A large clock in the sand at Venice Beach, made with letters and people. A rope in a circle makes the outer edge of the clock, while ladies in swim suits lay around the outside of rope. Four of them hold up the date 1935, while 2 ladies make themselves the minute and hour handsContinue reading “17 Lovely Photos Showing How Starlets Celebrated the New Year During the 1930s and 1940s”
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81 Vintage Photos Showing Women’s Hats During the 1930s
If the 1920s was considered the boom for women clothing fashion, the 1930s was the period of hat styles. They were not only beautiful, unique but also diversity of styles. Let’s see these 81 beautiful hats for women and choose your best one.
23 Rare and Stunning Color Portrait Photos of French Women from the 1920s
French photographer Gustave Gain (1876-1945) was born in Cherbourg, France on June 27, 1876. As a chemist he keens on photography and related technical achievements. After the invention of the Autochrome by the Lumière brothers, Gustave is actively engaged in color photograph. Gustave Gain loves the beach. In the summer, he spent much time withContinue reading “23 Rare and Stunning Color Portrait Photos of French Women from the 1920s”
28 Fabulous Fashion Photographs From Vogue Taken Between the 1940s and 1950s
American photographer Clifford Coffin (1913-1972) is considered by many who knew him as the greatest of Vogue’s “lost” photographers – an artist far ahead of his time. His innovative and intriguing fashion photographs of the 1940s and 1950s for such renowned magazines as Glamour, Vogue and Jardin des Modes in New York, London and ParisContinue reading “28 Fabulous Fashion Photographs From Vogue Taken Between the 1940s and 1950s”
26 Vintage Photos of Sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine
Perhaps Hollywood’s most famous sibling rivalry was the supposed one between the two sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, which became the stuff for the media for decades. 15 months separated in age, the sisters pursued the same career choice, competed for the same Oscar category, even attained some of the same love interests.Continue reading “26 Vintage Photos of Sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine”
70 Stunning Vintage Photos of Edwardian Actress Lily Elsie From the 1900s and 1910s
Elsie Cotton (née Hodder, 8 April 1886 – 16 December 1962), known professionally as Lily Elsie, was an English actress and singer during the Edwardian era. She was best known for her starring role in the London premiere of Franz Lehár’s operetta The Merry Widow. Beginning as a child star in the 1890s, Elsie builtContinue reading “70 Stunning Vintage Photos of Edwardian Actress Lily Elsie From the 1900s and 1910s”
17 Vintage Portraits of Long Hair Victorian Ladies
Hair was said to be a woman’s crowning glory, The Victorians certainly knew that as these photos will convey. A Victorian girl until the age of 16 wore her hair in braids, once she became a young lady at age 16 her hair went up (while her hem length went down to the ankle.) VictorianContinue reading “17 Vintage Portraits of Long Hair Victorian Ladies”
16 Vintage Photos of Land Girls During World War II
The Women’s Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created in 1917 during World War I so women could work in agriculture. It was revived from the disbanded World War One organisation in 1939 so that it could again organise women to replace workers called up to the military. Women who worked for theContinue reading “16 Vintage Photos of Land Girls During World War II”
40 Stunning Photos of Elizabeth Montgomery in the 1960s and Early 1970s
Born 1933 in Los Angeles, California, American film, stage, and television actress Elizabeth Montgomery whose career spanned five decades. She is best remembered for her leading role as Samantha Stephens on the television series Bewitched. Montgomery began her career in the 1950s with a role on her father’s television series Robert Montgomery Presents, and wonContinue reading “40 Stunning Photos of Elizabeth Montgomery in the 1960s and Early 1970s”
23 Stunning Photos of Vivien Leigh in the 1948 Film ‘Anna Karenina’
Anna Karenina is a 1948 British film based on the 19th-century novel of the same title by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, produced by Alexander Korda and distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and starred Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson and Kieron Moore, with costumes designedContinue reading “23 Stunning Photos of Vivien Leigh in the 1948 Film ‘Anna Karenina’”
