Sunday Children’s Matinee at Moulin Rouge, Paris, ca. 1950s

Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France. It is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe.

The Moulin Rouge swiftly became notorious for its staff of young can-can girls who performed routines that were as flexible as the rich patrons' morals.

In the 1950s, the iconic Parisian cabaret has a kiddie matinee! Who knew? Even more unexpected is that these photographs, simply titled, “Moulin Rouge Night Club -Sunday Children’s Matinee“. Of course the dancers’ costumes appear to be more toned down for the matinee, but it’s still amusing to see these wide-eyed kids watching with fascination as the leggy ladies parade across the stage...

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"Pepsi-cola Cold Beats Any Cola Cold!" - Pepsi Ads From the 1960s

Drink Pepsi cold – the colder the better. Pepsi-Cola’s taste was created for the cold. That special Pepsi taste comes alive in the cold. Drenching quenching taste that never gives out before your thirst gives in. Pepsi pours it on!

Rare and Unseen Vintage Photos of Naples, Italy circa 1938, Including One of Hitler

Matt Ames found some negatives in a thrift store in Roanoke, Virginia. Many of the negatives appear to be from Naples, Italy circa 1938, as confirmed from checking with outside sources and doing his own investigative work. This would put their capturing just years before WWII broke out, which makes the photograph of Adolf Hitler taking part in a parade a bit more notable than what you would usually find in a thrift store purchase.

“In 2013 I found several rolls of negatives in a thrift store in Roanoke, Virginia. They were standard 35mm, black and white and some of the rolls were clearly nitrate film. The film was still supple so I had the rolls digitized the following day. Much to my surprise the film included photographs of Hitler and King Emmanuel on parade, other Nazi images from Naples, Italy in the Spring of 1938, numerous photos of Naples city life, a Mobil Oil plant there, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii and photos of Manhattan. I've presented the images at Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, Virginia; discussing steps to understanding found artifacts. There are over 400 images in the collection, these are just a few. I still don't know who took the photographs.”

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Vintage Photos of Moscow Metro in 1935

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Kathrine Switzer, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon, 1967

April 19th, 1967 Kathrine Switzer made marathon history. She was the first woman to enter and complete the Boston Marathon as a numbered runner.

The first woman to actually run the Boston Marathon was Roberta Gibb in 1966. She had written the director of the to express her interest in running, but was told that women were physiologically incapable of finishing the marathon. Undaunted, Gibb traveled to Boston and jumped in amongst the runners when the race had started.

After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire marathon.

For decades, Kathrine Switzer has received letters and photos from women around the world, all of them praising the number 261. Some women even show her their “261” tattoos.

“What they were really telling me was, ‘That number makes me feel fearless,’” Switzer says. “Because ‘I, too, relate to a story about me being told that I’m not welcome or I’m not good enough or I can’t do it.’”

Rare Color Photographs of Women in the Second World War

Observation post of weather station maintained by Company A 579th Signal Battalion.

A WAAC in training at a WAAC Training Center. She looks over the paper records in the control tower at an airport.

A WAAC while in training at a WAAC training center finds time to refreshen herself up.

A WAC, in training at a WAC training center, checks the registration scale of a testing machine.

An American WAC and the bugler of the famous First Zouave Regiment of North Africa combine under Mediterranean skies to sound an Army call. At the left is a member of the historic first overseas company of the WAC which, in January 1944, will have completed a year of service in the North African Theater.

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Rare Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in a Russian Village From the 1910s

Here's a collection of rare and interesting pictures capture everyday life in Arkhangelsk province, Russia, dated 1910.

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