Pictures of Scotswomen Singing at a Table While Waulking the Cloth From the Mid-20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteNot a spelling mistake! Waulking (in Gaelic luadh) is the technique of not as easy as it looks! […]
Month: June 2021
35 Beautiful Photos of Catherine Spaak in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1945 at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Belgian-French-Italian actress and singer Catherine Spaak spent most of her career in Italy, […]
Intimate Photos of 2Pac With Fans in the 1990s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1971 as Lesane Parish Crooks in New York City, American rapper, songwriter, and actor Tupac Shakur, better […]
A Collection of 10 Classic Car Ads From 1980
This post was originally published on this siteThe rollout of General Motors’ broad lineup of “X-Car” compact cars for 1980–which consisted of four separate vehicle […]
Self Portrait as a Drowned Man: The First Hoax Photograph Ever Shot in 1840
This post was originally published on this siteThe first hoax photograph was taken in 1840 by Hippolyte Bayard. Both Bayard and Louis Daguerre fought to […]
Candid Vintage Photos of Queen’s After Show Party At Kensington Roof Gardens in 1986
This post was originally published on this siteOn 11th and 12th of July, 1986, Queen performed at London’s Wembley Stadium. The tour, aptly named The […]
Cool Photos Show What House Parties Looked Like in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1960s were the time of the hippies, “Make love, not war”, The Beatles and Woodstock. It brings […]
Vintage Photos Show What Atlantic City Boardwalk Looked Like in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteAtlantic City is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and […]
Pictures of Johnny Depp as a Model for the Music Magazine “The Scarlet Bugle” in 1981
This post was originally published on this siteJohnny Depp and Bruce Witkin did a little bit of modeling for the Ft. Lauderdale music magazine, The […]
The Most Touching Video Ever: Watch a Man Be Surprised by a Room Full of People He Rescued During the Holocaust
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1938, Sir Nicholas Winton brought Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK. Fifty years […]
Photograph of Buffalo Bill and Wild West Cast Members in a Gondola in Venice, ca. 1890s
This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody sitting in a gondola with a group of four Native American men while […]
40 Handsome Portrait Photos of Errol Flynn in the 1930s and ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1909 in Battery Point, Tasmania, Australian actor Errol Flynn was considered the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks, […]
Wonderful Photographs of Cyndi Lauper in Hawaii, 1986
This post was originally published on this siteCyndi Lauper’s 1983 debut album She’s So Unusual marked the birth of a new star of the decade, […]
Maria Callas: One of the Most Influential Opera Singers of the 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1923 in New York City, American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas made her professional debut in February 1941, […]
See Photos of Meryl Streep as a Cheerleader During Her Time at School
This post was originally published on this siteMeryl Streep was even a leader in her school days, as extracted from her year book reveal. The […]
26 Vintage Motorcycle Ads From the Seventies
This post was originally published on this siteThe seventies was a decade of cool motorcycles, but wacky, corny and overtly sexist advertisements, as they were, […]
Teenagers of Gothenburg in the 1970s Through Amazing Black and White Photos
This post was originally published on this siteGothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland […]
Beautiful Postcards of Cape Town in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteCape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg, and also the legislative capital of […]
The Will and William West case: The identical inmates that showed the need for fingerprinting, 1903
This post was originally published on this siteOn May 1, 1903, an African-American man named Will West entered the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth. Like […]
Vintage Photos Captured Intimate Moments of Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra During the Filming of ‘Speedway’ (1968)
This post was originally published on this siteElvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra were two major icons in the 1960s, so it only made sense that […]
Audrey Hepburn by Richard Avedon, New York, January 1967
This post was originally published on this siteRichard Avedon created this fanciful image of the actress Audrey Hepburn for the first issue of Famous Photographers […]
The Last Queen of Romania: 18 Stunning Portraits of Marie of Romania in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this sitePrincess Marie of Edinburgh (1875 – 1938) was born and spent her childhood at Eastwell Park in Ashford, […]
Photos of Princess Ira von Fürstenberg in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1940 in Rome, Princess Virginia von Fürstenberg, known professionally as Ira von Fürstenberg, is a European socialite, […]
Vintage photos documenting the discovery of Maya ruins, 1880-1900
This post was originally published on this siteThe Maya people have been called many names over the years, such as “the mysterious Maya” and “the […]
Fabulous Photos of Veruschka Taken by Johnny Moncada in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1928 in Rome, Italian fashion photographer Johnny Moncada began with advertising photography and takes a definite path […]