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Born 1946 in Paris, French-Romanian chef turned actress Genevieve Gilles acted in one film and three 1980s era sitcoms. She was the mistress of film producer Darryl Zanuck, from 1965 to 1973… Read More
Surcouf was a large French gun-armed cruiser submarine of the mid 20th century. She carried two 8” guns as well as anti-aircraft guns and (for most of her career) a floatplane. Surcouf… Read More
Born in Arizona in 1946, Linda Ronstadt began performing with the Stone Poneys in the 1960s before finding success as a solo artist. Her breakout 1974 album, Heart Like a Wheel, earned her t… Read More
Born 1932 in Norwood, Ohio, American actor and dancer George Chakiris made his film debut at age 15 in 1947 in the chorus of Song of Love. He was a dancer in Marilyn Monroe’s “Di… Read More
Shannen Doherty, an actress who starred on the popular series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed and documented her nine-year battle with breast cancer, has died. She was 53.“I… Read More
Born 1909 in Carcassonne, French couturier and fashion designer Jacques Griffe worked with Madeleine Vionnet as a cutter from 1936 to 1939, before launching his own couture house in 1942. In… Read More
On July 13, 1923, American explorer, adventurer, and paleontologist, Roy Chapman Andrews, was the first person in the world to discover dinosaur eggs, in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Originall… Read More
Beautiful sophisticated blonde with pale face, Snowqueen of Texas Deborah Dixon, was a very popular model of the cult 1960s. Her beautiful face and perfect figure graced in fashion magazines… Read More
In the past, donkeys were frequently used for agricultural work, collecting kelp from the coast, harvesting salt or transporting it from one village to another. Donkeys were an integral part… Read More
Beach life in the 1920s was marked by a shift towards more relaxed and recreational activities. Swimwear became more practical and less restrictive, with women wearing one-piece suits and me… Read More
Bosom Buddies is an American television sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert Boyett, Thomas Miller and Chris Thompson. It aired on Thursday nights for two seasons on… Read More
The Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta Speciale (also commonly referred to as the Berlinetta Tre-posti) was a concept sports car designed and produced by Pininfarina and Ferrari in 1966. It featured a… Read More
Jean Barthet (1920–2000) was a French milliner who first rose to prominence in the 1950s as hat maker to Hollywood and French film stars, also designing hats for films such as The Youn… Read More
Road sign in field, stating that: “No Gentleman Will Use Tobacco in This City,” and “Cut It Out You Fool.” These photos were taken outside of Zion, Illinois from the… Read More
Brian Epstein pictured with some of the groups he manages on June 18, 1963. These are three of the most listened-to bands of the early 1960s: The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J K… Read More
A Parisian woman wearing a low-priced, mass-produced yet fashionable British dress designed by Norman Hartnell, sits at a cafe in St Germaine des Pres, Paris, 1951. These dresses are on sale… Read More
King Francis I of France discovered the lotteries during his campaigns in Italy and decided to organize such a lottery in his kingdom to help the state finances. The first French lottery, th… Read More
Movie Weekly was an American film magazine published in the early 1920s. It focused on the burgeoning film industry, covering news about movies, stars, and studios.The magazine provided read… Read More
Elliott Erwitt’s comical photograph of the bulldog sitting on its owner’s lap exemplifies the adage that dogs really do look like their owners. Well known for his dog images, Erw… Read More
At first glance, this photo entitled “General Grant at City Point” appears to be a rare shot of Ulysses S. Grant reviewing his troops during the Civil War. But take a closer look… Read More
Ironically, Nissan’s cancellation of Albrecht Goertz’s Yamaha-built design study led to Toyota acquiring the rights to the sleek two-seater coupé that would become the 200… Read More
Loy Bowlin, The Original Rhinestone Cowboy With His Beautiful Holy Jewel Home In McComb, Mississippi
Loy Bowlin was born in 1909 in rural Franklin County, Mississippi, and lived in poverty for much of his life. He married Ina Mae Mitchell in 1933, and the couple farmed and scrapped metal to… Read More
1950s kitchens were characterized by bold pastel colors, glossy painted or metal cabinets, laminate countertops, rounded chrome-detailed appliances, built-in breakfast nooks, decorative back… Read More
As Frank Sinatra’s daughter, Nancy was destined for fame, but it was her smoking figure, mod makeup, and signature footwear that made her a household name. Nancy Sinatra showed off her… Read More
Born 1900 in South Walpole, Massachusetts, American actor Charles Farrell began his career as an extra and bit player for Paramount Pictures in films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The… Read More
“They blame me for the ozone,” said Bonnie Tyler on owning possibly the finest example of 1980s big hair. “I hate the curly hair looking back. People think I had my hair pe… Read More
In 1972, Dr. John Fryer risked his career to tell his colleagues that gay people were not mentally ill. His act sent ripples through the legal, medical, and justice systems.Barbara Gittings… Read More
I Wanted Wings is a 1941 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and based on a book by Lieutenant Beirne Lay Jr. The film stars Ray Milland and William Holden. The supporting cast i… Read More
Did you know there was a Ford Mustang pickup? Yeap, there’s no more unique Ford Mustang than the 1966 Mustero.Two years after introduction a pick-up version was developed. In 1966 with… Read More
New York City in the 1950s was a vibrant and dynamic metropolis undergoing significant change. Post-World War II prosperity fueled economic growth, leading to extensive construction and urba… Read More
Moments after Valerie Solanas entered Andy Warhol’s sixth-floor office at 33 Union Square West on June 3, 1968, carrying two guns and a massive, paranoid grudge, their lives would be c… Read More
Suzi Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and bass guitarist. Arguably the first woman to be a major rock star, she got her start in 1964 playing bass alongside her si… Read More
Brought about by his love for the great outdoors, Glenn Curtiss began tinkering with the idea of building a better camping trailer in 1917. In 1919, his half-brother G. Carl Adams formed the… Read More
Billie Holiday kept two chihuahuas. Her first was Chiquita, who would have her nails done in the same color as Billie’s, and for whom Billie personally knitted a sweater.But it was Pep… Read More
China Seas is a 1935 American adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain, Jean Harlow as his brassy paramour, and Wallace Beery as a suspect character. The oceangoing epic al… Read More
Born 1928 Annie Blanche Banks in Eastman, Georgia, American burlesque star and actress Tempest Storm worked as a carhop waitress at Simon’s Drive-In and then as a cocktail waitress, th… Read More
Roaming Paris streets by night in the early 1930s, Brassaï created arresting images of the city’s dramatic nocturnal landscape. The back alleys, metro stations, and bistros he pho… Read More
The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th centur… Read More
The 1990 movie Total Recall was a futuristic sci-fi movie made by director Paul Verhoeven, with the film teaming up actors Sharon Stone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stone initially turned down… Read More
Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic young black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a gian… Read More
Born 1893 in Moscow, Russian actress Olga Baclanova found success in Hollywood films, as well as stage roles in the US and the United Kingdom, she was mainly billed as an exotic blonde tempt… Read More
Workers on a production line in the EMI factory at Hayes, Middlesex in November 1965, where the Beatles’ new album Rubber Soul is in the final stages of production.Workers packing the… Read More
Born 1934 in Chicago, American actress Dolores Dorn finished third in the Miss Chicago contest in 1950 and second in the same contest in 1951. She was the co-star of The Bounty Hunter (1954)… Read More
On March 6, 1920, New York City debuted its first traffic signal system, on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue.The City’s commissioner of traffic, Dr. John A Harris (also a millionaire physici… Read More
The Palacio de Lecumberri, also called the Black Palace, was known as a place from which it was impossible to escape. Legend has it that the only person who’d ever successfully done so… Read More
Born 1899 in New York City, American silent film actress Martha Mansfield became determined to become an actress at the age of 14. She lobbied for, and won, a role in the Broadway production… Read More
These candid photographs are from “The Phone Book” (2002) by British photographer Martin Parr. A project undertaken in 1998, Parr spent 4 years documenting the adoption of the ce… Read More
August 8, 1941 – Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania: Wearing smart uniforms, the first group of girl gasoline station attendants hired by the Sun Oil Company to take the place of men going in… Read More
January 1, 1940, Westgate Service Station in Annandale, Sydney: 1938 Ford V8 hits parked 1935 Ford Model C (four cylinder), lifting it up onto footpath and into petrol pumps; it takes out on… Read More
Jon Bon Jovi began playing music in 1974, at the age of 13, when he formed his first band Raze and took part in a talent contest at his school. At 16, he formed a band called Atlantic City E… Read More
These glamorous photos of Janice Dickinson were taken by Susan Wood as part of an ad campaign shoot for Wamsutta sheets, featuring Calvin Klein designs in Amagansett, New York, October 1978… Read More
Porgy and Bess is a 1959 American musical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the titular roles. It is based on the 1935 opera Porgy a… Read More
Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 science fiction western comedy movie starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Mary Steenburgen. It is the third part of the Back to the Future tri… Read More
The daguerreotypes that became publicly available during the 1840s had exposure times from tens of seconds to several minutes. While exposure times shrank as photographic technology develope… Read More
September 17, 1976: NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, in Palmdale, California. Named after the ship from Star Trek, the show’s original cast was in attendance. A ye… Read More
Table tennis exhibition: Jacques Secrétin vs. Vincent Purkart in the Netherlands in 1979.Jacques Secrétin (1949–2020), a name that will not be forgotten and that French t… Read More
Woman of the Year is a 1942 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by George Stevens and starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The film was written by Ring Lardner Jr. and Mich… Read More
The interior design of the ’60s was highly personalized. Following an era of economic unrest, the ’60s was a time of fun, where people started to pay attention and spend money on… Read More
Women were granted the right to vote in Australia in 1902. The Great War increased independence for some, with women taking on the roles of men in factories, businesses and on properties whi… Read More
Pictured here are just a small glimpse into the crazy wide-spread obsession women had for Elvis Presley. These teenage girl’s bedrooms look more like a shrine to The King. Believe it o… Read More
By the time she was photographed by Jack Robinson on October 30, 1969, few singers had fused gospel and pop with classical music as successfully as Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – Apr… Read More
German fashion model, beauty queen and business woman Susanne Erichsen was born Susanne Firle in December 1925. In June of 1945, she married Norwegian Sven Erichsen and at the end of World W… Read More
“I like to wear dresses because they’re comfortable,” Kurt Cobain told Melody Maker in December 1992. “There’s nothing more comfortable than that cozy flower pa… Read More
Born 1913 as Florette Regina Ottenheimer in Baltimore, Maryland, American actress Margaret Hayes is perhaps best known for her role as Lois Judby Hammond in the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle… Read More
Before Eva Mendes was an award-winning actress, she was just a young Alyssa Milano fan like the majority of her peers. Mendes posted this amazing throwback photo of herself, who was 15 at th… Read More
Born 1920 in Chicago, American editorial, portrait, and advertising photographer and film director Dan Wynn moved to New York in 1947 and got his editorial start at Seventeen, where he quick… Read More
The 1940s was an era that gave birth to some of the most iconic and influential actresses in the history of Hollywood. These classic Hollywood actresses, known as the leading ladies from the… Read More
Fashion of the 1980s was characterized by a rejection of 1970s fashion. Punk fashion began as a reaction against both the hippie movement of the past decades and the materialist values of th… Read More
As we are about to find out, the Panamera wasn’t the first four-door coupe-styled car that carried the brand’s emblem. Well, previously there’s an obscure 1968 custom-built… Read More
Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic is an annual concert hosted by country music singer Willie Nelson. Nelson was inspired to create the annual concert after his participation in the… Read More
Charles-Jean Hallo (known as ALO) (1882–1969) was a French painter, draftsman, illustrator, engraver, and photographer who was born in Lille and died in Senlis. He spent his childhood… Read More
There are rumors that George Harrison had an affair with Stevie Nicks. That is not true and most likely started because George attended a party for the album Rumours by Fleetwood Mac i… Read More
Wrestling legend Andre the Giant has a one-of-a-kind mode of transportation. This was a lavish Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine. The limo was large and elegant, which is how numerous people defi… Read More
Strange Cargo is a 1940 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal c… Read More
In 1280, caviar was formally sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church as a food that could be consumed during religious fasts. This is during a time when the Church strictly governed the mo… Read More
The Norman Timbs Special, constructed by renowned Indy 500 engineer Norman Timbs in Los Angeles, is a unique automobile. It’s estimated that he built the car at a cost of $10,000, a si… Read More
In the summer of 1995 the British photographer Martin Parr, traveled to Yalta, he had for himself called the “Russian Riviera.” And in this series, you will see all the variety… Read More
An air show is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without they are called “static air shows” with aircraft parked on the g… Read More
January 26, 1969: Work is done on “Dig It” and “The Long and Winding Road,” plus Harrison’s “Isn’t It a Pity” which will eventually appear on… Read More
Get ready to laugh with these vintage drinking snapshots. From outrageous antics to hilarious mishaps, these photos are sure to brighten your day and bring a smile to your face...See more &r… Read More
Born 1911 as Nellie Bernice Bogdon in Oakland, California, American actress Sally Phipps was a Fox Film star who appeared in well over 20 films, including a cameo in F.W. Murnau’s clas… Read More
The days of post war rationing and austerity were still recent memories so, especially in the early years of the decade, 1960s Christmases still had a feeling of frugality when compared to t… Read More
Formed in 1986 as a ska band inspired by Madness, the lineup of No Doubt initially comprised John Spence, Gwen Stefani, and her brother, Eric. While playing the party-band circuit around Ana… Read More
The Peaky Blinders, street-based Birmingham gang from the 19th century who slashed victims across the face with razor blades sewn in peaks of their caps. Gang members including David Taylor… Read More
Born 1927 in Los Angeles, California, American child actress Virginia Weidler was popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s. She made her first film appearance in 1931. Her first… Read More
Frank Sinatra was arrested by the Bergen County, New Jersey sheriff in 1938 and charged with carrying on with a married woman (yes, you could get popped for that back then). The charge was l… Read More
Born 1895 as Jeannette Barr, Jane Derby was known as a top-of-the-line, ready-to-wear designer. She opened a retail business in New York in 1936 and Jane Derby Inc. in 1938. Her clothing was… Read More
Teresita Montez is a fashion model most known for her work for Jacques Heim. She was also a favorite model of photographers like Willy Maywald, Georges Saad, and was regularly seen in fashio… Read More
Born 1928 as Donald Marc Blumberg in New Haven, Connecticut, American fashion designer Donald Brooks was creator of the “American Look” founded in the 1950s and 1960s. He had an… Read More
Demi Moore is perhaps best known for her big-screen roles in films like St. Elmo’s Fire, Ghost, A Few Good Men, and G.I. Jane. But before she was a movie star, she was a daytime TV dar… Read More
Imagine a time before Leonardo DiCaprio was vying for Oscars. A time before he dated supermodels and went yachting. Before he slept in a dead horse...It was 1990, and the fresh-faced teen wa… Read More
The 1940s was a decade defined by the impact of World War II on every aspect of daily life, including how people celebrated their weddings. With a backdrop of war, uncertainty, and rations… Read More
Britain’s first notorious post-war sex siren in films, the enticing, green-eyed blonde bombshell Christine Norden (December28, 1924 – September 21, 1988), was a singer and… Read More
The increase in automobile ownership after Henry Ford started to sell automobiles that the middle class could afford resulted in an increased demand for filling stations.The world’s fi… Read More
Italian actress Sophia Loren was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest stars of classical Hollywood cinema and is one of the last surviving major stars from the era. Sh… Read More
Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films was born on November 9, 1914 as Hedwig Eva Marie Kiesler. She was the only child of Em… Read More
Born 1937 in Los Angeles, California, American actor and recording artist James MacArthur had a long career in both movies and television, and his early work was predominantly in supporting… Read More
For decades fans have speculated who the mysterious old man carrying sticks on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album might be. A West Country historian has finally uncovered the tru… Read More
Andreas Feininger’s most well-known portrait – Dennis Stock holding a camera in front of his face so that the lens looks like his right eye and the viewfinder his left.Andreas Fe… Read More