A lot of you have probably seen the live action version of Cinderella that came out in 2015. Well long before Lily James took on the role, another actress played Cinderella at the Walt Disney Studios, Helene Stanley. Stanley was a live action reference model for the animated 1950 film of Cinderella. She, along withContinue reading “Amazing Examples of the Live-Action Reference Filmed for Disney’s “Cinderella” (1950) as You’ve Never Seen Before”
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Margaret Hamilton Poses Next to a Huge Stack of Code She Wrote by Hand That Took Humanity to the Moon in 1969
Half a century ago, MIT played a critical role in the development of the flight software for NASA’s Apollo program, which landed humans on the moon for the first time in 1969. One of the many contributors to this effort was Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who led the Software Engineering Division of the MITContinue reading “Margaret Hamilton Poses Next to a Huge Stack of Code She Wrote by Hand That Took Humanity to the Moon in 1969”
Marilyn Monroe Reads Joyce’s Ulysses at the Playground, 1955
During the 1950s, the pioneering photojournalist Eve Arnold took a series of portraits of Marilyn Monroe. The now iconic photos generally present Monroe as a larger-than-life celebrity and sex symbol. Except for one. In 1955, Arnold photographed Monroe reading a worn copy of James Joyce’s modernist classic, Ulysses. It’s still debated whether this was simplyContinue reading “Marilyn Monroe Reads Joyce’s Ulysses at the Playground, 1955”
Vintage Photos of Men at Working at Computers During the 1970s & 1980s
Computers truly came into their own as great inventions in the last two decades of the 20th century. By 1965, there were 22,500 computers in the United States . The smallest model available weighed a now-whopping 59 lbs. The government was spending a billion dollars a year on its computers — that’s about $7.4 billionContinue reading “Vintage Photos of Men at Working at Computers During the 1970s & 1980s”
Elizabeth Taylor Salad or Cyd Charisse Salad, Anyone? Here’s the MGM Commissary Menu From the Late 1950s
If you were lucky enough to be dining at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer commissary menu in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this would have been the menu you’d have been handed. Elizabeth Taylor Salad or Cyd Charisse Salad, anyone? You knew you’d made it at MGM when they named a salad after you. To see theContinue reading “Elizabeth Taylor Salad or Cyd Charisse Salad, Anyone? Here’s the MGM Commissary Menu From the Late 1950s”
Princess Leia’s Hairstyle: The Story Behind Iconic Star Wars’ Buns Which Were Inspired by These Revolutionary-Era Mexican Women
It was revealed in this galaxy not so long ago: The famous hairdo that defined Star Wars’ Princess Leia image was inspired by revolutionary Mexican women. Back in 2002, when Episode II of Star Wars, Attack of the Clones was released, director George Lucas told TIME magazine that he “was working very hard to createContinue reading “Princess Leia’s Hairstyle: The Story Behind Iconic Star Wars’ Buns Which Were Inspired by These Revolutionary-Era Mexican Women”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1950s Volume 6
24 Incredible Mugshots of Women Criminals From the 1920s
These mugshots show women criminals from the 1920s. They mostly came from Australia and New Zealand.
Magic Massage From Dr. Swift
Victorian era advertisement for a massage treatment to cure female “hysteria.” You don’t have to be Einstein to figure out exactly what the “doctor” is doing, and as shocking as it may seem to modern sensibilities, treatments such as this were considered perfectly acceptable in the 19th and early 20th century. The ad definitely appearsContinue reading “Magic Massage From Dr. Swift”
Incredible Then and Now Pictures That Show What Popular Dog Breeds Looked Like Before And After 100 Years of Breeding
They may be man’s best friend, but man has also changed them beyond all recognition, these incredible pictures of dog breeds reveal. A hundred years ago, dogs like the Bull Terrier, Boxer, English Bulldog, and Dachshund were well-proportioned, generally healthy, and physically active. Today’s versions of these breeds are markedly different. Over the years, severalContinue reading “Incredible Then and Now Pictures That Show What Popular Dog Breeds Looked Like Before And After 100 Years of Breeding”
