Young Diana Dors at the Miss Venus Beauty Pageant at Weston-super-Mare, England, 1947
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1947 Diana Dors came third in a beauty contest while on holiday in Weston-Super-Mare. The winner was […]
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Posing With a Wrecked Austin Maxi, Which They Crashed in Scotland in July 1969
This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono posing with a wrecked Austin Maxi were taken at their Tittenhurst […]
The Final Journey of Elvis Presley’s Private Jet, the Lisa Marie, in 1984
This post was originally published on this siteThis rare photograph captures a significant moment in February 1984 when Elvis Presley’s private jet, the Convair 880 […]
54 Behind the Scenes Photos of Teenage Sophie Marceau in Her Debut Films “La Boum” (1980) and “La Boum 2” (1982)
This post was originally published on this siteSophie Marceau made her film debut in the French comedy La Boum (1980) at the age of 14, […]
Amazing Photographs Show Niagara Falls Went Waterless for the First Time in 1969
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1969, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily stopped the flow of water over the American Falls […]
Young Dawn Wells When She Won Miss Nevada in 1959
This post was originally published on this siteMary Ann (Dawn Wells) may have been the girl next door on the CBS sitcom Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967), […]
The Amazing Story of the Family Journey From Sydney to Paris on a Scooter in 1956
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1956, the Montin family of four made an extraordinary 12,000-mile (over 19,000 km) journey from Sydney to […]
Portraits of a Young Anni-Frid Lyngstad Featured on Her Early Work From the Late 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBefore joining ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (also known simply as Frida) had a decade-long career in Sweden and Norway, […]
54 Amazing Photographs From the Doors’ Album “Waiting for the Sun” Session in February 1968
This post was originally published on this site The Doors started recording Waiting for the Sun in late 1967 at Sunset Sound Studios, with early […]
Julie Andrews Taking a Ballet Lesson With Her Aunt Joan Wells, 1954
This post was originally published on this siteJulie Andrews was born into a theatrical family in Surrey in 1935, and from a young age, her […]
22 Vintage Mugshots of Victorian Child Offenders Jailed for Stealing Items for Christmas Day
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage photographs of Victorian child offenders, which originate from Wandsworth Prison, London, were taken from December 1872 […]
How Did Indigenous Northern Communities Create Waterproof Clothing Thousands of Years Ago?
This post was originally published on this siteThousands of years before Gore-Tex was invented in the 1970s, Indigenous communities in Greenland, Alaska, Siberia and Canada […]
Moving an Apartment Building to Create a Boulevard in Alba Iulia, Romania 1987
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Romanian communist on May 27, 1987 in the city of Alba lulia an entire apartment building […]
Snapshots of a Very Young Brigitte Bardot During a Ballet Class in Paris, ca. 1950
This post was originally published on this siteBrigitte Bardot at the absolute beginning of what was to be a legendary career. At the time, Bardot […]
Eight Women in High Hats Having Tea in Norfolk, England, ca. 1920
This post was originally published on this siteThis photograph, taken around 1920, shows eight women dressed in black capes and tall, pointed hats, enjoying tea […]
Dustman Dennis Angel of Notting Hill Wearing a Top Hat to Collect the Rubbish in the Royal Borough of Kensington, 1964
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1964, Dennis Angel, a dustman from Notting Hill, added an unexpected flourish to his daily rounds in […]
Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in a Prison Cell in Mexico City, 1956 — Their First Photo Together
This post was originally published on this siteA young Cuban Marxist revolutionary, Fidel Castro (left), and Argentine Marxist revolutionary, Che Guevara (right), in Miguel Schultz […]
Before Commercial Airplanes Were Pressurized, Passengers Required Oxygen Masks at High Altitudes
This post was originally published on this siteBefore pressurized cabins changed aviation forever, flying high was a serious and risky business. In the 1930s, commercial […]
An FBI Agent Delivering $1,000,000 to a Plane Hijacker, in His Underwear, 1972
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1972, one of the strangest moments in aviation history unfolded on the tarmac of Miami International Airport. […]
Vintage Portraits of the Indigenous Peoples of the Far East From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteLev Yakovlevich Sternberg (1861–1927) was a Russian ethnographer and anthropologist best known for his fieldwork among the indigenous […]
In the Late and Early 20th Centuries, Hospitals Often Featured Sun Decks Where Patients Could Bask in Natural Sunlight
This post was originally published on this siteOld hospitals, especially those built from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, often had sun decks, […]
Candid Snaps of Elvis Presley and Girlfriend Linda Thompson in Cars in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteLinda Thompson was Elvis Presley’s girlfriend for four and a half years, from July 1972 to December 1976. […]
In November 1976, John Lennon Visited Singapore on a Private Trip, Staying Five Days Under a Pseudonym “John Girskin”
This post was originally published on this siteIn November 1976, John Lennon arrived in Singapore without fanfare. To avoid fans and the press, he checked […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs of People Making Apple Butter in the United States From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this site Apple butter is a concentrated form of apple sauce. It’s made by slow cooking peeled and cored […]
Tourists Take Tea Atop the Great Pyramid, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteIn the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before stringent protective measures were implemented by the Egyptian government, […]