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30 Beautiful Photos of Michelle Phillips During the 1960s & 1970s
Michelle Gilliam Phillips (born Holly Michelle Gilliam; June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She rose to fame as a vocalist in the musical quartet the Mamas and the Papas in the mid-1960s. Her voice was described by Time magazine as the “purest soprano in pop music.” She later established aContinue reading “30 Beautiful Photos of Michelle Phillips During the 1960s & 1970s”
Sabrina, Britain’s Answer to Marilyn Monroe: 23 Black and White Portraits of Norma Ann Sykes in the 1950s and 1960s
Norma Ann Sykes (1936–2016) was a 1950s English glamour model who progressed to a minor film career. She was best known for her hourglass figure of 42.5-inch (108 cm) breasts coupled with a tiny 19-inch (48 cm) waist and 36-inch (91 cm) hips. When 19-year-old Norma Ann Sykes shimmied on to the BBC’s stage inContinue reading “Sabrina, Britain’s Answer to Marilyn Monroe: 23 Black and White Portraits of Norma Ann Sykes in the 1950s and 1960s”
Psychedelic Photos of Pink Floyd Taken in June 1967
Pink Floyd is one of the world’s most iconic and influential bands. Their progressive and psychedelic music encompassing philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation and elaborate live shows has captured the hearts of fans for over five decades. Andrew Whittuck started shooting in the mid-sixties where he soon took some of the earliest shots of Pink Floyd.Continue reading “Psychedelic Photos of Pink Floyd Taken in June 1967”
A Day in the Life of a Playboy Bunny in New York, 1968
The Playboy Club was initially a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises. The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago in 1960. Each club generally featured a Living Room, a Playmate Bar, a Dining Room, and a Club Room. Members and their guests were served food and drinks by Playboy Bunnies,Continue reading “A Day in the Life of a Playboy Bunny in New York, 1968”
Rarely-Seen Photos of Princess Margaret’s Wedding in London, 1960
Born Margaret Rose in 1930 at Glamis Castle in Scotland, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II. After the war, Margaret fell in love with Group Captain Peter Townsend. In 1952, Margaret’s father died, herContinue reading “Rarely-Seen Photos of Princess Margaret’s Wedding in London, 1960”
55 Incredible Black and White Photos of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chi?n tranh Vi?t Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. NorthContinue reading “55 Incredible Black and White Photos of the Vietnam War”
The Story Behind the Filming of Steve McQueen’s Dramatic Fence-Jump Scene in “The Great Escape”
The Great Escape is a 1963 American World War II epic film that depicts an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp. The film is based on Paul Brickhill’s 1950 book of the same name, a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (nowContinue reading “The Story Behind the Filming of Steve McQueen’s Dramatic Fence-Jump Scene in “The Great Escape””
Clint Eastwood Skateboarding on Via Veneto, Rome in 1965
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, film director, producer, and composer. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the “Man with No Name” in Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy” of Spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop HarryContinue reading “Clint Eastwood Skateboarding on Via Veneto, Rome in 1965”
Before iPhone, There Was Ericofon, aka Cobra Phone
The Ericofon is a one-piece plastic telephone created by the Ericsson Company of Sweden and marketed through the second half of the 20th century. It was the first commercially marketed telephone to incorporate the dial and handset into a single unit. Because of its styling and its influence on future telephone design, the Ericofon isContinue reading “Before iPhone, There Was Ericofon, aka Cobra Phone”
