival. One of the bikers is naked from the waist down and wearing a d...
Photograph

Group Sitting on Bank of Rowan Creek

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of young men and women, some nude, sitting on the bank of Rowan Creek near York Farm during the Sound Storm music festival.
Photograph

Robert Rauschenberg Making a Print

Date: 1951
Description: Robert Rauschenberg makes cyanotype art by shining a light over a nude female model who is lying on photosensitive blueprint paper. The print was to be use...
Photograph

Festival Crowd with Naked Woman

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of crowd of audience members at the Sound Storm music festival, including a naked woman seen from behind.
Photograph

Office Interior

Date: 1931
Description: A view of a cluttered office, possibly that of the photographer, with several desks and two typewriters. There is a large model train on a mantle above a s...
Poster

"Černý Petr" (Black Peter) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster with a white background and black lettering. Along the bottom is a photographic image of three young men and a woman talking, s...
Poster

"Milenka" (The Mistress) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Swedish film "Alskarinnan." At the top is a cutout heart framing the waist-up photographic image of a naked woman (face...
Photograph

The Way House of Light

Date: 1982
Description: View looking up at the facade of a house. A sign at the bottom reads: "Atlantis" fashioned in wire. Above the sign is a painting that includes two male fac...
Photograph

Taliesin

Date: 08 2013
Description: View from below looking up at a plaster sculpture of a nude woman rising out of an abstract column. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the sculpture and placed it...
Photograph

"Tiger Woman"

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of "Tiger Woman." Sitting on a stool before a white wall, the long-haired model states straight at Sid, the photographer.

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