On Oct. 12, 1978, the body of 20-year-old Nancy Spungen was found in a room at New York’s famous Chelsea Hotel. She and her boyfriend, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, had been living in Room 100 for about a month and a half when Vicious called the front desk, saying that something had happened toContinue reading “Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen: 26 Vintage Photographs of the Punk’s Most Famous Couple in the Late 1970s”
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56 Behind the Scenes Photos From the Making of “Sesame Street” during the 1960s & 1970s
Sesame Street is an American educational children’s television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children’s Television Workshop [CTW] until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. It is known for its images communicated through the use of JimContinue reading “56 Behind the Scenes Photos From the Making of “Sesame Street” during the 1960s & 1970s”
27 Fabulous Photos That Show the Hottest Shoe Trend For Women in the 1940s and 1950s
Is there any outfit that can be complete without the perfect pair of shoes? In the 1940s and 1950s, shoes were, like everything else, very practical. Check out these fabulous photos to see the hottest shoe trend for women in the 1940s and 1950s.
50 Amazing Portraits of Young Soviet People in the 1960s
Some might have considered these images, made by LIFE photographer Bill Eppridge, an unrepresentative sample of life behind the Iron Curtain. But he was onto something: by 1967, nearly half of the 235 million people living in the Soviet Union were under the age of 27, most of them born in the years immediately followingContinue reading “50 Amazing Portraits of Young Soviet People in the 1960s”
23 Vintage Photos of Fashionable Women in Their Swimsuits From the Past
40 Vintage Photos of Celebrities Enjoying Themselves at Studio 54 From 1977 to 1981
Studio 54 is a Broadway theatre and a former disco nightclub located on 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building opened in 1927 as the Gallo Opera House. It operated as an entertainment venue under various names until 1942, when CBS began using it as a radio and television studio dubbed StudioContinue reading “40 Vintage Photos of Celebrities Enjoying Themselves at Studio 54 From 1977 to 1981”
30 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing Life in Stockholm During the 1950s
Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. It has the most populous urban area in Sweden as well as in Scandinavia. Approximately 975,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea.Continue reading “30 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing Life in Stockholm During the 1950s”
57 Vintage Photos of Sydney, Australia in the early 1900s Volume 2
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia’s east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal NationalContinue reading “57 Vintage Photos of Sydney, Australia in the early 1900s Volume 2”
42 Stunning Black & White Photographs of Tina Turner on Stage From Between the 1960s and 1980s
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter and actress. Widely referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as a solo performer. Turner began her careerContinue reading “42 Stunning Black & White Photographs of Tina Turner on Stage From Between the 1960s and 1980s”
