Paris is one of the fashion capitals of the world, and since forever a home of the most inspiring and exciting fashion style. The Longchamp racecourse is situated in the Bois de Boulogne on the banks of the Seine River, in Paris, France. The first Longchamp race meeting was held in 1857. With the firstContinue reading “35 Amazing Vintage Photographs Show How Parisian Women’s Fashion Looked Like Back in the 1910s”
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Greta Looking Not So Promising as a Teenager, Here Are Some Rarely Seen Childhood Photographs of Greta Garbo
On September 18, 1905 a baby girl was born on the Stockholm island of Södermalm. Her parents would give her the name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson. How could anyone know that the young infant would one day become the world’s most famous woman? A woman whom everyone would come to know as Garbo. Garbo was aContinue reading “Greta Looking Not So Promising as a Teenager, Here Are Some Rarely Seen Childhood Photographs of Greta Garbo”
20 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing the Spirit of Early 20th Century Athletics
acques Henri Lartigue was fascinated by the ascent of sport in the early 20th century as a fashionable pastime for the middle classes, and was himself a keen sportsman. Lartigue’s entirely unposed photographs, presented album-style in this gorgeous, luxurious and delightful volume, capture both the joyous exuberance of amateur sports––racing, skiing, tennis, gymnastics, hang gliding––andContinue reading “20 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing the Spirit of Early 20th Century Athletics”
Amazing Vintage Photos of Automobiles From Between the 1900s and 1920s
The automotive industry in the United States began in the 1890s and, as a result of the size of the domestic market and the use of mass-production, rapidly evolved into the largest in the world. The motor vehicle industry began with hundreds of manufacturers, but by the end of the 1920s it was dominated byContinue reading “Amazing Vintage Photos of Automobiles From Between the 1900s and 1920s”
43 Beautiful Photos of Canadian Actress Marie Prevost During Her Career
Born 1898 as Marie Bickford Dunn in Sarnia, Ontario, Canadian actress Marie Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his “Bathing Beauties” in the late 1910s, and appeared in dozens of Sennett’s short comedy films before movingContinue reading “43 Beautiful Photos of Canadian Actress Marie Prevost During Her Career”
Vintage Photos Showing Beach Life During the Edwardian Era
The Edwardian times were often referred to as the golden age. Life of the rich revolved around social parties, banquets. Those who attended these parties were elaborately dressed men and women with high society manners and a polished outlook towards like. Edwardian women started getting an equal say in the socio-economic scenario of the UnitedContinue reading “Vintage Photos Showing Beach Life During the Edwardian Era”
The Story of Baba Anujka, the World’s Oldest Serial Killer
Known variously as the Banat Witch or the Witch of Vladimirovac, but best known as Baba Anujka, Ana di Pištonja was an accomplished amateur chemist and a convicted killer from the village of Vladimirovac, Yugoslavia (in Serbia). She poisoned at least 50 people and possibly as many as 150 in the late 19th and earlyContinue reading “The Story of Baba Anujka, the World’s Oldest Serial Killer”
Amazing Vintage Photos of Amsterdam From the 1890s to the 1910s
George Hendrik Breitner (September 12, 1857 – June 5, 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbors in a realistic style: wooden foundation piles by the harbor, demolition work and construction sites in the old center, horse tramsContinue reading “Amazing Vintage Photos of Amsterdam From the 1890s to the 1910s”
35 Vintage Photos Show the Inside of Stores in the Early 20th Century
14 Vintage Photos of a Young Frida Kahlo Taken by Her Father From the 1910s
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country’s popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, andContinue reading “14 Vintage Photos of a Young Frida Kahlo Taken by Her Father From the 1910s”
