That's what Cuba looked like in the 1970s.
March 28, 2018
20 Candid Vintage Photographs of Rock Stars Playing Pinball
Here’s a set of vintage photographs capturing rock stars, punks, and pop royalty playing pinball. Many of these are candid shots, taken on the road during downtime while on tour. Some were taken in such a casual environment that information regarding who took the photo, and when, is scarce.
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| Debbie Harry, 1977. Photo by Bob Gruen. |
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| The Ramones pose for CREEM, 1978 |
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| David Johansen, Lenny Kaye, Dee Dee Ramone, and Andy Paley at C.B.G.B.’s, 1977. Photo by Bob Gruen. |
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| Bob Dylan, c.1965 |
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| Elvis Presley in a Detroit arcade, 1956. |
March 27, 2018
25 Fascinating Color Photographs of a Young Peggy Lipton From the 1960s
Actress Peggy Lipton started out as a model in New York in the 1960s. She soon moved on to acting roles, appearing in such TV series as Bewitched and The John Forsythe Show. In 1968, Lipton became an overnight sensation in the TV crime drama The Mod Squad. She took a break from acting during much of the 1970s and 1980s, but she returned to series television in 1990 in David Lynch's Twin Peaks. Recent projects include roles on Alias and Crash.
A Rare 19th Century Photograph of Florence Nightingale Not Discovered Until 2006
Florence Nightingale is one of nursing’s most important figures. She gained worldwide attention for her work as a nurse during the Crimean War. She was dubbed “The Lady with the Lamp” after her habit of making rounds at night to tend to injured soldiers.
Early photographs of Florence Nightingale are very rare because she was extremely reluctant to be photographed, partly for religious reasons and also because she regarded any personal publicity as detrimental to the causes of public health.
The photo above was taken in 1858 and discovered in an album of mid 19th century photographs and shows Florence sitting reading outside her family home in Embley Park, Hampshire two years after her return from the war.
Another rare photo of Florence Nightingale surfaced in 2008. The black and white image of the silver-haired nursing pioneer shows her in the imposing bedroom of her home just off London’s Park Lane, before her death in 1910 at the age of 90.
It’s the last photograph taken of her, and was taken by Lizzie Caswall Smith, a noted studio photographer in the early 1900s who specialized in celebrity and society studio portraits. On the back of the photo Caswall Smith wrote, “Taken just before she died, house near Park Lane. The only photograph I ever took out of studio. I shall never forget the experience.”
Early photographs of Florence Nightingale are very rare because she was extremely reluctant to be photographed, partly for religious reasons and also because she regarded any personal publicity as detrimental to the causes of public health.
The photo above was taken in 1858 and discovered in an album of mid 19th century photographs and shows Florence sitting reading outside her family home in Embley Park, Hampshire two years after her return from the war.
Another rare photo of Florence Nightingale surfaced in 2008. The black and white image of the silver-haired nursing pioneer shows her in the imposing bedroom of her home just off London’s Park Lane, before her death in 1910 at the age of 90.
It’s the last photograph taken of her, and was taken by Lizzie Caswall Smith, a noted studio photographer in the early 1900s who specialized in celebrity and society studio portraits. On the back of the photo Caswall Smith wrote, “Taken just before she died, house near Park Lane. The only photograph I ever took out of studio. I shall never forget the experience.”
The Miniskirt: A Fashion Revolution From the 1960s
There are many different fashion trends that defined the 1960s, but there's one that sticks out the most: the miniskirt.
Not too much to say that miniskirt is one of the most seductive fashion styles of all time, and depicts the beauty of women most clearly.
Look below to see girls in miniskirts from the 1960s and early 1970s.
Not too much to say that miniskirt is one of the most seductive fashion styles of all time, and depicts the beauty of women most clearly.
Look below to see girls in miniskirts from the 1960s and early 1970s.
New York Cafeterias From 1975 and 1985 Through Marcia Halperin's Lens
One frigid day in February 1975, Marcia Bricker Halperin, a budding street photographer, was shooting storefront windows on Kings Highway in Brooklyn. With her fingers practically frozen to her Pentax, she slipped into a Dubrow’s Cafeteria to defrost.
“I took a ticket from the man at the door and found myself looking out at a tableau of amazing faces between the coffee urns and steam tables teeming with choices and the muraled walls under high ceilings with modernist, space-age lighting”. - Marcia Bricker Halperin
Halperin discovered that Dubrow's, along with a few other cafeterias and automats in the city, was a unique and vanishing social institution, as well as a fertile ground for conversation and photography.
Self-service cafeterias like Dubrow's offered cheap coffee and ready-made meals. Customers would grab trays, pick items as they proceeded down a counter, then look around to see where their friends were sitting.
“There's a theory about communities called "Third Places." After your home and your workplace comes the need for some social institution. The Irish had bars, the Italians had social clubs, but Jews had cafeterias in New York”. - Marcia Bricker Halperin
As Halperin hung around the cafeterias with her camera, she became a noted regular, giving away portrait prints to subjects and receiving invitations to join people at their tables.
In these cafeterias, she found not only a refuge from the cold but the warmth of community.
“I took a ticket from the man at the door and found myself looking out at a tableau of amazing faces between the coffee urns and steam tables teeming with choices and the muraled walls under high ceilings with modernist, space-age lighting”. - Marcia Bricker Halperin
Halperin discovered that Dubrow's, along with a few other cafeterias and automats in the city, was a unique and vanishing social institution, as well as a fertile ground for conversation and photography.
Self-service cafeterias like Dubrow's offered cheap coffee and ready-made meals. Customers would grab trays, pick items as they proceeded down a counter, then look around to see where their friends were sitting.
“There's a theory about communities called "Third Places." After your home and your workplace comes the need for some social institution. The Irish had bars, the Italians had social clubs, but Jews had cafeterias in New York”. - Marcia Bricker Halperin
As Halperin hung around the cafeterias with her camera, she became a noted regular, giving away portrait prints to subjects and receiving invitations to join people at their tables.
In these cafeterias, she found not only a refuge from the cold but the warmth of community.
March 26, 2018
1940s Bike Girls: Fascinating Photos of Female Motorcyclists From 1949, Taken by Loomis Dean for LIFE Magazine
These are some badass girls! In an era when it might have been strange to see woman in pants, their doing that while riding motorcycles! So inspiring in so many ways! These photos were taken in 1949 by Loomis Dean for LIFE magazine.
