Top 12 Girl Groups of the 1960s
At the beginning of the 1960s, pop and rock and roll trends of the 1950s continued; nevertheless, the rock and roll of the decade before started to merge into a more international, eclectic variant. In the early-1960s, rock and roll…
30 Lovely Photos of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland During the Filming of ‘Babes on Broadway’ (1941)
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and directed by Busby Berkeley, with Vincente Minnelli directing Garland’s big solo numbers. The film, which features Fay Bainter and Virginia Weidler, was the third in…
Amazing Black and White Photos Capture SoCal’s Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes From Between the Late 1960s and Early 1980s
Spot is a man of many talents. Besides serving as the album producer and sound engineer for punk bands like the Misfits and Black Flag, the photographer, who goes only by Spot, also snapped a treasure trove of photos that…
Fascinating Vintage Photos of People Shopping For Christmas in 1962
Take a look at people shopping for Christmas season at Saks Fifth Avenue in 1962 through 14 fascinating vintage photographs taken by LIFE photographer Yale Joel: Shopping For Christmas in 1962 Shopping For Christmas in 1962 Shopping For Christmas in 1962…
28 Black and White Photos That Document the Annual Christmas Dance of Lynchburg College, Virginia in the Late 1950s
An amazing photo collection from Lynchburg College Archives that show Annual Christmas Dance of students in Lynchburg College, Virginia from the late 1950s. Few from 1960. 28 Black and White Photos That Document the Annual Christmas Dance of Lynchburg College, Virginia in the…
Victory Suits and Utility Suits – The Favorite Fashion Style of Women in the 1940s
The most iconic look of war-time was the two-piece women’s 1940s suit. In the United States, it was patriotically called the victory suit. In Britain it was the utility suit. The suit was practical and versatile, worn as often as…
20 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Secretaries From the 1950s and 1960s
Since the advent of television and the movies, Americans have come to love secretarial characters from Miss Hathaway in The Beverly Hillbillies to Mrs. Wiggins in The Carol Burnett Show to Jennifer Marlow in WKRP in Cincinnati. In the 1950s and ’60s, the number one…
Posting Letter into Mailbox: These Interesting Vintage Photos May Make You Relive the Good Old Days
The history of using a mail service or courier service to pass messages from one person in one place to another person in another place has most likely been occurring since the invention of writing. There is evidence of postal…
Female Fashion Photography in the 1960s by Hans Dukkers
Fashion of the 1960s featured a number of diverse trends. It was a decade that broke many fashion traditions, mirroring social movements during the time. Around the middle of the decade, fashions arising from small pockets of young people in…
Amazing New York Street Style From the 1940s
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt, famous for taking the picture of the sailor kissing the girl in Times Square, the following photos are from a street style series he did for LIFE magazine taken in 1944 called ‘Beautiful Girls’. They really do look so amazing…