If you were lucky enough to be dining at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer commissary menu in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this would have been the menu you’d have been handed. Elizabeth Taylor Salad or Cyd Charisse Salad, anyone? You knew you’d made it at MGM when they named a salad after you. To see theContinue reading “Elizabeth Taylor Salad or Cyd Charisse Salad, Anyone? Here’s the MGM Commissary Menu From the Late 1950s”
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50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1950s Volume 6
16 Captivating Photographs of Audrey Hepburn Show Everyday Life of a Hollywood Icon
In his distinguished career as a Hollywood photographer, Bob Willoughby captured Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Fonda, but remains unequivocal about his favorite subject: Audrey Hepburn. Willoughby was called in to shoot the new starlet one morning shortly after she arrived in Hollywood in 1953. It was a humdrum commission for the portraitist oftenContinue reading “16 Captivating Photographs of Audrey Hepburn Show Everyday Life of a Hollywood Icon”
Eartha Kitt Playing in a Tree, New York, 1952
Gordon Parks, who was the first black photographer on staff at both Vogue and LIFE magazines, is best known for the photo essays he shot for the latter, where, wielding the camera that he referred to as his “choice of weapon,” he created searing portraits of black life in the years before and during theContinue reading “Eartha Kitt Playing in a Tree, New York, 1952”
What Frida Wore: See Frida Kahlo’s Hidden Wardrobe, Locked Away for 50 Years
Frida Kahlo’s clothes are like Frida herself: colorful, powerful, filled with passion. Seeing them immediately evokes the richness of her paintings, while poignantly offering an insight into her life. When Mexican artist Frida Kahlo passed away in 1954, her husband, fellow artist Diego Rivera, anguished by her death, sealed her clothes in the bathroom ofContinue reading “What Frida Wore: See Frida Kahlo’s Hidden Wardrobe, Locked Away for 50 Years”
Fantastic Photos of Annette Funicello at Disneyland in the 1950s
Born in Utica, New York, American actress and singer Annette Joanne Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve, and rose to prominence as one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. As a teenager, Funicello transitioned to a successful career as a singer withContinue reading “Fantastic Photos of Annette Funicello at Disneyland in the 1950s”
Here Are 17 Amazing Rules Pregnant Women Had to Follow in the 1950s
Back in the 1950s, there were many pregnancy rules that are no longer rules today. Many studies have been conducted over the decades to find what was harmful to pregnant women and what was not was behind the changes. That being said, the rules that pregnant women had to follow in the 1950s are starklyContinue reading “Here Are 17 Amazing Rules Pregnant Women Had to Follow in the 1950s”
30 Amazing Photos Showing Naughty Ladies During the 1950s
Vintage Photos Show What American Beauty Salons Looked Like in the 1950s and 1960s
Women love beauty. That has been certainly evident from the past. So the beauty salons have been increasingly appearing widely and constantly upgrading to serve the standards of ladies. Take a look at these old pics to see what American beauty salons looked like in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Prince George’s County Memorial Library Bookmobile in Woodmore, Maryland, 1951
In the early 1900s, a librarian could purchase a bookmobile for as little as $1,000. By the late 1930s, there were as many as 60 bookmobiles nationwide. The Great Depression and two World Wars then sharply curtailed services and bookmobile production around the country. During the boom years of the 1950s, bookmobile production resurged. ManyContinue reading “The Prince George’s County Memorial Library Bookmobile in Woodmore, Maryland, 1951”
