1920s photography

Mary Nolan via retrozone:

Born 1890 as Emmanuel Radnitzky in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American visual artist Man Ray spent most of his career in Paris. He wa...

A young lady photographed in New York City, 1925.

Although fashion did not embrace the look of trousers on the female form until the late 20th century, history saw working women wearing them a hundred years prior. From Victorian coal miners who rolled up their skirts around their waist to reveal soot-covered pants underneath to today’s terrible backlash of factory-torn denim, spandex jeggings, and bedazzled bums, women’s pants have undergone quite a transformation. Let’s take a look at the early fashion of women’s pants from the festooned…

On special request from Mercurie over at A Shroud of Thoughts, here is a bunch of pictures of Actresses with Kittens. This is sort of a sequel to my post about Actors with Puppies. Enjoy! Elizabeth Taylor (from Kitten Feathers) Gloria Swanson (Elizabeth from Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee!) Dolores Del Rio ( (Elizabeth from Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee!) Mabel Normand (Elizabeth from Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee!) Audrey Hepburn (Emm from Audrey Obsession) another Audrey Hepburn (Mercurie from A Shroud of…

1930's ~ Actress Pauline Stark ~

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