US Vogue August 1, 1946 : Babe Paley by Erwin Blumenfeld
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Such a nice read, that Berlin Letter, a moment in history (right after it all ends) that doesn't get as much attention, definitely not in the smaller, mundane but detailed observations of the author here. Any chance you could post the rest, @justaguy? it's on page 174.
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It's been added...glad you enjoyed the story!
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^ omg just noticing you're now a mod! amazing! no one takes better care of this area than you. 
Just read the rest.. it's even better than that one page.. live for these seemingly shallow remarks that give you a probably more accurate sense of being in that time than an academic description. Crazy how quickly everything was distributed (residential areas by officer rank and all that), this is an August 1946 publication!. I wonder how clear it was around this time (among British and Americans) that things would escalate with the Russians the way they did, there's a type of arrogance when describing their bribe-y interaction with the Russian boy ('Berlin's not as fine as Russia?'.. with Berlin being all debris! how rude!). Also gotta love the ending, this was naturally very traumatic but we [humans] can be so pessimistic, there aren't really ghosts, just humans who die and new ones who come along and just want a normal life/family and are more than happy to rebuild.
Just read the rest.. it's even better than that one page.. live for these seemingly shallow remarks that give you a probably more accurate sense of being in that time than an academic description. Crazy how quickly everything was distributed (residential areas by officer rank and all that), this is an August 1946 publication!. I wonder how clear it was around this time (among British and Americans) that things would escalate with the Russians the way they did, there's a type of arrogance when describing their bribe-y interaction with the Russian boy ('Berlin's not as fine as Russia?'.. with Berlin being all debris! how rude!). Also gotta love the ending, this was naturally very traumatic but we [humans] can be so pessimistic, there aren't really ghosts, just humans who die and new ones who come along and just want a normal life/family and are more than happy to rebuild.
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^ omg just noticing you're now a mod! amazing! no one takes better care of this area than you.
Just read the rest.. it's even better than that one page.. live for these seemingly shallow remarks that give you a probably more accurate sense of being in that time than an academic description. Crazy how quickly everything was distributed (residential areas by officer rank and all that), this is an August 1946 publication!. I wonder how clear it was around this time (among British and Americans) that things would escalate with the Russians the way they did, there's a type of arrogance when describing their bribe-y interaction with the Russian boy ('Berlin's not as fine as Russia?'.. with Berlin being all debris! how rude!). Also gotta love the ending, this was naturally very traumatic but we [humans] can be so pessimistic, there aren't really ghosts, just humans who die and new ones who come along and just want a normal life/family and are more than happy to rebuild.
Agreed, I’ve been visiting the forum so frequently now thanks to @justaguy posting these brilliant archive vogue publications and I will honestly cry when they’re done doing so
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