The Great Raid, January 30, 1945 – Part 2 Following are 74 photographs taken during the Raid at Cabanatuan / The Great Raid, which involved the rescue of roughly 500 Allied POWs
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21 Beautiful Photos Show What Edwardian Weddings Looked Like
Charles Arthur Horace Ransome and Edith Gertrude Fearon, circa 1904
The most important parts of the wedding were the bride’s gown and trousseau. The traditional attire for a bride was a gown of soft, rich cream-white satin, trimmed simply or elaborately with lace, a wreath of orange-blossoms, and a veil of lace or tulle.
The skirt had a train, and except at an evening wedding, waists cut open, or low at the neck, or with short or elbow sleeves (unless the arms were covered with long gloves) were not approved for brides.
A wedding gown was supposed to be sumptuous and of the most costly materials, for the bride was privileged to wear her wedding down for six months after her marriage at functions requiring full dress. The train averaged eighty inches in length, though very tall brides wore ninety-five inch trains.
These beautiful photos show what weddings looked like during Edwardian era.
Julia May L’ Anson married Percy Lancelot Russell on June 7th, 1904
Kempthorne wedding party, October 1904
Lonsdale wedding, 1904
Edward Conway Steward and Minnie Elvins Southwell married on 12 August 1905
Groves wedding group, circa 1905
Possibly the marriage of Norman Mellor and Florence Margaret Hibbert on the 18th of October 1905
The bridesmaids at the marriage of the Hon. Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe and the Earl of Malmestbury, 27 April 1905
The Hon. Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe and James Harris, the Earl of Malmesbury on their wedding day 27 April 1905. The reception took place at Elvetham Hall, Hampshire, the bride’s family home.
Selborne wedding at St Margaret’s, Westminster, June 1906
Claude Robert Higgens and Sydney Evelyn Higgens nee Tabor married on the 3rd of April 1907
Marriage of Charles Sydney Hedges and Rose Clayton in Wimbledon, August 1907
Mr and Mrs Hedges wedding, August 1907
Edith Constance Cole married Joseph Wall on the 1st of June 1908 at St Barnabas Church, Sutton
Nancy Pringle married William Thomas Briscoe on the 21 June 1910 at All Saints, Banstead
Chandler wedding party, October 1911
Groom and bride, 1911
Iles wedding, late 1911
Leontine Bideleux married Henri J Moncel in November 1911
Rawle wedding group, March 1911
Woodhouse wedding party, 1911
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30 Photos Showing Women in Bathing Suits From the 1940s
1940s bathing suits, like many other clothing items, were also losing their modesty. The 1940s was the era when the midriff was born, and it was shown in swimsuits as well as playsuits. 1940s swimsuits were tight, unlike the suits of previous eras.
One-piece swimsuits were still popular, but the new two-piece suit had plenty of fans, too. Suits were made from rayon, jersey, and rayon-jersey blends with knit cotton linings. Many suits had accent panels of a velvet-like rayon velour. Some also featured ruching on the front or side panels that were both pretty and figure flattering.
1940s swimwear featured stretchy control panels in the stomach made from a new type of material called lastex, and bra cups in the bust to keep the figure looking good in the revealing bathing suits. Any color could be found on a swimsuit, but patriotic colors were popular as well as floral patterns and polka dots. Suits fastened with small buttons or metal zippers in the back.
These vintage photos capture women in bathing suits in the 1940s.
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30 Gorgeous Photos of Actress and Singer Vivian Blaine in the 1940s
Born 1921 in Newark, New Jersey, American actress and singer Vivian Blaine was a touring singer with dance bands starting in 1937. At one point in the 1940s, she was the top-billed act at New York’s Copacabana nightclub.
Blaine was best known for originating the role of Miss Adelaide in the musical theater production of Guys and Dolls in 1950, as well as appearing in the subsequent film version, in which she co-starred with Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra.
Blaine’s first marriage, to Manny Franks, lasted from 1945 to 1956. She then married Milton Rackmil, president of Universal Studios and Decca Records, in 1959, and recorded several albums prior to their 1961 divorce. In 1973, she married Stuart Clark.
In 1983, Blaine became the first celebrity to make public service announcements for AIDS-related causes. She made numerous appearances in support of the then-fledgling AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and in 1983 recorded her cabaret act for AEI Records, which donated its royalties to the new group; this included the last recordings of her songs from Guys and Dolls. Her prior albums for Mercury Records have all subsequently been reissued on CD.
According to Blaine, she was a registered Democrat and a lifelong practicing Roman Catholic. She died of congestive heart failure in 1995, aged 74.
Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Vivian Blaine in the 1940s.
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Candid Photographs Showing a Student Party in Belfast in 1970
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The journey through university is not all roses and pleasures, which is why there are many other social activities that could help students relax, get to know each other and enjoy life beyond the four walls of the classroom. One of the most popular ways is through partying.
It’s Christmas time in 1970 and the students from Queen’s University in Belfast were living it up on Harp lager and tins of Guinness. The party was held on Wolseley Street, which would be called the University Quarter these days.
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28 Amazing Photographs Capture Everyday Life in China From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
William Charles White was an Anglican Bishop educated at Wycliffe College in Toronto and ordained as an Anglican Minister in 1896. He worked as a missionary in China from 1909-1934, and became the first Anglican bishop of Henan Province in 1910.
During his time in China, he developed a great interest in Chinese culture and literature and became a collector for the Royal Ontario Museum. Bishop White was also Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Toronto until 1948.
The photographs in these sets depict life in China and missionary work from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, especially in Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province) and Fuzhou (Fujian Province). Of special interest are photographs of Chinese craftspeople at work, and photographs of the graves of victims of the Kucheng Massacre at the mission cemetery of Fuzhou.
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30 Comic Fat Lady Postcards by Donald McGill From the Early 20th Century
Donald McGill (January 28, 1875 – October 13, 1962) was an English graphic artist whose name has become synonymous with the genre of saucy postcards, particularly associated with the seaside (though they were sold throughout the UK). The cards mostly feature an array of attractive young women, fat old ladies, drunken middle-aged men, honeymoon couples and vicars. He has been called “the king of the saucy postcard,” and his work is collected and appreciated for his artistic skill, its power of social observation and earthy sense of humor. Even at the height of his fame he only earned three guineas a design, but today his original artwork can fetch thousands of pounds.
McGill spent virtually the whole of his career creating the distinctive color-washed drawings which were then reproduced as postcards. He ranked his output according to their vulgarity as mild, medium and strong, with strong being much the best sellers. His family, however, was steadfastly respectable. He said of his two daughters, “They ran like stags whenever they passed a comic postcard shop.”
During the First World War he produced anti-German propaganda in the form of humorous postcards. They reflected on the war from the opinion, as he saw it, of the men serving, and the realities facing their families at home. Cards dealing with the so-called “home front” covered issues such as rationing, home service, war profiteers, spy scares and interned aliens. Recruitment and “slackers” were other topics covered.
In 1941, author George Orwell wrote an essay on McGill’s work entitled “The Art of Donald McGill”. Orwell concluded that in spite of the vulgarity and the low artistic merits of the cards, he would be sorry to see them go.
Approaching 80, McGill fell foul of several local censorship committees, which culminated in a major trial in Lincoln on July 15, 1954 for breaking the Obscene Publications Act 1857. He was found guilty and fined £50 with £25 costs. The wider result was a devastating blow to the saucy postcard industry; many postcards were destroyed as a result, and retailers cancelled orders. Several of the smaller companies were made bankrupt, as they had traded on very small margins.
In the late 1950s, the level of censorship eased off and the market recovered. In 1957, McGill gave evidence before a House of Commons select committee set up to amend the 1857 Act.
McGill produced an estimated 12,000 designs, of which 200 million copies are estimated to have been printed. He died in 1962 with all his designs for the 1963 season already prepared. He was buried in Streatham Park Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Despite their wide circulation, McGill earned no royalties from his designs; in his will, his estate was valued at just £735.
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15 Stunning Black and White Photos of 18-Year-Old Brigitte Bardot Dancing on a Roof in Paris, 1952
Brigitte Bardot was 18 years old when these pictures were taken in 1952 by photographer Walter Carone. She had excelled in dance as a child and won a place at the Conservatoire de Paris, where she was trained in classical French ballet.
Her modeling career began in 1947. By 1952 she had already graced the cover of ELLE magazine. That year was pivotal for Bardot. It saw her cinema acting debut as well as her wedding to director Roger Vadim, whom she met while babysitting. She would later divorce Vadim and marry again three times.
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Chicago in the 70s: A Snapshot of Change
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Life was good during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Railroad provided employment, church’s influenced a lot of people, heavy duty industry was still in the city, keeping people busy and employed kept a lot of people out of trouble.
On Diversey Parkway and Halsted Street, there used to be all kinds of small family-owned businesses. There were bakeries, butcher shops, greasy-spoon diners, liquor stores, old-fashioned barber shops, and tiny drugstores that had only two or three aisles.
Nowadays, all those businesses are gone, and have been replaced with trendy restaurants, upscale boutiques, expensive wine shops, stores that sell fancy furniture and stores that sell fancy glassware. Also, there’s a spa in almost every block. Those businesses cater to the yuppies who now live there.
These amazing black and white photos show what Chicago looked like in the early 1970s.
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Ricky Nelson: One of the Biggest Teen Idols of the Late 1950s and Early 1960s
Born 1940 in Teaneck, New Jersey, American singer, musician, and actor Ricky Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949, playing himself in the radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1952, he appeared in his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons. In 1957, he recorded his first single, debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and released the No. 1 album titled Ricky. In 1958, Nelson released his first #1 single, “Poor Little Fool”, and in 1959 received a Golden Globe nomination for “Most Promising Male Newcomer” after starring in Rio Bravo.
The expression “teen idol” was first coined to describe Nelson, and his fame as both a recording artist and television star also led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne, Dean Martin and Angie Dickinson in Howard Hawks’ western feature film Rio Bravo (1959).
Nelson placed 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and its predecessors, between 1957 and 1973, including “Poor Little Fool” in 1958, which was the first number one song on Billboard magazine’s then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 19 additional top ten hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.
Nelson died in a plane crash on New Year’s Eve 1985, flying from Guntersville, Alabama, to Dallas, Texas, for a concert. The plane he was on, a Douglas DC-3, had a history of mechanical problems. All seven passengers, including Blair, died. Only the two pilots survived.
In 1994, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. In 1996, Nelson was ranked No. 49 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Nelson #91 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Take a look at these vintage photos to see portraits of a young and handsome Ricky Nelson in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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