Actress Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Cuban glamour boy, who eloped to Greenwich, Connecticut, express their happiness while waiting for Desi to make his next stage appearance at a New York theater. Wedding ceremony caused Desi to miss the first show. They met in Hollywood, during filming of picture, Too Many Girls, in which bothContinue reading “Romantic Images of Newlyweds Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball at the Roxy Theatre on November 30, 1940”
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50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 7
Amazing Photos of Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1948
The Jackson Hole valley of today is a major hub of tourism in the American West: skiers in the winter, national park-goers in the summer and mountain lovers all year round. But its primary tourism draw—long before the word “resort” became associated with the peaceful Wyoming locale—was once its dude ranches. Back then, its cowboyContinue reading “Amazing Photos of Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1948”
32 Lovely Photos of a Young Audrey Hepburn Before She Was Famous
Born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium, Audrey Hepburn was a talented performer known for her beauty, elegance and grace. Often imitated, she remains one of Hollywood’s greatest style icons. A native of Brussels, Hepburn spent part of her youth in England at a boarding school there. During much of World War II, sheContinue reading “32 Lovely Photos of a Young Audrey Hepburn Before She Was Famous”
The Story Behind the Iconic Photo of 16-Year-Old Elizabeth Taylor Taken by Philippe Halsman
Performance was in Elizabeth Taylor’s blood. Her mother had worked as an actress until she married. At the age of 3, the young Taylor started dancing, and eventually gave a recital for Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Not long after relocating to California a family friend suggested the Taylors’ daughter take a screen test. She soonContinue reading “The Story Behind the Iconic Photo of 16-Year-Old Elizabeth Taylor Taken by Philippe Halsman”
36 Vintage Photos of Marilyn Monroe Before She Was Famous
When Marilyn Monroe posed for Earl Moran in the first of their sessions that took place between 1946 and 1950, she was just 19 and an aspiring actress, while Moran had established himself as a leading illustrator of beautiful women; his work for magazines and calendars placed him in the company of Alberto Vargas andContinue reading “36 Vintage Photos of Marilyn Monroe Before She Was Famous”
Vintage Beauty Salons: 12 Hilarious Photos of the Early Hair Dryers From Between the 1920s and 1940s
Before the invention of hair dryers, women would often attach hoses to the exhaust ends of vacuum cleaners to blow-dry their hair.
51 Vintage Photos of World War II at Home in Britain
When Britain went to war on 3 September 1939 there was none of the ‘flag-waving patriotism’ of August 1914. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. The first eight months of the war were a time of official unwarranted optimism and bureaucratic muddle. Many earlyContinue reading “51 Vintage Photos of World War II at Home in Britain”
Photographer Flips Gender Roles in “Mad Men” Era Ads, And Some Men Will Not Like the Result
Eli Rezkallah, a photographer and video editor from Beirut, Lebanon, recently created a photo series called In a Parallel Universe. The series takes sexist vintage ads from the mid-20th century and switches the gender roles. Rezkallah says it all started with a conversation between his relatives. “Last Thanksgiving, I overheard my uncles talk about howContinue reading “Photographer Flips Gender Roles in “Mad Men” Era Ads, And Some Men Will Not Like the Result”
Vintage Photos of Lauren Bacall in Makeup and Hair Tests for “To Have and Have Not”, 1944
Like Norma Jeane Baker or Lizzy Grant, Lauren Bacall wasn’t born with a roll-off-the-tongue fame-ready name. Born Betty Joan Perske, then changing to Betty Bacall after her parents divorced, she became Lauren only when she starred her first film – 1944’s To Have and Have Not – for which these hair and makeup tests wereContinue reading “Vintage Photos of Lauren Bacall in Makeup and Hair Tests for “To Have and Have Not”, 1944”
