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Portfolio - Burt Glinn for LIFE 

Burt Glinn 

A few years ago Magnum received an enormous amount of negatives which Burt Glinn had shot while on assignment for LIFE magazine. Between 1950 and 1961 Glinn shot more than 250 American subjects for LIFE. They vary from the light-hearted (Animals on TV) to the tragic (Thanksgiving Plane Crash).
Here is a small selection of images Magnum scanned from this trove of negatives, steeped in 1950s Americana.

Burt Glinn 1950

USA. New York City. 1950. Spectators at a West Indian Cricket... 

Burt Glinn 1950

USA. New York City. 1950. Spectators at a West Indian Cricket... 

Burt Glinn 1950

USA. New York City. 1950. Spectators at a West Indian Cricket... 

Burt Glinn 1950

USA. New York City. 1950. Spectators at a West Indian Cricket... 

Burt Glinn 1950

USA. 1950. American entertainer Ken MURRAY.

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Slow loris.

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. Milford, New Jersey. 1951. Home of deceased author Louis... 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Women's Air Force member Marion CHADWICK (right). 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Erie Railroad centennial.

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Erie Railroad centennial.

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Erie Railroad centennial.

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Production of Shakepeare's "Love's Labor Lost." 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Production of Shakepeare's "Love's Labor Lost." 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. USO party.

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. USO party.

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. Berlin, MD. 1951. Auction of the Saumel D. Riddle estate.... 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. New York City. 1951. Dress factory fire at 46th St and 8th... 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Community theatre. 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. New York City. 1951. View of Lower Manhattan from the Staten... 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. Boston, MA. 1951. Ducklings at Filene's. 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. Washington, NJ. 1951. Funeral for Florence Casler, who died... 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Game farm. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Game farm. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Animals on TV.

Burt Glinn 2010

USA. 1952. Animals on TV.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Power shortage. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Power shortage. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Power shortage. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Power shortage. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. New York City. 1952.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Power shortage. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Female Olympic fencers.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Indiana. 1952. 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. American golfer Anne QUAST.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Washington. 1952. Jim Creek Naval Radio Station.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Washington. 1952. Jim Creek Naval Radio Station.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Seattle, Washington. 1952. Test pilot Tex JOHNSON.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Boise, Idaho. 1952. Performance on the roof of a drive-in... 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Boise, Idaho. 1952. Drive-in restaurant.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Boise, Idaho. 1952. Performance on the roof of a drive-in... 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Army amphibious cargo vehicle.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Pierce County, WA. 1952. Crash site of C-54 transport plane.... 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Pierce County, WA. 1952. Crash site of C-54 transport plane.... 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Oregon. 1952. Herbert HOOVER fishing.

Burt Glinn 2010

USA. 1952. Turkey farming.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. 1952. Turkey farming.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. Oregon. 1953.

Burt Glinn 1953

CANADA. 1953. Football game.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. 1953. Judge visiting penitentiary.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. 1953. Judge visiting penitentiary.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. 1953. Sing-O-Meter. 

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. Yakima, WA. 1953. Hat throwing contest.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. 1952. Water skiing in a drainage ditch.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. 1953. Halloween.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. 1953. Halloween.

Burt Glinn 1953

USA. New York City. 1953. United Nations.

Burt Glinn 1954

USA. Portland, Oregon. 1954. University of Portland.

Burt Glinn 1954

USA. Washington. 1954.

Burt Glinn 1954

USA. Washington. 1954. Small town court-room.
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