Women love classic vintage cars just as much as men. It may be true that vintage automobiles aren’t the greatest when it comes to fuel efficiency, but most of these models were picked combine aesthetics with performance. Most of these cars are also small since women don’t have the same taste in the idea ofContinue reading “Top 20 Classic Vintage Cars That Women Love”
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1940s War Fashion: A Young Woman Demonstrating How to Achieve the Full Leg Effect With Liquid Stockings in 1941
Until the end of the 1930s the best women’s stockings were made from silk. This changed in the United States when DuPont began manufacturing nylon in 1939. Nylon stockings went on limited sale in October of that year followed by a national launch at selected stores in 1940. DuPont struggled to keep up with demandContinue reading “1940s War Fashion: A Young Woman Demonstrating How to Achieve the Full Leg Effect With Liquid Stockings in 1941”
18 Vintage Photos of Broadway Legend Carol Channing
Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and comedienne, who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Her characters usually had a fervent expressiveness and an easily identifiable voice, whether singing or for comedic effect. Channing created the lead roles in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1949 andContinue reading “18 Vintage Photos of Broadway Legend Carol Channing”
Vintage Beauty Salons: 12 Hilarious Photos of the Early Hair Dryers From Between the 1920s and 1940s
Before the invention of hair dryers, women would often attach hoses to the exhaust ends of vacuum cleaners to blow-dry their hair.
The First Real Woman in a Menstrual Hygiene Ad (Kotex): Lee Miller
In order to make some money after arriving in New York, the young Lee Miller made stock photos for the famous American photographer Edward Steichen. Steichen sold some to Kotex, which put one into the first menstrual hygiene ad ever to show a real person; it ran from July 1928 into 1929. America, and Miller,Continue reading “The First Real Woman in a Menstrual Hygiene Ad (Kotex): Lee Miller”
Vintage Photos of Lauren Bacall in Makeup and Hair Tests for “To Have and Have Not”, 1944
Like Norma Jeane Baker or Lizzy Grant, Lauren Bacall wasn’t born with a roll-off-the-tongue fame-ready name. Born Betty Joan Perske, then changing to Betty Bacall after her parents divorced, she became Lauren only when she starred her first film – 1944’s To Have and Have Not – for which these hair and makeup tests wereContinue reading “Vintage Photos of Lauren Bacall in Makeup and Hair Tests for “To Have and Have Not”, 1944”
Before Bikini Era: 36 Vintage Photos of Female Swimsuits in the 1930s
Before bikini era, swimsuits in the 1930s for women were really creative and stylish. These 36 pictures are examples, but now you may no longer see them.
36 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Actress Myrna Dell Wearing a Bikini in the 1940s and 1950s
Myrna Dell (born Marilyn Adele Dunlap; March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011) was an American actress, model, and writer who appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs over four decades. A Hollywood glamour girl in the early part of her career, she is best known today for her work in B-pictures, particularly filmContinue reading “36 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Actress Myrna Dell Wearing a Bikini in the 1940s and 1950s”
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”
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.
