Helmut Newtonian Physics 1973

See Me Clearly, Let There Be Light! Lee Scratch Perry

Ashtabula Rasa

Illustration by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. for Breakfast of Champions (1973) 

Byrd Man of Bogalusa : Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair, pioneer of New Orleans genre of rhythm and blues, circa 1970.

The late Henry Roeland Byrd, a.k.a. Professor Longhair, was one of the most unique stylists in New Orleans rhythm & blues. His piano style combined mainstream blues and boogie woogie with the Afro-Caribbean rhumba rhythms. This stylistic blend and Byrd's unorthodox way of playing, singing (and whistling) enlivened such songs as "Tipitina," "In The Night," "Big Chief" and "Mardi Gras In New Orleans."

 

These songs became unofficial anthems of a cultural renaissance that swept New Orleans during the 1970s. In addition, Byrd was a major influence on the next generation of rhythm & blues pianists, including Dr. John, James Booker, Allen Toussaint, and Art Neville. (From LouisianaFolklife.org)

Emergency Heart by Piotr Kamler

Polish film director and animator Piotr Kamler in wire-rimmed P3 spectacles.

View more by Piotr Kamler at File//blog

Italian Winter

Seventies winter fashion with textural layers graced with a dramatic pair of oversized glasses, just so you don't get too comfortable.

Why Do You Always Get The Crazy Ones?

I'm perfectly stumped!

Serpico Rising 1973

Al Pacino is Frank Serpico, 1973.

For the best view of Serpico's amazing seventies boho apartment, watch this clip (on mute if you don't want to hear all the NYC swearing and crying). See if you can find the white cockatoo hanging out in the background while he fights with his girlfriend!

Methods of Birth Control | 1973

Birth Control

The Land of OZ

OZ Magazine : 1967 - 1973

Major and Minor | John Lennon vs May Pang - Ophthalmic Rounds

John Lennon and his Chinese American Myopic mistress May Fung Yee Pang in 1973.

Ils Sont Magnifiques | Bisset & Belmondo, 1973

Jean Paul Belmondo & Jacqueline Bisset in Phillipe de Broca's Le Magnifique

Lower the shades...

Underwater shoot-out complemented by chrome aviator sunglasses and tie

They've Got Personality | New York Dolls, 1973

Now with all the crossin fingers that mother nature says
Your mirrors get jammed up with all your friends
That personality everything starts to bend
Personality when your mind starts to bend
Personality impression of a friend,
Of a friend, of a friend, of a friend, of a friend
Personality wonderin how celebrities ever met
(Look and find out on television)

Personality Crisis you got it while it was hot
frustration and heartache is all you got don't you worry

Personality Crisis please don't cry
it's just a Personality Crisis please don't stop

Ad Week | Seventies Era Agfachrome Girls

Agfachrome CT18 Film Ad from Time Magazine, July of 1973 featuring Hexagon Opthalmic Frames

Honeywell Agfachrome ad circa 1975 featuring a well-rounded woman in an orange full shield sunglass.

Fabulous Eyewear of Watergate | Last Reflections, 1973

CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl at press table during Watergate hearings. A graduate of Wheaton College, her career received a running start from her coverage of the Watergate affair. In October 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, stood up and walked away from an interview with Stahl, because she insisted on asking him about his relationship with his soon-to-be estranged spouse.

Nixon aide John Dean and wife Maureen sit quietly during lull in Watergate hearings. Dean was White House Counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. He became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent Watergate scandal cover up, even referred to as "master manipulator of the cover up" by the FBI. He was convicted of multiple felonies as a result of Watergate, and went on to become a key witness for the prosecution, resulting in a reduction of his time in prison.

Sen. Sam Ervin chewing on pen during session of the Senate committee conducting hearings into the Watergate break-in & dubious conduct of the Nixon administration. Ervin is considered a liberal hero for his support of civil liberties, he is remembered for his work in the investigation committees that brought down McCarthy in 1954 and Nixon in 1974.

Unidentified member of press corps listening to testimony during Watergate hearings. If you can identify this frame, HDV will give you a discount on your next pair of prescription lenses.

Recording stenographer at work as news photographer shoots in the background. For the Watergate Trial Records archive click here.

Fabulous Eyewear of Watergate | Journalists and Typewriters, 1973

CBS News correspondent Daniel Schorr working at press table (pipe in mouth) during Watergate hearings. Veteran reporter Daniel Schorr, the last of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS team still fully active in journalism, currently interprets national and international events as senior news analyst for NPR.

WASHINGTON STAR reporter Mary McGrory (L) working with CBS News Correspondent Lesley Stahl (R) & unidentified others during Watergate hearings. She was hired in 1947 by The Washington Star and began her career as a journalist, a path she was inspired to take by reading Jane Arden comic strips. She rose to prominence as their reporter covering the McCarthy hearings in 1954.

McGrory won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1975, for her articles about the Watergate scandal. She was a fierce opponent of the Vietnam War and was on Richard Nixon's enemies list for writing "daily hate Nixon articles." Note the man seated at her press table may be wearing first generation Transition lenses.

WASHINGTON STAR reporter Mary McGrory (R) consulting notes as unidentified man works nearby during Watergare hearings. She died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 85.

Nearly deserted press room with table lined with typewriters at the end of the day. For much of the 20th century, typewriters were indispensable tools for many professional writers and in business offices. Mechanical desktop typewriters were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices.

Fabulous Eyewear of Watergate | Counsel with Pipe, 1973

Chief Counsel to the Select Comm. Samuel Dash (pictured on the left with brown fade to clear opthalmic frames) & Dep. Chief Counsel Rufus Edmisten (pictured on the right with pipe in hand) consulting with and unidentified man during Watergate hearings.

Mr. Dash became famous for his televised interrogations during the Congressional hearings on Watergate. Shortly before his death, he published The Intruders: Unreasonable Searches and Seizures from King John to John Ashcroft, which discusses the risks to freedom in modern society, particularly in the wake of the Patriot Act. Professor Dash died in Washington, D.C. of congestive heart failure, aged 79, on the same day as Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal.

Rufus Edmisten (pictured center in the above photograph) was given the honor of serving the subpoena to the White House for the Watergate tapes. Here he is seen sharing a light moment with a couple of jovial senators during the hearings. While Mr. Edmisten is not a prescribed eyeglass connoisseur, HDV does appreciate his confident demeanor when confronted with a peer wearing a nearly identical seersucker blazer. Edmisten now has a governmental law practice in Raleigh, where he lives with his wife Linda and his dog Nellie.

Fabulous Eyewear of Watergate | Courtroom Sketch Artists, 1973

Although photography was clearly allowed during the Watergate hearings, courtroom tradition demanded the presence of these focused and talented individuals to render the participants and jurors (who by law cannot be photographed) in pastels and colored pencil.

Typically hats are not permitted in a courtroom setting, but the courdoroy beret shown on the bearded gentleman at bottom right seemed to have slipped past security. It seems strangely well-suited to the fur-lined goggles he is wearing around his neck, and do note the presence of a very unusual bridge on his opthalmic frames.

For a great article on the Watergate courtroom sketches and to view the artwork, visit The Turkowitz Law Firm site or the online historical archive Watergate, On the Record courtesy of the University of Texas, Austin.