1950s Queen of the (Pinups and) Jungle: The Towering 5’10” Beauty Irish McCalla
This post was originally published on this siteIrish McCalla (1928–2002) was an American actress and artist best known as the title star of the 1950s […]
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38 Snapshots Prove That Jeans Made the 1950s Girls Looked So Cool
This post was originally published on this siteInvented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss in 1873, jeans marked culture of the last 140 years probably […]
Paris by Robert Doisneau: 23 Fascinating Black and White Photographs of the City in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this site“I don’t photograph life as it is, but life as I would like it to be.” – Robert […]
The Surreal Photographs by Kansuke Yamamoto, the Pioneer of Japanese Surrealist Photography
This post was originally published on this siteIn the act of appropriating the political voice and thematic structure of European Surrealism and melding it with […]
Dolls and Masks: The Wildly Strange Family Album Photos of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard, who was born in Normal, Illinois, in 1925 and died of cancer in Lexington, […]
Interesting Vintage Photographs of the US Amateur Roller Skating Association From Between the 1950s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteSince ice skating and roller skating had the same competitive disciplines, and many of the skaters performed both […]
22 Amazing Color Photographs of Jordan in 1952
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1950s were a period of tumultuous political upheaval throughout the Arab world. Much of this turbulence was […]
Barbara Bates: A Sad and Tragic Ending to a Promising Hollywood Beauty
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1925 in Denver, Colorado, American actress and singer Barbara Bates studied ballet and worked as a teen […]
24 Amazing Photographs of Burlesque Dancers in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteA burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or […]
Everyday Life of Italy in the Late 1950s Through the Lens of a New Zealander
This post was originally published on this siteItaly in the early 1950s was a very poor country. During World War Two, Italy – ruled by […]
Capri Pants: The Favorite Fashion Trend of Women From the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteInvented by Neil Munro Roger, and first introduced by fashion designer Sonja de Lennart in 1948, Capri pants, […]
Vintage Burlesque Show Ads From Between the 1950s and 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteBurlesque show, stage entertainment, developed in the United States, that came to be designed for exclusively male patronage, […]
45 Beautiful Photos of Young Shirley MacLaine in the 1950s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, Shirley MacLaine is an American film, television and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist […]
A Peek Into a 1920s Party of the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1920s, a time also known as the Roaring Twenties, was time post World War I where America […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs of River Thames Floods From Between the 1910s and 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThe River Thames bursting its banks, rail lines being washed away, villages being turned into islands and soldiers […]
The Golden Age of Television: 35 Cool Pics of TV Advertisements From the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteTelevision is the first audiovisual device that changed the way people see entertainment. It opened the realm of […]
36 Cool Photo Booth Pictures That Defined Men’s Hairstyles in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1950s were a transformative time in American pop culture. With the creation of rock and roll, growing […]
Advertising Photos of Women With Gas and Electric Stoves in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteStoves are absolutely one of the most important things in the kitchen. They help to define the look […]
Summer Days at Rockaway Beach, New York, 1950
This post was originally published on this siteRockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The […]
The Lost Vancouver: Fred Herzog’s Early Color Street Photographs of Canada From the 1950s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteFred Herzog arrived in Vancouver in 1953. The young German immigrant was fascinated by all aspects of Canadian […]
A Perfect Classic Female Impersonator: 34 Amazing Pictures of Jimmy Slater During His Career
This post was originally published on this siteJimmy Slater was born in 1898 in Yorkshire. He was a female impersonator, starting as a 14 year-old […]
Sophia Loren Can Make Even Visible Armpit Hair Seem Sexy!
This post was originally published on this siteWho among us hasn’t, at some point in our adult lives, forgotten to shave our pits for a […]
Travel Around the World by Scooter in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteWorld trip, on a Maico scooter with sidecar (the red ‘Pechvogel’), made by Wim Dussel and Manfred Uschold […]
Cat Eye Frames – The Cool Glasses Style of Women From the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteCat eye glasses, sometimes called “cat eyes” or “cat glasses”, are a shape of women’s and sometimes men’s […]
Green-eyed Movie Beauty: 40 Beautiful Photos of Vera Tschechowa in the 1950s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1940 in Berlin, German-Russian film and television actress and director Vera Tschechowa was brought up in Germany […]