This post was originally published on this site‘Ivyhurst’ was the home of Robinson Franklin Downey (1849-1923) and his wife, Ella Jean ‘Jennie’ (Wilson) (Lindsey) Downey […]
This post was originally published on this siteWith photos from the past you automatically think about black and white. Even in our own childhood, almost […]
This post was originally published on this siteLewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940) was an American sociologist and photographer who used his camera as a tool for […]
This post was originally published on this siteSome strains of honey-bees are mild, sweet-tempered, and gentle; others are nervous, excitable, and cross. Most of them […]
This post was originally published on this siteMartin Joe Laurello (1885-1955), aka “The Man with the Revolving Head,” “The Human Owl,” or “Bobby, The Boy […]
This post was originally published on this siteGrace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (1879-1957) was the wife of the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. […]
This post was originally published on this siteAt the turn of the 20th century, the world saw the rise of a new kind of public […]
This post was originally published on this siteDespite its status as a device that defines the modern age, the television has its roots in the […]
This post was originally published on this siteStarting as a 17 year old chorus girl, American stage and film actress Elsie Louise Ferguson (1885-1961) progressed […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe writing of words on one of the most American of objects—the car—to commemorate the wedding ritual is […]
This post was originally published on this siteAlfred Cheney Johnston (1885-1971) was a New York City-based photographer known for his portraits of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Roaring Twenties were book-ended between two global cataclysmic events – the aftermath of World War I, and […]
This post was originally published on this siteThese images from Washington, D.C.’s Scurlock Studio, are a picture of the traditionally black city’s burgeoning middle class. […]
This post was originally published on this siteCharles Gates Sheldon (1889-1960) was a prolific and gifted early 1900s American illustrator who specialized in “pretty woman” […]
This post was originally published on this siteCharmian Kittredge London was the woman that became Jack London’s “mate woman” and life partner. She was born […]
This post was originally published on this siteOriginally from the Indian subcontinent as long pants, reaching to the ankle, snug from the calf to the […]
This post was originally published on this siteKent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London […]
This post was originally published on this siteDoris Eaton Travis (1904-2010) was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, writer, and rancher, who […]
This post was originally published on this siteRenowned as the greatest visual chronicler of the circus in the American 20th century, American photographer Harry A. […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1920s and 1930s ballet was not yet popular in the United States, but American audiences were […]
This post was originally published on this siteFaust is a 1926 silent film produced by UFA, directed by F. W. Murnau that draws on older […]
This post was originally published on this siteDolores del Río (1904-1983) was a Mexican actress who was the first major female Latin American crossover star […]
This post was originally published on this siteKnowledge of the astonishingly bizarre and tragic art of Walter Holdt and Lavinia Schulz is obscure and largely […]
This post was originally published on this siteThat’s what Halloween flappers looked like in the 1920s.
This post was originally published on this siteCharles Sheldon (1889-1960) was a prolific and gifted early 1900s American illustrator who specialized in “pretty woman” themed […]
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