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1940s Fads: Indoor Sunbathing

The 1940s was a time when no one gave much thought to sunscreen and you could happily chain-smoke cigarettes and

Photos taken at the McConnell Air Hostess School which trained air hostesses for TWA in the 1940s. The training included

Curious photos from a Beautiful Legs Contest from 1949. The pictures raise lots of questions in my mind – aside

Marilyn Monroe photographed in February 1947 when she was still a young starlet. At this time she was still called

These beautiful Victorian portraits are a type of early photograph called daguerreotypes. Invented by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre in the

The airship industry effectively died with the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, but for 80 or so years previously the dream

I stumbled across this photograph this morning and I’m ghoulishly intrigued by it. The only information I have about it

This photos were taken at a professional photo shoot for a young starlet some time during the 1940s. It’s really

When Gene Tierney married costume designer Oleg Cassini in 1941 she was planning to wear this amazing lace dress, designed

So, who knew there was a trend for body jewelry in the 50s? These photos are from 1951 of ‘Cling’

What better way to start off the new year by seeing how they celebrated in years gone by! These are

When 21-year-old Mia Farrow married Frank Sinatra (who was 50 at the time) in 1966 she wore an white skirt

Er, I can’t claim to tell you much about these photos except that they were labelled ‘wet proof paper’ 1953.

If you think you need a steady hand to apply eyeliner, then try drawing straight seams up the backs of

You thought zumba and ashtanga yoga were torture enough in the pursuit of youth and fitness? Be grateful you didn’t

When Ava Gardner married Frank Sinatra after months of media speculation the world went wild. This was Gardner’s third marriage

It was the lovely Armi Kuusela from Finland who won the first ever Miss Universe contest in 1952*, with Miss

If you want to talk fairy tale weddings then Grace Kelly‘s wedding to Prince Rainier III of Monaco was the