On September 18, 1905 a baby girl was born on the Stockholm island of Södermalm. Her parents would give her the name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson. How could anyone know that the young infant… Read More

Twenties fashion is often remembered for its glitz and glamour, though underlying this was a move toward simplicity in dress.At the dawn of the 1920s, the world was still reeling from the Fi… Read More

“If Elvis is alive, he wears a mask and goes by the name Orion.”Ever heard of Orion? An unknown singer plucked from obscurity and thrust into the spotlight as part of a crazy sch… Read More

Nigel Henderson (1917-1985) was a British artist and founding member of the Independent Group, but he was also a photographer whose work has been compared to that of Cartier-Bresson and Bras… Read More

During the Second World War, Venice was largely free from attack, the only aggressive effort of note being Operation Bowler, a successful Royal Air Force precision strike on the German naval… Read More

Born 1912 in New York City, American debutante, socialite, heiress, and philanthropist Barbara Hutton was the only child of Edna Woolworth (1883–1917), a daughter of Frank W. Woolworth… Read More

“Who said styling your hair can’t be fun?! Conair’s Impressions styling appliance adds a new twist to hair design.”In addition to the braider, Conair also created the… Read More

Realistic wax models have been utilized in military medicine to study many different medical conditions. This 1894 particular model shows a French sailor who suffered from a skin disease cal… Read More

York is a cathedral city and unitary authority area, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, in England. It is the head city of historic Yorkshire and was a county corporate, outside… Read More

Born 1904 in Dothan, Alabama, Johnny Mack Brown was a prominent halfback on his university’s Crimson Tide football team, coached by Wallace Wade. He earned the nickname “The Doth… Read More

The close of the 1930s had brought with it the start of World War II. It had a profound impact on fashion in the first half of the 1940s, and even after the war had ended.Fashion during the… Read More

The Pontiac Phantom (also called the General Motors Phantom and given the internal code name “Madame X”) is a concept car created by General Motors (GM) in 1977.The Phantom was d… Read More

The gun believed to have been used by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh to take his own life was sold at the Drouot auction house in Paris on June 19, 2019, as “the most famous weapon in… Read More

Pets are part of many children’s lives. Parental involvement, open discussion, and planning are necessary to help make pet ownership a positive experience for everyone. A child who lea… Read More

Throughout the 1930s, Gaston Paris (1903–1964) was one of the pillars of the weekly magazine VU, founded in 1928 by Lucien Vogel. The only salaried photographer, he shared the magazine… Read More

Born 1946 in Venice, Italian actress Silvia Monti is mostly known for the female lead role, Sofia Scannapieco, mafioso Frankie Scannapieco’s sister, in the 1969 Gérard Oury cape… Read More

Japanese designer Kansai Yamamoto (February 8, 1944 – July 21, 2020) was a fixture of the 1970s and ’80s fashion scene, and his avant-garde kimonos gained popularity thanks to on… Read More

Again with the onslaught of ads for “perfect wifey”. Too bad this lady had everything going for her. She never even nagged or wept! But she was careless about feminine hygiene, a… Read More

After studying at Hornsey College of Art in North London, Peter Mitchell travelled to Leeds to visit friends. He took a job as a lorry driver with Sun Electrical in 1973. “I delivered… Read More

Born 1918 in Chatham, New York, American actress Marguerite Chapman was working as a telephone switchboard operator in White Plains, New York when her good looks brought about the opportunit… Read More

Throughout the early nineteenth century, African Americans formed a substantial minority of inhabitants of the United States; 15 to 18 percent of the total population were free or enslaved b… Read More

Untitled Film Stills is a series of black and white photographs by American visual artist Cindy Sherman predominantly made between 1977 and 1980, which gained her international recognition.I… Read More

This 1890 photograph is the oldest-known picture of women playing hockey, taken at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Isobel Stanley, daughter of Lord Stanley, is seen wearing white.Lord Stanley of Pres… Read More

Artificial Intelligence reconstruction of what Pharaoh Ramses II may have looked like (1,303 - 1,213 BC).Ramesses II also known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth… Read More

Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey, it lies within the province of Leinster. It is bordered on the south… Read More

In 1984, 2Pac’s family moved from New York City to Baltimore, Maryland. He attended eighth grade at Roland Park Middle School, then two years at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. On tr… Read More

The bigger the hair, the closer to God.Since the late 1950s, the styles worn by the rock and roll singers and popular bands of the era were embraced by lovers of the music. From this, teenag… Read More

This chaotic street scene shows Chatham Street, now Park Row, from below its intersection with Pearl Street, northeast to Chatham Square.Unlike the period’s printed views, which were g… Read More

The Bertone X1/9 is a two-seater sports car designed by Bertone and built by Fiat from 1972–1982 and subsequently by Gruppo Bertone from 1982–1989. Intended to be the first affor… Read More

Born 1897 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Swedish actor Nils Asther left for Hollywood in 1927 where his first film was Topsy and Eva. By 1928 his good looks had made him into a leading man, playing… Read More

Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was a turning point for Godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilli… Read More

Jugend (Youth) (1896-1940) was an influential German arts magazine. Founded in Munich by Georg Hirth who edited it until his death in 1916, the weekly was originally intended to showcase Ger… Read More

Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastma… Read More

In WWI there were numerous campaigns aimed at slowing the spread of this debilitating disease that can stop an army in its tracks. This poster was produced by the American Social Hygiene Ass… Read More

These photographs were taken by William Gedney, who was born in New York in 1932 and moved to Brooklyn in 1951 to attend the Pratt Institute of Art. Gedney’s works reveal his passionat… Read More

While depression-era wedding dresses of the 1930s were simpler, their ladylike classy cuts were exuded pure elegance. Partly inspired by rising Hollywood glamor, the dresses featured a sligh… Read More

Feet are an important part of our body.  They take us where we want to go. They do so much for us, they are incredibly complex devices. Feet may be humble, but they are the most overwor… Read More

Norway became a Christian nation during the tenth and eleventh centuries, following the age of the Vikings. No sooner had the new religion taken hold than a period of church building began w… Read More

Born 1895 in Salt Lake City, Utah, American actress Margaret Livingston made her debut in films in 1916. She made over 50 films during the “silent era,” most notably in F.W. Murn… Read More

Here’s a set of woman’s ‘toilet’ implements for sexual gratification, consisting of six dildoes and penis supports, two rings (rin no wa, namako no wa) and metal ball… Read More

Fashion in the 1950s saw a clear gender divide. While men and boy’s fashion moved towards a more casual day-to-day style, women and girl’s fashion prioritized elegance, formality… Read More

In June 1969, Jim Morrison met a girl named Lana Elliott at the Whisky a Go-Go in Los Angeles. One day, after Jim had wrecked his car and had no way home, Lana took him to her Hollywood bung… Read More

Postcard published by International Trade, 1973. Back of postcard reads: “’52 Pontiac custom features hand-painted seat covers, lots of chrome, years of work.” The artist w… Read More

The post-war years were a time of hardship, shortages and natural disaster for the Netherlands. This was followed by large-scale public works programs, economic recovery, European integratio… Read More

These fascinating slides were taken by amateur photographer Jack Lillywhite. “My in-laws – Jack and Jan Lillywhite – moved to New York City in 1965 when he was stationed th… Read More

As a model in 1966, American funk and soul singer Betty Mabry first met jazz musician Miles Davis, who was 19 years her senior. At the time he was separated from his first wife, dancer Franc… Read More

Who doesn’t like rock stars and cute kitty cats?Though their contributions rarely receive credit, pets have played their part across pop history. An animal’s presence can offer c… Read More

Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, Hollywood celebrities made extra cash by doing cheesy commercials in Japan. And now, they are coming back to haunt them. That included Arnold Schwarzenegge… Read More

Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, as well as the occupation of universit… Read More

Born 1924 in Cape Town, South Africa, American actress Hazel Brooks was the daughter of a sea captain. Her father died when she was three years old, and she moved with her mother to Brooklyn… Read More

In the 1960s, it wasn’t just the fashion that was groovy and out there – interiors and architecture reflected trends of the time, too. One room that really received unique featur… Read More

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre invented the daguerreotype process in France. The invention was announced to the public on August 19, 1839 at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences… Read More

Back in 1977, Herb Ritts, then an amateur photographer, met up with his good friend, the equally unknown actor Richard Gere. One day, the two were cruising together around San Bernardino, Ca… Read More

Ingrid Bergman found her first success in the United States for her critically acclaimed performance in Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939). Hailed as a fine new talent, Bergman appeared in thre… Read More

These vintage photos were found by Vintage Japan-esque that show lovely portraits of Japanese children, possibly from between the 1930s and 1950s.Portraits of Japanese children fro… Read More

The Ford Mustang Mach 1 is a performance-oriented option package of the Ford Mustang, originally introduced in August 1968 for the 1969 model year. It was available until 1978, returned brie… Read More

London entered the 20th century at the height of its influence as the capital of the largest empire in history, but the new century was to bring many challenges. London was the largest city… Read More

Many people freaked out by these vintage photographs of Snow King chairlifts from between the 1950s and 1970s. The biggest issue is the lack of safety bars over the front, and people detaile… Read More

Born 1925 as Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel in Highland Park, Michigan, American actress and vaudevillian Joan Leslie had her first film role in Camille (1936), and was selected to play a s… Read More

Apparently, around 1652, an English merchant, Daniel Edwards, brought Pasqua (as he was probably known) from Smyrna (now Izmir) in Turkey to London as a servant to prepare the coffee to whic… Read More

Born on Christmas Day 1954 in Aberdeen, Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist Annie Lennox was the lead singer of the Tourists, a British pop band between 1977 an… Read More

On a private lake in Westlake Village, Michael Jackson, not yet 19, was relaxed, smiling and polite as he and his brothers chatted on the dock and tooled around on an electric boat during a… Read More

This amazing vintage footage depicts the Kremos, a Swiss family of acrobats, doing their act in Paris in August 1896. The short film was taken by the Lumière brothers.  The Kre… Read More

The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasizing modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging L… Read More

Erfurt is the capital and largest city in the state of Thuringia, central Germany. It is located in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, within the wide valley of the Gera river. It is… Read More

The Philadelphia Folk Festival is a folk music festival held annually at Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford, Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of Philadelphia. The four-day festival, which is produc… Read More

The Rotor is an amusement park ride, designed and patented by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in 1948. The ride was first demonstrated at Oktoberfest 1949, and was exhibited at fairs and e… Read More

From 1846 to 1860, John Fitzgibbon operated one of America’s most prominent daguerreian establishments in the frontier city of Saint Louis, Missouri. Fitzgibbon learned photography in… Read More

The Brooklands Automobile Racing Club was formed in December 1906 and held its last ever meeting in August 1939 with the outbreak of World War Two. When peace returned, despite people’… Read More

Born 1905 in Withington, Manchester, English actor Robert Donat made his first stage appearance in 1921 at the age of 16 at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, playing Lucius in Julius… Read More

Born 1936 in New York City, American actress, producer, and social advocate Mary Tyler Moore began with a job as “Happy Hotpoint”, a tiny elf dancing on Hotpoint appliances in TV… Read More

Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis proved she was a force to be reckoned with when she used a Judo move on a member of the paparazzi, flipping him over on the sidewalk. Jackie was on h… Read More

Before 1941, Berlin, at 950 kilometers (590 miles) from London, was at the extreme range attainable by the British bombers then available to the Allied forces. It could be bombed only at nig… Read More

When Karen and Gary Ryan, both 79, got married in July of 1962 in Pocatello, Idaho, they said their wedding day looked very different to the ones we’re used to seeing today.“It w… Read More

Born 1878 in Trieste, Italian painter, illustrator, and poster designer Marcello Dudovich relocated from Trieste to Milan in 1897 after attending a professional art school. In 1899, he trans… Read More

The photos from Marty Bernard were taken from the Roosevelt Road Viaduct and the trains were on the leads to LaSalle Street Station on June 24, 1973. Rock Island E6A 630 was brought out to p… Read More

In 1841-42, William and Frederick Langenheim opened a daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia. Known for their technical innovations, the former journalists were not the city’s first but… Read More

Woman Seen From the Back is an 1860s photograph by 19th-century French photographer, Vicomte Onesipe Aguado de las Marismas (1830–1893). It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Mus… Read More

Sean Connery's breakthrough in his acting career came in the role of British secret agent James Bond. He was reluctant to commit to a film series, but understood that if the films succeeded… Read More

Born 1941 on the island of Anglesey in Wales, Grace Coddington is a Welsh former model and former creative director at large of American Vogue magazine. She is known for the creation of larg… Read More

American photographer Amy Arbus has been creating photographic portraits since the 1980s. She has published five books, including The Inconvenience of Being Born, After Images, and The Fourt… Read More

The Hutchinson Family Singers took 19th-century America by storm. Their fame rivaled and even outshone the stars of today. Through their performances in front of interracial audiences, they… Read More

Abolitionist Button is an early photography daguerreotype and gold photographic print created from between the 1840s to the 1850s. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The… Read More

Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863–1931) was a French photographer who was famous for taking color autochromes during World War I. He was born near Fontainebleau in Avon, Seine-et-Marne… Read More

Born 1923 in Pretoria, South Africa, while her parents were on tour, British actress, dancer, musician, and singer Glynis Johns is best known for creating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A L… Read More

Philadelphia is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvan… Read More

Charles Robert Watts, the Rolling Stones’ drummer and the band’s irreplaceable heartbeat, has died on August 24, 2021. He was 80. No cause of death was given.“It is with im… Read More

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 American gothic slasher film directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Leslie Bohem. It is the fifth installment in the A Nightmare on… Read More

A renowned photographer and a brilliant documenter, but before Greg Girald became widely known he was just a teenager prowling the streets of a pre-globalized Vancouver with his camera. To h… Read More

Bridal gowns have always been chosen with great care, embodying the wearer’s taste as well as social status. Wedding dresses usually define specific historical eras in their aesthetic… Read More

Post-war Paris brought a blossoming of culture and thought. The Nouvelle Vague transformed French cinema, young couturiers reinvigorated French fashion, existentialism flourished in literatu… Read More

A station wagon, also called an estate (UK) or simply wagon (US), is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume w… Read More

Call Her Savage is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Clara Bow. The film was Bow’s second-to-last film role. It is also one of the first portrayal… Read More

Back in the 1970s, a young man went to work for a carnival concessionaire who, each summer, took a portable photo studio on the road to county fairs across California and the west. For a few… Read More

The year was 1970. Jane Fonda had just finished filming the crime thriller Klute. On her way home from an anti-Vietnam War speaking engagement in Canada—the first on her North American… Read More

The most desirable Peugeot is this 402 Darl’mat Roadster also known as the ‘Spécial Sport.’ It was envisioned by Emile Darl’mat who had close contact with the… Read More

Beginning in the 1960s, Italy completed its postwar transformation from a largely agrarian, relatively poor country into one of the most economically and socially advanced countries of the w… Read More

Founded as Howard College in Marion, Alabama. The college added a new school of business and reorganized to achieve university status in 1965. Since the name “Howard University”… Read More

Daguerreotypes, the first commercial form of photography, appeared in America around the year 1839. These were produced by first sensitizing a polished silvered copper plate with iodine vapo… Read More

In August 1970, just weeks before her untimely and tragic death, Janis Joplin’s last journey back to her native Port Arthur, Texas included a highly publicized appearance at her 10 yea… Read More