Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
US Bikini Laws,1922
‘June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrell, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.’ [National Photo Co., via]
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Chicago's night clubs 1970s
Between 1975 and 1977, Michael Abramson hit Chicago’s South Side night clubs – Perv’s House, Pepper’s Hideout, The High Chaparral, The Patio Lounge, and The Showcase Lounge, not to capture the artists on stage, instead popping off a half dozen rolls every night on the crowd.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Atlantic City, 1970s
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Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons playing the Steel Pier on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City |
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Lucy the Elephant, an Atlantic City attraction, during a period of disrepair |
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Atlantic City Boardwalk |
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Black shoes and socks, with shorts, on the Atlantic City Boardwalk |
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Grabbing some rays on the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk |
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Cape Town ’60s Party Photos
These shots of Beehived, boozed up, breast-flashing gals, slumped-over sailors and tongue-entwined couples were shot by nightclub bouncer Billy Monk between 1967 and 1969 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Photographs from Yesteryear
The photos in this post may make you remember the nostalgic days from yesterday, but they are very beautiful and may also remind you of days of simpler times. You might even say they are oldies but goodies. From the days of corner drugstores to pinups, to large convertibles, these photos have it all.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Interesting black and white retro photos
These are some rather interesting black and white retro photos. The people and the scenes are quite unusual at least by today’s standards.
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Color photography of America in years before World War II [more...]
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Boys fishing in a bayou. Schriever, Louisiana, June 1940. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
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Fish saler. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress |
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Costume and Dress
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Mr & Mrs Lawrence Tibbett arrive in Sydney, 1938 |
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Helen Twelvetrees during the making of Thoroughbred, Sydney, 1936 |
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Arrival of Fuller-Gonsalez Opera Company with hands raised in fascist salute, Sydney, March 1928 |
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Marcelle Boivin, Balmain, Sydney, ca. 1929 |
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Wedding of Donald Bradman to Jessie Menzies, Burwood, Sydney, 1932 |
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Mrs Hare ca. 1874-1908 |
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McNamara-Claire wedding, Bankstown, Sydney, 1936 |
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Mills wedding, Scots' Church, Sydney, 1940 |
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Csergo wedding, Sydney, February 1952 |
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Wedding, Sydney, in the 1920s |
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Riley wedding ca 1940 -1945 |
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Women's dressing room, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1930's |
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Woman war worker, 1944 |
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Debutantes, Sydney, 1930's |
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Wedding tableau, Sydney, ca. 1930 |
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Milky Way (dairy) exhibition, Sydney Town Hall, 12 August 1955 |
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Young boy with dinky in car workshop while his father services a car, Bondi, 6 October 1955 |
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Young male surfers (The Pier Club Mob) tease Alf Bait Gould about his backless swimsuit (a gift from his girlfriend), Bondi Beach, 10 October 1932 |
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Women in bathing suits on Collaroy Beach, 1908 |
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Country week tennis, 5 January 1937 |
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Second Test, Sydney, 1936 |
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Ingenues arrive, Central Station, Sydney, c. 1920s |
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Grace Bros mannequin parade, Sydney, November 1936 |
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Musical comedy star Dorothy Brunton reading Sid Nicholl's Fashion-plate Fanny in the children's section of The Sun newspaper with a small boy at St. Margaret's Hospital, Sydney, January 1925 |
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Australia’s first women Olympians, Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, 1912 |
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