The Sartorialist

Oh very nice this pictures. I love it.. black and white:):)

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Amazing! I love the black and white photos. What a great find :)

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I could spend hours…and hours…and hours….browsing bookshops, especially old second hand ones. There’s just such a thrill in finding treasure their and something you just couldn’t plan for….looks really interesting…

This book should be called “The Man’s Guide to Being a Man.”
Brilliant.
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I like going to bookstores. And when it is possible to buy a rare book is a double pleasure!
This book is very interesting!

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The second photo is like a dramatization of a scene from the Nelson Algren novel THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, which was set in Chicago, and made into a movie starring Frank Sinatra.

Powerfull Photos!!!

LOVE the 3rd floor of The Strand. Have found many treasures there. Congratulations on yours.

I bet there were plenty of great books in that section – just as this one looks very confident

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Hey, when were you there? I was there on Friday, April 6th around 3:30pm….SO cool. I ended up buying a set of miniature Sendak story books.

gritty and old-school Chicago, very cool.

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Ali was a neighbor of mine.. of sorts.. He lived a couple blocks from my dorm in Hyde Park, on the southside of Chicago. In 74 or 75 he gave a talk. He was amazingly intelligent and thoughtful. When i saw him on the outside of his house I thanked him for the talk.. talked with him for about 20 minutes.

Cool dude.

A great Find! I bet it’s a treat to read.
That Haute Dude
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The images remember some era, a past one, they are epic and beautiful

Stephen Daiter Gallery, which published this collection, is an important and highly enjoyable gallery in Chicago. Any of his catalogs are worth seeking out. (Full disclosure: I’ve edited some catalogs for him way back.)

Cassius, always beautiful. I have his photo right up there next to Albrecht Durer’s self portrait.

BRILL!!!!!!!!!! men being what we used to call, being manly!

Oh i love this!

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love this old pics!

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Perfect atmosphere … Great black/white combination!!!!

Muhammed Ali looks really beautiful in a boxer boy sort of way :’)

Wauw, amazing.

Muhammed Ali. <3
What a amazing picture of a amazing fighter/boxer!
Lovely.

x
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Were you aware that the fellow on the left in the dueling portrait was none other than legendary Chicago author, Nelson Algren? He and Art Shay were great friends. On one memorable evening Art was showing slides at a local gallery. Nelson was there and every time he was in a photo he would jump up and scream “Hey, that’s me!!”

Thanks very much for posting this — I’ve never seen it before. My family and I are long-time Chicagoans, I’m a professional photographer and this is a must-have for us.

Time captured in black and white always evokes the feeling of nostalgia.
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Great post! Thank you for sharing these amazing black and white photos with us!

The book is rare with only two copies on Amazon! I find the photo of a Black Man with a “blood stained” shirt compelling moreso than The Great One (reverence) because two White Males are captured by the front of the camera while viewers like me revel from a rear perspective. Intriguing interlude between Black and White captured for the ages!

I am purchasing the book to see if Ethel Waters is captured during her Chicago Capone night club days!

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First pic of Muhammad Ali made me think of this site: http://www.facebook.com/VintageBlackGlamour

The cover photo is of Art Shay and the writer Nelson Algren, which is why some of the photos have an “Algrenesque” quality.

Bron

Black & white photos add so much more contrast to an image, stunning photos. Thanks for sharing them.