tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64246370936485217252026-09-09T16:17:21.089+07:00Vintage EverydayBring back some good or bad memoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21563125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-53572272054785364722026-09-09T15:59:27.128+07:002026-09-09T15:59:27.128+07:0020 Rare and Amazing Photos of the Alkmaar Cheese Market in the Late 19th CenturyThe Alkmaar Cheese Market is one of the oldest and most iconic traditional markets in the Netherlands. Cheese trading in Alkmaar dates back to at least 1365, and the Cheese Carriers’ Guild was formally established in 1593.<div><br></div><div>These rare and amazing photos capture the Alkmaar Cheese Market during the late 19th century, when it was still a vital center of the Dutch cheese trade. The images show the bustling Waagplein filled with large wheels of cheese, traditional carriers in their distinctive uniforms, and the busy activity of weighing, inspecting, and transporting goods.</div><div><br></div><div>Taken at a time when the market was a major commercial event rather than a tourist attraction, these historic photos preserve the authentic atmosphere, clothing, and working traditions of one of the Netherlands’ most enduring cultural institutions.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouGUCzKn58U3YjGPk4BtkXShkDk1e_Lu64z1KNSs5x2M-kRS3zTqFdaNCAyhqzm3YB-up7tj5xyfQVISxgMqE0R76BZ2j7Brdf5V3vvfC5WI4oRwn9eGLG7RwOnMDKfLuS7hsHChZ6ZzZ6hhANcc31lakrstxEo9M2SbWis-DMAg5VTImN6aMFUuiihBa/s800/1890s-alkmaar-cheese-market-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="800" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouGUCzKn58U3YjGPk4BtkXShkDk1e_Lu64z1KNSs5x2M-kRS3zTqFdaNCAyhqzm3YB-up7tj5xyfQVISxgMqE0R76BZ2j7Brdf5V3vvfC5WI4oRwn9eGLG7RwOnMDKfLuS7hsHChZ6ZzZ6hhANcc31lakrstxEo9M2SbWis-DMAg5VTImN6aMFUuiihBa/w640-h452/1890s-alkmaar-cheese-market-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Supercharged version was powered by a Lycoming V8 fitted with a Schwitzer-Cummins supercharger, producing around 170–190 horsepower and identifiable by its dramatic external exhaust pipes.</div><div><br></div><div>With its low, sleek profile and advanced engineering, the 812 Phaeton remains a rare and highly prized symbol of 1930s automotive design and Art Deco elegance. These stunning photos capture the bold design and timeless sophistication of the rare 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton, a true Art Deco classic.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51tyrFMNAP7cuc_FnK3J3O1HPqWWYCH5FvQEoK0d6mjvEm7YNAAgodu1pqlifmPPbi-W2JlLmkDJFWHRGgbx6qEIBE7nktY5LS8YCY9ODNqhKFIzPt4W5gqcWsi__3j4lvhXTqoS5CsFwi3dj-4HsKsio-AD_LRYK3ihNlesqbB7rJbDCLz67ZqKxdISi/s800/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51tyrFMNAP7cuc_FnK3J3O1HPqWWYCH5FvQEoK0d6mjvEm7YNAAgodu1pqlifmPPbi-W2JlLmkDJFWHRGgbx6qEIBE7nktY5LS8YCY9ODNqhKFIzPt4W5gqcWsi__3j4lvhXTqoS5CsFwi3dj-4HsKsio-AD_LRYK3ihNlesqbB7rJbDCLz67ZqKxdISi/w640-h480/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWrSf1o3Vxv7AlNA81q_dTn0dHfH3orCmTiRMDqv8gR9Xr67ALx5abmV-Rq9szezj1lcfrrm76VJIChaGgOWr4U9UcSnHmI-v4zczgQnmYQb-Q9CDAeXSfNruyhPeQHt_Rw5t5dihUlXB3R8hUlZmY-63BxglhKe7cBSIlXEfht1mMv5iN5q7cZUIj7G-/s800/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWrSf1o3Vxv7AlNA81q_dTn0dHfH3orCmTiRMDqv8gR9Xr67ALx5abmV-Rq9szezj1lcfrrm76VJIChaGgOWr4U9UcSnHmI-v4zczgQnmYQb-Q9CDAeXSfNruyhPeQHt_Rw5t5dihUlXB3R8hUlZmY-63BxglhKe7cBSIlXEfht1mMv5iN5q7cZUIj7G-/w640-h480/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlePPRMM2_2yJlHjvEkex4g6uww5bakOduaw7tOg3kOQ6mgAZGNH_B_A7HZhhejkalFvy3HrOL9Ne26ZdUC8G58COqOVqsfJWkTX__chfyAC9XwZm3SY0FIJxW3nPQmAeZPT7oJm910pZDSvkGiY1kbNAUdkI6qznp2ynRdSD4bnh8xRr5AQKTvLIWyAA2/s800/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlePPRMM2_2yJlHjvEkex4g6uww5bakOduaw7tOg3kOQ6mgAZGNH_B_A7HZhhejkalFvy3HrOL9Ne26ZdUC8G58COqOVqsfJWkTX__chfyAC9XwZm3SY0FIJxW3nPQmAeZPT7oJm910pZDSvkGiY1kbNAUdkI6qznp2ynRdSD4bnh8xRr5AQKTvLIWyAA2/w640-h480/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-3.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PafyWCw87U0Zu8smjoFlQInsPjTAKT2oik9GZzJ3USSXJF39GrQ9UZsZICfbOIZYDBzgrCsMtPAop8NVdWBSvp-zL74R6sbS-_1zujZUVgQiElXBeAzQx8NWVM8MEwOKZCLMRwiDnV1WG0pZm5xEK8NpdQjuEqJ2dYD7CABWCKFeG3FeWzHE079ygOWq/s800/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PafyWCw87U0Zu8smjoFlQInsPjTAKT2oik9GZzJ3USSXJF39GrQ9UZsZICfbOIZYDBzgrCsMtPAop8NVdWBSvp-zL74R6sbS-_1zujZUVgQiElXBeAzQx8NWVM8MEwOKZCLMRwiDnV1WG0pZm5xEK8NpdQjuEqJ2dYD7CABWCKFeG3FeWzHE079ygOWq/w640-h480/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXojMwTyfisHJT2UaWDrTuD9v-AYWyYG49yl6DXS9K1uIwQe5zZnmfhI-BQqNZ6r5IEmGXm1VNf1faBL2k9eSbg6xjygsCn4QuGAGuy4Bo1lt979S72SkHTuHBP_d0qWNKHQt00rgEuwBXom2qn_5P7molANRO28v9YPyGnRw1eKedFhBhunXTcL5ObCL/s800/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXojMwTyfisHJT2UaWDrTuD9v-AYWyYG49yl6DXS9K1uIwQe5zZnmfhI-BQqNZ6r5IEmGXm1VNf1faBL2k9eSbg6xjygsCn4QuGAGuy4Bo1lt979S72SkHTuHBP_d0qWNKHQt00rgEuwBXom2qn_5P7molANRO28v9YPyGnRw1eKedFhBhunXTcL5ObCL/w640-h480/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton-5.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/1937-cord-812-supercharged-phaeton.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-3539453636351869952026-09-09T00:24:35.636+07:002026-09-09T00:32:45.723+07:0030 Amazing Photos of Airplanes Flying Over the Twin Towers, Before Their Destruction on September 11, 2001Before September 11, 2001, commercial airliners and civil aircraft regularly shared the skyline with the World Trade Center towers. Because Lower Manhattan sits in close proximity to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), aircraft banking over the Hudson and East Rivers were a standard visual feature of the New York metropolitan airspace throughout the late 20th century.<div><br></div><div><div>The Twin Towers stood at 1,368 feet (North Tower) and 1,362 feet (South Tower). Flights departing or approaching Newark and LaGuardia frequently traversed corridors over the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay, placing incoming and outgoing air traffic within clear visual range of Lower Manhattan.</div><div><br></div><div>During the design phase in the mid-1960s, lead structural engineer Leslie Robertson and the Port Authority designed the towers to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707, the largest commercial jetliner in service at the time, assuming a lost aircraft searching for a landing site in heavy fog.</div><div><br></div><div>Air France and British Airways Concordes flying in or out of JFK were frequently photographed climbing past the Manhattan skyline with the towers framed in the background. Local sightseeing helicopters, police aircraft, and small private planes operated routinely in the low-altitude Hudson River VFR (Visual Flight Rules) corridor adjacent to the complex.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the tragedy, airspace rules over Manhattan were permanently altered, heavily restricting low-altitude civilian flights over the city.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshWwHEDE3JRtnaeJwOzuMYy7YOlXsFvnDVcdWFzytv7vhkTiq_kYWybkb4e-xwpn6uJQZzl3R0ed8g0sTQkg_UaRc07g3DAJiPcEStDHCnjj216oJ-5clhSY6TTLoMyUEoIhOPtezaUepNZY-ybNbKO2Xv1DJ7JSrJsDW5Zvo0ph-IbLQA6p6ld48jv9r/s1000/airplanes-flying-over-wtc-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1000" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshWwHEDE3JRtnaeJwOzuMYy7YOlXsFvnDVcdWFzytv7vhkTiq_kYWybkb4e-xwpn6uJQZzl3R0ed8g0sTQkg_UaRc07g3DAJiPcEStDHCnjj216oJ-5clhSY6TTLoMyUEoIhOPtezaUepNZY-ybNbKO2Xv1DJ7JSrJsDW5Zvo0ph-IbLQA6p6ld48jv9r/w640-h476/airplanes-flying-over-wtc-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wlz6tfFTN-G7t2Ukl7JmaTl4k-3ND7UcTwTlFLSw9Y1PsGVEvPW3O3fK4QRuQkmqW_xCFuzqpL4nSO9YrTN3HgDAMXKZDhPZn7b6j38icQPTdwrQA4OSNQ7-xRcfrJnJpEFVCVSoumwp3EnQvBzw73pWL96rDKw4jAq3F7UQ7-AFQHMbRh0Idp-4E-78/s1125/freddie-mercury-mother-jer-bulsara-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1125" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wlz6tfFTN-G7t2Ukl7JmaTl4k-3ND7UcTwTlFLSw9Y1PsGVEvPW3O3fK4QRuQkmqW_xCFuzqpL4nSO9YrTN3HgDAMXKZDhPZn7b6j38icQPTdwrQA4OSNQ7-xRcfrJnJpEFVCVSoumwp3EnQvBzw73pWL96rDKw4jAq3F7UQ7-AFQHMbRh0Idp-4E-78/w640-h468/freddie-mercury-mother-jer-bulsara-4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Twenty years after the death of rock’s most famous singer, and with a lavish book of rare photographs about to be published, his mother, Jer Bulsara, talks to Angela Levin about how she coped with his transformation from Farrokh Bulsara to Freddie Mercury.</div><div><br></div><div>Freddie Mercury’s mother was watching the Olympic closing ceremony when her adored son’s image suddenly appeared on a vast screen. “I cried out: 'Oh my dear boy, where are you?’” she tells me. “I miss him so much.” A cheeky smile then spreads across her face. “They showed John Lennon too, but there was much more applause for my Freddie.”</div><div><br></div><div>Freddie, born Farrokh Bulsara, the frontman of rock band Queen and charismatic solo performer, died in 1991 of Aids-related pneumonia. He was 45. Jer Bulsara, who is 90 next month, has found immense consolation in his continuing popularity, yet when talking about him her voice still cracks with emotion.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div>“His passing doesn’t seem more than 20 years ago,” she says. “I still feel he is around because his music is played so often. It reassures me that he is still loved by people all over the world, but of course, none of them love him as much as his mother.”</div><div><br></div><div>Mrs Bulsara, who lives in a purpose-built three-bedroom bungalow in Nottingham, is tiny, immaculate and rather stooped, but her brain is sharp and her kind eyes sparkle when she talks about “my boy”. She is a practising Parsee, a religion that follows the prophet Zoroaster which arrived in India from Persia in the 7th century. She is also deeply private and this is the first in-depth interview she has given. The reason is a lavish new book: <i>Freddie Mercury, The Great Pretender, A Life in Pictures</i> that is full of wonderful photographs, including several never-before seen images, that span the rock star’s life.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxpwp7ywoW0YqV02qGMJP1N_2CdDX0RSHis5vkWu6LrSBDbBQ6-5WacH-IvzWZ6CKQBy9xk98UEchJ0Vhpb0tvPF2id6CfgQlP5GoNRAwvqnGasAib0RqTwGoEEBCAKHwtNLSJq7gz4aakeWfoWp2CvxAwq51y_JNb0gJmL9NRgaOXAmZWQxykioHnOzR/s1125/freddie-mercury-mother-jer-bulsara-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1125" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxpwp7ywoW0YqV02qGMJP1N_2CdDX0RSHis5vkWu6LrSBDbBQ6-5WacH-IvzWZ6CKQBy9xk98UEchJ0Vhpb0tvPF2id6CfgQlP5GoNRAwvqnGasAib0RqTwGoEEBCAKHwtNLSJq7gz4aakeWfoWp2CvxAwq51y_JNb0gJmL9NRgaOXAmZWQxykioHnOzR/w640-h454/freddie-mercury-mother-jer-bulsara-3.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div>One can only imagine how hard it must have been for Freddie’s devoutly religious parents to come to terms with their firebrand son. Fortunately, the love flowed both ways and Freddie seems to have tried to protect them from his excesses.</div><div><br></div><div>Indeed, Mrs Bulsara reveals a very different Freddie to the exotic, bisexual, wild-living, supremely talented performer the public knew. “Freddie kept a strict division between his work and his home all his life,” she says.</div><div><br></div><div>“If I ever asked he would say, 'Mum that is business, and this is family.’ He was kind and very respectful both to myself and his father.” Her husband, Bomi, a former cashier in the British Colonial Office, died nine years ago aged 95.</div><div><br></div><div>His sexuality was not a subject Freddie ever discussed at home. Nor did he tell her that he was HIV positive or dying of Aids. “He protected us by never discussing these matters,” Mrs Bulsara reveals. “It is quite different now, but back then it would have been very hard for him to tell us and we respected his feelings.” Did she visit him when he was dying? “Of course,” she whispers. “He didn’t have to say anything. I knew he was very ill.”</div><div><br></div><div>Freddie was born in Zanzibar in 1946 and went to an English-style boarding school in India when he was eight. “We tried to instil good values into him, like respecting the family and giving 100 per cent to whatever he did and although he wasn’t religious, he respected our ways.” The Parsee faith believes in one invisible God and is founded on the three tenets of good thoughts, good words and good deeds.</div><div>“Freddie always loved to sing and set up a school band when he was 12. In 1964, as a result of the Zanzibar Revolution, the family, including Freddie’s younger sister Kashmira, now 60, fled to the UK and settled in a four-bedroomed terraced house in Feltham, Middlesex. Mrs Bulsara and her husband found it hard, not least because of the weather, but Freddie thrived.</div><div><br></div><div>Like most parents they wanted their only son to have a safe job. “Most of our family are lawyers or accountants, but Freddie insisted he wasn’t clever enough and wanted to play music and sing,” she laughs. “My husband and I thought it was a phase he would grow out of and expected he would soon come back to his senses and return to proper studies. It didn’t happen.” It was an excuse, of course, and instead Freddie went to Ealing Art College where he studied for a diploma in art and graphic design. “I felt particularly sad when Freddie decided to leave home and move to a flat in west London,” his mother continues. “He was always playing music and an elderly neighbour complained about the noise so he said it was time to go. I told him I understood.</div><div><br></div><div>“He first had a flat and then a big house, also in Kensington, but when he wasn’t away on tour, he would come home regularly. He always liked my cooking, especially my dahls, sweet and sour mince and cheese biscuits. When he was famous and had people to dinner he’d sometimes ask me to make them for him.</div><div><br></div><div>“He was so generous, too. One day he bought me a complete set of antique silver cutlery to apologise for not turning up for a meal. I didn’t like to use it as it was so posh, so only put it out when he came. He also invited us for meals prepared by his cook and made a big fuss of me. When I went into the kitchen out of habit to help, he’d insist I sat down and relax.”</div></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lhi23-vUevRvotv60Cf36TCTsEGCR8NVF1z6L_DOs_8R09qPJ0fE8kPcwTLc8YoQJC7QJsdsViAJBdzTnpK8gDtN1YCBzV3Zl-eSBdpwYnQ-V8Wb4ICRlefWvynxMIa5nETCLeumKTSmOcxnHNvLehEXC3XLV13bbGWLX7z5HnbBgPw20d-WaYVFK8PZ/s1248/freddie-mercury-mother-jer-bulsara-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="800" height="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lhi23-vUevRvotv60Cf36TCTsEGCR8NVF1z6L_DOs_8R09qPJ0fE8kPcwTLc8YoQJC7QJsdsViAJBdzTnpK8gDtN1YCBzV3Zl-eSBdpwYnQ-V8Wb4ICRlefWvynxMIa5nETCLeumKTSmOcxnHNvLehEXC3XLV13bbGWLX7z5HnbBgPw20d-WaYVFK8PZ/w410-h640/freddie-mercury-mother-jer-bulsara-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Freddie had countless male lovers in his life, but the individual he called the love of his life was a woman. Freddie met 19-year-old Mary Austin, who was a PR for the Biba boutique, in the early Seventies. They were together for seven years and he later described her as his common-law wife. He said she was the only person he truly loved and left his mansion, most of his wealth and recording royalties to her. He even took her home to meet his parents.</div><div><br></div><div>“She was lovely and used to come to us for meals,” Mrs Bulsara recalls. “I used to wish they had got married and had a normal life with children. But even when they broke up, I knew she still loved my boy and they stayed friends right to the end. I haven’t seen her since he died.”</div><div><br></div><div><span></span></div></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/freddie-mercury-mother-jer-bulsara.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-80239439323274828692026-09-08T19:52:05.149+07:002026-09-08T19:52:05.267+07:0025 Amazing Photographs of Horse-Drawn Combine Harvesters From the Late 19th and Early 20th CenturiesDuring the late 19th and early 20th centuries, horse-drawn combine harvesters reached their absolute peak of scale and complexity, transforming vast agricultural landscapes like the American West and Pacific Northwest. Facing a major rural labor shortage after the California Gold Rush, manufacturers pushed mechanical boundaries to engineer giant, wooden “pull-type” behemoths that relied entirely on massive teams of animals for power.<div><br></div><div><div>During this period, the size of combine harvesters grew rapidly to maximize efficiency in the vast wheat fields of California, Oregon, and Washington State. To move these multi-ton wooden machines, farmers used immense teams typically ranging from 20 to 40 horses or mules. A legendary and frequently photographed standard was the 33-horse hitch, often configured in lines of up to 12 animals abreast.</div><div><br></div><div>Operating the hitch was an art form. The “skinner” (driver) sat on a high perch at the front of the combine, managing dozens of leather reins and utilizing specialized verbal commands to orchestrate the movement of the entire herd. Each horse wore custom collars and had a strictly designated position in the hierarchy. A single massive machine could cut and thresh 40 to 50 acres of wheat a day, effectively replacing the grueling physical labor of 60 to 100 men using hand scythes.</div><div><br></div><div>The late 19th century introduced crucial technological changes that transitioned combines from experimental novelties into reliable industrial assets. In 1886, the Holt Manufacturing Company introduced a landmark design utilizing link belting and sprockets instead of rigid iron gears. This was a massive safety breakthrough: if a team of horses suddenly panicked or ran away, the flexible link belts would snap cleanly rather than stripping the expensive internal gears of the harvester.</div><div><br></div><div>Harvesting the rolling, steep terrain of the Palouse region in Washington State was incredibly dangerous; a normal combine would tip over or spill its grain screens. Holt patented the “sidehill combine,” featuring a pivoting chassis. Operators could manually adjust the leveling mechanism, keeping the internal threshing equipment perfectly horizontal while the outer wheels tracked along steep inclines.</div><div><br></div><div>Running a late-19th-century harvest required an army of support staff working alongside the horses. Beyond the main driver, a typical team included a separator man (mechanic) to grease the bearings and monitor the belts, and multiple sack-sewers who caught the cleaned grain, sewed the burlap sacks shut, and dropped them onto a side ramp. The horses required relentless care. Supply wagons followed the harvesters strictly to provide water and feed to the team during midday breaks. Because of the extreme physical toll, horses had to be rotated to prevent exhaustion.</div><div><br></div><div>By the early 1910s, the limits of animal logistics became glaringly clear. Feeding, housing, and harnessing 30+ horses every morning required too much time and overhead. The transition away from animal power happened in distinct waves. Farmers began mounting small gasoline engines directly onto the horse-drawn combines to spin the internal threshing parts. This meant the horses only had to pull the dead weight of the machine, narrowing the team size down significantly.</div><div><br></div><div>By the 1920s, heavy internal combustion tractors, including early crawler tractors developed by companies like Caterpillar (which bought out Holt), fully replaced animal teams. By the late 1930s, the final commercial horse-drawn combines were retired, ending one of the most visually spectacular eras in agricultural history.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmY_EQ8y9tv8CwjEwcD8odt8vD8VVsLl00ZWh5heLyoRCGz5Q9_k8f3YB4O5o_Ub4WOEZJm5Yf_5oDda63aDSW_70Yo1WGm7w0i-vD8MpWoOVhq-QXhYODwluOj9SQsWxsZMa2OvBkbMlL5_O54-lP4Obzwtw1xNdCoN9SjHSoTremM3AZyNrNl6nuTqz2/s1200/horse-combine-harvester-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1200" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmY_EQ8y9tv8CwjEwcD8odt8vD8VVsLl00ZWh5heLyoRCGz5Q9_k8f3YB4O5o_Ub4WOEZJm5Yf_5oDda63aDSW_70Yo1WGm7w0i-vD8MpWoOVhq-QXhYODwluOj9SQsWxsZMa2OvBkbMlL5_O54-lP4Obzwtw1xNdCoN9SjHSoTremM3AZyNrNl6nuTqz2/w640-h450/horse-combine-harvester-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjQOawNzSXVQ-OQsxZKSnZLWuzKSlNiiAnFJi1z8iJ2CH_-lqmPh7wAUP_pD0eF0KahG78ZsAIiSt6areBS7K-6yvx3H_bhpbQzyq9AiqFi9yRnjRLALPx0tSVaqCKPof36aneF8QnLUqajb915mJo4SVKItrb4wa_Qs9w2mbcwfjTPZHWg_PMx4o7Z12/s1200/horse-combine-harvester-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1200" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjQOawNzSXVQ-OQsxZKSnZLWuzKSlNiiAnFJi1z8iJ2CH_-lqmPh7wAUP_pD0eF0KahG78ZsAIiSt6areBS7K-6yvx3H_bhpbQzyq9AiqFi9yRnjRLALPx0tSVaqCKPof36aneF8QnLUqajb915mJo4SVKItrb4wa_Qs9w2mbcwfjTPZHWg_PMx4o7Z12/w640-h464/horse-combine-harvester-2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtzBctwR6BzQVtq6B9jx4jg73qL1SjCQiTQVXyh6y1PR_7trk6UTcEjkugaTfoyaQI2gM7UD_jJf4OUucILcH6P7pZhZ5HXwQN1h_ACvayo7GpUK1GsKJD9hIyJh-Zcy-SRABgKodsh8oMtsuQlBkiqGYItoXGgnD2VKizMTTOqA_QiizSy-VK62DZn3s/s1200/horse-combine-harvester-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtzBctwR6BzQVtq6B9jx4jg73qL1SjCQiTQVXyh6y1PR_7trk6UTcEjkugaTfoyaQI2gM7UD_jJf4OUucILcH6P7pZhZ5HXwQN1h_ACvayo7GpUK1GsKJD9hIyJh-Zcy-SRABgKodsh8oMtsuQlBkiqGYItoXGgnD2VKizMTTOqA_QiizSy-VK62DZn3s/w640-h480/horse-combine-harvester-3.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNZGG2rvQsZLQtrzNJwwm8fwZ5bqMQEZtepM6kd2LOgagEt7YooxTyckXlzB5Ig8lH7rMkk6tDYrpXMD93HQkXrK4KS0Ptx8sacRXt2Q00gUwVny0ge__pLDpLE01F6OM8L0OjQ8c0frq99tSkPJCcRgU1vIImtiG6HCg_dedNHNjYkCAdsK66TPr4DR9/s1200/horse-combine-harvester-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="1200" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNZGG2rvQsZLQtrzNJwwm8fwZ5bqMQEZtepM6kd2LOgagEt7YooxTyckXlzB5Ig8lH7rMkk6tDYrpXMD93HQkXrK4KS0Ptx8sacRXt2Q00gUwVny0ge__pLDpLE01F6OM8L0OjQ8c0frq99tSkPJCcRgU1vIImtiG6HCg_dedNHNjYkCAdsK66TPr4DR9/w640-h312/horse-combine-harvester-4.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-t8TJEvaF02Oo1V0sgY0qO35A8OSVoSkZ2G6M_58i6P5pOBEivtZu7ndTGDg9g7NuHXZsHYRHmLwXZDbIdFDUSmUq2JholsJo_DpOYIwNzlf11aWZiReP5zovtGdn0v-JAzikH2SrE4bHuEtKFbmtyegzGGur3ZXkXfsjxjm26qJFfaLOEh_RM1kZgFHe/s1200/horse-combine-harvester-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1200" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-t8TJEvaF02Oo1V0sgY0qO35A8OSVoSkZ2G6M_58i6P5pOBEivtZu7ndTGDg9g7NuHXZsHYRHmLwXZDbIdFDUSmUq2JholsJo_DpOYIwNzlf11aWZiReP5zovtGdn0v-JAzikH2SrE4bHuEtKFbmtyegzGGur3ZXkXfsjxjm26qJFfaLOEh_RM1kZgFHe/w640-h408/horse-combine-harvester-5.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/horse-drawn-combine-harvesters.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-71881012890466695862026-09-08T15:24:44.339+07:002026-09-08T15:24:44.339+07:00Frances Dee: Elegant Beauty of Classic HollywoodFrances Dee (1909–2004) was an American actress known for her delicate beauty and refined screen presence during Hollywood’s Golden Age.<div><br></div><div>Dee rose to prominence in the early 1930s with roles in films such as Playboy of Paris opposite Maurice Chevalier, <i>Little Women</i> (1933), and <i>Becky Sharp</i> (1935). Later she delivered a memorable performance in the atmospheric horror classic <i>I Walked with a Zombie</i> (1943).</div><div><br></div><div>Married for nearly six decades to actor Joel McCrea, Dee balanced a successful film career with a private life away from the spotlight. She remains remembered as one of the most graceful and understated leading ladies of classic Hollywood. These vintage photos capture the delicate beauty and timeless elegance of Frances Dee, a graceful star of Hollywood’s Golden Age.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ckP2NCb-iIHLxnMK41FPxnIMiR0KlveLY7rThH9AQePE2LwsI-WloLTXYS9R31vTRB-tg1v0Rg312YYbJbSjvWzLI9TD4nfZadlSwboEQbumO8U_ltAWTWeoOHkD5FzOYXp-pla5kNE567pn9X0cORj6tPIIvXgPe65MSO_O4aE61NT16Uhq_Vrd4p-g/s827/frances-dee-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ckP2NCb-iIHLxnMK41FPxnIMiR0KlveLY7rThH9AQePE2LwsI-WloLTXYS9R31vTRB-tg1v0Rg312YYbJbSjvWzLI9TD4nfZadlSwboEQbumO8U_ltAWTWeoOHkD5FzOYXp-pla5kNE567pn9X0cORj6tPIIvXgPe65MSO_O4aE61NT16Uhq_Vrd4p-g/s1600/frances-dee-1.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-uEut4GwSqYOyXnQcDXtfJjBnOCIu70H1iz7qEmvvHWTwrQLMPccy-hx6SfcEyfBJtzYW06d-dRlOCri9BEpgyXTSFyR562atcZI8r-LcfSXA7tRlTzRo-zjkHc3hotpJVGtTHHTgnWB9GhENnc-MHdQBr0A-WaZDQg7wMxG_aVZ2g_LX8K2MDSWTdzy/s813/frances-dee-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-uEut4GwSqYOyXnQcDXtfJjBnOCIu70H1iz7qEmvvHWTwrQLMPccy-hx6SfcEyfBJtzYW06d-dRlOCri9BEpgyXTSFyR562atcZI8r-LcfSXA7tRlTzRo-zjkHc3hotpJVGtTHHTgnWB9GhENnc-MHdQBr0A-WaZDQg7wMxG_aVZ2g_LX8K2MDSWTdzy/s1600/frances-dee-2.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGPc0CYbeoceYilRxdtpftk946DUjMXBBKnJc3JQKV7a2Ps6zSkXA5d1izyPXhol_QJ_Ol5xZ5V62oRd_PPpehCbu82fofxMyAfciCcPrKWwIo81JpC3OOBmvsy5fj2YnnPvpMaVilGJQNB9hV8j6ZR6RXwAldv9yw9YIaXtI4cgSEMl5u7BPKU_gz0_j/s818/frances-dee-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGPc0CYbeoceYilRxdtpftk946DUjMXBBKnJc3JQKV7a2Ps6zSkXA5d1izyPXhol_QJ_Ol5xZ5V62oRd_PPpehCbu82fofxMyAfciCcPrKWwIo81JpC3OOBmvsy5fj2YnnPvpMaVilGJQNB9hV8j6ZR6RXwAldv9yw9YIaXtI4cgSEMl5u7BPKU_gz0_j/s1600/frances-dee-3.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdxxIs1wQIP2BNzWyvJhzLBTVx-gy4xPJiSweXh8Jk26Y3PKdmSGpKGJCoxKfVc7Bp_3Y_v0Zo3ZdU37WeXR08sRCFWimP6oROTvPb-8u6ETo3-JG6TUBO1sIpbArBS6x0OBypw1N6cfXM7OM53jbdkkDMcYmh4dUC9TFWiBDZ1A6cYjbKTY8TwXS4C_t/s795/frances-dee-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdxxIs1wQIP2BNzWyvJhzLBTVx-gy4xPJiSweXh8Jk26Y3PKdmSGpKGJCoxKfVc7Bp_3Y_v0Zo3ZdU37WeXR08sRCFWimP6oROTvPb-8u6ETo3-JG6TUBO1sIpbArBS6x0OBypw1N6cfXM7OM53jbdkkDMcYmh4dUC9TFWiBDZ1A6cYjbKTY8TwXS4C_t/s1600/frances-dee-4.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiOqAiCidc-qmFUF_Qr1QSXSHuQgvVxWP7Nkm91kbDuhHUSxlKtL-t7RX_QOknlPcmWW4d8IqJs83YfudwGvZapha08OtnVjrcpTzBUIeH2zEE4Imi9ElrRwuopqIEuhbrzFUeNaiZx3O1Uy56g-qWMkrXAavpAc6-gI4B_p1511O5gAwpml5PBDdFU2c/s854/frances-dee-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiOqAiCidc-qmFUF_Qr1QSXSHuQgvVxWP7Nkm91kbDuhHUSxlKtL-t7RX_QOknlPcmWW4d8IqJs83YfudwGvZapha08OtnVjrcpTzBUIeH2zEE4Imi9ElrRwuopqIEuhbrzFUeNaiZx3O1Uy56g-qWMkrXAavpAc6-gI4B_p1511O5gAwpml5PBDdFU2c/s1600/frances-dee-5.jpg"></a></div><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/frances-dee.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-78412758984907019662026-09-08T09:33:40.166+07:002026-09-08T09:33:40.166+07:00Debbie Harry on Top of the World Trade Center, ca. 1974This photograph of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry was taken around 1974–1975 by her bandmate, co-founder, and long-time partner, Chris Stein. Harry is pictured leaning against the railing of the Observation Deck atop one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, looking south toward Upper New York Bay, Governors Island, and Staten Island.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIIuKnW2bZg4JI8J9nXWO_tnRwcg0f_SYNv2IpeUke_3iz8DXCSHGTx5VogFuZ6bO5L7PnqErqxns6pfTzC5zpOrzv6i5zE_SPQs2BfOHkM08I3v-NhzpRTjCCwB0lnSnS5kiS_a9-Zkvhe7QMjXul6poEUTwLU9PYHiwSyX9Q9w42iQIKzyteZXuGIrx/s1200/debbie-harry-world-trade-center-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1200" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIIuKnW2bZg4JI8J9nXWO_tnRwcg0f_SYNv2IpeUke_3iz8DXCSHGTx5VogFuZ6bO5L7PnqErqxns6pfTzC5zpOrzv6i5zE_SPQs2BfOHkM08I3v-NhzpRTjCCwB0lnSnS5kiS_a9-Zkvhe7QMjXul6poEUTwLU9PYHiwSyX9Q9w42iQIKzyteZXuGIrx/w640-h432/debbie-harry-world-trade-center-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Taken during the very early days of Blondie before they achieved global stardom, the photo reflects the gritty, artistic downtown New York scene of the mid-1970s.</div><div><br /></div><div>Chris Stein was not only Blondie's guitarist and main songwriter alongside Harry, but also an avid photographer who documented the band's rise, everyday moments, and the surrounding NYC punk/new wave scene.</div><div><br /></div><div>When Stein republished this image in his photo retrospective <i>Point of View: Me, New York City & The Punk Scene</i>, he noted its deep emotional and historical weight. Beyond being a candid snapshot of a future rock icon in her formative years, it stands as a poignant artifact of pre-9/11 New York City, capturing a lost moment in time before both the band’s fame and the towers themselves changed history.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfC80Luu5gvvljPxxETkhsH7LXYF5X9H9PUHwMEtja4TMkXHtxw2Glh5iEW1MfxX-60eDbUP1WmCB-ecw_OBoQNPFjVS0bAr-Mwwj1sYDEOlD0hNu9UMkjmihEcqTXpMngfeiTmsQYlJQVLRkP4WpVLYimzcxqFmkQ7tGP_ez-NNTpBtDvnO3i9rWjxzB/s1200/debbie-harry-world-trade-center-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfC80Luu5gvvljPxxETkhsH7LXYF5X9H9PUHwMEtja4TMkXHtxw2Glh5iEW1MfxX-60eDbUP1WmCB-ecw_OBoQNPFjVS0bAr-Mwwj1sYDEOlD0hNu9UMkjmihEcqTXpMngfeiTmsQYlJQVLRkP4WpVLYimzcxqFmkQ7tGP_ez-NNTpBtDvnO3i9rWjxzB/w640-h640/debbie-harry-world-trade-center-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-80573736391855545542026-09-08T07:20:35.606+07:002026-09-08T07:20:35.607+07:00Roecliff & Chapman Model: Elegant British Postwar Ready-to-WearRoecliff & Chapman Model was a British ready-to-wear fashion house active in the late 1940s and ’50s, specializing in high-end womenswear.<div><br></div><div>Based at a prestigious address on Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, London, the company produced elegant, well-crafted garments that reflected the refined style of postwar British fashion. Their designs offered sophisticated ready-to-wear alternatives at a time when quality and understated elegance were highly valued.</div><div><br></div><div>Though the label appears to have ceased operations by the late 1950s, surviving pieces remain appreciated as examples of mid-century British fashion craftsmanship. These elegant designs showcase the refined style and quality craftsmanship of Roecliff & Chapman Model, a sophisticated British ready-to-wear label of the postwar era.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbjH4eQ5h5mpl8HgnL_D2rvsp__wRXaCiEYv5F-TRT18ylgHfHdkUkzWJjUovERX5mTXzctHhCuPmfGgeF-epBWTerY2Cby22rwc7lKzr_sLIEGrzBw9stzcoSGttYjPnunVFoRz48CFvmzcZQymawJWfFqA_PITUyPqdhas8UFQ7EYTsXZLu5SlgXzE4/s823/roecliff-and-chapman-model-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbjH4eQ5h5mpl8HgnL_D2rvsp__wRXaCiEYv5F-TRT18ylgHfHdkUkzWJjUovERX5mTXzctHhCuPmfGgeF-epBWTerY2Cby22rwc7lKzr_sLIEGrzBw9stzcoSGttYjPnunVFoRz48CFvmzcZQymawJWfFqA_PITUyPqdhas8UFQ7EYTsXZLu5SlgXzE4/s1600/roecliff-and-chapman-model-1.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actress Hazel Court in watered silk dress in purple, white and gray, with a shirt top and gathered skirt by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, July 1949</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGumD7MO1kBFolDPoqzQfV0Za3srzXlxr6IAXIE2ZsakoN4dpFYQsOYU9DUBelu_yU7sHqHIcyC4FZeHrIGB2dAOLns3W1vOiEGySX4ebUkGxYENU6HrMSGkvDMTkdb-xCQq8PtwPmhDPi4FlOzGV6r_cXGHqFTkzcR83cMcn0N3iLvx_FeJA9pTP4N1KD/s899/roecliff-and-chapman-model-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGumD7MO1kBFolDPoqzQfV0Za3srzXlxr6IAXIE2ZsakoN4dpFYQsOYU9DUBelu_yU7sHqHIcyC4FZeHrIGB2dAOLns3W1vOiEGySX4ebUkGxYENU6HrMSGkvDMTkdb-xCQq8PtwPmhDPi4FlOzGV6r_cXGHqFTkzcR83cMcn0N3iLvx_FeJA9pTP4N1KD/s1600/roecliff-and-chapman-model-2.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anne Gunning in elegant silk jersey dress with soft folds on one side by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, December 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNGe18G0jgKp-yYPoC5kLSF2iyUhr6q-CbLQWBMev7Z3KZLlh1ccBfVGadDriNrcJGw32gjHyAn-yLNJU5bFcpvJfhH4E5WXgH3lI90tsGtVy-lUlK0efQMJn_fixOWw_QpcUEE3NUXCRI-XWJ3DUgHcHbEylx1rgjuFiMZUuMu22vfv6LSoq658BwA2Y/s875/roecliff-and-chapman-model-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNGe18G0jgKp-yYPoC5kLSF2iyUhr6q-CbLQWBMev7Z3KZLlh1ccBfVGadDriNrcJGw32gjHyAn-yLNJU5bFcpvJfhH4E5WXgH3lI90tsGtVy-lUlK0efQMJn_fixOWw_QpcUEE3NUXCRI-XWJ3DUgHcHbEylx1rgjuFiMZUuMu22vfv6LSoq658BwA2Y/s1600/roecliff-and-chapman-model-3.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Hook in black velvet dress with mermaid-tight skirt flaring into a fish-tail from the knee by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRnKLJRcOKVok-In46ct-UNM_Q0sMtBzNxqSvvw5wb-DoX6qps9stG4A1AYtWBKjyfmoNN6xe0Gfpc5sylWFPMUZcl5SQtK1Ifui_N59VcG0D5AAovdPnUyM5tOsW0iKnJcGHaszf9gVe2cnLfY5NcQikrg8gwNNDKyBuBRVa2eaC9qDM25K34zqVo5Ul/s753/roecliff-and-chapman-model-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRnKLJRcOKVok-In46ct-UNM_Q0sMtBzNxqSvvw5wb-DoX6qps9stG4A1AYtWBKjyfmoNN6xe0Gfpc5sylWFPMUZcl5SQtK1Ifui_N59VcG0D5AAovdPnUyM5tOsW0iKnJcGHaszf9gVe2cnLfY5NcQikrg8gwNNDKyBuBRVa2eaC9qDM25K34zqVo5Ul/s1600/roecliff-and-chapman-model-4.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actress Kay Kendall in cyclamen silk jersey draped evening dress leaving one shoulder bare by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Madeira, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1951</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKb8OTwaHUMjBhA9Zl741LwPYEMJPcTklP2K5totM6qt5lBKpJSoWOOQWQtBS6m1BeKNSOzw-AdSJMUekQViaAK0nOY3Ug3ojyLKUAb2eBdxd4z-W3yzdrnnHkANOPaRdUqhTBMIzm7gys87FBSrHw5ho_I9lWLsAkz06IMZYttq6CFQvuGdoUSUdu5gX/s916/roecliff-and-chapman-model-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKb8OTwaHUMjBhA9Zl741LwPYEMJPcTklP2K5totM6qt5lBKpJSoWOOQWQtBS6m1BeKNSOzw-AdSJMUekQViaAK0nOY3Ug3ojyLKUAb2eBdxd4z-W3yzdrnnHkANOPaRdUqhTBMIzm7gys87FBSrHw5ho_I9lWLsAkz06IMZYttq6CFQvuGdoUSUdu5gX/s1600/roecliff-and-chapman-model-5.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiona Campbell-Walter in beautiful halter gown in navy taffeta with white embroidery by Roecliff & Chapman at Bon Marché, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1951</td></tr></tbody></table><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/roecliff-and-chapman-model.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-16197907121379488732026-09-07T23:31:20.273+07:002026-09-07T23:31:20.274+07:00Photographer Posts Never-Before-Seen Photographs of 9/11 BystandersA photographer (<a href="https://www.threads.com/@storiestellr">storiestellr</a>) on Threads has gained significant attention for sharing a series of unpublished, chronological photographs of 9/11 bystanders. The photo series documents everyday people on the streets of New York City during the morning of September 11, 2001, capturing the immediate, raw confusion, disbelief, and shock as the events unfolded.<div><br></div><div>Instead of focusing directly on the burning buildings, the images emphasize the faces of bystanders, witnesses, and ordinary New Yorkers trying to process the tragedy in real time. Many of these archival photos reflect a surreal mix of normalcy and mounting realization, showing how individuals reacted instinctively to preserve history before the full scale of the terrorist attack was completely understood.</div><div><br></div><div>Along with each image, the photographer posts written captions reflecting on what was happening at that specific location and moment, detailing the human experience behind the lens.</div><div><br></div><div>“Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, I turned my camera away from World Trade Center and toward the bewildered crowd,” he <a href="https://www.threads.com/@storiestellr/post/Db7qKIqjfBj">wrote</a>. “Starting today, I’m posting a few chronological photographs a day, with a line or two from my journal and an essay I wrote – until September 11, 2026.”</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj002f2M8L7-stjDi7QgBBe57Cp8_JJpniU8wOiKMvdlWyk-bxVDRQY7ujLYgnSkRU8NiWVqwfw4Kir6Y48Fl-On3fcXMriPDsxJFi60fIRcO2LP1ucYZ_7njjMyGQzdMKB23hOFLaIUSyJ9yhpWcW4hje3__xR_X7LiOxXu3laq_XWzpi_fPQra9QDwkIj/s1200/photos-by-storiestellr-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span></span></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/photos-by-storiestellr.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-56858614706235934022026-09-07T21:56:51.033+07:002026-09-07T23:30:57.085+07:00David Bowie’s Sphinx Series Photographed by Brian Ward in 1971<div>The Sphinx Series (often referred to as the “Hunky Dory Sphinx” sessions) remains one of the most striking visual documentations of David Bowie’s transition from a folk-rock singer to a global superstar. Photographed by Brian Ward in 1971 at his studio on Heddon Street in London, these images captured Bowie in a state of high-fashion androgyny that would soon define the <i>Hunky Dory</i> era.</div><div><br></div><div>In 1971, Bowie was deep into the recording of <i>Hunky Dory</i>. He was experimenting heavily with his image, moving away from the “curly-haired mod” look of the late 1960s toward a more ethereal, gender-fluid aesthetic. Bowie appeared with long, flowing strawberry-blonde hair, wearing a floral “man-dress” designed by Michael Fish (which he also wore on the cover of the UK release of <i>The Man Who Sold the World</i>).</div><div><br></div><div>The name “Sphinx Series” comes from Bowie’s rigid, symmetrical posing, sitting on the floor with his legs tucked, hands resting on his knees, and a piercing, enigmatic gaze directed at the camera.</div><div><br></div><div>The session produced several iconic shots, though not all were used immediately. While Ward’s photos from these sessions were the primary source material, the final <i>Hunky Dory</i> cover was a hand-colored version of a specific portrait inspired by Greta Garbo, rather than the full Sphinx-style body shots. Brian Ward is also the photographer behind the famous <i>Ziggy Stardust</i> cover taken just a few months later on the very same street (Heddon Street) where his studio was located.</div><div><br></div><div>These photos are often cited by historians as the moment Bowie perfected the art of the staged persona. The Sphinx photos don’t look like a musician posing for a PR shot; they look like a classical sculpture or a silent film star, bridging the gap between rock music and high-concept performance art.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZPdQKkP-tWllcNSeq5PKAObj7z2_0JUCS_3B47hz0y7yBKsYud3s5kCiHR38u4I_AHLdDK5-vh4Y9ChNIxq6z8OOkzXpGNf4w1ETiLO_WcUYBSZqapoIvj_1kjDgwtpwBWJP2ToALtIJ-na-iHaems8japRONJZ-C1A4MzSlJUxy6BapJSzncU3oWGM/s755/david-bowie-sphinx-series-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZPdQKkP-tWllcNSeq5PKAObj7z2_0JUCS_3B47hz0y7yBKsYud3s5kCiHR38u4I_AHLdDK5-vh4Y9ChNIxq6z8OOkzXpGNf4w1ETiLO_WcUYBSZqapoIvj_1kjDgwtpwBWJP2ToALtIJ-na-iHaems8japRONJZ-C1A4MzSlJUxy6BapJSzncU3oWGM/s16000/david-bowie-sphinx-series-1.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Her elegant presence helped define the sophisticated image of 1950s haute couture. These elegant photos capture the refined beauty and timeless style of Jean Dawnay, one of the original supermodels of the Dior era.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AU2km0-WTsrUuzwQC2eRFrF3Ev10pzvYdUxfCDU9MZYPWuDsNGI_bNX5REq-7M4u3lnuArMtjhkkuNqsBcsssyxOhyphenhyphenUSsZfyVZnANuZydJ9pRYFwxBszjWu5-Z6LBXxzL5B7GAQqT6A0Lg2Xdyi-j9JX2BiAopFhV8SVtY2JprlHubiEl1_9_imh1BEJ/s862/jean-dawnay-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AU2km0-WTsrUuzwQC2eRFrF3Ev10pzvYdUxfCDU9MZYPWuDsNGI_bNX5REq-7M4u3lnuArMtjhkkuNqsBcsssyxOhyphenhyphenUSsZfyVZnANuZydJ9pRYFwxBszjWu5-Z6LBXxzL5B7GAQqT6A0Lg2Xdyi-j9JX2BiAopFhV8SVtY2JprlHubiEl1_9_imh1BEJ/s1600/jean-dawnay-1.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Dawnay in pale yellow chiffon and satin evening gown by Robert Piguet, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GfTVBKn2N-3s-dwbmjtyItTxUTi0BB2QsylW3BmQ1l1ttOxQGXdqtkFqchGgD6_PUd2tWIF2a9zaBsc7oMo7zRUrsXvsCWE-WYZSkxeXpX8pJayCAS-rYYnPAgKUAjijAnM2GFZElGQ728GDnJL06NcINpMYjwyxm_A8iyjHU6W-Mtap1kDU_4nSMW5u/s860/jean-dawnay-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GfTVBKn2N-3s-dwbmjtyItTxUTi0BB2QsylW3BmQ1l1ttOxQGXdqtkFqchGgD6_PUd2tWIF2a9zaBsc7oMo7zRUrsXvsCWE-WYZSkxeXpX8pJayCAS-rYYnPAgKUAjijAnM2GFZElGQ728GDnJL06NcINpMYjwyxm_A8iyjHU6W-Mtap1kDU_4nSMW5u/s1600/jean-dawnay-2.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Dawnay in natural shantung coat lined in orange over delicately embroidered dress adorned with blue chiffon belt, by Christian Dior, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMEzVxPWNwKzWURey3nw5oilBqfgCjomAyV85NV_5HpWxbOovs7jYgE2fHlLBqsGFgzjfJThcG0We-9EGKYpvkdTBersGvdUGLx9feliNXj4azmXOuODROnjRGPmL_rEzl8G_QF_voghi6Z5HZoCgR6CimvAg8t9T07Q8hkKjpBV8AcGl9RQIyINaNdKD/s875/jean-dawnay-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMEzVxPWNwKzWURey3nw5oilBqfgCjomAyV85NV_5HpWxbOovs7jYgE2fHlLBqsGFgzjfJThcG0We-9EGKYpvkdTBersGvdUGLx9feliNXj4azmXOuODROnjRGPmL_rEzl8G_QF_voghi6Z5HZoCgR6CimvAg8t9T07Q8hkKjpBV8AcGl9RQIyINaNdKD/s1600/jean-dawnay-3.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Dawnay in afternoon dress of pure white linen embroidered with scales set against a background of tulle in three tiers, by Christian Dior, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixu6Ad7oKQ_xaP35qwp8byZjdZbSbPNaVfg9_rqLhgg4uW_wDqz05omNCncM-XHTbXZaR0CbWF011kHh8kdtaoIwDiSS9Q0FaUmkJd6F3E3EFZxJBwYs39EEfmIBQpj-Eh6uON4jMOJb8XyG8iVsOHPZEpE3A4IL5x5ZDIoLCrmzNk-Df3jlB9-f-PuAds/s875/jean-dawnay-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixu6Ad7oKQ_xaP35qwp8byZjdZbSbPNaVfg9_rqLhgg4uW_wDqz05omNCncM-XHTbXZaR0CbWF011kHh8kdtaoIwDiSS9Q0FaUmkJd6F3E3EFZxJBwYs39EEfmIBQpj-Eh6uON4jMOJb8XyG8iVsOHPZEpE3A4IL5x5ZDIoLCrmzNk-Df3jlB9-f-PuAds/s1600/jean-dawnay-4.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Dawnay in beautiful fluid evening dress of soft white crêpe, by Jeanne Lafaurie, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIs097bToIMXFuka3zLEUDHv7tgO1nrcC2uSHcbtmSbQZ74-qaqRkPhq8RtRWO-HYbIyAuYgJV0JntcQvm6OVQno-s3HuhfmyNttWHlN44HEKmByIEKDWRn830J08TrPwPLkBNzOij94nhNx1nITJldRlfyf-0FJ-b65Ero-p1_lNT74NKiBcbIbGi-xZ5/s885/jean-dawnay-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIs097bToIMXFuka3zLEUDHv7tgO1nrcC2uSHcbtmSbQZ74-qaqRkPhq8RtRWO-HYbIyAuYgJV0JntcQvm6OVQno-s3HuhfmyNttWHlN44HEKmByIEKDWRn830J08TrPwPLkBNzOij94nhNx1nITJldRlfyf-0FJ-b65Ero-p1_lNT74NKiBcbIbGi-xZ5/s1600/jean-dawnay-5.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean Dawnay in Dior's small wasp-waisted suit in grey wool crépe softened by the petaled hat and hint of white at the throat, photo by Philippe Pottier, 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/jean-dawnay.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-29005621017485591102026-09-07T10:36:31.026+07:002026-09-07T10:36:31.026+07:00A Group of Passengers Pose for a Picture at Dulles Airport on September 11, 2001, Prior to Boarding American Airlines Flight 77<p dir="auto" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This is one of the last photographs of a National Geographic educational group taken at Washington Dulles International Airport on the morning of September 11, 2001, shortly before they boarded American Airlines Flight 77.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWlC0MACX_baJo5LWDvp9kHUWxSRf8A4NgGAZLlyDnWJdgzplSn8rWuandsnpFplhNNrZRiANUcaxFSKCm1Z2Vl9Y2HJ_DXh82ZIAyyd2J8RoZzdAHfRlFhj0C2awfXvDWlz-_-GgYlE8Xbgjz11ZmxTsGhByLH4_7_O8OvwcLMa9sz5fVMGRqAJe1hgv/s1200/passengers-of-flight-77.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1200" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWlC0MACX_baJo5LWDvp9kHUWxSRf8A4NgGAZLlyDnWJdgzplSn8rWuandsnpFplhNNrZRiANUcaxFSKCm1Z2Vl9Y2HJ_DXh82ZIAyyd2J8RoZzdAHfRlFhj0C2awfXvDWlz-_-GgYlE8Xbgjz11ZmxTsGhByLH4_7_O8OvwcLMa9sz5fVMGRqAJe1hgv/w640-h518/passengers-of-flight-77.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><div>The group was heading to California for a National Geographic-sponsored ecology/science trip focused on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary near Santa Barbara (sometimes described as studying the ocean or attending a related conference). It was a special opportunity for selected Washington, D.C., public-school students.</div><div><br /></div><div>The people in the photo are generally identified left to right as: Teacher James D. Debeuneure (Ketcham Elementary), student Rodney Dickens (11), student Bernard C. Brown II (11), teacher Hilda E. Taylor (Leckie Elementary), student Asia S. Cottom (11), National Geographic Society employee J. Joseph “Joe” Ferguson, and National Geographic Society employee Ann C. Judge.</div><div><br /></div><div>A National Geographic employee took the group photo during the boarding process at the gate. It captured the last known images of these victims (and, in the background of some versions, a figure some have noted as resembling one of the hijackers, though this is not definitively confirmed).</div><div><br /></div><div>Flight 77 (a Boeing 757 from Dulles to Los Angeles) was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists and deliberately crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. Everyone on board (58 passengers including the five hijackers and 6 crew) and 125 people in the building died. The three 11-year-old students (for many of whom it was their first plane ride), their teacher chaperones, and the two National Geographic staff members were among the victims.</div><div><br /></div><div>National Geographic and others continue to remember them annually. The students had been chosen for their academic promise and character; the adults were dedicated educators and staff supporting the educational mission. The photo remains a poignant record of ordinary people on an exciting trip that ended in tragedy.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-7192973261987759222026-09-07T07:44:12.124+07:002026-09-07T07:44:12.124+07:0030 Beautiful Photos of the World Trade Center in the 1970sThese beautiful photos capture the World Trade Center during its first full decade as a defining feature of the New York skyline.<div><br></div><div>Completed in the early 1970s, the Twin Towers quickly became symbols of modern ambition and architectural boldness. The images show the buildings from various perspectives: rising above Lower Manhattan, reflecting in the Hudson River, or standing against clear blue skies; conveying both their monumental scale and their everyday presence in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>These photos preserve a vivid visual record of the World Trade Center in the years when it still represented the future of New York.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK919b9KrbCrFVlCojOphtp1hDrU8Xsx8jRwgUsJsa-D3_7pQMoSdjZp3pO1uqCFPOZlqDbRTPQHk1v-tJNF-MIciqrywBzH2VzbjuzmUhAFERN-9p_7beywyb_mIsOsHNpwWkPdr_SMyg9tdKmfYOmYuTY_wTxiajU4fKjtXgtLVSTlQeZ2rGO-M0Roc/s800/1970s-world-trade-center-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="800" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK919b9KrbCrFVlCojOphtp1hDrU8Xsx8jRwgUsJsa-D3_7pQMoSdjZp3pO1uqCFPOZlqDbRTPQHk1v-tJNF-MIciqrywBzH2VzbjuzmUhAFERN-9p_7beywyb_mIsOsHNpwWkPdr_SMyg9tdKmfYOmYuTY_wTxiajU4fKjtXgtLVSTlQeZ2rGO-M0Roc/w640-h420/1970s-world-trade-center-1.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A growing city, New York, 1970</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfHqTmJb2imBxnZj7clhyphenhyphenPQZB8UiJNB3A4hu0q5CQlgPELUlqW6CE3EZSOpn5uuEN2v8ADDyDrtd9weFL-ORYV79PS5r3VnD3pYmrSRoYgj50czII_DW3W3VL8WOWu1bcVO36qtKpBH542BraJiJgCbI2AljssES100Y-tOBtqnHgHHwYPlw6P_3w08u5/s800/1970s-world-trade-center-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="800" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfHqTmJb2imBxnZj7clhyphenhyphenPQZB8UiJNB3A4hu0q5CQlgPELUlqW6CE3EZSOpn5uuEN2v8ADDyDrtd9weFL-ORYV79PS5r3VnD3pYmrSRoYgj50czII_DW3W3VL8WOWu1bcVO36qtKpBH542BraJiJgCbI2AljssES100Y-tOBtqnHgHHwYPlw6P_3w08u5/w640-h422/1970s-world-trade-center-2.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aerial views of Manhattan featuring World Trade Center under construction, 1970</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmf-A_q9fgXT-sOO1JRzasRyKD8jwtSwOD8d_B3RmsKO4ygEzK-WNEnSAdgRLQxYpjDWnr-Wj4p0KOh8Kitc-SaeRJ0KV6qCPzRZOsw-lqmvtKsyqGsq2-FuM0QasqxEyOZ0FzSTyIGQvZVVDpkaInJvzRnLa5yKtCiIh3NkUndm2ZEzEP9GPT-xP4Mu0/s965/1970s-world-trade-center-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmf-A_q9fgXT-sOO1JRzasRyKD8jwtSwOD8d_B3RmsKO4ygEzK-WNEnSAdgRLQxYpjDWnr-Wj4p0KOh8Kitc-SaeRJ0KV6qCPzRZOsw-lqmvtKsyqGsq2-FuM0QasqxEyOZ0FzSTyIGQvZVVDpkaInJvzRnLa5yKtCiIh3NkUndm2ZEzEP9GPT-xP4Mu0/s1600/1970s-world-trade-center-3.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The World Trade Center under construction, New York, 1970</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AgUoloNd4IYG2bG0e8RyXNY8MN1uWuqGb4vi1XawkvaVPyVZh1okK9EQMn7jHt87zmRkerjmGHmXBrF9EoGvklIBnSZpEWp9L_K8EC43DpH7gTycJZimy2VuQ17T8-P3GLRD_2dbqszS-ShyIyOiVXAHyNzCjCSfkiBXUf8OVY5T8SXNFjioX4glVDSH/s800/1970s-world-trade-center-4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AgUoloNd4IYG2bG0e8RyXNY8MN1uWuqGb4vi1XawkvaVPyVZh1okK9EQMn7jHt87zmRkerjmGHmXBrF9EoGvklIBnSZpEWp9L_K8EC43DpH7gTycJZimy2VuQ17T8-P3GLRD_2dbqszS-ShyIyOiVXAHyNzCjCSfkiBXUf8OVY5T8SXNFjioX4glVDSH/w640-h384/1970s-world-trade-center-4.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twin Towers under construction, New York, 1970</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXjHek8VC0Sbt75mpSyNt1PtHzVJCsfeOFpe9XrSmtEJQgmoNnW3Bx3twOLNZ2L0Eis2E6_3GDHl0WMd8yt0YZd8vFZ4DyySdQ7kg03Jy9stz7sG1p3WRImFuxrnq-VQFBx9wrGodsuuRg5iaNxNxPCBn5RjM-05ee8vcFDdVCgcjSWygocz2_gK_mKgU/s923/1970s-world-trade-center-5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXjHek8VC0Sbt75mpSyNt1PtHzVJCsfeOFpe9XrSmtEJQgmoNnW3Bx3twOLNZ2L0Eis2E6_3GDHl0WMd8yt0YZd8vFZ4DyySdQ7kg03Jy9stz7sG1p3WRImFuxrnq-VQFBx9wrGodsuuRg5iaNxNxPCBn5RjM-05ee8vcFDdVCgcjSWygocz2_gK_mKgU/s1600/1970s-world-trade-center-5.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twin Towers under construction, New York, January 1, 1970</td></tr></tbody></table><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/1970s-world-trade-center.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-75660383605392634362026-09-06T23:46:51.548+07:002026-09-06T23:46:51.549+07:00A Glimpse Into the Early Years of Dolores O’Riordan of The CranberriesLong before the world came to know her voice, Dolores O’Riordan was a bright and gentle girl from Ballybricken, County Limerick. With music already in her heart, she carried a spirit and warmth that would one day inspire millions across the globe. These childhood memories remind us of where it all began, a small place, a loving family, and a dream that grew into something timeless.<div><br></div><div><div>Born on September 6, 1971, in Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland, Dolores was the youngest of nine children (two of whom passed away in infancy) born to Terence “Terry” and Eileen O’Riordan. Three years before Dolores was born, her father suffered a severe brain injury in a motorcycle accident that left him unable to work. Her mother became the main breadwinner, working as a school caterer to support the large family.</div><div><br></div><div>For the first eight years of her life, the family lived crammed into a small two-bedroom rural cottage. In the late 1970s, after an accidental house fire destroyed their home, the local rural community rallied together to help the family fund and purchase a larger house nearby.</div><div><br></div><div>Dolores famously sang before she could speak properly. At just five years old, her primary school principal was so taken by her voice that he sat her on a teacher's desk to sing for sixth-grade students. Raised in a devout Catholic household, she regularly sang liturgical solos and joined the church choir, developing a lifelong love for Gregorian chants and traditional Irish hymns. She also competed in traditional youth arts festivals (Slógadh), winning numerous medals.</div><div><br></div><div>Her father taught her the squeeze-box/accordion; she learned the tin whistle in school at age five, experimented with the spoons and bodhrán, and started classical piano at age twelve. She later taught herself guitar after receiving one for her 16th birthday.</div><div><br></div><div>Dolores attended An Mhodh Scoil primary school and later Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, an Irish-language Catholic girls’ secondary school in Limerick City. On her first day of secondary school at age 12, she famously announced to her new class, “My name is Dolores O’Riordan and I’m going to be a rock star,” before standing on a chair to sing.</div><div><br></div><div>She was a lively, bright, and slightly rebellious student, known for rolling up her uniform skirt while also serving as head girl. During lunch breaks, she would play the main hall's piano while classmates gathered around to listen to her sing.</div><div><br></div><div>By 1989 (at age 18), while completing her Leaving Certificate exams, she auditioned for a local Limerick band named The Cranberry Saw Us. She brought a demo featuring an early draft of what would become “Linger,” instantly winning over the band and setting the stage for her global fame in the 1990s.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlQZ4KbS6eag-22C1s6TYSfvqrxaAW5SIbyBhAjLgIKbg-UAfFYhvy2NpfgD__PvaX_O2vdYo-w2ALRIFKD54w780eJu7_VLBGCTWX2caz8EShju4sGRK2drv2bCIiCS-PyPs5B3M9kZS7FG1uDW54YpIyAw0J3glj5z7f9CIeZDLUERZDGi6eagpCFc_/s781/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlQZ4KbS6eag-22C1s6TYSfvqrxaAW5SIbyBhAjLgIKbg-UAfFYhvy2NpfgD__PvaX_O2vdYo-w2ALRIFKD54w780eJu7_VLBGCTWX2caz8EShju4sGRK2drv2bCIiCS-PyPs5B3M9kZS7FG1uDW54YpIyAw0J3glj5z7f9CIeZDLUERZDGi6eagpCFc_/s1600/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-1.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPED9a1m8qYsH8NhyphenhyphenpXAV6evzjcIdwX7CP_w3zldqZaiOKpRgz00DvZiY4RPOa4EiHWGq5yzU_UgcVav1CNjwzcZUhByG4osLKjrJT_Aj9wy7l8aD5exZ212rdDI4XonrZV3hlqQaxb0wJZu8Oe75-LqGGgm4K0L0UI2Tzv9D6bIER3LNwzweN1ybe28x_/s1200/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1200" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPED9a1m8qYsH8NhyphenhyphenpXAV6evzjcIdwX7CP_w3zldqZaiOKpRgz00DvZiY4RPOa4EiHWGq5yzU_UgcVav1CNjwzcZUhByG4osLKjrJT_Aj9wy7l8aD5exZ212rdDI4XonrZV3hlqQaxb0wJZu8Oe75-LqGGgm4K0L0UI2Tzv9D6bIER3LNwzweN1ybe28x_/w640-h604/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLGJUSUav1yyfd-OHXBxP_pSRYIQAjfmSK4Xymerm7VJ8ZB1Ttk1Z_ISo3hJjZuMs5VtdNrUgLIemAt9Lzo_Yv9pCVN_OX0H_RdBxjeyI3PsFgtL46yL6AF0Pm_h7O23ksxY34GLD1377mwyjSSbOhE2_NzVnsGr2kuZfRFhbuiVq0F4wiSGa7qLqokbj/s792/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLGJUSUav1yyfd-OHXBxP_pSRYIQAjfmSK4Xymerm7VJ8ZB1Ttk1Z_ISo3hJjZuMs5VtdNrUgLIemAt9Lzo_Yv9pCVN_OX0H_RdBxjeyI3PsFgtL46yL6AF0Pm_h7O23ksxY34GLD1377mwyjSSbOhE2_NzVnsGr2kuZfRFhbuiVq0F4wiSGa7qLqokbj/s1600/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-3.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsbYfc_z0b5eixOXEbFxzoNBfUc04ItAAmz2jxwkKKCLxa_p72Ih4sc0PoOMyPJpcRiBWJlu2ZLblpUz1jexvAVCMd72vLvxLutWlFxyKMKZaFALqAOmxgx-fpBRZsAejRJ_fu5YV6je-ZsbWsB38ZBSQaRdrENTggg2gsLWFAmDDOoZw4DdtEpzpp0-w/s882/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsbYfc_z0b5eixOXEbFxzoNBfUc04ItAAmz2jxwkKKCLxa_p72Ih4sc0PoOMyPJpcRiBWJlu2ZLblpUz1jexvAVCMd72vLvxLutWlFxyKMKZaFALqAOmxgx-fpBRZsAejRJ_fu5YV6je-ZsbWsB38ZBSQaRdrENTggg2gsLWFAmDDOoZw4DdtEpzpp0-w/s1600/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-4.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_K3hy8p4PjR8Ril3bh6AA9axfkybA3X-dawVG3cIRsAVvdf4OacMeU6yYA9RVx34F2YgMZOW3CTszfC2K5jmqkzDR8Id7LD4MJmctZ68XGVvpv5rNEKXCp-37TyISTwJtGpKm5Nr0DNQSp4sOAaqmKFNIe1JDMU38P16J48sdEKRB1CycJ6I33riW-a8/s1200/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1200" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_K3hy8p4PjR8Ril3bh6AA9axfkybA3X-dawVG3cIRsAVvdf4OacMeU6yYA9RVx34F2YgMZOW3CTszfC2K5jmqkzDR8Id7LD4MJmctZ68XGVvpv5rNEKXCp-37TyISTwJtGpKm5Nr0DNQSp4sOAaqmKFNIe1JDMU38P16J48sdEKRB1CycJ6I33riW-a8/w640-h450/dolores-oriordan-as-a-child-5.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/dolores-oriordan-childhood-photos.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-66946703686344106552026-09-06T21:59:04.857+07:002026-09-06T21:59:04.857+07:00Some Snapshots of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Her Husband, Almanzo Wilder, in the 1940sLaura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder shared a remarkable 64-year marriage that spanned the late frontier era of American history into the mid-20th century. While Laura is universally famous as the author of the <i>Little House</i> book series, her real-life relationship with Almanzo (“Manzo”) was a true partnership built on resilience, surviving severe financial hardships, natural disasters, and physical illness.<div><br></div><div><div>Laura and Almanzo met in the early 1880s in De Smet, South Dakota. Almanzo was a bold homesteader known for his fine horses, famously risking his life during the “Long Winter” of 1880–1881 to haul seed wheat to starving townspeople. They began a gentle courtship, marked by Almanzo driving Laura to and from her teaching job miles away. They married on August 25, 1885, when Laura was 18 and Almanzo was 28.</div><div><br></div><div>The early years of their marriage were fraught with tragedy, which Laura later wrote about in the posthumously published book, <i>The First Four Years</i>. Both contracted diphtheria. Almanzo suffered a relapse that left him partially paralyzed for the rest of his life, walking with a cane. They welcomed their daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, in 1886, but tragically lost an unnamed infant son in 1889. A devastating house fire destroyed their home, and consecutive years of severe prairie drought forced them into deep debt.</div><div><br></div><div>Seeking a fresh start, Laura, Almanzo, and Rose packed their belongings into a covered wagon in 1894 and migrated south to Mansfield, Missouri. They purchased a rugged piece of land they named Rocky Ridge Farm. Through decades of manual labor, they transformed a rocky plot into a highly prosperous poultry and dairy farm. It was here, in her 60s, that Laura began writing down her childhood memories. Almanzo was her constant supporter, helping maintain the farm while Laura transitioned into a world-famous author.</div><div><br></div><div>During the 1940s, Laura and Almanzo lived a quiet but highly productive life at their beloved Rocky Ridge Farm in Mansfield, Missouri. Now in their 70s and 80s, the couple witnessed the height of Laura’s literary success as she completed her iconic <i>Little House</i> book series. Despite their advanced age, they remained deeply devoted partners, maintaining the farm and welcoming a steady stream of fans who traveled to meet the real-life pioneer heroes.</div><div><br></div><div>The early 1940s marked the culmination of Laura’s career as a novelist. With the editorial assistance of their daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, Laura published the final installments of her original series from Rocky Ridge Farm: <i>The Long Winter</i> (1940), <i>Little Town on the Prairie</i> (1941), and <i>These Happy Golden Years</i> (1943). As the books grew in popularity, the Wilders adjusted to their status as beloved public figures. In February 1940, Laura hosted an intimate birthday party in the parlor at Rocky Ridge Farm to celebrate Almanzo’s 83rd birthday.</div><div><br></div><div>While Almanzo stepped back from heavy manual labor due to his age and lingering effects of early-life paralysis, he remained active around the homestead and fully supported Laura’s writing career. Well-known photographs taken of the couple in 1942 and late 1948 captured them sitting side by side, portraying an enduring, 60-plus-year bond forged through frontier hardships.</div><div><br></div><div>The decade closed with profound change for the Wilder family. On October 23, 1949, Almanzo Wilder passed away at Rocky Ridge Farm at the age of 92. 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His carefully detailed paintings, often executed with a smooth, enamel-like finish, reflect a deep affection for traditional rural England.</div><div><br></div><div>Smythe exhibited with the Society of British Artists and was an active member of the Ipswich Fine Art Club, leaving behind a body of work that continues to appeal for its gentle nostalgia and craftsmanship. These charming paintings showcase Thomas Smythe’s delicate skill and enduring love for the quiet beauty of the English countryside.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2VCMHAQp_TtQGuhGoo8qBUlhXszhxVGQ_5KTWb7uRSKWeXrOT-N7qKpWsTKG6DCRp6RgZd9IiO1b4QwoO9yu4kXgcPC11Sa7iQW2sojWOzhP3Nbul9QDAAhNnSB7eKFyjVpXydvS0RJIlcE09Tx4wZBFlvATRq8c_PGMY66b3X067u-bCIV4X4MgBCnR/s800/thomas-smythe-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="800" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2VCMHAQp_TtQGuhGoo8qBUlhXszhxVGQ_5KTWb7uRSKWeXrOT-N7qKpWsTKG6DCRp6RgZd9IiO1b4QwoO9yu4kXgcPC11Sa7iQW2sojWOzhP3Nbul9QDAAhNnSB7eKFyjVpXydvS0RJIlcE09Tx4wZBFlvATRq8c_PGMY66b3X067u-bCIV4X4MgBCnR/w640-h432/thomas-smythe-1.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Group of Fisherfolk on a Suffolk Beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IqU8K8NHxGPIt_tiN5_aA5VbkrqBRQKT6hKk78jwt-JbtuyTQ_oc_d5tV4p8ni0bchUXUlA4YTr1d_1PYT8PY1VSDR1Tl9RB97vHk-TMcfXD7-fJ-K_3zCsyxVL70H5jCmvjyf7fFx3wJsmelsmrKaUlKcK1sO4RDRApDXyo8ir426SeWrRXvUE-70GY/s800/thomas-smythe-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="800" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IqU8K8NHxGPIt_tiN5_aA5VbkrqBRQKT6hKk78jwt-JbtuyTQ_oc_d5tV4p8ni0bchUXUlA4YTr1d_1PYT8PY1VSDR1Tl9RB97vHk-TMcfXD7-fJ-K_3zCsyxVL70H5jCmvjyf7fFx3wJsmelsmrKaUlKcK1sO4RDRApDXyo8ir426SeWrRXvUE-70GY/w640-h536/thomas-smythe-2.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Gypsy Encampment</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgtjU3gca6q7RZaTCfcDt_8xL2ktkYqB0Km6RPFr9nZGimvd-tr4789-YCBsUj-HYodkUHQ8fPo-iwEMVknW3TeIATjtnOpAZoFp4uZEiECmc-NTFNHHmdyAsVBL48Ywms1Sxhbr8odmy7W1vwDDpGAiER5sQAZLZ07W6c7EP5Fu0X8UedKArjPV3hgIf/s800/thomas-smythe-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="800" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgtjU3gca6q7RZaTCfcDt_8xL2ktkYqB0Km6RPFr9nZGimvd-tr4789-YCBsUj-HYodkUHQ8fPo-iwEMVknW3TeIATjtnOpAZoFp4uZEiECmc-NTFNHHmdyAsVBL48Ywms1Sxhbr8odmy7W1vwDDpGAiER5sQAZLZ07W6c7EP5Fu0X8UedKArjPV3hgIf/w640-h474/thomas-smythe-3.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Rest</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_wz6TloK5YPfNVHQZ1AX2_zCfI5SGqyKUGVIKL_K4oEz1_Q4X8F3VaZPd1KQfPCgqc2qXwGc6YXPTlI-XzjYyyHJ34io6cOmHa-_vM2ALtg9dG2crbnSZNesmhK25WInb9t7_fEsILLvRCQGZ5Wgf2FMP-2vzqvCg37HeQTEYHQl-O1XeMQ9dKJe2eS5/s800/thomas-smythe-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="800" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_wz6TloK5YPfNVHQZ1AX2_zCfI5SGqyKUGVIKL_K4oEz1_Q4X8F3VaZPd1KQfPCgqc2qXwGc6YXPTlI-XzjYyyHJ34io6cOmHa-_vM2ALtg9dG2crbnSZNesmhK25WInb9t7_fEsILLvRCQGZ5Wgf2FMP-2vzqvCg37HeQTEYHQl-O1XeMQ9dKJe2eS5/w640-h582/thomas-smythe-4.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel Corner, Ipswich</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XZI8K_GZp9Fn5OwuR4iX8aKGzHaTdsJhyphenhyphene6Om_bfS_s7oJB0_y0ejN-WfN7T0oSfIFHVTk9ybYrmbtXTvAmoSFZjNmubB74dP3iZmhvBmbpdRp2twKvfb0jYiBoldPC9LJ6a7P4rePnHdMERTyS7QoN8tjJvYNwIw6snLtHDjl7z1Wr22TBKg8WPyPT6/s800/thomas-smythe-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="800" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XZI8K_GZp9Fn5OwuR4iX8aKGzHaTdsJhyphenhyphene6Om_bfS_s7oJB0_y0ejN-WfN7T0oSfIFHVTk9ybYrmbtXTvAmoSFZjNmubB74dP3iZmhvBmbpdRp2twKvfb0jYiBoldPC9LJ6a7P4rePnHdMERTyS7QoN8tjJvYNwIw6snLtHDjl7z1Wr22TBKg8WPyPT6/w640-h484/thomas-smythe-5.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Inn</td></tr></tbody></table><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/thomas-smythe.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-8415473227454361012026-09-06T10:48:06.225+07:002026-09-06T10:48:06.225+07:00Photo of the World Trade Center Taken With a GameBoy Camera, Two Months Before 9/11This image of the iconic Twin Towers was taken from a street-level perspective, rendered in the unmistakable 4-color grayscale palette (2-bit) and ultra-low 128x112 pixel resolution characteristic of Nintendo’s 1998 Game Boy Camera accessory. It was captured in July 2001, exactly two months before the September 11 attacks, by an anonymous visitor who brought their handheld console to the plaza.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8YTu66_QREotHolYs2tYiGT3A6P3lFC2me_MRu6fSFR-WOxbedtzEuGAAd4WkfHhu34cfZYx2YpNQEJRqZXfNcofw4BybWqiqS2GXSLnvUIp7Xg07ViOFXGFy1juKI8jcpf3OpA5DHwr4CbpdmgpA2Va9Ts01GR_hyphenhyphenIDb9DOvCobojGQOEaKhoX3m8Sv/s825/wtc-taken-with-a-gameboy-camera-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="825" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8YTu66_QREotHolYs2tYiGT3A6P3lFC2me_MRu6fSFR-WOxbedtzEuGAAd4WkfHhu34cfZYx2YpNQEJRqZXfNcofw4BybWqiqS2GXSLnvUIp7Xg07ViOFXGFy1juKI8jcpf3OpA5DHwr4CbpdmgpA2Va9Ts01GR_hyphenhyphenIDb9DOvCobojGQOEaKhoX3m8Sv/w640-h432/wtc-taken-with-a-gameboy-camera-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>While it looks like a modern digital filter or pixel art recreation, the image is completely real. It belongs to a rare category of pre-9/11 photography where hobbyists documented New York City using primitive digital tech. Similar projects from that exact era, such as photographer David Friedman’s 2000–2001 Game Boy Camera New York <a href="https://www.ironicsans.com/2014/05/new_york_city_in_2000_photogra.html">series</a>, have been archived online to preserve how the turn-of-the-century skyline looked through the lens of a literal toy.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The Game Boy Camera (released as the Pocket Camera in Japan) is one of the most eccentric and historically significant peripherals in gaming history. Launched by Nintendo in 1998 for $49.95, it handed an entire generation of kids and tech enthusiasts their very first taste of consumer digital photography.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYtDuernzHMBVT9X1Zb0iMIjmHLPAfam-OzMzGn8Y3LC_m-cKgp2yqXUJ_HcXmHIeL0PiZcaF-LQL3MTfmRJi9ziw1gNV7y1Q1zFwks5Q2XOJhjkR5C5Oa-jcYc2XUn8N4bKvcQv5BVbNqtl_7uooSv_c8TViD0b7QsFyzPw222MCncCbQTjdk7AxoxtM/s1692/wtc-taken-with-a-gameboy-camera-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="1000" height="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYtDuernzHMBVT9X1Zb0iMIjmHLPAfam-OzMzGn8Y3LC_m-cKgp2yqXUJ_HcXmHIeL0PiZcaF-LQL3MTfmRJi9ziw1gNV7y1Q1zFwks5Q2XOJhjkR5C5Oa-jcYc2XUn8N4bKvcQv5BVbNqtl_7uooSv_c8TViD0b7QsFyzPw222MCncCbQTjdk7AxoxtM/w378-h640/wtc-taken-with-a-gameboy-camera-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>When it debuted, Nintendo marketed the cartridge strictly as a toy. However, it was a massive technological achievement under the hood. In the 1999 Guinness Book of World Records, the Game Boy Camera was officially certified as the World’s Smallest Digital Camera. Weighing just 70 grams, it packed an incredibly small, low-cost CMOS sensor that accidentally put Nintendo at the cutting edge of mass-produced digital photography hardware.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Manufacturing ceased in late 2002, but the Game Boy Camera experienced a massive cultural revival as a tool for “funtography” and lo-fi art. Using modern hardware like custom Arduino or Raspberry Pi boards, enthusiasts now emulate the Game Boy Printer to extract raw .PNG files onto modern computers.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-83643676923612359832026-09-06T07:14:14.827+07:002026-09-06T07:14:14.827+07:0040 Studio Portraits Showcasing Victorian Men’s Facial HairThese studio portraits capture the distinctive and carefully cultivated facial hair styles of Victorian men. From full beards and elaborate mustaches to sideburns and carefully waxed styles, the images reflect the era’s strong emphasis on masculine appearance and social status.<div><br></div><div>Photographed in formal studio settings, the sitters display a wide range of grooming choices that were fashionable throughout the mid-to-late 19th century. These portraits offer a fascinating visual record of how facial hair became a defining feature of Victorian masculinity and personal identity.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewLNSq3Wwk5ACk1Fck9-ZcHHi1aAFaoKeA9fOqMwyqjfZu-dipPq4iwPAx92vv1rHKQOmLZvz5FEXKhQTi7eJoOMyCy3DSJoPGecVn8LHRmJk6fe_HbESqaQx6sA3gywGmkFNIpyzVd8c1WpwZDxQdKDIiE3QZ3KmrJn0o4cFfk55oN_SXmo38T4vTdsE/s956/victorian-mens-facial-hair-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewLNSq3Wwk5ACk1Fck9-ZcHHi1aAFaoKeA9fOqMwyqjfZu-dipPq4iwPAx92vv1rHKQOmLZvz5FEXKhQTi7eJoOMyCy3DSJoPGecVn8LHRmJk6fe_HbESqaQx6sA3gywGmkFNIpyzVd8c1WpwZDxQdKDIiE3QZ3KmrJn0o4cFfk55oN_SXmo38T4vTdsE/s1600/victorian-mens-facial-hair-1.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAcUnT44j4csId669D7VpwvSwIO0-HzA6Tt5i3YDOjTqKtOSR4LQchyphenhyphenQXdC3FHh0BvERGYt6NhvDwEF9Y-3-rGMcEw2H9bWpS4cY-QwRk4yXg6j6RZyuFPw2ntiOI5GQfACc8u0jIwtZMKpdFHQ0KNZ0J4zdWz9nwEq40O3nNlyKl4kDk5MYp7Y5AWSLG/s920/victorian-mens-facial-hair-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAcUnT44j4csId669D7VpwvSwIO0-HzA6Tt5i3YDOjTqKtOSR4LQchyphenhyphenQXdC3FHh0BvERGYt6NhvDwEF9Y-3-rGMcEw2H9bWpS4cY-QwRk4yXg6j6RZyuFPw2ntiOI5GQfACc8u0jIwtZMKpdFHQ0KNZ0J4zdWz9nwEq40O3nNlyKl4kDk5MYp7Y5AWSLG/s1600/victorian-mens-facial-hair-2.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOw1ZIOTlASYd8xkQiakflzkJfm-zPhHRt6vqQdsY9JLwufGTq44Imp7_FF6aqN0-yBg8s7jb664PlYH5bkZMUsE9jlQ1USjsKkixbpNLAcG6E5-USBkYwXXLlVXocvtuGSgJtdtrrL1MGOR2CNxvl5Y76yt7OZ_7WBZ_xh5jQNSE5R4-NnMcTeae6F9Z/s912/victorian-mens-facial-hair-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOw1ZIOTlASYd8xkQiakflzkJfm-zPhHRt6vqQdsY9JLwufGTq44Imp7_FF6aqN0-yBg8s7jb664PlYH5bkZMUsE9jlQ1USjsKkixbpNLAcG6E5-USBkYwXXLlVXocvtuGSgJtdtrrL1MGOR2CNxvl5Y76yt7OZ_7WBZ_xh5jQNSE5R4-NnMcTeae6F9Z/s1600/victorian-mens-facial-hair-3.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7TmFbBksBnLqSrs0wq4V6ii3PinADt8HAVEYT8TA2rbUICGjMb53lG3Qx-_xtY7Go5cZHNUfGbrKLHhjARfdUkoQ2BM9RShoSn9G_Z-kbJ4bMXu6LUw4ZBKxV-98S8Jin5tCZ-sDgyMzVlCbGADEmZ-UJB4N2RX8ybrPjfGQ2AHW3I3kULQV0dKkDWUp/s933/victorian-mens-facial-hair-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7TmFbBksBnLqSrs0wq4V6ii3PinADt8HAVEYT8TA2rbUICGjMb53lG3Qx-_xtY7Go5cZHNUfGbrKLHhjARfdUkoQ2BM9RShoSn9G_Z-kbJ4bMXu6LUw4ZBKxV-98S8Jin5tCZ-sDgyMzVlCbGADEmZ-UJB4N2RX8ybrPjfGQ2AHW3I3kULQV0dKkDWUp/s1600/victorian-mens-facial-hair-4.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMtcjCkg44ZOtVgqw9-ugBP8XNzFaemGIRtEMkPQI8grhT-iuMCW0MHG9Sx143uZQSkYHMnp1AcMHTRR9U7FpWdAgtNOUlrZvCsyShPVQ5IYqHlidvvzW2aHh622RIB9pft9brwi22YbZmK-8lYZAsEcR248_YCO3eVMBbRMmyp87DneTEVXxMVGphaBW/s830/victorian-mens-facial-hair-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMtcjCkg44ZOtVgqw9-ugBP8XNzFaemGIRtEMkPQI8grhT-iuMCW0MHG9Sx143uZQSkYHMnp1AcMHTRR9U7FpWdAgtNOUlrZvCsyShPVQ5IYqHlidvvzW2aHh622RIB9pft9brwi22YbZmK-8lYZAsEcR248_YCO3eVMBbRMmyp87DneTEVXxMVGphaBW/s1600/victorian-mens-facial-hair-5.jpg"></a></div><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/victorian-mens-facial-hair.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-198515809616055242026-09-05T21:54:31.925+07:002026-09-05T21:54:31.926+07:0030 Amazing Photos of Raquel Welch as Cora Peterson on the Set of “Fantastic Voyage” (1966)On the set of the 1966 sci-fi classic <i>Fantastic Voyage</i>, Raquel Welch portrayed Cora Peterson, a competent technical assistant on a miniaturized submarine crew. The film was a major breakthrough for Welch. It helped launch her into international stardom later that year. Despite playing an intelligent scientist, her experience filming on the 20th Century Fox Studios soundstages was physically exhausting and filled with unique challenges.<div><br></div><div><div>Welch wore a white, form-fitting diving suit. The clingy fabric constantly snagged on wires and props. Crew members frequently had to untangle her. To simulate swimming in zero-gravity fluid, actors spent hours hanging from wires. This physical strain led to a genuine near-fainting spell for Welch.</div><div><br></div><div>In one scene, the crew defends Cora from attacking antibodies. Director Richard Fleischer had to halt filming. The male actors became far too enthusiastic while pulling the props off her suit. Fleischer noted it looked more like a “Las Vegas showgirl routine” than a medical emergency. Rumors circulated that Welch and leading man Stephen Boyd did not get along well during production. However, their on-screen chemistry anchored the groundbreaking film.</div><div><br></div><div>Studio executives initially cast Welch to leverage her athletic physique and screen presence. The film’s massive box-office success, paired with <i>One Million Years B.C.</i> released the same year, launched her into global stardom.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMzZgY9-JKlIyAoWZmpdeBM9yd2WOiIimoqkbxDDIunKDthSzwRBshnQDSvdr-H7Uxf3laP5LNQiNmP0QUjlgWITdffB54792-r2Z4LSAK_HnZx7YrL-zW4wGPfaBH4BxMIIaOR5Ml4PoG7reJmo9D5u8oujiZqtqoEMO9D9fEaeNr1CmU-lzXytyR2Oa/s1200/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMzZgY9-JKlIyAoWZmpdeBM9yd2WOiIimoqkbxDDIunKDthSzwRBshnQDSvdr-H7Uxf3laP5LNQiNmP0QUjlgWITdffB54792-r2Z4LSAK_HnZx7YrL-zW4wGPfaBH4BxMIIaOR5Ml4PoG7reJmo9D5u8oujiZqtqoEMO9D9fEaeNr1CmU-lzXytyR2Oa/w640-h640/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkDkHlQYSJ-KWTlp9bWrG3BZJGJ_lQ-6H_d0GdDfWxTq-3ODWa8NXCXlW7ENbWCdSOSSC5SMuqKR94A-1apI-mn_KkOKWS__c_-WENPbr9U2xIdx_48_JZPMldjBJiW3bxmnjCx626PaOofNidiUaJgKI20HsWaXBNSgcQTfF9Fh53lq20ecaTDKVYH7X/s1200/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkDkHlQYSJ-KWTlp9bWrG3BZJGJ_lQ-6H_d0GdDfWxTq-3ODWa8NXCXlW7ENbWCdSOSSC5SMuqKR94A-1apI-mn_KkOKWS__c_-WENPbr9U2xIdx_48_JZPMldjBJiW3bxmnjCx626PaOofNidiUaJgKI20HsWaXBNSgcQTfF9Fh53lq20ecaTDKVYH7X/w640-h640/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXl8kyIPEccofze_fjncSTDMSHVtNV-xWwvXjlFmQbYpO6sBBhXm2AVsHt9OU7p5o_2-I6BSSt_lnwLZA0wvaPUFZEEnd18t3GonQHHqAUp75wL88v-5Xx9hyphenhyphenfSQnz9TXklCW2rul5frFaxyVe0FZFGmwlt6iE97fJnj_Q49W1fKU11xhUPx3Q-p1X36D/s776/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXl8kyIPEccofze_fjncSTDMSHVtNV-xWwvXjlFmQbYpO6sBBhXm2AVsHt9OU7p5o_2-I6BSSt_lnwLZA0wvaPUFZEEnd18t3GonQHHqAUp75wL88v-5Xx9hyphenhyphenfSQnz9TXklCW2rul5frFaxyVe0FZFGmwlt6iE97fJnj_Q49W1fKU11xhUPx3Q-p1X36D/s1600/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-3.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuguI3BkbOQwcUgLE8ow9440UO0iBFXeDmWC5RyC_nFkSdypjiKIhZaYLqpA7ZRDcu1_DXT3M_bIMT3oWivfMeNzuUIYrW5KdxXl8fqKJ203A8suEK3I63plnTez-5gmKQRju9RowDNDM5b5dXTU4xhfIhob_1PTjidnO-eKM_Xki1TOAYSPwt58m8Hly/s780/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuguI3BkbOQwcUgLE8ow9440UO0iBFXeDmWC5RyC_nFkSdypjiKIhZaYLqpA7ZRDcu1_DXT3M_bIMT3oWivfMeNzuUIYrW5KdxXl8fqKJ203A8suEK3I63plnTez-5gmKQRju9RowDNDM5b5dXTU4xhfIhob_1PTjidnO-eKM_Xki1TOAYSPwt58m8Hly/s1600/raquel-welch-in-fantastic-voyage-4.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/raquel-welch-fantastic-voyage.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-18594482963114678542026-09-05T15:13:13.851+07:002026-09-05T15:18:33.014+07:00Ruth Roman: Striking Star of Classic HollywoodRuth Roman (1922–1999), born Norma Roman, was an American actress known for her strong screen presence and dramatic intensity in films of the late 1940s and ’50s.<div><br></div><div>After early bit parts and a serial role in <i>Jungle Queen</i>, Roman gained recognition with performances in <i>The Window</i> (1949) and <i>Champion</i> (1949), earning a Golden Globe nomination. Under contract to Warner Bros., she appeared in a range of films, most memorably as Anne Morton in Alfred Hitchcock’s <i>Strangers on a Train</i> (1951).</div><div><br></div><div>With her dark beauty and determined characters, Roman became a distinctive leading lady of postwar Hollywood and later continued her career successfully on television and stage. These vintage photos capture the strength, elegance, and classic Hollywood glamour of Ruth Roman, a memorable star of the 1940s and 1950s.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRkGPNVE8RlEuzZZ1G1RZ-APYuOT_-BlZTepWgF5-19D3NQZFhnhhDb4fduHjFDd9kBwz3Ty8mAIhBU6Yjajz0kl74tOGUaaQVeIcOFVVKJKRE68x1Ol1Rh4wBii7IiwMUWSA6yFQep4x705YcY_r80iu-p-zJ9JeHoFnunmQoZuiTpe6VPri8Rz8MVjX/s800/ruth-roman-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRkGPNVE8RlEuzZZ1G1RZ-APYuOT_-BlZTepWgF5-19D3NQZFhnhhDb4fduHjFDd9kBwz3Ty8mAIhBU6Yjajz0kl74tOGUaaQVeIcOFVVKJKRE68x1Ol1Rh4wBii7IiwMUWSA6yFQep4x705YcY_r80iu-p-zJ9JeHoFnunmQoZuiTpe6VPri8Rz8MVjX/s1600/ruth-roman-1.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aR4mQiSxlRHF4mIBYEmWFYD4oHT5kFHoxBFHBI4uzF__xnlRDDnuKQ7PezzTtil__ULtdnQ60_m70zjYXu9zyZvWTrOFDexcMfkfUIarNxIG2G0PVfqJy87n9lCWuVeiiF47pe0q8jnZQImECFSW5497Wv4Ob0-bcqPLbXxSARTl-8ps2jU-WZGRepRy/s820/ruth-roman-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aR4mQiSxlRHF4mIBYEmWFYD4oHT5kFHoxBFHBI4uzF__xnlRDDnuKQ7PezzTtil__ULtdnQ60_m70zjYXu9zyZvWTrOFDexcMfkfUIarNxIG2G0PVfqJy87n9lCWuVeiiF47pe0q8jnZQImECFSW5497Wv4Ob0-bcqPLbXxSARTl-8ps2jU-WZGRepRy/s1600/ruth-roman-2.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuac5ATULP0LoI6Uey3qVHYB9MXWeeuBVE-6rUcExpgcYpYO4csYGZdpV3yp4Pn0F5Fld6UPnTl65ViKK40DELpbDGdwhbxoR4onOi-fKUfW2ZeibzNRfmqwR6HfY67jsih2LaYCne2CyVq-WMrzrDeKSLV6JhxmqJ2RWYhfcQ0oOGIg2Uab7WLlrnxqG/s816/ruth-roman-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuac5ATULP0LoI6Uey3qVHYB9MXWeeuBVE-6rUcExpgcYpYO4csYGZdpV3yp4Pn0F5Fld6UPnTl65ViKK40DELpbDGdwhbxoR4onOi-fKUfW2ZeibzNRfmqwR6HfY67jsih2LaYCne2CyVq-WMrzrDeKSLV6JhxmqJ2RWYhfcQ0oOGIg2Uab7WLlrnxqG/s1600/ruth-roman-3.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbcdz9RKEsZbIUDqbs8LhDAMkDRpI42M0itDukOGnAKIK-rQ4JpuSUHlX-MMgl6YcJuRC23TAi6p_Eq-Zn8yOR9fsYgNz2vYwx-0fIz4txCodCMH2HDx-QtpyzCqfyAbPoWZFcsld5ceM9X_8BKrq9d7YGYq6OYVHnFI64bZa6TmDN0oFJYg0yeXKkLX1/s797/ruth-roman-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbcdz9RKEsZbIUDqbs8LhDAMkDRpI42M0itDukOGnAKIK-rQ4JpuSUHlX-MMgl6YcJuRC23TAi6p_Eq-Zn8yOR9fsYgNz2vYwx-0fIz4txCodCMH2HDx-QtpyzCqfyAbPoWZFcsld5ceM9X_8BKrq9d7YGYq6OYVHnFI64bZa6TmDN0oFJYg0yeXKkLX1/s1600/ruth-roman-4.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbXS20P4dFzuiDDSY8JSlD3hQlLZ5EefkFQtPWIkXDZSjgK36Wcj4rWXz8Z_pKLuB912TdIYQ_DWeYs0GMjeqaJsvO8Ycf2dr4NUx-D78QW7-5B-c7KbfbDTW1j-2iciPN4oQ6YsRANNcm9P5GMmIK6r1KLLFh2RIEMZBBQGfYukIsLgcQcHN_QYLx0ym/s814/ruth-roman-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbXS20P4dFzuiDDSY8JSlD3hQlLZ5EefkFQtPWIkXDZSjgK36Wcj4rWXz8Z_pKLuB912TdIYQ_DWeYs0GMjeqaJsvO8Ycf2dr4NUx-D78QW7-5B-c7KbfbDTW1j-2iciPN4oQ6YsRANNcm9P5GMmIK6r1KLLFh2RIEMZBBQGfYukIsLgcQcHN_QYLx0ym/s1600/ruth-roman-5.jpg"></a></div><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/ruth-roman.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-43461442525012568252026-09-05T14:46:18.051+07:002026-09-05T15:02:44.973+07:0040 Candid Snapshots of Freddie Mercury of Queen Posing With His FansFreddie Mercury had a deep and genuine love and appreciation for his fans, recognizing them as the source of his success and fame. While he was a private man, he interacted with fans through performances, often throwing flowers into the crowd. He ensured his staff showed respect to his fans, considering them vital to his career.<div><br></div><div><div>Freddie often spoke of his deep appreciation for his audience. He recognized that their participation was a key part of Queen’s success, and he saw himself and the band as creating anthems for everyone. For example, he wrote “We Are the Champions” with the specific intent of creating a song that people could chant together in sports arenas.</div><div><br></div><div>In stark contrast to his on-stage persona, Freddie was known by those close to him to be incredibly shy and private. According to Queen’s roadie Peter Hince, Freddie’s ego “was not as big as people think.” He often found the anonymity that came with fame to be a difficult sacrifice and yearned for a simpler, more private life. He famously said: “When I’m performing I’m an extrovert, yet inside I’m a completely different man.”</div><div><br></div><div>Despite his desire for privacy, Freddie showed remarkable kindness and care to fans he met. Stories from those who encountered him often describe him as being more grounded and understanding than his public image suggested. One fan recalled how he was incredibly calm and reassuring after a child threw up all over his shoes.</div><div><br></div><div><div>When his health declined in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he avoided going public with his AIDS diagnosis, but fans noticed his frailty. In his final public statement (November 1991), he confirmed it explicitly, seen by many as his way of being honest with fans at last.</div><div><br></div><div>Fans played a crucial role in cementing his legend. Outside Garden Lodge, his home in London, admirers left flowers, notes, and graffiti for years after his passing.</div></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBY130HlYXyBkGvlllZmdGtuYaWXiPQnq91XLGMCTkuAZ67bxRzSrwNvQJvms60Sqmzjq9o4wFN584fXDoH7mRneqc3-zyzPBUTdi8gozKv0IKwd-h6W8TXx1n8062Aq77Ki58Ufc7fa3S6YB5GII_-eoBRuqgBobnBT-vEiE8sInWkDDcAvnorpuOtAE/s640/freddie-mercury-with-fans-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBY130HlYXyBkGvlllZmdGtuYaWXiPQnq91XLGMCTkuAZ67bxRzSrwNvQJvms60Sqmzjq9o4wFN584fXDoH7mRneqc3-zyzPBUTdi8gozKv0IKwd-h6W8TXx1n8062Aq77Ki58Ufc7fa3S6YB5GII_-eoBRuqgBobnBT-vEiE8sInWkDDcAvnorpuOtAE/s16000/freddie-mercury-with-fans-1.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKFCWoDLXGiTXLfbPSwUp_L9ZjEG1k3xJd4JgjmcDSj7hn3M-kvTEOxnYUa5bQLMzZc9YaajV8bDADRXFNsXjhQFzgjo6dWLOeZI7p4vctLZR10_53rIQUTztyYpg7T_DQSBOCTKcjIwX6vnWGgbCJyAwYSViUrIvh7GOXXuxcdRrGz7LUeZt5ZwHG8c/s640/freddie-mercury-with-fans-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKFCWoDLXGiTXLfbPSwUp_L9ZjEG1k3xJd4JgjmcDSj7hn3M-kvTEOxnYUa5bQLMzZc9YaajV8bDADRXFNsXjhQFzgjo6dWLOeZI7p4vctLZR10_53rIQUTztyYpg7T_DQSBOCTKcjIwX6vnWGgbCJyAwYSViUrIvh7GOXXuxcdRrGz7LUeZt5ZwHG8c/s16000/freddie-mercury-with-fans-2.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub-4vT81nCekZ26ZmyigPeVx_1PtByEQXFns0dR4d3dDHOOQSRieuomE_6tP7P43taHT8zOsL40qJ1gkfKOyxGjHWKRWkGSgRmnrlxEOyLAk1sfFLadzVc-SQ5mrDWZgrO3MCWra_gAhJYZC2qkBkSwH3fr-mk5SmriVzqcqb8iQnt-KJ3kDkHcVtfVM/s640/freddie-mercury-with-fans-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub-4vT81nCekZ26ZmyigPeVx_1PtByEQXFns0dR4d3dDHOOQSRieuomE_6tP7P43taHT8zOsL40qJ1gkfKOyxGjHWKRWkGSgRmnrlxEOyLAk1sfFLadzVc-SQ5mrDWZgrO3MCWra_gAhJYZC2qkBkSwH3fr-mk5SmriVzqcqb8iQnt-KJ3kDkHcVtfVM/s16000/freddie-mercury-with-fans-3.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZg3CN0DrQ1flGpWBr8w-JRrgG4pEEkiZXvzDH7rFcq7pvUHidTKnnf-u0riGHViwyaM8s7Ky8Au4ofyT7SNGj4nm4UetsdzKt_eiB1ZcqczXZqRxN48oJ194JFUW4cGB71WfU_G6VJBDIJr5R6lPbEwlGOXX5Ai8qYDPHWAO7Pv4VXMvBW_UC5P2FLCs/s713/freddie-mercury-with-fans-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZg3CN0DrQ1flGpWBr8w-JRrgG4pEEkiZXvzDH7rFcq7pvUHidTKnnf-u0riGHViwyaM8s7Ky8Au4ofyT7SNGj4nm4UetsdzKt_eiB1ZcqczXZqRxN48oJ194JFUW4cGB71WfU_G6VJBDIJr5R6lPbEwlGOXX5Ai8qYDPHWAO7Pv4VXMvBW_UC5P2FLCs/s16000/freddie-mercury-with-fans-4.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1flxZMlIkdd5JZ0K1Sm_WihHwonFTOAgyRoXEoD-G6hCCRJPOXtVBHKv0H_Iufs1tmSq-Anzw3FcpDFINYLiTYmd2lv_IGpbH9ohel3DkCYF9mtLYIe_HqGzkBwQxjifk4P98-bWcbuc8EArQFbV94G135xrcAd9nCS2k11DRAKD9tN2EWkah799t-j8/s640/freddie-mercury-with-fans-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1flxZMlIkdd5JZ0K1Sm_WihHwonFTOAgyRoXEoD-G6hCCRJPOXtVBHKv0H_Iufs1tmSq-Anzw3FcpDFINYLiTYmd2lv_IGpbH9ohel3DkCYF9mtLYIe_HqGzkBwQxjifk4P98-bWcbuc8EArQFbV94G135xrcAd9nCS2k11DRAKD9tN2EWkah799t-j8/s16000/freddie-mercury-with-fans-5.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/freddie-mercury-with-fans.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-17987198217412061762026-09-05T11:41:46.064+07:002026-09-05T11:43:49.931+07:00Mitzi Gaynor Doing a Stretch Routine at Home, 1962Mitzi Gaynor (September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024) was an iconic American actress, singer, and dancer who was a prominent leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for starring as Ensign Nellie Forbush in the film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s <i>South Pacific</i> (1958), as well as major musical films like <i>There’s No Business Like Show Business</i> (1954) and <i>Les Girls</i> (1957).<div><br></div><div><div>The 1960s was a decade of massive transition and triumphant reinvention for Gaynor. As studio contracts dissolved and traditional Hollywood movie musicals faded away, she pivotally shifted her focus from the silver screen to live stage performance and television.</div><div><br></div><div>After starring in the 1963 matrimonial comedy <i>For Love or Money</i> alongside Kirk Douglas, Gaynor retired from feature films. She noted that she felt “kind of ordinary” on screen and realized her vibrant talents were much better suited for live audiences.</div><div><br></div><div>Guided by her husband and manager, Jack Bean, she transitioned into a highly paid nightclub headliner. Her glitzy, high-energy musical revues at iconic venues like the Sahara and the Flamingo became legendary, earning her praise from Frank Sinatra as “the best female entertainer working in the business.”</div><div><br></div><div>On February 16, 1964, Gaynor appeared on <i>The Ed Sullivan Show.</i> Broadcast live from the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, she actually received top billing over The Beatles, who were making their historic second appearance on the program that same night.</div><div><br></div><div>In 1967, she stopped the show at the Academy Awards by performing a knockout rendition of the theme from <i>Georgy Girl</i>. This sparked a series of nine highly acclaimed, annual prime-time television specials spanning into the 1970s (starting with <i>Mitzi... The First Time</i> in 1968), which collectively earned 16 Emmy nominations.</div><div><br></div><div>Instead of letting the decline of the studio system phase her out, Gaynor used the 1960s to transform herself into an independent powerhouse of live showmanship.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCDN66h8QamhqJ5AOfVuteQZGrYdBUyPhxIE6fKPZhkOoUAyrCI0W_t1hz_U80s_vw2L408QfBNDOSDzAFJ4tbglIKbEdFy0QdGXXfnizoXH0Jkn0LYL-Z96LFmEbqJk86fkCjGZ2XRLcavqygrTpCwfmgocqmxCV_7al5z9jX3n9zSPWT8Dwk-Sc10Eu/s800/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCDN66h8QamhqJ5AOfVuteQZGrYdBUyPhxIE6fKPZhkOoUAyrCI0W_t1hz_U80s_vw2L408QfBNDOSDzAFJ4tbglIKbEdFy0QdGXXfnizoXH0Jkn0LYL-Z96LFmEbqJk86fkCjGZ2XRLcavqygrTpCwfmgocqmxCV_7al5z9jX3n9zSPWT8Dwk-Sc10Eu/s1600/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-1.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4zHOEjJRU4dg4herNMoNfm9FauBk0ncQH-XFqUHR5pR9fO3h1tx0QBPPip2jvpFuIRpl7u5pfJHRlcuv-WjP9frkveOPGW4zOBPL9lCayTYv-C-St-HAEGZ1kGsVwzRd4vHCZRc9TZDDS8OO75cmzIyrqrRf_mGIfE4dHFqZRXvJ-m0uhI-sc7T-WdF3/s800/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4zHOEjJRU4dg4herNMoNfm9FauBk0ncQH-XFqUHR5pR9fO3h1tx0QBPPip2jvpFuIRpl7u5pfJHRlcuv-WjP9frkveOPGW4zOBPL9lCayTYv-C-St-HAEGZ1kGsVwzRd4vHCZRc9TZDDS8OO75cmzIyrqrRf_mGIfE4dHFqZRXvJ-m0uhI-sc7T-WdF3/s1600/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-2.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfltXchXz8VqCApPbO9hdpIMr3__AF5-kP684Hf0q15E4D3yz4dNTIXIwkUK6zjtkk1PcZ2m76VvDgj9gVpDtz27rBmCMTX6R1aAl6H3iUL3eiBXs4yQ4BHIPxG4pdvCIdj_hZrVSN7enFmmH71xP1oqz5e-GEzbeAhjZ9X_TWBwJRbPDcNuORLU0j1bBG/s800/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfltXchXz8VqCApPbO9hdpIMr3__AF5-kP684Hf0q15E4D3yz4dNTIXIwkUK6zjtkk1PcZ2m76VvDgj9gVpDtz27rBmCMTX6R1aAl6H3iUL3eiBXs4yQ4BHIPxG4pdvCIdj_hZrVSN7enFmmH71xP1oqz5e-GEzbeAhjZ9X_TWBwJRbPDcNuORLU0j1bBG/s1600/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-3.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiz4ZVYTrA6u5UOptrPGbv3rSU4FH3pImix_03fg5bByxM7GgafGtXrV3R7YUusLKd7qmk4PIKbT4EFfDLfGlG2AqcgsGXWpdI2c8oKP09rikPSGrBuooAPSj3N4Xc-wOj6cCMiamc9_tQQ7Mdl_BCQQvH43mrcbSf28cmTX5SqOdb0L9Ks7UntvKZHti/s800/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiz4ZVYTrA6u5UOptrPGbv3rSU4FH3pImix_03fg5bByxM7GgafGtXrV3R7YUusLKd7qmk4PIKbT4EFfDLfGlG2AqcgsGXWpdI2c8oKP09rikPSGrBuooAPSj3N4Xc-wOj6cCMiamc9_tQQ7Mdl_BCQQvH43mrcbSf28cmTX5SqOdb0L9Ks7UntvKZHti/s1600/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-4.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ti4VnCci20TWf6elOoSj_O10duoHErt1VuBiYILPMtn0M50nUl1eMqr0cTNHbz3QWxJ4Tp6knZIRZQ1ZFZL6EwnE48smdsOhAODwCUf_soX0dxJcsyCJtVcVnOhmxzXhDrmS8qFRn5qPt9kUTxV_n1pIFITpjWNOXVMJ5s56taifaglCGGDQBp-KRehV/s800/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ti4VnCci20TWf6elOoSj_O10duoHErt1VuBiYILPMtn0M50nUl1eMqr0cTNHbz3QWxJ4Tp6knZIRZQ1ZFZL6EwnE48smdsOhAODwCUf_soX0dxJcsyCJtVcVnOhmxzXhDrmS8qFRn5qPt9kUTxV_n1pIFITpjWNOXVMJ5s56taifaglCGGDQBp-KRehV/s1600/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine-5.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/mitzi-gaynor-doing-stretch-routine.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-42914351263592130092026-09-05T07:37:29.377+07:002026-09-05T07:37:29.377+07:0030 Stunning Portraits of Dita Parlo in the 1930sDuring the 1930s, German actress Dita Parlo established herself as a major star of European cinema, moving fluidly between German and French films. Within just a four-year span, she starred in two masterpieces that are widely considered among the greatest movies ever made.<div><br></div><div>Following her rise to stardom in German silent and early talkie cinema (such as <i>Melodie des Herzens in 1929</i>), Parlo attempted to transition to Hollywood in 1931. She appeared in German-language foreign versions produced by MGM and Warner Bros. (such as <i>Menschen hinter Gittern</i>) as well as small roles in films like <i>Honor of the Family</i> (1931). However, her subtle style did not align with Hollywood studio demands at the time, leading her to move to France.</div><div><br></div><div>Parlo achieved her greatest artistic success working in French cinema during the mid-to-late 1930s. Directed by Julien Duvivier, <i>Au bonheur des dames</i> (1930) showcased her early capability in dramatic, emotionally grounded roles. In <i>L'Atalante</i> (1934), Parlo starred as Juliette, a young rural bride navigating love, marriage, and longing aboard a river barge alongside Jean Dasté and Michel Simon. Her performance became an enduring symbol of poetic realism. She played Elsa, in <i>La Grande Illusion</i> (1937), a compassionate German farm widow who provides shelter and comfort to escaped French POWs. Her role anchored the film’s message of shared humanity across national boundaries.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Near the end of the decade, Parlo appeared in films like <i>Mademoiselle Docteur</i> (1937) and <i>Ultimatum</i> (1938). At the outbreak of World War II, as a German national living in France, she was detained as an alien and deported back to Germany, which largely halted her film career until after the war.</div><div><br></div><div>Her screen presence in the 1930s left a lasting cultural impression, inspiring everything from fashion imagery to artistic tributes, including entertainer Dita Von Teese (who adopted her stage name from Parlo) and Madonna (who referenced her <i>L'Atalante</i> character in her 1992 <i>Sex</i> book and <i>Erotica</i> project).</div></div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n4YoncSKyYvEEPiAGOxEsTLxAK2OuW1K6GCSngaYeUw0IYGa5X0FIB1h4CCuJlVXlmMnxN5CShqQGxe9jPHseQHn7tOXqsFtwXVp1MqkbAsApORImjzCeTuK8WujxgZZpiFPqJ6C9-ovwAJ4pcpIR_Vt0cQEA1s-YpRUb8J0HCcXt9Dw9TB_xqIyUgsW/s1200/dita-parlo-1930s-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1200" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n4YoncSKyYvEEPiAGOxEsTLxAK2OuW1K6GCSngaYeUw0IYGa5X0FIB1h4CCuJlVXlmMnxN5CShqQGxe9jPHseQHn7tOXqsFtwXVp1MqkbAsApORImjzCeTuK8WujxgZZpiFPqJ6C9-ovwAJ4pcpIR_Vt0cQEA1s-YpRUb8J0HCcXt9Dw9TB_xqIyUgsW/w640-h458/dita-parlo-1930s-1.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR_WYYzwy4wtLbYglQuyaBD_J1OWcQI04Nz4_zxYER-tstOqW3O28TlHje4uUHFU_QgOcNeEp3tuSC3_YqkOe_DL4kshogU5bfc1UC_95BdTT9YZMD5VTHZJv6GYbJbcxyxlBPyKkylmTYS5gZB76eGA6gklMFusXzdklUVohG92pSbnbanlc1qBrumUV/s1002/dita-parlo-1930s-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR_WYYzwy4wtLbYglQuyaBD_J1OWcQI04Nz4_zxYER-tstOqW3O28TlHje4uUHFU_QgOcNeEp3tuSC3_YqkOe_DL4kshogU5bfc1UC_95BdTT9YZMD5VTHZJv6GYbJbcxyxlBPyKkylmTYS5gZB76eGA6gklMFusXzdklUVohG92pSbnbanlc1qBrumUV/s1600/dita-parlo-1930s-5.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span></div><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/dita-parlo-1930s.html#more">See more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-4531859492679481792026-09-05T07:16:33.762+07:002026-09-05T07:16:33.763+07:00Rare Vintage Covers of Unknown Magazine (1939–1943)These rare vintage covers of <i>Unknown</i> magazine (later known as <i>Unknown Worlds</i>) showcase the distinctive visual style of one of the most important fantasy pulps of the early 1940s. Edited by John W. Campbell and published by Street & Smith from 1939 to 1943, the magazine featured imaginative and atmospheric cover art during its early issues, before switching to a more restrained design.<div><br></div><div>The painted covers, created by artists such as H.W. Scott and Edd Cartier, captured a blend of fantasy, the uncanny, and everyday settings that defined the magazine’s unique approach. These covers remain a striking record of a short-lived but highly influential publication in the history of fantasy fiction.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dsArfYNUI25pe4BWODvusct1IGzDoO6QV9ZdB9EK9_uvh-RucyRL_uYEa08fC7BWZGNdLLdkAJKurMAl_WT__pcSpS2JlTbDdtSg3WuX8AcgBImisjFuaN7hjhgvtkYIE_BYDZb064bwgyquf2F1qvXPKlrIMjGoqI0ZLJ_3PucqLdoHUUuTjdhrR1gJ/s899/unknown-magazine-covers-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dsArfYNUI25pe4BWODvusct1IGzDoO6QV9ZdB9EK9_uvh-RucyRL_uYEa08fC7BWZGNdLLdkAJKurMAl_WT__pcSpS2JlTbDdtSg3WuX8AcgBImisjFuaN7hjhgvtkYIE_BYDZb064bwgyquf2F1qvXPKlrIMjGoqI0ZLJ_3PucqLdoHUUuTjdhrR1gJ/s1600/unknown-magazine-covers-1.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown magazine cover, April 1939</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtXorEMxjQ9bzgAhp-PQ5OojKt3zBwXK2a4Z5FjBx9IQpHP3yc2Oa4CDF8dpFStale-Jk72I7vjRGaKo3NxTQwhi4fuClyL9SCqRXgz3vvhyy6lgLqTIzbuIGpNFbmhhlGtQykfmcUSU0ab3ranBCD2muGDUxI6zpASfHGWnQE7oM5yQGCZo44LDmm879/s886/unknown-magazine-covers-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtXorEMxjQ9bzgAhp-PQ5OojKt3zBwXK2a4Z5FjBx9IQpHP3yc2Oa4CDF8dpFStale-Jk72I7vjRGaKo3NxTQwhi4fuClyL9SCqRXgz3vvhyy6lgLqTIzbuIGpNFbmhhlGtQykfmcUSU0ab3ranBCD2muGDUxI6zpASfHGWnQE7oM5yQGCZo44LDmm879/s1600/unknown-magazine-covers-2.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown magazine cover, August 1939</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCt9TTVeOmbjWXA8qQUaoqIhFWDTQOKhJpvvTEt7X0DjkcntGj-6WmrxC6VVVqhh5f9YZ75jvg3tmw25NcP1Gi_4X_VSviz3rIiphUA90Nl6eDbjnroQQSWz28SCy9SiXwXDgdoiFGIO1qhCAR9YL4i44L2nM_5M-ImBc4bomXKYMt6KuHwO5BRiH-Lqi/s902/unknown-magazine-covers-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCt9TTVeOmbjWXA8qQUaoqIhFWDTQOKhJpvvTEt7X0DjkcntGj-6WmrxC6VVVqhh5f9YZ75jvg3tmw25NcP1Gi_4X_VSviz3rIiphUA90Nl6eDbjnroQQSWz28SCy9SiXwXDgdoiFGIO1qhCAR9YL4i44L2nM_5M-ImBc4bomXKYMt6KuHwO5BRiH-Lqi/s1600/unknown-magazine-covers-3.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown magazine cover, December 1939</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZS7KFSpN5zSdiDuHOyh265eBI2BLQ01GwDZSpLwrsxdV-tYBHKhY1llm1-CiYilEZ2CQLOqXcGvUp5hq1CeHBQFFHL-BJBB1iTAgt3PL2OyWZAT6OaJ3rbOcrL8iXB_CA3FjGrgAu7BAQgDZvWsopI-fhNP1kRLNAe1y8uNXKvs_WGK8zA0TiMCXkDk4/s884/unknown-magazine-covers-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZS7KFSpN5zSdiDuHOyh265eBI2BLQ01GwDZSpLwrsxdV-tYBHKhY1llm1-CiYilEZ2CQLOqXcGvUp5hq1CeHBQFFHL-BJBB1iTAgt3PL2OyWZAT6OaJ3rbOcrL8iXB_CA3FjGrgAu7BAQgDZvWsopI-fhNP1kRLNAe1y8uNXKvs_WGK8zA0TiMCXkDk4/s1600/unknown-magazine-covers-4.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown magazine cover, July 1939</td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtS5B1zUBguvBwOWqOUWgqf6cBUrGo_tLlfsyDDE_lTM8u67LIS21yqU2cXIZPJpCuhQTaK1NYG7KB3b1Pt9H6SZoVFW6eD2vvHUUEtkh2THqI3Ss7tt98_DplqN4cwLjA7KBJeP3p07n6NRAXUaOMeVSbl_MgBS3LFAwF7QNUXydGF2N1oAr_Z1mbW1Qc/s871/unknown-magazine-covers-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtS5B1zUBguvBwOWqOUWgqf6cBUrGo_tLlfsyDDE_lTM8u67LIS21yqU2cXIZPJpCuhQTaK1NYG7KB3b1Pt9H6SZoVFW6eD2vvHUUEtkh2THqI3Ss7tt98_DplqN4cwLjA7KBJeP3p07n6NRAXUaOMeVSbl_MgBS3LFAwF7QNUXydGF2N1oAr_Z1mbW1Qc/s1600/unknown-magazine-covers-5.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown magazine cover, June 1939</td></tr></tbody></table><br><span></span><a href="http://www.vintag.es/2026/09/unknown-magazine-covers.html#more">See more »</a>Quynh Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274121998354621123noreply@blogger.com0