Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1888 Pemberton sold Coca-Cola’s ownership rights to Asa Griggs Candler, a businessman, whose marketingContinue reading “Photos of Vintage Coca-Cola Signs, from New York City to Bangkok”
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38 Fantastic Black and White Photos of Celebrities From the 1940s and 1950s
Born in New York City, American photojournalist Allan Grant (1919-2008) was introduced to photography as a teenager, when he traded a model airplane for a camera. One of his early jobs was in a photo laboratory, where he printed photos by noted photographers such as Alfred Eisenstaedt and Robert Capa. Grant began working for LifeContinue reading “38 Fantastic Black and White Photos of Celebrities From the 1940s and 1950s”
30 Wonderful Photos of The Bangles During the 1980s
The Bangles are an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. They scored several hit singles during the 1980s. The band’s hits include Walk Like an Egyptian, Billboard magazine’s number-one single of 1987; two number-two hits, Manic Monday and A Hazy Shade of Winter; and their 1989 number-one single Eternal Flame. TheirContinue reading “30 Wonderful Photos of The Bangles During the 1980s”
Amazing Vintage Photos of Life on the Beaches of Pre-War Poland
Before the war, Polish beaches hosted royal families and emperors, as well as the era’s icons of dance and cinema. Kings, emperors, Mata Hari, Marlena Dietrich, and Poland’s own stars of the artistic and political scenes all took to the sandy coast of the Baltic sea, as well as the wilder cliffs of the DniesterContinue reading “Amazing Vintage Photos of Life on the Beaches of Pre-War Poland”
67 Amazing Behind-the-Scenes Photos From the Filming of ‘Sunset Boulevard’ in 1950
Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after the thoroughfare that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a fadedContinue reading “67 Amazing Behind-the-Scenes Photos From the Filming of ‘Sunset Boulevard’ in 1950”
44 Fascinating Color Photographs of Travel Trailers and Motorhomes in the 1950s and ’60s
Modern-day travel trailers trace their origins to gypsy travel wagons and the Conestoga Wagons built to carry settlers across the United States. Created out of Americans’ love for camping and automobiles, the motorhome is born. In 1910 the first motorhome, Pierce-Arrow’s Touring Landau, debuts at Madison Square Garden. A back seat that folds down intoContinue reading “44 Fascinating Color Photographs of Travel Trailers and Motorhomes in the 1950s and ’60s”
20 Fabulous Color Photos Showing Life in Turkey from between the 1960s and 1970s
Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country located mainly on Anatolia in Western Asia, with a portion on the Balkans in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq toContinue reading “20 Fabulous Color Photos Showing Life in Turkey from between the 1960s and 1970s”
25 Beautiful Photos of Victorian Women in the Late 19th Century
48 Amazing Vogue Covers Illustrated by Georges Lepape From Between the 1910s and 1930s
Georges Lepape is a French illustrator, who was born in Paris in 1887; he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and he soon entered the world of art. In 1911 he created the book entitled Les Choses de Paul Poiret, by illustrating the maison’s collection. His illustrations show some thin and long-limbed feminineContinue reading “48 Amazing Vogue Covers Illustrated by Georges Lepape From Between the 1910s and 1930s”
23 Amazing Volkswagen Ads of the 1960s
How many brilliant ways can you sell a car? In 1949, William Bernbach, along with colleagues, Ned Doyle and Maxwell Dane, formed Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB), the Manhattan advertising agency that would create the revolutionary Volkswagen ad campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. Bernbach’s artistic approach to print advertising was innovative, and he understood thatContinue reading “23 Amazing Volkswagen Ads of the 1960s”
