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Do You Need a Lobotomy? Just Look at the Results From These Before and After Photo Comparisons of Lobotomy Patients

December 27, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteToday, the word “lobotomy” is rarely mentioned. If it is, it’s usually the butt of a joke. But […]

Mask Dances by Margaret Severn

December 26, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMargaret Severn (1901–1997) was an internationally acclaimed dancer who was most famous for using more than a dozen […]

A Gallery of All HOT ROD Magazine Covers From the 1940s

December 25, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHot Rod is a monthly American car magazine devoted to hot rodding, drag racing, and muscle cars—modifying automobiles […]

Cut or Locket? 25 Strange and Creepy Defaced Snapshots From the Mid-20th Century

December 22, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEither the relationship didn’t go too well, or on a positive note, maybe someone cut the face of […]

40 Stunning Black and White Photos of Arlene Dahl From Between the Late 1940s and 1950s

December 19, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteElegance and femininity are fitting descriptions for Arlene Dahl. She is considered to be one of the most […]

20 Amazing Vintage Photographs of Pablo Picasso in His Studios From Between the 1940s and 1960s

December 19, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing photographs offer intimate views of Pablo Picasso worked in the various studios and highlight his practices […]

Rare Childhood Photos of David Bowie

December 17, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDavid Bowie was an English rock star known for dramatic musical transformations, including his character Ziggy Stardust. He […]

1940s Printing Technique: When Printing Photos on Fabric Was the Next Big Thing

December 16, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1940s, men and women had been pushing the technical limits of photography ever since the medium […]

How Could Slovenian Fighter Albina Mali-Hočevar Look Before the Wound

December 16, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAlbina Mali-Hočevar was an extremely brave Slovenian anti-fascist resistance fighter and national hero, who was wounded three times […]

42 Glamorous Color Pics of Debra Paget in the Late 1940s and 1950s

December 15, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1933 as Debralee Griffin in Denver, Colorado, American actress and entertainer Debra Paget had her first professional […]

30 Rare and Adorable Childhood Photos of Frank Zappa From the 1940s

December 12, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrank Zappa was born on December 21, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother, Rosemarie (née Collimore) was of […]

Rare Vintage Photographs of Elvis Presley Posing With His Much-Loved Cars

December 8, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“You may have a pink Cadillac, but don’t you be nobody’s fool,” Elvis sang on Baby, Let’s Play […]

Audrey Hepburn Ballet Dreams of Becoming a Prima Ballerina, Here Are Some Rare Pics of Her Early Years

December 7, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAudrey Hepburn was born to an English father and Dutch mother in Belgium, May 4th, 1929. Her father’s […]

38 Amateur Photos That Capture Daily Life of Paris Under Nazi Occupation

December 7, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteParis started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, but the war seemed far […]

50 Beautiful Photos of Kirk Douglas in the 1940s and 1950s

December 5, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1916 as Issur Danielovitch in in Amsterdam, New York, American actor, producer, director, and author Kirk Douglas […]

Pictures Inside the Library of Holland House in 1907, and in 1940 With Bibliophiles After German World War II Bomb Damage

December 5, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHolland House, originally known as Cope Castle, was an early Jacobean country house built in 1605 by the […]

45 Glamorous Black and White Photos of Deborah Kerr in the 1940s and 1950s

December 4, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1921 in Glasgow, Scottish film, theatre and television actress Deborah Kerr had her first film role in […]

The British Marilyn: 30 Black and White Photos of Blonde Bombshell Diana Dors From Between the Late 1940s and 1950s

December 2, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDiana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck on October 23, 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She and her […]

26 Vintage Photographs of of Hollywood Boulevard From 1928 When It Became Santa Claus Lane

December 1, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEach November beginning in 1928, Hollywood merchants transformed a one-mile stretch of Hollywood Boulevard between Vine and La […]

28 Vintage Photographs of George H.W. Bush Before He Became the 41st President of the United States

December 1, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteGeorge H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30, 2018 at the age of 94, served the government in various […]

Kodachrome Girls: 40 Extraordinary Color Snapshots That Capture Everyday Women’s Style of the 1940s

November 30, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteVintage style captured in amateur Kodachrome photographs showing genuine everyday women’s clothing, hair and makeup looks taken in […]

Cooking Smart With Smart Kitchens: Imagining an American Kitchen of Tomorrow in the 1940s

November 29, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe look of the American kitchen in the 1930s and early 1940s was very different than the shape […]

Many Years Before Hercules: 23 Cool Pics of Steve Reeves in the 1940s

November 28, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Glasgow, Montana in 1926, Steve Reeves was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist. He moved […]

32 Sweet Photographs of Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner During Their Short Marriage (1942-1943)

November 25, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteRooney was married eight times, with six of the marriages ending in divorce. In 1942, he married his […]

Photographed in 1948 and Again in 2003, Two Best Friends From Wisconsin That Have Shared the Same Passion for Over 50 Years

November 25, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteClara Mayer and Adline VanVlanderen pose with their motorcycles in 1948 and in 2003 when they returned to […]

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