Rare and Amazing Color Photos of Daily Life in Egypt in the Early 1900s

Vintage photographic lantern slides show off the beautiful Egypt of the past that protests and instability have obscured

The lantern slide — a transparent image on glass that was magnified and projected onto a surface using a sciopticon “magic lantern” — came of age shortly after it was first introduced by Philadelphia daguerreotypists William and Frederick Langenheim in 1849.

The lantern slide greatly broadened the audience for photography, then still a young art, introducing it into academia and the cultural institutions of the day by allowing teachers and museum curators to illustrate their lectures and presentations with projected images.

Egypt - Arabs on Camels en route to Sakkara. T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician. 49 Nassau Street, New York. Brooklyn Museum Archives

Egypt: Partly submerged palms above Nile dam, Upper Egypt. Copyright, 1908, by Stereo-Travel Co. Brooklyn Museum Archives

Egypt: Camels, desert. Brooklyn Museum Archives

Egypt: Donkey and Cart, Kasr-en-Nil. T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician. 49 Nassau Street, New York. Brooklyn Museum Archives

Egypt: Policeman, Cairo. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection

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30 Beautiful Color Fashion Shots of Women's Bathing Suits in the 1950s

Swimsuits from the 1950s were incredible. Continuing the trend established in the early 20th century, more skin was displayed near the water than ever before.

Here, below is a collection of 30 beautiful color fashion photographs of women in bathing suits in the 1950s.

Model in bathing suit of red silk shantung, printed with pinkish flowers, worn with cyclamen pink straw hat, sashed in dark red silk. Suit by Catalina, hat by John Frederics. Photographed by Tom Palumbo circa 1959. 

Model in white shark-skin swimsuit by Jantzen, white straw sailor hat worn over polka-dotted scarf hat, both by Betmar. She stands in front of an American flag, holding an ice cream cone. Photographed by Leombruno Bodi in 1955.

One-piece swimsuit with whalebone bustier and draping culottes in printed and hand-painted cotton, natural straw hat. Model Lilli Cerasoli, from the Spring:Summer Collection.

Anne St Marie model bathed in light, shot by Tom Palumbo in 1959.

Model standing on beach wearing a bathing suit in harlequin-diamond wool, by Imports Int. 1957 Condè Nast Archive.

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24 Rare and Fascinating Behind the Scenes Photos From the Making of "Rebel Without a Cause" in 1955

Rebel Without A Cause (1955) is a film that sympathetically views rebellious, American, restless, misunderstood, middle-class youth. The tale of youthful defiance, which could have been exploitative - but wasn’t, provides a rich, but stylized look at the world of the conformist mid-1950s from the perspective of the main adolescent male character - a troubled teen with ineffectual parents, who faces a new school environment.

The screenplay (by Stewart Stern from an adaptation by Irving Shulman of an original storyline synopsis by director Nicholas Ray) was based on an actual case study of a delinquent, imprisoned teenage psychopath in the post-war years. The film was originally titled The Blind Run - the same as the title of the series of vignettes, both violent and strangely erotic, that Ray had penned. The actual film’s title, Rebel Without a Cause, was the same as the title of Lindner’s psychological study - signifying the rebellious and idealistic protagonist's search for a ‘cause’ - honesty and decency in a hypocritical world.

The colorful wide-screen Cinemascope feature is most remembered for being the film that best presented the talent of young charismatic cult star James Dean, shortly before his premature death in 1955. It opened at the Astor Theatre in New York on October 29th, 1955, about a month after the death of its star (on September 30, 1955) on a highway in his sports car.

It also served as a springboard for the acting careers of its two other stars Natalie Wood (in her first non-child ‘adult’ role) and unknown 16 year-old actor Sal Mineo. It affords a classic, semi-glamorized portrait of three troubled, frustrated, anguished, and identity-seeking teenagers - all outsiders, alienated and outcast from the world and values of parents and adults, who attain maturity through rebellion and tragic circumstances. In the film, Dean formed a friendly bond with the other two characters: Wood as confused teenaged Judy, and Mineo as a strange, adoring boy named Plato - the film’s sacrificial lamb by film’s end.

The reactionary film is considered Hollywood's best 50’s film of rebellious and restless youth (and sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll) that spawned many other lesser teen exploitation films in its wake. It has been surmised that Sal Mineo’s teen-aged character in the film was obviously gay and troubled by typical problems of in-the-closet homosexuals in the 1950s - the film disguises his problems, but hints at the possibility that he is seeking out Dean’s character because he rejects fake machismo.

Lights, camera and action on a night-time shoot for Rebel without a Cause (1955), with James Dean taking his place behind the wheel as outsider teen Jim Stark.

Stars Natalie Wood and James Dean, in that unforgettable red jacket, hear from director Nicholas Ray in a quiet moment between filming.

James Dean and Corey Allen (as troublemaker Buzz Gunderson) film the thrilling knife-fight scene on the terrace of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

The two tragic stars of Rebel without a Cause – Dean and Natalie Wood – share a moment between takes.

A script read-through with (left to right) director Nicholas Ray and stars Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood and James Dean.

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Psychology Testing on Cats at Brooklyn College, 1941

Cat owners often claim that cats are too intelligent to do the sort of tricks that dogs do willingly. Others believe cats are unintelligent because it's harder to train them to do tricks. Here are some black and white photos were taken by LIFE photographer Nina Leen in 1941 showing scientists conducting psychology testing on cats at Brooklyn College.

Scientists conducting psychology testing on cats at Brooklyn College.

Scientists conducting psychology testing on cats at Brooklyn College.

Cats running into a room under observation of scientists conducting psychology testing at Brooklyn College.

Cats trying to reach food during psychological testing at Brooklyn College.

Cats trying to reach food during psychological testing at Brooklyn College.

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35 Wonderful Photographs That Capture Daily Life of Indonesia in 1972

Born in Amsterdam in 1936, renowned photographer Co Rentmeester first made his name in the world of sports—but not behind the lens. Rentmeester began with a career in rowing; he won the bronze in the double scull at the 1959 European Rowing Championships with his rowing partner Peter Bakker, and he came fifth at the 1960 Summer Olympics. However, soon he would become more famous for documenting historic events than for participating in them: shortly after his stint at the olympics, Rentmeester moved to Los Angeles to begin studying photography.

After graduating from the Art Centre College of Design, Rentmeester started his career freelancing at one of the most sought-after gigs in photography: LIFE Magazine. His first assignment was covering the Watts riots, six days of looting, guerilla fighting and arson that broke out in 1965 in response to an incident of police racism. His dramatic photographs of the scenes earned him his first accolades as a photojournalist and he was asked to join the LIFE staff full time.

In 1965, Rentmeester travelled to Asia, where he spent the next few years mainly focussing on the Vietnam War, capturing life in the war-torn country and documenting the experiences of an American tank crew in the heat. It was here that he took an image of an M84 tank gunner looking through a gunsight, which won him World Press Photo of the Year in 1967. It was the first color photograph to win the award.

Rentmeester was wounded by a Vietcong sniper near Saigon and returned to the US in 1972, where he continued working as a photojournalist and advertising photographer. The award-winning photographer has taken many other acclaimed photos through his career, including a series on his travels through Indonesia. We take a look at some of his best color photographs:

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Back in 1986, Apple Released a Clothing Line, It Called "the Apple Collection"

Did you know that Apple Computers once released a fashion line? They absolutely did back in 1986...

It's hard to imagine that black-turtleneck aficionado Steve Jobs would have approved of these clothes — the catalogue was released a year after he left the company.

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Rare Photographs Capture Daily Life of the Danish West Indies in St. Croix, Virgin Islands in the 1910s

The Danish West Indies consisted of the Caribbean islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix. The Colony was sold to the United States in 1917, since which time the three islands have been known as the United States Virgin Islands. Most of the historical records of the islands for the pre-1917 period are located in the Danish National Archives in Copenhagen.

Two women in front of a house at St. Croix

Woman with a child of upper class. St. Croix

Street in Christiansted, St. Croix

Teacher and pupils near Cruz Bay, St. Jan.

Class in a class room in Frederiksted

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