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Let’s Dance!
The forecast heatwave seems to have arrived in full force today and it's far too hot to actually dance, so here are some vintage photos of people dancing their socks off to keep us all entertained. Thinking about doing exercise is almost as good as doing it, right? Oh, and I'd …
Pin Up Girls: A Brief History
Pin up girls have been around for a lot longer than you think. Since as early as the 1890s girls have been drawn, painted and photographed and presented to the world as the ideal of beauty and sexuality. Like fashions in beauty and body shape, the pin up has changed enormously …
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Louise Brooks: From Dancer to Showgirl to Scandalous Flapper Icon
Louise Brooks with her sharply bobbed hair is one of the most iconic figures of 1920s …
Silent Movie Icons: Norma Talmadge
One of three sisters, Norma Talmadge was one of the most popular actresses of silent …
How The World Looked When Airships Filled The Sky
The airship industry effectively died with the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, but for 80 or …
A Rather Intriguing (and Ghoulish) Photograph
I stumbled across this photograph this morning and I'm ghoulishly intrigued by it. The …
Risqué Nose Art from WW2 Bombers (NSWF)
Nose art on airplanes first became popular during WW1 when German airmen (or rather their …
Back When Everybody Smoked…
More and more smokers are becoming social pariahs. They have to stand on the street in …
Scream Queens: Elsa Lanchester
You might not recognize the name Elsa Lanchester, but you'll definitely recognize her in …
Happy Vintage New Year!
What better way to start off the new year by seeing how they celebrated in years gone by! …
