Before appearing in films as Joan Shawlee, the American actress and comedienne worked as a model and singer. Born Joan Fulton in Forest Hills, New York, on March 5, 1926, she started her film career in the 1940s. She is best remembered as Sweet Sue, the no-nonsense bandleader in Billy Wilder’s Some Like It HotContinue reading “Actress & Comedienne Joan Shawlee During The 1940s & 1950s”
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18 Portrait Photographs of Actor Robert Redford in New York in 1959
At the time, these photographs were taken while Redford was studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. While in the city, he studied painting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. His acting career began that same year, when he made his Broadway debut in a small role in Tall Story (1959), followedContinue reading “18 Portrait Photographs of Actor Robert Redford in New York in 1959”
Fascinating Images of Female Criminals From the Early Decades of the 20th Century
An amazing look into the turbulent world of women and crime, including murderers, bandits, crooks and mob wives, from the archives of the Chicago Tribune from the early part of the last century. Gertrude ‘Billie’ Murphy, 22, is brought in for questioning in the murder case of Michael Stopec, who was shot and killed inContinue reading “Fascinating Images of Female Criminals From the Early Decades of the 20th Century”
The Disappearance of the Mary Celeste.
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Loretta Young: A Hollywood Survivor
Loretta Young, born Gretchen Michaela Young in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1913, arrived in Hollywood at the exact time that Hollywood began to define itself. After her parents’ separation, Loretta, her sisters and mother relocated the family to Southern California, where Young and her siblings started their film careers as children. By the timeContinue reading “Loretta Young: A Hollywood Survivor”
Rust, Chrome, and Forgotten Dreams: Vintage Photos of Classic Car Salvage Yards from the 1940s and 1950s
The 1950s – A Great Time to Live in America
A family and friends somewhere in the United States are seen enjoying some watermelon. Life in America during the 1950s is most often remembered as a period of incredible optimism and stability, influenced by postwar recovery and prosperity. After the hardships brought on by the Great Depression and World War II, many American families finallyContinue reading “The 1950s – A Great Time to Live in America”
The Building of the Kansas Pacific Railway
Image: Engineer camp at the Zuni Pass, in the Sierra Madre, N.M., 975 miles west of Missouri River. The Kansas Pacific Railway and the Struggle to Become a Transcontinental Line In the decade after the American Civil War, few ambitions loomed larger in the imagination of railroad promoters than the dream of a second transcontinentalContinue reading “The Building of the Kansas Pacific Railway”
