40 Vintage Photos of Nanette Fabray From Between the 1940s and ’60s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1920 as Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares in San Diego, California, American actress, singer, and dancer Nanette […]
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Beautiful Vintage Photos of Nina Simone in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteAfter the success of Little Girl Blue, Simone signed a contract with Colpix Records and recorded a multitude […]
Portrait of Madam C.J. Walker, the First Black Woman Millionaire in America
This post was originally published on this siteMadam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, […]
Gorgeous Portrait Photos of Kim Novak During the Filming of ‘Vertigo’ (1958)
This post was originally published on this siteVertigo is a 1958 American film noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The story […]
Lois Rabinowitz, After Being Ejected From Court for Wearing Trousers, 1960
This post was originally published on this siteNewlywed Lois Rabinowitz, 28-year-old secretary, is seen after she got a lecture on how to dress and was […]
50 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Bangkok, Thailand in 1950
This post was originally published on this siteBangkok became the capital of Siam (as Thailand was previously known) in 1782, when General Chao Phraya Chakkri, […]
40 Incredibly Colored Photos of Berlin in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThe Industrial Revolution transformed Berlin during the 19th century; the city’s economy and population expanded dramatically, and it […]
Idyllic vintage photographs capture the rustic rural life in Victorian England, 1857
This post was originally published on this siteThese idyllic photographs, taken by William Morris Grundy, capture the rural life in England during the Victorian era. […]
The stereoscopic ghost photos that spooked the Victorian public, 1865
This post was originally published on this siteSpirit photography began in the late 19th century, around the time that the spiritualism movement was gaining traction […]
These sad photos show destitute Great Depression families waiting for aid, 1937-1939
This post was originally published on this siteAs the consequences of the Great Depression, unemployment, poverty, and the effects of the Dust Bowl ravaged the […]
Vintage Photos Show What Young Couples Wore in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteWorld War II dominated the first half of the 1940s as well as fashions in the Western world. […]
40 Amazing Photographs Capture Daily Life in Mar del Plata, Argentina in 1941
This post was originally published on this siteMar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina located on the coast of […]
40 Handsome Portrait Photos of Robert Montgomery in the 1930s and ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1904 in New York, American actor Robert Montgomery began his acting career on the stage, but was […]
Stunning Photos of a Young Joan Crawford in the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteBefore debuting on Broadway, American actress Joan Crawford began her career dancing in the choruses of traveling revues. […]
Votes for Women Dirigible Airship Over London, 1909
This post was originally published on this siteIt was 1909: the skirts were long, the corsets tight. And women in Britain couldn’t vote. For Muriel […]
Vintage Photos of People Posing With Packard Automobiles
This post was originally published on this sitePackard was an American luxury automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, United […]
Miss Queen of Something or Other in the Past
This post was originally published on this siteGrand openings, ground breaking ceremonies, ribbon cutting, spokes women, beauty queens, and winners from pageants off the beaten […]
Cub Scouts Taking Part in Operation Shoeshine, London, 1972
This post was originally published on this siteTwo Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer […]
30 Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of Prague in the Mid-1990s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1989, after the riot police beat back a peaceful student demonstration, the Velvet Revolution crowded the streets […]
The Suffragettes Photographed by Pioneering Female Photographer Christina Broom
This post was originally published on this siteChristina Broom (née Livingston; 28 December 1862 – 5 June 1939) was a pioneering female press photographer. In […]
Amazing Color Photos of the American West in 1947
This post was originally published on this siteThe Western United States is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement […]
20 Vintage Snaps of People Wearing Spooky for New Orleans’ Mardi Gras in 1903
This post was originally published on this siteThese photos of costumed revelers are from the Telling-Grandon scrapbook/diary, found at the Louisiana Digital Library. It contains […]
30 Stunning Color Photographs Taken by Lionel de Rothschild From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteLionel de Rothschild had a passion for photography and between 1908 and 1912 experimented with the autochrome, the […]
30 Beautiful Photos of German Actress Ursula Thiess in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1924 in Hamburg, German actress Ursula Thiess began her career on the stage in her native Germany […]
Grotesque Motorcycle Masks, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1938, for races on cinder tracks, daredevil New York motorcyclists wear grotesque masks to protect their faces […]