Photoplay: One of the First American Film Fan Magazines
This post was originally published on this siteFounded in 1911 in Chicago, the same year that J. Stuart Blackton founded Motion Picture Story, Photoplay began […]
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Stunning Photos of the 1964-1965 New York’s World Fair
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair was a world’s fair that held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for […]
30 Vintage Photos of Stunning Custom Cars Painted by Larry Watson in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteLarry Watson was born on July 21, 1938, in Bellflower, California. He began his pinstriping career at the […]
26 Funny Vintage Album Covers Released by Šaban Bajramović From Between the 1960s and 1990s
This post was originally published on this siteŠaban Bajramović (April 16, 1936 – June 8, 2008) was a Serbian vocalist and recording artist of Romani […]
When Buick Offered Convertible Tops in Designer Fabrics in 1961
This post was originally published on this siteA selection of stylised convertible tops that didn’t make it onto the options list for the 1961 Electra […]
Tattoos PIX Magazine in 1937-38 Through Amazing Photos
This post was originally published on this siteInitially a weekly publication Pix magazine came out every Wednesday and was an immediate success. Its first edition […]
Nine Members of the Surrealists Group in Paris, circa 1933
This post was originally published on this siteParis in the 1920s was full of high hopes following the end of the First World War, the […]
The Story Behind the Iconic Photo of Kurt Cobain With Creepy Dolls’ Heads by Mark Seliger
This post was originally published on this site“Things were going pretty darn well for him. Six months later, I was shocked to learn he had […]
The Story Behind ‘The Hands Resist Him’, One of the Most Haunted Pieces of Art
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hands Resist Him, also known as the “eBay Haunted Painting,” is a painting created by artist Bill Stoneham […]
VROOOOM! Batman Is Out to Get You on Valentine’s Day!
This post was originally published on this site1966 was the debut of the massively popular Batman TV series. However, the show debuted so early in […]
Portraits of Jean Cocteau in Bed with a Mask, Paris, 1927
This post was originally published on this siteBerenice Abbott portrayed Jean Cocteau, French surrealist artist, poet, writer, and filmmaker, sitting in bed with a somewhat […]
34 Lovely Vintage Photos of the Puppet Film ‘The Czech Year’ (1947)
This post was originally published on this siteThe Czech Year (Czech title: Špalíček), also called A Treasury of Fairy-Tales, is a 1947 stop-motion-animated feature film […]
Before the Photoshop Era, Here Are What Manipulated Photos Looked Like in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this sitePhoto manipulation dates back to some of the earliest photographs captured on glass and tin plates during the […]
Grotesque Music Sheets From Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male (1542)
This post was originally published on this siteThe 16th-century scribes of Bruges had a lot of fun illuminating this musical manuscript, because it’s full of […]
“The Next to Go. Fight Tuberculosis!” Posters for the American Red Cross Christmas Seal Campaign
This post was originally published on this site“The Next to Go, Fight Tuberculosis” was a poster commissioned by the Red Cross to encourage support for […]
25 Awkward Vintage Christmas Album Covers From European Countries
This post was originally published on this siteChristmas album art has its own unique tradition. There are the decorated trees, the fuzzy sweaters and the […]
Vintage Posters for the Early ‘Tom and Jerry’ Cartoons in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteTom and Jerry is an American animated franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by […]
45 Amazing Posters by Leonetto Cappiello in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1875 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italian-French poster art designer and painter Leonetto Cappiello mainly lived and worked in […]
Stop Germs Spreading: Vintage “Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases” Posters From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this site“Coughs and sneezes spread diseases” was a slogan first used in the United States during the 1918–20 influenza […]
Fabulous Cover Photos of La Vie Parisienne in 1927
This post was originally published on this siteLa Vie Parisienne (the Parisian life) was a French weekly magazine founded in Paris in 1863 and was […]
Mickey Mouse Driving Personalized Car, 1933
This post was originally published on this siteThousands of people in all parts of the world laugh and enjoy the antics of Mickey Mouse, the […]
The Most Influential School of Art and Design: Amazing Vintage Photographs of Bauhaus Students From the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Bauhaus was arguably the single most influential modernist art school of the 20th century. Its approach to […]
See Inside a 1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom, the Most Expensive Rolls-Royce Ever Made
This post was originally published on this siteThe car was commissioned by business baron Clarence Gasque for his wife Maude, a devotee of 18th-century French […]
Stunning Photography by Man Ray in the 1920s and ’30s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1890 as Emmanuel Radnitzky in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American visual artist Man Ray spent most of his […]
40 Antique Cigarette Cards From the Early 20th Century Featuring Colorful Chinese Opera Masks
This post was originally published on this siteFace-changing, or “bian lian” in Chinese, is an important subgenre of Chinese opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes […]