Creator of the world's first airplanes: four-engined (1913), heavy four-engined bomber and passenger plane (1914), transatlantic seaplane (1934), serial single-screw helicopter (1942), Sikorsky S-29-A. Designer of the first US amphibious aircraft.
Zino Davidoff, a renowned Ukrainian-Swiss tobacconist and the founder of the Davidoff luxury brandThe photograph shows him standing in front of his cigar shop in Geneva, Switzerland.
Zino Davidoff's father, Henri Davidoff, a tobacco merchant, opened a tobacco shop in Geneva in 1911 after the family fled Ukraine. Zino later took over the business and was instrumental in its growth. He is credited with several innovations in the cigar industry, including the invention of the desktop humidor. During World War II, he famously acquired the cigar stock from Paris to protect it from the invading forces, which cemented his reputation as a key figure in the European tobacco trade. The Davidoff brand, now owned by Oettinger Davidoff AG, has expanded beyond cigars to include a range of luxury products such as fragrances, leather goods, and accessories.
Nudie Cohn in his store with "Nudie and his Mandolin" vinyl
A watering hole under a bridge in a city in Yunnan province by Sofia Yablonska
Sofia Yablonska sits on the hood of a car in Morocco
Two boys riding two bulls in the town of Angkor
Traveling by car on the beaches of the island of Borneo by Sofia Yablonska
An unknown man in an unknown place called Talifou in the lens of Sofia Yablonska
Ferry crossing on the island of Borneo during the travels of Sofia Yablonska
A crowded city street in Yunnan province in the eyes of Sofia Yablonska
Interesting constructions of places in Yunnan province by Sofia Yablnska
Sofia Yablonska films residents selling fresh fruit at a bazaar in Yunnan Province
Doctor Elie Metchnikoff, in his laboratory, Nature & Science
Kondratyuk, Portrait
John C. Houbolt at blackboard, showing his space rendezvous concept for lunar landings.Lunar Orbital Rendezvous (LOR) would be used in the Apollo program. Although Houbolt did not invent the idea of LOR, he was the person most responsible for pushing it at NASA.
The father of the cell phone is Martin Cooper.
Martin Cooper shows FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks the first DynaTAC cell phoneCooper, left, showing FCC commissioner Benjamin Hooks the first cell phone, the DynaTAC, in 1973. "There was unanimity within Motorola regarding AT&T: they could not be allowed to extend their monopoly […] We had to beat them; we had to beat the monopoly."
Lew Grade, portrait
Lew Grade and Fozzie at The Variety Club of Great Britain Show Business Awards luncheon on February