40 Gorgeous Photos of Jetta Goudal in the 1920s

Born 1891 as Julie Henriette Goudeket in Amsterdam, Dutch-American actress Jetta Goudal first appeared on Broadway in 1921. Her first role in motion pictures came in The Bright Shawl (1923). She quickly earned praise for her film work, especially for her performance in 1925’s Salome of the Tenements, a film based on the Anzia Yezierska novel about life in New York’s Jewish Lower East Side.

Goudal appeared in several highly successful and acclaimed films for Cecil B. DeMille and became one of the top box office draws of the late 1920s.

Goudal appeared in 1928’s The Cardboard Lover, produced by William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies. In 1929, she starred in Lady of the Pavements, directed by D.W. Griffith, and in 1930, Jacques Feyder directed Goudal in her only French language film, a made-in-Hollywood production titled Le Spectre vert.

In 1932, at age forty-one, Goudal made her last screen appearance in a talkie, co-starring with Will Rogers in the Fox Film Corporation production of Business and Pleasure.

In 1960, for recognition of Goudal’s contribution to the motion picture industry, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6333 Hollywood Blvd. Goudal died in 1985 at the age of 93. On April 19, 2019, the City council of Amsterdam renamed bridge 771, previously without a name, the Jetta Goudalbridge. In early 2020, the name tag was placed.

Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Jetta Goudal in the 1920s.

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Studio Portrait Photos Defined Fashion Styles of ’20s Young Ladies

Western fashion in the 1920s underwent a modernization. For women, fashion had continued to change away from the extravagant and restrictive styles of the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and towards looser clothing which revealed more of the arms and legs, that had begun at least a decade prior with the rising of hemlines to the ankle and the movement from the S-bend corset to the columnar silhouette of the 1910s.

The 1920s are characterized by two distinct periods of fashion: in the early part of the decade, change was slower, and there was more reluctance to wear the new, revealing popular styles. From 1925, the public more passionately embraced the styles now typically associated with the Roaring Twenties.

These styles continued to characterize fashion until the worldwide depression worsened in 1931. These amazing photos from EastMarple1 were possibly taken in the studio of William Smale Cater of Launceston, Cornwall that show portraits of young ladies in the 1920s.

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Fascinating Vintage Pictures of Christmas Past

Not only does the holiday season always bring joy but somehow it also makes us all a little bit more nostalgic than the rest of the year. Whatever the case may be, there’s no denying that a look backward may help add another heartwarming glow to all the festivities.

From the aftermath of a holiday sale at Macy’s to people in Santa costumes handing out presents, travel back in time and take a look at celebrations and preparations from years past through these fascinating vintage pictures:

A young Santa Claus with Christmas toys on a sled drawn by white turkeys, circa 1909.

Christmas tree market, Berlin, 1899.

Children looking at Christmas toys in a shop window, New York, 1900s.

Christmas mail, ca. 1910.

Santa Claus in an airplane, 1921.

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Incredible Photos of the 1929 LA Auto Show After the Fire

Fire starting from a smoldering cigarette broke out at the Los Angeles Auto Show at 4:10 p.m yesterday, and a half hour later the $1,250,000 display at the corner of Washington and Hill streets, housed in four huge tents, was a mass of smoking embers, charred wood, blazing rubber, and twisted steel. The loss is covered by a blanket insurance policy, officials of the show stated.

The flames originated, according to investigators, in or near the display of the Monocoupe Company, in the northeast corner of Tent No. 2, just in rear of the offices of the show, and near the restrooms. When the fire was discovered it was a small red trickle leaping up the hangings to the top of the tent. The flames soon burned a hole in the canvas and the wind whipped the blaze to a fury and it leaped from tent top to tent top.

Firemen, stationed at the show, made a futile attempt to halt the blaze with the use of the extinguishers scattered about the four tents but found themselves powerless in the first few moments.

Approximately 2500 spectators were in the four tents when the call of fire was sounded, and there appeared to be no stampede to reach the exits. Light explosions, as gasoline tanks burst on account of the heat, and heavy tires ignited, adding a light hazard to the attempt of the firemen to move some of the cars from the fire.

These incredible photos show the scene of the LA Auto Show after the fire in 1929.

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Beautiful Vintage Photos of Children Playing in the Snow

Every winter, as the temperatures drop, so does the amount of time people prefer to spend outside. This is true for children, as playtime can become limited to the indoors. 

It may be tempting to parents and adults to hide inside until the weather warms up, however, getting outdoors during this time of the year is especially essential to children, both for the fun and health benefits and also because it seems to be an unquestionable fact that children everywhere want to play in the snow. The wonder and excitement in their eyes only prove it further.

Take a look at children joyously having fun in the snow through these 19 beautiful black and white photographs below:

Central Park, New York City, ca. 1900.

1920s.

1944. 

Paris, 1945. (Robert Doisneau)

Spitalfields Market, London, 1946. (Monty Fresco)

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Portrait Photos of Silent Film Beauty Nita Naldi in the 1920s

Born 1894 as Mary Nonna Dooley, American stage performer and silent film actress Nita Naldi was selected by Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ibáñez for the role of Doña Sol in the film version of his novel, Blood and Sand (1922). She was signed by Famous Players-Lasky for the role, and it became her first pairing with screen idol Rudolph Valentino. The film was a major success, giving Naldi the image of a vamp, which would follow her for the rest of her life.

After finishing the Dorothy Gish film Clothes Make the Pirate, Naldi left for France for a short vacation, where she married J. Searle Barclay. Despite multiple rumors that she had retired, Naldi began work on several films, including Alfred Hitchcock’s second directorial effort, 1926’s The Mountain Eagle.

Naldi made two films in France and one in Italy before retiring. Despite having an acceptable voice, she never made a “talkie”. She spent her final years in New York City, where she died of a heart attack in her hotel room at the Wentworth Hotel on West 46th Street in 1961.

Take a look at these vintage photos to see the beauty of young Nita Naldi in the 1920s.

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Five in 1: Hairstyle Variations by Pauline Starke From the 1920s

Pauline Starke’s variation on one simple hair-cut. Try these before your mirror.

The Coquette. For that flirtatious feeling. Part it from ear to ear and pompadour the hair straight back. The bangs are curled flat to the forehead.

The Ritzette. Just the thing to go with orchids and limousine. Looks well under an imported hat. Hair parted to the side and swept across one eyebrow. Wear this and write your own check.

The Frizette. Ideal for that Greenwich Village romp. Or that Montmartre mob. A tumble of tiny curls that stray in wild confusion. Popular for Wednesday and Saturday nights.

The Surfette. Ready for a dip into the ocean. Right for any sport. Coiffure sleek and smooth. Parted to the right with hair slicked back over the ears and plastered to the head.

The Demurette. Guaranteed to attract the minister’s son. Neat but not naughty. The kind of hair-dress father approved of. Parted in the center, it is waved over the ears. Wear it to the strawberry festival.

30 Vintage Photos of People Posing With Their Studebaker Cars

Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 as the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the firm was originally a coachbuilder, manufacturing wagons, buggies, carriages and harnesses.

Studebaker entered the automotive business in 1902 with electric vehicles and in 1904 with gasoline vehicles, all sold under the name “Studebaker Automobile Company”. Until 1911, its automotive division operated in partnership with the Garford Company of Elyria, Ohio, and after 1909 with the E-M-F Company and with the Flanders Automobile Company. The first gasoline automobiles to be fully manufactured by Studebaker were marketed in August 1912.  Over the next 50 years, the company established a reputation for quality, durability and reliability.

After an unsuccessful 1954 merger with Packard (the Studebaker-Packard Corporation) failed to solve chronic postwar cashflow problems, the ‘Studebaker Corporation’ name was restored in 1962, but the South Bend plant ceased automobile production on December 20, 1963, and the last Studebaker automobile rolled off the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, assembly line on Saint Patrick’s Day March 17, 1966.

Studebaker continued as an independent manufacturer before merging with Wagner Electric in May 1967 and then Worthington Corporation in November 1967. These vintage photos from Vintage Cars & People captured people posing with their Studebaker cars.

Two fashionable ladies posing with a 1923 Studebaker Light Six on a gravel road in the countryside. The car is registered in the state of Virginia with 1923 licence plates, July 4, 1923

A company of six posing with a 1926 Studebaker Phaeton on a beach in wintertime, December 9, 1927

Four members of a German middle-class family posing with a 1928 Studebaker Erskine Six in the countryside. The car is registered in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein, circa 1928

Three members of a German middle-class family posing with a 1928 Erskine by Studebaker on a gravel road in the countryside, July 14, 1929

Three members of a German middle-class family posing with a 1929 Erskine by Studebaker on a gravel road in the countryside, July 14, 1929

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Portraits of Young Actresses With Popular Hairstyles From the Flapper Era

Whether you’re inspired by Boardwalk Empire’s forever beautiful cast of prohibitionist-era women, films like Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby or icons of vintage classics such as Dorothy Parker, Gilda Gray, or Clara Bow, one fact remains true: women wearing 1920s hairstyles were worthy of admiration.

Not just on a fashion and beauty level, but on political and social levels, too. The 1920s represented a surge in “girl power” — it’s when women gained the right to vote, weren’t afraid to cut their hair, play with makeup, or even drink and dance.

The most popular hairstyles in the 1920s include different versions of a bob, pin curls, and Hollywood waves.

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Remember the Candle Salad, a Vintage Holiday Recipe That Make You Blush!

Your eyes do not deceive you. This is not some naughty bachelorette party dessert; it is a vintage fruit salad that was popular in America from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A holiday recipe. Later printed in children’s cookbooks.

The candle salad is typically composed of lettuce, pineapple, banana, cherry, and either mayonnaise or, according to some recipes, cottage cheese. Whipped cream may also be used.

Its preparation is: first arrange a few leaves of lettuce on a plate or decorative napkin, this forms the salad’s base. Then stack pineapple rings on top of the lettuce, providing a niche for inserting one whole (or more often half) peeled banana. For garnish, the banana can be topped with choice of cream and a cherry.

Candle salad was known as an easy way to get kids to eat fruit because of its unusual appearance. It was also considered a child-friendly introduction to cooking because of its simple construction. The recipe for candle salad was published in the 1950 edition of A Child’s First Cook Book by Alma S. Lach, one of the first cookbooks written for children. It is also in the 1957 edition of the Betty Crocker’s Cook Book for Boys and Girls with the description, “It’s better than a real candle because you can eat it.”

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