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30 Stunning Black and White Photos of Loretta Young From Between the 1930s and 1950s

Loretta Young (1913–2000) was a child actor who became one of Hollywood’s leading ladies in the 1930s and 1940s.

Young began her career at age four as a child extra. She later attended convent school, and at age14 she landed a part in the film Naughty but Nice (1927) that was originally intended for her sister Polly Ann. Her career blossomed as she moved quickly from bit parts to ingenues and leading ladies. She later made a smooth transition to sound films.

After a Hollywood career of more than 20 years, Young silenced many critics who regarded her as little more than a bland beauty of modest talent when she won an Oscar in 1947 for her performance in The Farmer’s Daughter. She received a second nomination for best actress in 1949 for her role as a nun in Come to the Stable. Her other notable films include The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), The Stranger (1946), and The Bishop’s Wife (1947).

Retiring from films in 1953, Young hosted the Emmy Award-winning The Loretta Young Show on NBC television from 1953 to 1961, making her the first entertainer to receive both an Oscar and an Emmy. Though she acted in the majority of the episodes of the sentimental drama anthology, the show is remembered primarily for Young’s signature swirling entrances in which she displayed all sides of her glamorous contemporary gowns.

Young retired from acting at age 50, though she did make a brief comeback in two made-for-TV films in the late 1980s. A lifelong Catholic, Young devoted herself to religious charities throughout her career and into retirement. She was the mother of actress Judy Lewis, the daughter of Clark Gable.

20 Vintage Photographs of a Young and Beautiful Rosemary Kennedy Before She Was Lobotomized

Rosemary Kennedy was the first daughter of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. During Rosemary’s birth, Rose went into labor very quickly, and Rosemary entered the birth canal before the doctor arrived. A nurse told Rose to keep her legs closed to prevent her from giving birth until the doctor showed up. This cut off the oxygen to Rosemary’s brain and likely led to her intellectual disabilities. After a fairly quiet childhood, Rosemary began to have violent mood swings. She also had gait issues, including an infamous stumble in front of the King of England.

Throughout her teens, Rosemary never made it past a fourth grade reading or writing level and was shown to have an IQ somewhere between 60 and 70. By the time she was 23, her father, Joe Kennedy, had decided that what she needed was a frontal lobotomy. It was thought he was afraid his daughter might embarrass him and his son and hurt their chances in politics.

Prior to the procedure, Rosemary was described as being absolutely adoring of her brothers, especially Jack, but she could fly into a rage if she didn’t get her way. One night when she was caught sneaking out of the house, she erupted in a violent tantrums that would soon turn to seizures.

In November 1941, Dr. Walter Freeman performed the surgery with Dr. James Watts, and they sliced away at the young woman’s frontal lobe until the left side of her body was partially paralyzed.

After the surgery Rosemary was sent off to a mental institution where she had to relearn how to brush her teeth, walk, and dress herself. The bubbly and sometimes volcanically angry young woman was replaced with someone who was just above an invalid, who could only grunt, shriek, or scream. Tragically, she could no longer even recognize her beloved brothers.

The Kennedy family essentially erased her from their public profile, and her lobotomy wasn’t made public for 20 years. She died in 2005 of natural causes.

73 Amazing Colorized Photos of World War 2

52 Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Audrey Hepburn in ‘Roman Holiday’ in 1953

Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design also won.

The script was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit; instead, Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Trumbo’s credit was reinstated when the film was released on DVD in 2003. On December 19, 2011, full credit for Trumbo’s work was restored. Blacklisted director Bernard Vorhaus worked on the film as an assistant director under a pseudonym.

The film was shot at the Cinecittà studios and on location around Rome during the “Hollywood on the Tiber” era. The film was screened in the 14th Venice Film Festival within the official program.

In 1999, Roman Holiday was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

48 Vintage Photos of Parisian Women in the Early 20th Century

Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) was a French photographer and painter. Born in Courbevoie to a wealthy family, he is most famous for his photographs of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women.

He started taking photographs when he was 7, his subject matter being primarily his own life and the people and activities in it. As a child he photographed his friends and family at play – running and jumping, racing wheeled soap boxes, building kites, gliders and aeroplanes, and climbing the Eiffel Tower.

He also photographed many famous sporting events, including automobile races such as the Coupe Gordon Bennett and the French Grand Prix, early flights by aviation pioneers including Gabriel Voisin, Louis Blériot, Louis Paulhan and Roland Garros, and the tennis player Suzanne Lenglen at the French Open tennis championships.

Below is a collection of 48 photographs taken by Jacques Henri Lartigue, they capture everyday life of Parisian women from the early 20th century.

(Photos by Jacques Henri Lartigue)

20 Amazing Photos Showing the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris During the 1800s

When the architects of Cathedral of Notre-Dame set to work some 850 years ago, their goals were nothing if not ambitious. The church’s sanctuary, they decreed, must be taller than any built before. The nave would rise 108 feet, and the two 223-feet-tall towers would cast a far-reaching shadow over the roofs of Paris.

The 12th century had just entered its second half, and to achieve new heights, the builders made early use of external supports known as flying buttresses.

The cathedral today is one of the most iconic images of Paris, second only, perhaps, to the Eiffel Tower. More than 12 million visitors tour the structure each year, and untold postcards bearing photos of its towers and its rose windows are sent back home.

On 15 April 2019, the world was again gazing at Notre-Dame — but now in horror, not awe. The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, causing catastrophic damage. Here’s a look back at one of the city’s most historic landmarks in the late 19th century.

36 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Motor Racing From the 1920s and 1930s

By the time racing resumed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after World War I, the Indianapolis 500 was already a renowned sporting event, attracting an international entry of drivers and cars and a crowd of more than 100,000.

Carl Fisher’s dream of building a proving ground that would put machine and man to the ultimate test had become a reality. And even in those early days of the Speedway, the men in charge struggled to rein in the burgeoning technology of the rapidly advancing automotive industry – and the speed and danger that resulted from it.

**Overland car jumping a ‘fallen bridge’ in a promotional stunt,mid 1920s.**

**Dave Carrigan at wheel of a Willys Knight car in which he had driven from Melbourne to Sydney on one can of petrol. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1926.**

**D.J. Harkness at wheel in RAC hill climb, No ’35’ on car, Royal National Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1926.**

**Large group of men at meeting in hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1920s.**

**The 100,000th Willys-Overland exported car, outside Overland Sydney Ltd office, 1920s.**

**Horse and cart on wharf with crate containing the 100,000th Willys-Overland exported car, 1920s.**

**Dave Carrigan at wheel of a Willys Knight car, 1926**

**Overland car jumping a fallen bridge in a promotional stunt, 1920s.**

**Group on occasion of the testing of the Genairco, the first all-Australian built plane, 1930**

**Overland car being driven down steps of Sydney Town Hall, 1920s.**

**Cars at the end of 1,000 mile rally organised by the Overland company, 1927**

**Launch of car F.H. Stewart Enterprise, 1931.**

**Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of the Bluebird, with crowd, 1931.**

**Anzac car [with Harkness & Hillier staff at Five Dock], 1928 – 1929**

**Don Harkness at the wheel of his Overland Sports car Whitey at 10 Mile Championships, 1920s.**

**Don Harkness at the wheel of his Overland Sports car Whitey at race meeting, 1920s.**

**Hydroglider outside the Harkness & Hillier factory, 1928**

**Timber straddler outside the Harkness & Hillier factory.**

**Don Harkness at the wheel of his Overland Sports car Whitey, 1920s.**

**D.J. Harkness at the wheel of an Overland Sports car, 1920s.**

**Men inspecting the frame of the car F.H. Stewart Enterprise, 1931.**

**Don Harkness and unidentifed man with hydroglider engine, 1928.**

**Avro Avian two-seater light aeroplane, 1929.**

Norman Wizard Smith and Don Harkness and two other men (on steps of Sydney Town Hall], 1931.

**Group portrait on board S.S. Maunganui, 1931.**

**Norman Wizard Smith and Don Harkness on board S.S. Maunganui, 1931.**

**Men inspecting the car F.H. Stewart Enterprise, 1931.**

**Group inspecting the car F.H. Stewart Enterprise, 1931.**

**Don Harkness at the wheel of modified Overland car at race meeting, 1920s.**

**Man seated in a modified Overland racing car surrounded by crowd, 1920s.**

**Don Harkness at wheel of Overland 6 after setting Australasian 24 hour record, 1926.**

**Group and a cat inspecting the car F.H. Stewart Enterprise, 1931.**

(Photos via Powerhouse Museum Collection on Flickr)

44 Vintage Photos of Miniskirts in the 1960s

33 Amazing Vintage Photos of Life in Mobile, Alabama during the 1900s

Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702. During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony of France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the United States of America in 1813, with the annexation of West Florida under President James Madison.

The photographs below reveal its heritage with the ornate décor on many buildings.

**Monroe Park, Mobile, Alabama ca.1906**

**River packet Jas. T. Staples, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1906**

**A River packet, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1906**

**Mobile County Court House and Jail, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1910**

**Government Street in Mobile, Alabama ca. 1906**

**Government St., Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**Jewish synagogue, Mobile, Alabama ca.1905**

**Entrance to Monroe Park, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1906**

**Monroe Park, Mobile, Alabama between 1905-1915**

**Waterfront, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**The Waterfront, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1906**

**Yacht Club Pier, Monroe Park, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**Yacht Club, Monroe Park, Mobile, Alabama – ca. 1900**

**Royal Street looking north, Mobile, Alabama between 1905-1915**

**Royal St., looking south from St. Francis St, Mobile, Ala. between 1905 – 1915**

**Windsor Hotel and Royal Street, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1906**

**City Hospital, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1909**

**Unloading bananas Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**Unloading a banana steamer Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**Hotel Bienville, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**Medical College of Alabama, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**Medical College of Alabama, Mobile, Alabama – ca. 1909**

**Mobile Country Club, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1909**

**Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1909**

**Bienville Park, Mobile, Alabama ca. 1900**

**The Cross, Bienville Square Park Mobile, Ala. ca. 1900**

**Dauphin St., Mobile, Ala between. 1900 – 1910**

**Dauphin St., Mobile, Alabama – ca. 1909**

**Duncan Place and Semmes monument. Mobile, Alabama ca. 1901**

49 Stunning Photos of Model & Actress Martha Vickers in the 1940s

Born 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, American model and actress Martha Vickers began her career as a model and cover girl. She moved to Hollywood when her father, an automobile dealer, assumed control of an agency in Burbank, California. Vickers was 15 at that time.

Vickers’ first film role was a small uncredited part in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). She played minor roles in several films during the early 1940s, working first at Universal Studios and then at RKO Pictures. She next went to Warner Bros., where “they gave her the star push, rearranging her surname to ‘Vickers.'” Her work there included the role of Carmen Sternwood, the promiscuous, drug-addicted younger sister of Lauren Bacall’s character in The Big Sleep (1946). She also starred in a musical, The Time, the Place and the Girl, followed by two Warner Bros. comedies, Love and Learn and That Way with Women (both 1947).

During the 1950s, however, Vickers’ film career stalled. She continued to act in television. One such appearance was in the 1959 Perry Mason episode, “The Case of the Jaded Joker,” in which she played Sheila Hayes. Her final two performances, in 1960, were on The Rebel.

Vickers died of esophageal cancer at Valley Presbyterian Hospital, in Los Angeles, California in 1971, at the age of 46.

Take a look at these glamorous photos to see the beauty of Martha Vickers in the 1940s.