1940s wartime

Love doesn't change though the years do. Sometimes it can be difficult to remember that people in photos from bygone eras had the same concerns, hopes, dreams, and loves that we do. On a whim one morning, I was browsing vintage photos and came across these wonderful pieces of art. Some of them moved

A few months ago I had to write a post for my works' blog to promote a special model we had created of an AEC 10T10 bus, decorated in a grey wartime livery for the American Red Cross, for use as a Clubmobile. To make the post a little more interesting than just a list of facts, I decided to embellish the history with a few images of a Clubmobile in action, and this was how I stumbled across the subjects of today's post. I'd found a wealth of images in the Life Archive, about one Clubmobile…

Veronica Lake (born Constance Frances Marie Ockelman) developed her signature look during the filming of I Wanted Wings (1940) when her blon...

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The World War II had made an impact on American life. Manufacturers began to put more effort into supplying the wartime needs of Europe, cre...

Before the 1940s, women simply did not wear pants as a normal part of their wardrobe. 1930s women's loungewear included Beach Pajamas, overalls, culottes and sailor pants, but these were were only acceptable for at home, sport or vacationing activities. Going into the 1940s, loungewear and workwear blended together to create the first decade of

This image is from a set called "What's That You're Wearing". The photographs in this set were produced from negatives serendipitously discovered in my other collections. The ordinary to exceptional choices of personal fashion through the eyes of the family camera. Please go here to see more images from "What's That You're Wearing" www.flickr.com/photos/69559277@N04/sets/72157640797725143/ Produced from the original negative in my collection.