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42 Incredible Photos Showing Hotpants in the 1970s

Hot pants was very brief tight shorts worn by women as an outer garment. Categorized as “short shorts,” hot pants commonly have an inseam length of 2 inches (50 mm) or less.

These are short, tight shorts, usually made of cotton, nylon, or some other common material. They are meant to emphasize the buttocks and the legs.

Hot-pants were launched by fashion designer Mary Quant during the “Swinging London” scene of the mid-1960s, and they were very popular up to the early 1970s.

If a person cuts off the legs of a pair of jeans, that’s known as a “cut-off.” The character Daisy Duke from TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard” was known for wearing low cut blue jeans. Her popularity led to the term “Daisy Dukes” being used for short shorts. Jorts (from ‘jean shorts’) is another name for denim shorts, typically cut longer than Daisy Dukes (mid-thigh for women and at the knee for men).

30 Amazing Portraits of Hollywood Icons During the 1960s & 1970s

When you think of enchanting images of Hollywood stars — Marilyn Monroe wrapped up in silk sheets, Audrey Hepburn flashing a knowing grin — do you wonder about the person behind the camera? And how they possibly captured that delicate moment?

For the past 50 years, photographer Douglas Kirkland has found new angles on the world’s most familiar faces. The Fort Erie transplant still surprises himself with stories from the field; like that time Elizabeth Taylor agreed to let him photograph her after a prolonged break from the public eye.

Douglas Kirkland was born in 1934 in Fort Erie, Ontario. At age twenty-four, Kirkland was hired as a staff photographer for Look magazine and became famous for his 1961 photos of Marilyn Monroe taken for Look’s 25th anniversary issue. He later joined the staff of Life magazine.

A Who’s Who of notable persons have posed for Kirkland from the great photography innovator Man Ray and photographer/painter Jacques Henri Lartigue to Dr. Stephen Hawking. Entertainment celebrities he has photographed include Mick Jagger, Sting, Björk, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Morgan Freeman, Orson Welles, Andy Warhol, Oliver Stone, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leonardo DiCaprio, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross. Kirkland’s portrait of Charlie Chaplin is at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

**Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith**

**Paul Newman, Katherine Ross and Robert Redford**

(Photos by Douglas Kirkland)

26 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Ernest Hemingway With His Beloved Cats

Being a “cat person” comes with an unfortunate stigma. But that was definitely not the case for Ernest Hemingway. The manliest man to ever hit the literary scene had a soft spot in his heart for felines.

One of his companions was a six-toed white cat named Snowball, a white polydactyl kitten that Hemingway received in the 1930s. The kitten was a gift from a sea captain named Stanley Dexter. Sailors favored polydactyl cats, believing they were good luck. Their extra toes enhanced their abilities as mousers and provided better balance on rough seas. They are often called “mitten cats.”

Cats were one of Ernest Hemingway’s favorite animals, and here’s a collection of 26 black and white photographs of Hemingway with his beloved pets from between the 1930s and 1950s.

50 Stunning Photos of a Actress Helen Mirren From the 1960s and 1970s

35 Absolutely Cringeworthy His-and-Hers Fashions From the 1970s

27 Fantastic Photos of a Going Away Party in 1950

Want to say goodbye in style? Whether you’re the one leaving, or you’re pulling a party together

for a friend, throwing a going away party doesn’t have to be a daunting task. You can have fun and

show your creativity through the invitations, decorations, food, and gifts.

These intimate snaps show how a going away party was like in 1950.

45 Glamorous Photos of Actress & Singer Gloria Grahame in the 1940s and Early 1950s

Born 1923 in Los Angeles, California, American stage, film, and television actress and singer Gloria Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944, made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios.

Often cast in film noir projects, Grahame was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire (1947), and would later win the award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). She achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear (1952), Human Desire (1953), The Big Heat (1953), and Oklahoma! (1955), but her film career began to wane soon afterwards.

Grahame returned to work on the stage, but continued to appear in films and television productions, usually in supporting roles.

In 1974, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It went into remission less than a year later and Grahame returned to work. In 1980, the cancer returned but Grahame refused to accept the diagnosis or seek treatment. Choosing instead to continue working, she traveled to Britain to appear in a play. Her health, however, declined rapidly and she developed peritonitis after undergoing a procedure to remove fluid from her abdomen in September 1981.

Grahame returned to New York City, where she died in October 1981.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Gloria Grahame has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6522 Hollywood Boulevard.

Take a look at these glamorous photos to see the beauty of Gloria Grahame in the 1940s and early 1950s.

34 Fantastic Harley-Davidson Ads From The 1970s

William Harley and Davidson brothers founded the company in 1903. In the following years, Harley Davidson made bikes that many people adopted as their dominant symbol. It developed a fierce image of violet machismo, but was known for comfort.

Below is a collection of 34 wonderful vintage ads of Harley-Davidson during the 1970s.

**The Harley-Davidson Out-Performers for 1970**

**7 mph the pegs, of flat out at 70, 1970**

**Sportster makes the dust the others eat, 1970**

**Super Glide FX call it the night train, 1971**

**Sprint SS gets it all together, 1971**

**New Sprint SX350. Light the fire and hang on!, 1971**

**Electra Glide. On the road it stands alone, 1971**

**Sprint SS350 another outperformer from Harley-Davidson, 1972**

**Baja 100. Another outperformer from Harley-Davidson, 1972**

**Sportster 1000. Another outperformer from Harley-Davidson, 1972**

**Sprint SX350. Another outperformer from Harley-Davidson, 1972**

**Rapido. Another outperformer from Harley-Davidson, 1972**

**Leggero. Another outperformer from Harley-Davidson, 1972**

**Super Glide. Another outperformer from Harley-Davidson, 1972**

**Shortster… the mini-cycle that’s mighty like a motorcycle, 1972**

**Harley-Davidson X90. The Great American Freedom Machine, 1972**

**Harley-Davidson Z90. The Great American Freedom Machine, 1973**

**Harley-Davidson SX-350. The Great American Freedom Machine, 1973**

**Harley-Davidson TX-125. The Great American Freedom Machine, 1973**

**All new Harley-Davidson SX-175, 1973**

**Harley-Davidson suggests: give your family the finest gift of all, 1974**

**Satisfying millions of motorcyclists is easy, 1975**

**Until you’ve been on a Harley-Davidson you haven’t been on a motorcycle, 1979**

19 Vintage Photographs Showing Life in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1915

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and the country’s second largest city. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam. It was eclipsed by Hue, the imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945), but Hanoi served as the capital of French Indochina from 1902 to 1954. From 1954 to 1976, it was the capital of North Vietnam, and it became the capital of a reunified Vietnam in 1976, after the North’s victory in the Vietnam war.

These rare color photographs below documented everyday life in Hanoi in 1915.