14 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Playboy Playmates Posing With Classic Cars From Between the Mid-1960s and 1970s

A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOM).

Playboy encourages potential Playmates to send photos with "girl next door" appeal for consideration; others may submit photos of Playmate candidates, and may be eligible for a finder's fee if their model is selected. In addition, "casting calls" are held regularly in major US cities to offer opportunities for women to test for Playboy.

Here, a selection of 14 fascinating vintage portraits of Playboy Playmates posing with beautiful classic cars from between the mid-1960s and 1970s.

1. Jo Collins - Playmate of the year 1965

2. Allison Parks - Playmate of the year 1966

3. Lisa Baker - Playmate of the year 1967

4. Angela Dorian - Playmate of the year 1968

5. Nancy McNeil - Miss July 1969

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A Man Took Hundreds of Photobooth Self-Portraits From Between the 1930s and 1960s. But No One Knows Who He Is and Why?

He smiles. He stares. He sits without apparent expression.

Who is he?

That's the question historians are trying to answer after a collection surfaced of some 450 photo booth portraits, taken of the same man over what appears to be decades.

Unidentified Artist, 445 Portraits of a Man, ca. 1930s-40s, Photomatic photo booth silver gelatin prints. Photo by Peter Jacobs.

No one knows who he is or why he made, and kept, the photographs.

"Not knowing is very mysterious. It's like an abstract painting. You're going to fill in the blanks yourself. You bring to it what you know, and if we don't know anything, we sort of make up a story," Donald Lokuta told CNN, a photography historian and owner of the collection.

Unidentified Artist, 445 Portraits of a Man, ca. 1930s-40s, Photomatic photo booth silver gelatin prints. Photo by Peter Jacobs.

Lokuta bought the prints years ago at an antiques show in New York. He was immediately drawn to the images and to the mystery behind them. The photographs were taken in a Photomatic photo booth. They are small. Most have metal frames, though some of the later ones have either cardboard or plastic frames.

Lokuta guesses the photographs were made over a roughly 30-year period, starting in the 1930s. He speculates on why the man made so many and talks about the prints' appeal.

Unidentified Artist, 445 Portraits of a Man, ca. 1930s-40s, Photomatic photo booth silver gelatin prints. Photo by Peter Jacobs.

"He was either hooked on self-portraits and kind of wanted to see himself in a photograph constantly, or he worked for the company maintaining the machine," said Lokuta.

"It's the same guy, and he's getting a little older, and a little older and a little older. Then his hair is messed up, then his hair is neat. Then he's smiling a little bit, then he's not smiling. Then he's wearing a winter jacket, then he's wearing a sports jacket," Lokuta said.

"It's just so familiar. It's like looking at yourself in the mirror every morning."

Unidentified Artist, 445 Portraits of a Man, ca. 1930s-40s, Photomatic photo booth silver gelatin prints. Photo by McKay Imaging Photography.

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35 Beautiful Vintage Photobooth Portraits of Women From Between the 1920s and 1940s

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34 Rarely Seen Photos That Capture the Lavish and Iconic Gowns of Christian Dior From the 1950s and 1960s

Iconic photographer Mark Shaw documented the ultra-exclusive Parisian fashion world, focusing on Paris’s long-standing top couturier Christian Dior. Shaw’s photographs—some of the first fashion photographs ever shot in color—capture the most stunning and extraordinary fashion of the era.

This lavish volume embodies the glamour of that time, from rare moments of Christian Dior during fittings to editorial-style photographs of models, socialites, and actresses posing in Dior’s ballgowns, day suits, and haute couture collections. Shaw’s photojournalistic style changed fashion photography forever: his approach was to photograph wide, giving the subject a sense of context, creating an environment as exquisitely transformative as the subject and garment.

With an eye for intimacy and opulence, these color and black-and-white photographs, many never published before, having only recently been found in a secret vault by his estate. The photographs capture the drama and elegance of the period’s style and will be treasured by lovers of photography, fashion, style, history, and cultured living.

House of Dior-Gainsborough Girls, 1956. Captured here on a rare moment in the studio are models wearing gowns and day dresses from DIor's S/S 1956 collection.

Sophie Malgat in Apartment of Christian Dior, 1953. Shot here in the Paris apartments of Chrtistian Dior in 1953 is model Sophie Malgat–the wife of the film directorAnatole ‘Tola’ Litvak–was one of the rare models who starred on the catwalk and had “cover girl” status in magazine editorial. Shaw photographed Malgat in the Jardin d’Hiver of Monsieur Dior’s hotel particulier on boulevard Jules Sandeau in Paris’s 16th arrondissement. She wears an evening dress, from Dior's Autumn-Winter 1953 Haute Couture collection, Vivante line.

Kouka in Beaded Dior-Paris, 1961. Captured here on the streets of Paris after dark is Argentine model Kouka wearing a beaded Ciel de Feu dress from Dior's 1961 A/W collection.

Christian Dior in Paris Atelier, 1954. Captured in the Grand Salon of his Paris Flagship is Monsieur Dior adjusting jewels on the model Victoire's neck in preparation for a couture show in 1954. She wear's Zaire dress from A/W Haute Couture Collection.

House of Dior-Model in Metallic Dress-Back, 1953. Captured here in the grand salon of Dior's Paris flagship in 1953 is a model tending to buyers. She is seen from the back posing in a Vivante Haute Couture dress. Her matching gloves are extended.

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51 Charming Vintage Portrait Photos of American-African Young Girls From Between the 1860s and 1890s

Photos of women of color, especially during the Victorian era, are hard to come by. But thanks to this collection, dating from 1860 to 1901, we now have the chance to see some of their portraits. Some of these were taken when there was still slavery in the United States.

Unfortunately, many of these photos are unnamed, which make us wonder who these women were, what they were like, and what their stories were. We’ll probably never know. Nevertheless, here's a collection of 51 wonderful portraits of young Victorian women of color.

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