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28 Vintage Photographs Showing Life in London during the 1870s
(Photos by John Thomson (1837–1921))
33 Vintage Photos Showing the Lindy Hop: The Dance That Defined the Swing Era
The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities in Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular duringContinue reading “33 Vintage Photos Showing the Lindy Hop: The Dance That Defined the Swing Era”
25 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture a Ladies’ Smoker Night in 1941
On the evening of May 20, members of the Young Women’s Republican Club of Milford, Connecticut, explored the pleasures of tobacco, poker, the strip tease and such other masculine enjoyments as had frequently cost them the evening companionship of husbands, sons and brothers. Men were strictly forbidden from entering the Ladies’ Smoker Night, although theyContinue reading “25 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture a Ladies’ Smoker Night in 1941”
21 Vintage Photos Showing Lipstick Testing in the 1950s
(Photos by Yale Joel/LIFE magazine)
43 Amazing Photos Showing Los Angeles During the Prohibition Era of the 1920s & Early 1930s
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Prohibitionists first attempted to end the trade in alcoholic drinks during the 19th century. Led by pietistic Protestants, they aimed to heal what they saw as an ill society beset byContinue reading “43 Amazing Photos Showing Los Angeles During the Prohibition Era of the 1920s & Early 1930s”
37 Vintage Photos of Kids Having Fun on the Streets of London in 1954
(Photos: Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)
23 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing Everyday Life of American Teenage Girls in the 1940s
In the life of a 1940s teenager, there was a war going on, but it was something that only seemed to effect their parents. With outside life oblivious to them and marketers still trying to identify this new teen-age demographic the fashions that real teens wore and what was marketed to them were quite different.Continue reading “23 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing Everyday Life of American Teenage Girls in the 1940s”
39 Vintage Portraits of Victorian Men With Mustache
36 Stunning Photos of Actress Vivien Leigh From the 1930s to the 1960s
Throughout her life Vivien Leigh was considered by most as one of the most beautiful actresses of her day, and for that matter any other day. It was George Cukor, the original director of Gone With the Wind, who said Vivien Leigh was the “consumate actress, hampered by beauty.” When she was once asked, however,Continue reading “36 Stunning Photos of Actress Vivien Leigh From the 1930s to the 1960s”
