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62 Gorgeous Portrait Photos of Girls of the Ziegfeld Follies from the 1920s
The Ziegfeld Follies was a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. Founding and history Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, the ZiegfeldContinue reading “62 Gorgeous Portrait Photos of Girls of the Ziegfeld Follies from the 1920s”
46 Amazing Photos Showing Women Wearing Sunglasses in the 1960s
Sunglasses were used in the 12th century or possible earlier in China. But in the early 1900s, the use of sunglasses become more widespread, especially among Hollywood movie stars. Inexpensive mass-production of sunglasses started in 1929 when Sam Foster introduced them to America. Foster sold his sunglasses on the beaches of Atlantic City, New JerseyContinue reading “46 Amazing Photos Showing Women Wearing Sunglasses in the 1960s”
50 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Women from the Victorian Era Volume 1
44 Photos Showing People With Their Travel Trailers in America during the 1950s and 1960s
37 Tintypes Showing Teenage Boys From the Mid-Late 19th Century
A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s, but lesser use of theContinue reading “37 Tintypes Showing Teenage Boys From the Mid-Late 19th Century”
45 Amazing Photos Showing What Teenage Girls Looked Like in the 1850s
62 Vintage Photos of Behind-the Scenes of ‘Something’s Got to Give’ – The Last Unfinished Movie of Marilyn Monroe, 1962
Something’s Got to Give is an unfinished 1962 American feature film, directed by George Cukor for Twentieth Century-Fox and starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. A remake of My Favorite Wife (1940), a screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, it was Monroe’s last work; from the beginning its production was disruptedContinue reading “62 Vintage Photos of Behind-the Scenes of ‘Something’s Got to Give’ – The Last Unfinished Movie of Marilyn Monroe, 1962”
Magnificent Photos Of 1940s New York Taken by a Then Teenage Stanley Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick, the legendary filmmaker behind classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining, did not begin his artistic journey behind a movie camera, but rather behind a still camera. As a teenager in the 1940s, Kubrick roamed the streets of New York City capturing the energy, emotions, and contradictions of urban life. HisContinue reading “Magnificent Photos Of 1940s New York Taken by a Then Teenage Stanley Kubrick.”
