Rare and Gorgeous Color Photographs Document the Festivities at 1941 Rutland State Fair

The first Rutland State Fair took place in 1846, making this one of the oldest state fairs in the United States. The fair became popular enough that, in 1849, the Rutland Railroad began putting extra cars on their trains to bring people from all over Vermont and Western New York to visit. After moving around Rutland County for a few years, the Rutland Fair grew closer to Rutland City, sometimes setting up on land owned by John Cain (now Grove Street, north of Crescent) or on the old Baxter Estate.

The fair was given a permanent home in 1856. The land at 175 South Main Street in Rutland, VT was originally known as the Rutland County Park. The fair, officially renamed the "Vermont State Fair" in 1972, is still held at this location today.

In 1941, Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano documented the festivities at the fair in Rutland, even springing to shoot a few rolls in color.

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27 Awkward Album Covers From the Soviet Union Era

Modern Russia is still funny, of course, but Soviet Russia really turned up the LOL knobs.

What follows is nothing more than a selection of Soviet era album covers. It doesn’t sound like much on paper, but in reality, it is very much indeed.

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37 Vintage Portrait Photos of Sexy Secretaries in the 1960s

The office of the 1950s and ‘60s was, in many ways, the embodiment of the American dream; it allowed for a comfortable salary, an independent lifestyle, and room for advancement.

In the 1960s, the number one job for American women was the secretarial occupation. The most common job for American women today is still the same. According to the U.S. Census, 96% of the approximately 4 million people who identify themselves today as secretaries (or something similar) are women.

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One of the Busiest Train Stations in the World: A Look Back at the New York Grand Central Terminal Through the Decades

Built in 1871, Grand Central Terminal is a commuter, rapid transit railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built by and named for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world.

Grand Central Terminal is a famous New York landmark in Midtown Manhattan and is one of the busiest train stations in the world, it serves nearly 200,000 NYC commuters every day. Grand Central Station has undergone a number of renovations and restorations over the years. It is home to 44 train platforms, several great restaurants, and some of the most beautiful Beaux-Arts architecture in New York.

Take a look at these amazing photos to see The Grand Central Terminal from the very beginning until the 1980s.

The original Grand Central Depot Railway Station in New York, demolished to make way for the current Grand Central Station, circa 1871

Grand Central Station at 42nd Street, New York, 1875

Grand Central Terminal, New York City, 1880

Grand Central Station, New York City, circa 1896

Grand Central Station, circa 1900

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40 Amazing Color Photographs of Rock Stars Taken by Bob Gruen in the 1970s and 1980s

For more than 40 years, Bob Gruen’s name has been synonymous with rock and roll.

From taking early photos on tour with Ike and Tina Turner and capturing the early CBGB/Max’s Kansas City scene, to hanging out with John and Yoko and covering current stadium rockers such as Green Day, Gruen has always been at the right place at the right time. As Alice Cooper says, what makes Gruen’s work so memorable is that “he always got the money shot.”

Gruen covered the New York City music scene, taking photographs that have gained worldwide recognition – Led Zeppelin to the Rolling Stones, Elvis to James Brown, Bob Dylan to Bob Marley and John Lennon to Johnny Rotten. Shortly after John Lennon moved to New York in 1971, Bob became John and Yoko’s personal photographer and friend, capturing their working life, private moments and creating two iconic images – John Lennon wearing the New York City t-shirt and, standing in front of the Statue of Liberty making the peace sign.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono,1977

Kiss, NYC, 1975

Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry, Toronto, 1977

Ramones, 1975

John Lennon, NYC, 1980

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21 Fascinating Vintage Photographs That Capture Everyday Life of Siberia From the Early 1900s

Siberia is an extensive geographical region, and by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia. Siberia has historically been a part of Russia since the 17th century. With an area of 13.1 million square kilometres, Siberia accounts for 77% of Russia's land area, but it is home to just 40 million people – 27% of the country's population. This is equivalent to an average population density of about 3 inhabitants per square kilometre, making Siberia one of the most sparsely populated regions on Earth.

The origin of the name is unknown. Some sources say that "Siberia" originates from the Siberian Tatar word for "sleeping land." Another account sees the name as the ancient tribal ethnonym of the Sirtya (also "Syopyr"), a folk, which spoke a language that later evolved into the Ugric languages. This ethnic group was later assimilated to the Siberian Tatar people.

Here’s some pictures of the people of Yenisei province, Siberia from the early 1900s.

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A Portrait Photos Collection of Oscar Wilde in New York in 1882 Taken by Napoleon Sarony

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.

Beginning in 1888, Wilde entered a seven-year period of furious creativity, during which he produced nearly all of his great literary works. Wilde produced several great plays—witty, highly satirical comedies of manners that nevertheless contained dark and serious undertones.

He is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.

Here is a portrait photos collection of Oscar Wilde taken by American lithographer and photographer Napoleon Sarony when he was in New York in 1882.

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39 Adorable Snapshots Prove That Kids Always See Pets As Their Best Friends

Kids always see pets as their best friends. These adorable snapshots will prove this.

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Turds in Space: These Transcripts of Conversations from Apollo 10 Mission Reveal Toilet Problems

How astronauts go to the toilet in zero gravity has always interested some. Now it can revealed unwanted difficulties - among them issues of ownership - can arise. These transcripts from NASA's Apollo 10 mission to the moon in May 1969 show that when it came to boldly going, all was not well.

The troubles are first mentioned by the Commander (CDR), Mr Stafford, who said: "Give me a napkin quick ... there’s a turd floating through the air."

John Young, the Command Module Pilot, quickly replied: "I didn’t do it. It ain’t one of mine."

Eugene Cernan, the Lunar Module Pilot, quickly realising the blame was shifting towards him, shot back: "I don’t think it’s one of mine."

Stafford then retorted: "Mine was a little more sticky than that. Throw that away."

Young retorted: "God almighty" before laughter is heard.

Cernan then discovers there's more than one piece of human waste floating in the cockpit.

"Here’s another goddamn turd. What’s the matter with you guys? Here, give me a –" which is greeted with laughter from Stafford and Young.

Stafford asks: "It was just floating around?"

Cernan: "Yes."

The issue was reviewed after the mission ended, with NASA experts concluding that correctly using the "facilities"in space - ie, a strategically-positioned plastic bag - required "a great deal of skill".

The prime crew of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission at the Kennedy Space Center. They are from left to right: Lunar Module pilot, Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Thomas P. Stafford, and Command Module pilot John W. Young.

Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the U.S. Apollo space programme.

It was meant to be a chance to test all of the procedures involved in a Moon landing without actually landing on the Moon, but it did involve the use of a lunar module that came within nine nautical miles of the surface of the Moon.

(via Daily Mail)

Top 20 Edwardian Actresses With the Most Beautiful Eyes

A photo collection of 20 Edwardian actresses with the most beautiful eyes. Chosen and ranked by Vintage Everyday. How about your opinions?

1. Elsie Ferguson.

Born in New York City, Elsie Louise Ferguson (1883 – 1961) raised and educated in Manhattan, she became interested in the theater at a young age and made her stage debut at seventeen as a chorus girl in a musical comedy. She quickly became known as one of the most beautiful women to ever set foot on the American stage.


2. Evelyn Nesbit.

Florence Evelyn Nesbit (December 25, 1884 – January 17, 1967), known professionally as Evelyn Nesbit, was a popular American chorus girl, an artists' model, and an actress.

In the early part of the 20th century, the figure and face of Evelyn Nesbit were everywhere, appearing in mass circulation newspaper and magazine advertisements, on souvenir items and calendars, making her a cultural celebrity. Her career began in her early teens in Philadelphia and continued in New York, where she posed for a cadre of respected artists of the era, James Carroll Beckwith, Frederick S. Church, and notably Charles Dana Gibson, who idealized her as a "Gibson Girl". She had the distinction of being an early "live model", in an era when fashion photography as an advertising medium was just beginning its ascendancy.


3. Gabrielle Ray.

Gabrielle Ray (1883 - 1973), was an English stage actress, dancer and singer, best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies.

Ray was considered one of the most beautiful actresses on the London stage and became one of the most photographed women in the world. In the first decade of the 20th century, she had a good career in musical theatre. After an unsuccessful marriage, however, she never recovered the fame that she had enjoyed. She spent many of her later years in mental hospitals.

4. Julia James.

Julia James (1890-1964) was an actress who was born in London and began her career at the Aldwych Theatre under Seymour Hicks, playing there Supper Belle in "Blue Bell" (1905). She appeared at the Gaity Theatre in "The Girls of Gottenburg", "Havana" and "Our Miss Gibbs.


5. Maude Fealy.

Maude Fealy (1883 – 1971) was an American stage and silent film actress whose career survived into the talkie era.

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