Showing posts with label LIFE magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LIFE magazine. Show all posts

March 16, 2009

More LIFE Photos: Roth's Dapper Predecessor

Also in the LIFE photo archive: photos of Wesleyan students and professors volunteering at the Connecticut Valley Hospital for the mentally ill in 1965:

And a series of 1968 photos of Wesleyan's then-president, the dapper alumnus Edwin D. Etherington, at home with his family:Etherington was the president of the American Stock Exchange before taking over at Wesleyan, and was a staunch civil rights advocate who got Wes to admit women and increase minority student enrollment. Plus he's got a serious Don Draper thing going on:

Sorry, Roth's got nothing on this guy.

November 18, 2008

Life Magazine Releases Online Photo Archives


LIFE Magazine just released their photo archives. The site offers millions of photographs from the magazine's records. This perfect procrastination destination may even help with your school work!