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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

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

More and more smokers are becoming social pariahs. They have to stand on the street in the rain outside restaurants,

Wow, you’d certainly need a head for heights to do this job! Back in 1908-9 when the Manhattan bridge was

I thought this photo was delightful, there’s something delicious about seeing little glimpses back in time. It looks like neither

Frankly, an artistic arrangement of dead snakes doesn’t really say Happy Christmas to me, but clearly it did to somebody.

I never stopped to wonder how Adolf Hitler spent the First World War, I certainly never imagined he was a

We all know what Mae West looked like (above). Her sexy on-screen image is probably one of the most iconic

This very serious young man is Ernest Hemingway photographed in 1923 from his passport. To be fair we all look

There’s little more fascinating than looking at stars back when they were ‘normal people’. Even Marilyn Monroe looked like any

A little Jackie Kennedy looking very grown up! This photo was taken in 1935 which I think would make her

My little boy has seen 3 different Santas this year (or rather he’s seen Santa 3 times this year) and

Ziegfeld Follies girl Doris Eaton Travis photographed somewhere around 1918-1920. I love the fancy top she’s wearing – I wonder

This picture perfectly captures for me the style of the 1930s. I think my glamorous 1930s ideal probably stems from

The youngest US president to be inaugurated and the youngest President to die in office, it is 50 years this

A girl de-fluffing her extremely furry angora rabbit, 1930s.

This photo was taken at the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in September 1967. The Triceratops, named Uncle Beazley

I was talking about my fascination with vintage mug-shot photos a few days ago and since then I stumbled upon