The original bad girl of burlesque, and the dancer who popularized the use of live snakes, Zorita was a 1940s glamour girl. Known for her original and raunchy dances, Zorita was recognizable by the blonde streaks she often had in her black hair. Born Kathryn Boyd in Youngstown, Ohio in 1915, she was adopted byContinue reading “Vintage Photographs of Zorita – the Classic Burlesque Snake Dancer, in the 1930s and 1940s”
Tag Archives: 1930s
30 Vintage Photos Showing Animals and Their Owners in the 1930s
Here is a vintage photo collection that shows lovely moments of animals and their owners in the 1930s.
50 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing Manhattan During the 1930s
(Photos from New York Public Library)
21 Vintage Photos of Markets in London in the early 20th Century
60 Beautful Hollywood Actresses of the 1930s
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 receivedContinue reading “26 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Ernest Hemingway With His Beloved Cats”
27 Rare Dufaycolor Photos That Shows Life in Belgium During the Mid-1930s
Dufaycolor is an early British additive colour photographic film process, introduced for motion picture use in 1932 and for still photography in 1935. It was derived from Louis Dufay’s Dioptichrome plates, a glass-based product for colour still photography introduced in France in 1909. Both Dioptichrome and Dufaycolor worked on the same principles as the AutochromeContinue reading “27 Rare Dufaycolor Photos That Shows Life in Belgium During the Mid-1930s”
