Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was born during the American Civil War. In the 1880s, Johnston studied art in Paris and then returned home to Washington, DC, where she learned photography. She quickly established a national reputation as a professional photographer and businesswoman, with growing success in both the art and commercial worlds. In the 1890sContinue reading “30 Amazing Vintage Photographs Showing Life in America Between the 1900s and 1910s”
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40 Vintage Photos Showing Everyday 1940s Women’s Fashions
19 Lovely Portrait Photos of Famous Moms With Their Kids
Here’s a selection of 19 lovely vintage photos of famous moms (Jackie Kennedy, Shirley MacLaine) with their kids, famous kids (Liz Taylor, Sophia Loren) with their moms and, in a few instances, famous kids with their famous moms. According to LIFE magazine, the focus of the gallery is most decidedly not meant to suggest thatContinue reading “19 Lovely Portrait Photos of Famous Moms With Their Kids”
Vintage Portraits of People With Their Eyes Shut During Portrait Taking
32 Amazing Photos of Wedding Dresses Worn By Famous Women in the 1950s
20 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Actress Katherine Helmond From Between the Late 1970s and 1980s
Katherine Helmond, the seven-time Emmy-nominated Texas actress who played the feisty, man-crazy mother Mona Robinson on the long-running ABC sitcom Who’s the Boss? died on February 23, 2019 at her Los Angeles home due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 89. Born on Galveston Island in Texas on July 5, 1929, Katherine Marie HelmondContinue reading “20 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Actress Katherine Helmond From Between the Late 1970s and 1980s”
Eva Braun’s Life in Pictures: 20 Rarely Seen Photos of Adolf Hitler’s Wife From LIFE Magazine
These photographs from Eva Braun’s personal picture albums reveal new dimensions of the woman who was Adolf Hitler’s longtime girlfriend and, in their last, frantic hours together, his wife. Braun became the central woman in Hitler’s life after the 1931 suicide of Geli Raubal, the future Führer’s 23-year-old niece (and rumored lover). By all accounts,Continue reading “Eva Braun’s Life in Pictures: 20 Rarely Seen Photos of Adolf Hitler’s Wife From LIFE Magazine”
35 Amazing Photos of Famous People When They Were Young
Everyone was young once. It is a hard thing to believe sometimes, but it is true. Which makes it all the more curious to see what famous (or infamous) people looked like during their younger days. Take a look at 35 influential people before they became famous. You may be suprised.
41 Beautiful Photos of Actress & Singer Jane Powell in the 1940s
American singer, dancer and actress Jane Powell was born in 1929 as Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon where she achieved local fame as a singer, touring the state as the Oregon Victory Girl selling victory bonds. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and rosedContinue reading “41 Beautiful Photos of Actress & Singer Jane Powell in the 1940s”
43 Beautiful Photos of 1960’s Women Fashion
In a career that spanned seven decades, Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990) dazzled the world with his sparkling inventiveness as a fashion photographer. His long association with Vogue, and his numerous assignments for Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country and other international magazines, brought him worldwide recognition. His impulsive and unstructured style changed forever the static,Continue reading “43 Beautiful Photos of 1960’s Women Fashion”
