The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women’s Army Service Pilots or Women’s Auxiliary Service Pilots) was a civilian women pilots’ organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became trained pilots who tested aircraft, ferried aircraft, and trained other pilots. Their purpose was to free male pilots for combatContinue reading “24 Amazing Historical Photos of Women and the Airplanes They Flied during the 1930s & 1940s”
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28 Fabulous Fashion Photographs From Vogue Taken Between the 1940s and 1950s
American photographer Clifford Coffin (1913-1972) is considered by many who knew him as the greatest of Vogue’s “lost” photographers – an artist far ahead of his time. His innovative and intriguing fashion photographs of the 1940s and 1950s for such renowned magazines as Glamour, Vogue and Jardin des Modes in New York, London and ParisContinue reading “28 Fabulous Fashion Photographs From Vogue Taken Between the 1940s and 1950s”
Before Facebook: 20 Vintage Photos Showing How We Used to Unfriend People Back Then
Remember when unfriending people was just scratching or tearing out their faces on your photographs… Below is a collection of 20 vintage photos show how we used to “unfriend” people back then.
50 Amazing Photos Show What Texas Looked Like in the Late 19th Century
Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, ArkansasContinue reading “50 Amazing Photos Show What Texas Looked Like in the Late 19th Century”
35 Amazing Behind the Scenes Photos From the Making of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film, the second installment of the Terminator franchise and the sequel to The Terminator (1984). Directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher, Jr., it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong. Terminator 2: Judgement Day was released inContinue reading “35 Amazing Behind the Scenes Photos From the Making of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day””
42 Wonderful Color Photos Showing Life in Sweden During the Late 1950s
Björn Allard (1923-2006) was employed as a photographer at the Swedish National Heritage Board in the 1950s and 1960s. He took part in archaeological surveys and excavations to contribute documentary photographs. Since he held an academic degree in Nordic and comparative archeology, he was certainly well suited for the work. An important part of BjörnContinue reading “42 Wonderful Color Photos Showing Life in Sweden During the Late 1950s”
26 Wonderful Photos of Tennis Star Steffi Graf in the Late 1980s and 1990s
Steffi Graf, byname of Stephanie Maria Graf is a German former professional tennis player who dominated women’s tennis in the late 1980s and ’90s. Graf began playing tennis with the encouragement of her father, who became her coach. At age 13 she became the second youngest player ever to earn an international ranking. In 1987Continue reading “26 Wonderful Photos of Tennis Star Steffi Graf in the Late 1980s and 1990s”
23 Vintage Photos of Actor Steve Reeves in the 1940s
Born in Glasgow, Montana in 1926, Steve Reeves was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist. He moved to California at age 10, developed an interest in bodybuilding at Castlemont High School, and trained at Ed Yarick’s gym in Oakland, California. After winning the Mr America title in Chicago in 1947, he was contacted byContinue reading “23 Vintage Photos of Actor Steve Reeves in the 1940s”
Amazing Photos Showing SoCal’s Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes From the Late 1960s to the Early 1980s
Spot is a man of many talents. Besides serving as the album producer and sound engineer for punk bands like the Misfits and Black Flag, the photographer, who goes only by Spot, also snapped a treasure trove of photos that perfectly captured SoCal beach and punk rock life during the late 1960s to the earlyContinue reading “Amazing Photos Showing SoCal’s Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes From the Late 1960s to the Early 1980s”
35 Photos of Croatian Survivors of The Sinai Express : European Exiles In Egypt (1944)
Otto Gilmore’s photographs are a “comprehensive, overall photographic study of El Shatt, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s refugee camp for Yugoslavs in the Sinai, Egypt”. Gilmore was the camp in September 1944 at the behest of the US Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information. Also there was Treva Edgerton, a worker with theContinue reading “35 Photos of Croatian Survivors of The Sinai Express : European Exiles In Egypt (1944)”
