Many people argue that home economics classes are an outdated, patriarchal set of skills women were forced to learn back in the day that have no place in our modern, feminist school systems. After all, the modern woman can buy her own clothes, pop dinner into a microwave, throw her laundry into a washing machine,Continue reading “30 Interesting Vintage Photos of Girls Home Economics Classes From Between the 1920s and 1950s”
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20 Vintage Photos Showing Florida During the 1940s
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; itContinue reading “20 Vintage Photos Showing Florida During the 1940s”
David Bowie With His Wife Angie Bowie at Victoria Station Before He Left on a Train to Paris, July 1973
Bowie’s first marriage to Cypriot-American model Angela Bowie ended in divorce and estrangement. Angela, or ‘Angie’ as she is known, was only 19 when she met Bowie at a gig at The Roundhouse in London in 1969. The pair were married one year later and a year after that welcomed their son, Duncan Zowie HaywoodContinue reading “David Bowie With His Wife Angie Bowie at Victoria Station Before He Left on a Train to Paris, July 1973”
Wonderful Photos of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer on Their Wedding Day in 1954
Hepburn met American actor Mel Ferrer at a cocktail party hosted by mutual friend Gregory Peck. He had suggested that they star together in a play. The meeting would result with them working together in Ondine, during which they began a relationship. Eight months later, on 25 September 1954, they were married at a localContinue reading “Wonderful Photos of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer on Their Wedding Day in 1954”
Ota Benga: The Man Who Was Caged In A Zoo
Ota Benga was a Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man born in the Ituri Rainforest of the Belgian Congo in 1883. His village was attacked by the Force Publique, established by King Leopold II of Belgium as a militia to enslave the natives for labor in order to utilize the large supply of rubber in the Congo.Continue reading “Ota Benga: The Man Who Was Caged In A Zoo”
Rare Photos of Freddie Mercury in the Summer of 1991, Just Months Before He Died of Bronchial Pneumonia From AIDS
Born Farrokh Bulsara in Tanzania to Pakistani parents, Freddie Mercury set off to London just after he turned 16 years old. In 2002 he landed the 58th place in the top 100 famous British people. While the Rolling Stone magazine gave him a top place in the list of the greatest singers of all time.Continue reading “Rare Photos of Freddie Mercury in the Summer of 1991, Just Months Before He Died of Bronchial Pneumonia From AIDS”
Rare Photos of 3-Year-Old Norma Jeane (Later Marilyn Monroe) With Her Family on the Beach of Santa Monica in 1929
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, model and singer. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actressContinue reading “Rare Photos of 3-Year-Old Norma Jeane (Later Marilyn Monroe) With Her Family on the Beach of Santa Monica in 1929”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 7
Amazing Photos of Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1948
The Jackson Hole valley of today is a major hub of tourism in the American West: skiers in the winter, national park-goers in the summer and mountain lovers all year round. But its primary tourism draw—long before the word “resort” became associated with the peaceful Wyoming locale—was once its dude ranches. Back then, its cowboyContinue reading “Amazing Photos of Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1948”
New York in the 1950s
Immediately after World War II, New York City became known as one of the world’s greatest cities. However, after peaking in population in 1950, the city began to feel the effects of white flight to the suburbs, a downturn in industry and commerce as businesses left for places where it was cheaper and easier toContinue reading “New York in the 1950s”
