New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region of the western U.S. with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, and bordering Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua andContinue reading “61 Amazing Vintage Photos of Life in New Mexico during the Early 1940s”
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62 Vintage Photos Showing Women’s Fashion During the 1940s
Born in San Francisco, Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895-1989) worked as a staff photographer for Harper’s Bazaar from 1936 through 1958. She introduced a witty, relaxed, and natural aspect to fashion photography and, in the process, helped “define the post-war look of American women.” Dahl-Wolfe also made memorable portrait photographs of leading figures from politics and theContinue reading “62 Vintage Photos Showing Women’s Fashion During the 1940s”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 3
Jane Russell: One of Hollywood’s Leading Sex Symbols in the 1940s and 1950s
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011) was an American actress, singer, and model. She is known as one of Hollywood’s leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s. Russell moved from the Midwest to California, where she had her first film role in Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw (1943). In 1947,Continue reading “Jane Russell: One of Hollywood’s Leading Sex Symbols in the 1940s and 1950s”
35 Vintage Photos Showing Women Beautifying Themselves in Front of Mirrors
20 Wonderful Photographs Showing Everyday Life of the U.S. in 1942
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, 326 Indian reservations, and some minor possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers),Continue reading “20 Wonderful Photographs Showing Everyday Life of the U.S. in 1942”
62 Vintage Photos of Fashionable Women from the 1940s
22 Amazing Portrait Photos of Iranian Women From Between the 1920s and 1950s
Parisa Damandan (born 1967) is an Iranian photographer and art historian. She received a degree in photography from the University of Tehran. She is the author of Portrait photographs from Isfahan: Faces in transition, 1920-1950, a book illustrating the history of Isfahan in the early 20th century with portrait photographs, which she collected over aContinue reading “22 Amazing Portrait Photos of Iranian Women From Between the 1920s and 1950s”
Mugshots That Look Like Portraits: 44 Amazing Mid-Century Mugshots From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In 1855, Allan Pinkerton founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago and devised the first Rogues’ Gallery—a compilation of descriptions, methods of operation, hiding places, and names of criminals and their associates. The San Francisco Police Department may have started the practice about the same time. By 1858, New York City had a collectionContinue reading “Mugshots That Look Like Portraits: 44 Amazing Mid-Century Mugshots From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania”
