Marlene Dietrich certainly started something when she appeared at the opening of The Sign of the Cross, wearing a masculine tuxedo, wing collar, soft felt hat, mannish topcoat, and a pair of mannish patent leather shoes! In the 1930s women didn’t wear pants too often but for summer days at the beach or playing aContinue reading “15 Fascinating Pictures of Women in Wide Leg Trousers From the 1930s”
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The Electriquette: 30 Vintage Photos of Vehicles Made of Wicker From More Than 100 Years Ago
ens of thousands of people from around the world came to the Exposition from 1915-1916 and rode around Balboa Park in one of Clyde Osborn’s Electriquettes. Clyde Osborn will never be listed among the titans of the automobile industry. Rather, he is one of the countless indefatigable American optimists who had a dream to buildContinue reading “The Electriquette: 30 Vintage Photos of Vehicles Made of Wicker From More Than 100 Years Ago”
55 Beautiful Photos of Smiling Ladies in the 1960s
A smile is formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile. Among humans, a smile expresses delight, sociability, happiness, joy or amusement. It is distinct from a similar but usuallyContinue reading “55 Beautiful Photos of Smiling Ladies in the 1960s”
20 Vintage Photographs of San Francisco From Between the 1940s and 1960s
San Francisco (Spanish for “Saint Francis”) (officially the City and County of San Francisco) is a cultural, commercial, and financial center in the U.S. state of California. Located in Northern California, San Francisco is the 17th most populous city proper in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 873,965 residents asContinue reading “20 Vintage Photographs of San Francisco From Between the 1940s and 1960s”
30 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Romy Schneider and Alain Delon in the Late 1950s and Early 1960s
Celebrities always draw attention of the public. And when they exit the stage, they are quickly forgotten. Who recalls celebrity couple of the 1960s, Schneider and Delon? They were the most beautiful couple of the time… Romy Schneider (1938–1982) was a film actress born in Vienna who held German and French citizenship. She was onlyContinue reading “30 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Romy Schneider and Alain Delon in the Late 1950s and Early 1960s”
30 Incredible Vintage Photographs Showing the Inside of the Romanovs’ Imperial Train
The Domestic Imperial Train of Nicholas II (there was also an Imperial train exclusively for international travel) was built between 1894-96 in the main Car Workshops of the Nikolaevsky Railway Company. The train was adapted and expanded throughout his reign as the family grew and needs increased. By 1902, the train consisted of ten carriages:Continue reading “30 Incredible Vintage Photographs Showing the Inside of the Romanovs’ Imperial Train”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1930s Volume 8
30 Early Vintage Photos Showing the Rolling Stones in the 1960s
Celebrity photographer Philip Townsend got up close to the excitement of the era, and took many iconic images of the Sixties. He captured the very first picture of the Rolling Stones ever taken, shortly after they formed in 1962, when they were broke, hungry and seeking a record deal. He bought them barbecued chicken, apparently.Continue reading “30 Early Vintage Photos Showing the Rolling Stones in the 1960s”
20 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Portugal in the Early 1970s
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in mainland Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic OceanContinue reading “20 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Portugal in the Early 1970s”
20 Photos of Philco Predicta TV Sets, the Most Iconic of American Television Designs
The Philco Predicta is a television made in several cabinet models in a 17” or 21” screen by the American company Philco (Philadelphia Storage Battery Company) from 1958-1960. It was designed by Severin Jonassen and Richard Whipple and the design director was Herbert V. Gosweiler. The Predicta was marketed as the world’s first swivel screenContinue reading “20 Photos of Philco Predicta TV Sets, the Most Iconic of American Television Designs”
