A school bus is any type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district. The school bus can be seen in many places from a school to a parking lot. It is regularly used to transport students to and from school or school-related activities, but not including a charterContinue reading “30 Vintage Photos of School Buses in the 1950s and 1960s”
Tag Archives: 1950s
Before Merging With Air New Zealand: 25 Fabulous Photos Show the NAC Air Hostess Uniforms From the 1950s and 1970s
Founded 1947, New Zealand National Airways Corporation, popularly known as NAC, was the national domestic airline of New Zealand from 1947 until 1978 when it amalgamated with New Zealand’s international airline, Air New Zealand. The airline was headquartered in Wellington. By the time of the merger with Air New Zealand, the fleet consisted of 25Continue reading “Before Merging With Air New Zealand: 25 Fabulous Photos Show the NAC Air Hostess Uniforms From the 1950s and 1970s”
The Passionate and Tragic Love Story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
“O my darling little love I do long for you so, oh my hearts blood it is unbearable without you,” wrote Olivier to Leigh early in their affair, a very passionate one in the beginning but ending with a devastating downfall, which shocked a whole world that used to adoring “Larry and Viv.” An auctionContinue reading “The Passionate and Tragic Love Story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh”
25 Vintage Photos Showing Children Watching TV in the Past
No smartphones, iPads, or any internet technology devices. The only thing of technology for entertainment this time was black and white TVs. Take a look at these lovely vintage photos to see children entertained by watching television in the past.
15 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing London in the Late 1950s
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom with a total population of 9,002,488. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London,Continue reading “15 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing London in the Late 1950s”
26 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at the April in Paris Ball, Waldorf in New York City, 1957
April in Paris Ball was an annual US gala event whose mission was to serve charity and Franco-American relations. Established in 1952 at the Waldorf Astoria New York in New York City, it was the idea of Claude Philippe, the hotel’s banquet manager, who enlisted Elsa Maxwell to help organize it. The first event wasContinue reading “26 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at the April in Paris Ball, Waldorf in New York City, 1957”
40 Stunning Hand-Colored Images Illustrating Nurse Uniforms of All Nations in the 1950s
The nurse’s uniform is a universal code for professionalism, decorum, efficiency, esprit de corps, and commitment to humanitarian values. Originally introduced to distinguish the untrained traditional nurse, who dressed in the everyday women’s wear of her class, from the trained and licensed modern nurse, clad in a neat, clean, and well-fitting uniform, it was aContinue reading “40 Stunning Hand-Colored Images Illustrating Nurse Uniforms of All Nations in the 1950s”
29 Wonderful Photos Showing Life in France During the 1950s & 1960s
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) was the best-known “amateur” in the history of photography, famously discovered by the art world and given an exhibition at MoMA in New York when he was in his late sixties. He began by recording the pastimes and customs of his wealthy Parisian milieu, indulging his fascination with sports and aviation,Continue reading “29 Wonderful Photos Showing Life in France During the 1950s & 1960s”
50 Vintage Photos Showing 1950s Ladies Smoking
27 Wonderful Photos of James Dean and His Girlfriend Pier Angeli in the 1950s
Dean’s best-remembered relationship was with young Italian actress Pier Angeli, whom he met while Angeli was shooting The Silver Chalice (released in 1955) on an adjoining Warner lot, and with whom he exchanged items of jewelry as love tokens. Angeli, during an interview fourteen years after their relationship ended, described their times together:“We used toContinue reading “27 Wonderful Photos of James Dean and His Girlfriend Pier Angeli in the 1950s”