Strange Beauty Mask, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteMarch 1940 — At the International Beauty Shop Owners’ show in New York City, Ruth Scott modeled a […]
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Fascinating Vintage Meat Ads From the 1930s to 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s always fascinating to compare food advertisings then and now. Back then, pork, beef and chicken were three […]
30 Amazing Photos Capture Street Scenes of Amsterdam During WWII
This post was originally published on this siteNazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 and took control of the country. Some Amsterdam citizens […]
30 Vintage Photos Defined the 1940s Hairstyles For Women
This post was originally published on this siteDespite the war, women in the 1940s were still able to create jaw-dropping looks simply by styling their […]
Cars of the Future (1948)
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1948, our visions of the cars of the future were more aligned to design instead of engineering. […]
30 Beautiful Photos of Jane Wyatt in the 1930s and ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1910 in Campgaw, a neighborhood in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, and raised in Manhattan, American actress Jane […]
Myrtle Crawford: One of the Leading Models of the Late 1940s and Early 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1928 in Stirling, Scottish model Myrtle Crawford started modeling in a small way. She joined the Jean […]
Pictures of the House of David, the All-Bearded Baseball Team, From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1903, Benjamin and Mary Purnell founded the Israelite House of David, a religious society in Benton Harbor, […]
35 Handsome Portrait Photos of Nelson Eddy in the 1930s and ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1901 in Providence, Rhode Island, American singer, baritone and actor Nelson Eddy appeared in 19 musical films […]
Russian Red Army Dance Ensemble (1940s)
This post was originally published on this siteThe Red Army Choir (Choir Aleksandrov) is a performing ensemble that serves as the official army choir of […]
20 Amazing Photographs of Ernest Hemingway Posing With Big Fishes
This post was originally published on this site“My big fish must be somewhere.” The legends surrounding Ernest Hemingway and his days at war — from […]
30 Portrait Photos of American Actor Vincent Price in the 1930s and ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, American actor Vincent Price had his first film role as leading man […]
40 Vintage Photos Capture People at Home in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteHome design in the 1940s, especially in the kitchen, represented a rapid shift. Older styles and materials were […]
Actress Wanda Hendrix Visiting Mildred Alexander’s Motel for Cats in San Francisco, 1947
This post was originally published on this siteMildred Alexander gave new meaning to the term “cathouse!” She operated a Sherman Oaks cat motel with 30 […]
Alla Ilchun: The Kazakh Muse of Christian Dior
This post was originally published on this siteAlla Ilchun was the first Euro-Asian model who has worked for twenty years at Dior. She was famous […]
18 Vintage Photographs of Coney Island, New York During the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteIt was a troubling decade: America was a nation healing from the Great Depression, and had spent four […]
Rare Photos Capture Street Scenes of Tel Aviv in the Late 1930s and Early ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteTel Aviv is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the […]
40 Fabulous Photos of Patricia Morison in the 1930s and ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1915 as Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison in Manhattan, New York City, American actress and mezzo-soprano singer […]
35 Handsome Portrait Photos of James Garner in the 1940s and ’50s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1928 as James Scott Bumgarner in Denver, Oklahoma, American actor James Garner starred in several television series […]
Monkeys, Dogs and Deer: Vintage Portraits of Frida Kahlo Posing With Her Beloved Pets at Home
This post was originally published on this siteWhy was the Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, obsessed with monkeys – not to mention parrots, pre-Hispanic dogs and […]
36 Handsome Portrait Photos of Don Ameche in the 1930s and ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1908 as Dominic Felix Amici, American actor, comedian and vaudevillian Don Ameche became a major radio star […]
Life of the U.S. During WWII Taken by Marjory Collins
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1912 in New York City, American photojournalist Marjory Collins work as a documentary photographer was taken up […]
Paul Muni: The Most Prestigious Actor at the Warner Bros. Studio During the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1895 as Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, Austro-Hungarian-born American actor Paul Muni grew up in Chicago and began […]
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! […]
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 […]