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Stereoview

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Max Margulis ~ Willem de Kooning in his studio, March 22, 1950
Max Margulis (1907-1996) was a musician, writer, and teacher whose influence on the New York artistic and performing community was strongly felt during his long career. As a co-founderof Blue Note Records and later as a music teacher and voice coach for singers and actors, he was involved in a wide range of creative expression. From 1949 through the 1960s, he was an active stereo photographer…

Le Bal Costumé

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 Edouard Toudouze
Toudouze was a narrative painter, illustrator and stage set designer, born in Paris on July 28, 1848.  He was the youngest son of Auguste Garbiel Toudouze, the French architect who was, for a time, the Chief Architect of Marsailles; and the nephew of Jean Baptiste Auguste Leloir (1809 – 1892) – the portrait and narrative painter.  At different times during his career, Édouard apprenticed in the studios of Isodore Pils, de Monticelli, and his uncle Leloir receiving advice and instruction from them.
In 1867 Édouard debuted at the Paris Salon and embarked on a strong career exhibiting throughout Europe.  Among the awards he received were the Prix de Rome, 3rd class medal in 1871 and another in 1877, a silver medal at the Universal Exposition of 1889, and was knighted with the Legion of Honor, becoming an Officer in 1903.
Édouard is credited with having done many of the popular illustrations of the time including: Woodstock, Les Adventures de Nigel, Mademoiselle de Maupin, and Chronique du regne de Charles IX.    
The Gobelins acted as Toudouze’s patrons, commissioning from him a portfolio of tapestries.  Today a ten piece tapestry from this portfolio, depicting the history of Bretagne, adorns the Palais de Justice, in Rennes.  His work Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion hangs in the foyer of the Opera Comique, and as recently as 1977 a painting of his was hanging in the ballroom of the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York. 

Goodness Gracious Me ♪♫♪♫♪

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Her:Oh, doctor, I’m in trouble.
Him: Well, goodness gracious me.
Her: For every time a certain man is standing next to me.
Him: Mmm?
Her: A flush comes to my face and my pulse begins to race,
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
Him: Oh
Her: Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Him: Well, goodness gracious me.

Him: How often does this happen, when did the trouble start?
You see, my stethoscope is bobbing to the throbbing of your heart.
Her: What kind of man is he to create this allergy?
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
Him: Oh
Her: Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Him: Well, goodness gracious me.

Him: From New Delhi to Darjeeling, I have done my share of healing,
And I’ve never yet been beaten or outboxed,
I remember that with one jab of my needle in the Punjab
How I cleared up beriberi and the dreaded dysentery,
But your complaint has got me really foxed.
Her: Oh.

Her: Oh, doctor, touch my fingers.
Him: Well, goodness gracious me.
Her: You may be very clever but however, can’t you see,
My heart beats much too much at a certain tender touch,
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom,
Him: I like it
Her: Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Him: Well, goodness gracious me.

Him: Can I see your tongue
Her: Aaah.
Him: Nothing the matter with it, put it 

away please.
Her: Maybe it’s my back.
Him:Maybe it is.
Her: Shall I lie down?
Him: Yes.
Her: Ahhh

Him: My initial diagnosis rules out measles and thrombosis,
Sleeping sickness and, as far as I can tell,
Influenza, inflammation, whooping cough and night starvation,
And you’ll be so glad to hear that both your eyeballs are so clear
That I can positively swear that you are well, Ja-ja, ja-ja-ja-ja.

Her: Put two and two together,
Him: Four,
Her: If you have eyes to see, the face that makes my pulses race
Is right in front of me.
Him: Oh, there is nothing I can do, for my heart is jumping too.
Both: Oh, we go boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom

Her: Goodness gracious,
Him: How audacious
Her: Goodness gracious,
Him: How flirtatious
Her: Goodness gracious,
Him: It is me.
Her: It is you
Him: Ah, I’m sorry, it is us.
Both: Ahhh