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52 Stunning Photos of Classic Beauties Taken From the 1950s and 1960s

Born 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Burt Glinn served in the United States Army between 1943 and 1946 before studying literature at Harvard University where he edited and photographed for the Harvard Crimson college newspaper. From 1949 to 1950, he worked for Life magazine before becoming a freelancer. Glinn became an associate member of Magnum inContinue reading “52 Stunning Photos of Classic Beauties Taken From the 1950s and 1960s”

46 Stunning Photos of Actress Anne Shirley From the 1920s to the Early 1940s

Manhattan-born Anne was christened Dawn Evelyeen Paris on April 17, 1918. Her father died while she was still a baby and she and her widowed mother lived a very meager New York existence at first. Beginning her career as a child actress under the stage name Dawn O’Day, Shirley adopted the name of the characterContinue reading “46 Stunning Photos of Actress Anne Shirley From the 1920s to the Early 1940s”

35 Amazing Photos of People With Their Record Players in the 1950s

Rock and roll began in the 1950s and people wanted to listen to the latest hits on a cheap, portable record player. Record players, though, were often not cheap, amounting to several months of saving, but nevertheless many people made the sacrifice. These cool pictures that captured people with their record players in the 1950s.

45 Fantastic Vintage Photos From the Making of the Film ‘Maltese Falcon’ (1941)

The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and indebted to the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as hisContinue reading “45 Fantastic Vintage Photos From the Making of the Film ‘Maltese Falcon’ (1941)”

56 Vintage Photos of Life in New York City during the 1940s

New York, often called New York City to distinguish it from New York State, or NYC for short, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.Continue reading “56 Vintage Photos of Life in New York City during the 1940s”

The Queen of Soul: 50 Amazing Photos of Aretha Franklin during the 1960s

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Referred to as the “Queen of Soul”, she has twice been placed 9th in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Franklin began her career as a child, singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit,Continue reading “The Queen of Soul: 50 Amazing Photos of Aretha Franklin during the 1960s”