30 Candid Photographs That Show the Coolest Looks of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy are considered one of the all time most stylish couples. Unfortunately, they both died in a plane crash 20 years ago, on July 16, 1999 but their memory lives on.

Who could forget their inimitable style? His playful beanies, her elegant and chic minimalism? Indeed, many turn to the couple for style inspiration even now.

His signature style was perfectly preppy, like his parents, but with a decidedly ’90s twist. He was most often spotted with a hat, whether it was a backward cap paired with anything from a suit to sneakers, or more inventive headwear, like berets and beanies. While the look would be a bit much on most men, he made even small sunglasses look good - although he is also known for his dapper formalwear.

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was similarly renowned for her style. The Calvin Klein publicist mastered ’90s fashion, managing to look as flawless in a pair of Nikes walking around Manhattan as she did in a little black dress stepping out for a formal event.

Here, below is a collection of 30 photographs that show the NY couple’s coolest looks in the 1990s:

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40 Cool Snaps That Defined the 1930s Beachwear Styles of Women

From pajamas and jumpsuits to shorts or even simple swimwears, here is a cool photo collection that show beachwear styles of women in the 1930s.

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30 Photos of Sean Young in the 1980s and 1990s

This gifted comedienne and actress had a very diffident beginning and started off as a model and a dancer before she stepped into the world of showbiz. She was the attractive young actress with whom the directors of the 1980s aspired to work with.

Ten years and several A-list movies later, her luck appeared to have run out. After a series of unsuccessful bids for movie roles and repeated dejection, she retreated from Hollywood for a while.

Although she worked on several projects, her career never really took off. She was soon cast in a few roles in films and cable TV shows thanks to a much-publicized court case. Several media reports have listed exploits of her nutty behavior ranging from her attempts to crash parties and her constant removal from shoots and films. She rejected a number of film offers, which later went on to become critical and commercial successes.

Although her film career never really touched the pinnacle of success, she is in most people’s eyes, ‘a comeback waiting to happen’. Currently she continues to pursue her acting dreams and is seen in shows like The Young and the Restless and Skating with the Stars.

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The Mexican Spitfire: Glamorous Photos of Lupe Vélez During Her Short Life

Born 1908 as María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez in the city of San Luis Potosí in Mexico, Lupe Vélez was a Mexican-born stage and screen actress, comedian, singer, dancer, and vedette. She began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s.

After moving to the United States, Vélez made her first film appearance in a short film in 1927. By the end of the decade, in the last years of American silent films, she had progressed to leading roles in numerous movies like The Gaucho (1927), Lady of the Pavements (1928), and Wolf Song (1929), among others. Vélez was one of the first successful Latin American actresses in the United States.

During the 1930s, her well-known explosive screen persona was exploited in a series of successful films like Hot Pepper (1933), Strictly Dynamite (1934), and Hollywood Party (1934). In the 1940s, Vélez's popularity peaked after appearing in the Mexican Spitfire films, a series created to capitalize on Vélez's well-documented fiery personality.

Nicknamed The Mexican Spitfire by the media, Vélez's personal life was as colorful as her screen persona. She had several highly publicized romances and a stormy marriage.

In December 1944, Vélez died of an intentional overdose of the barbiturate drug Seconal. Her death and the circumstances surrounding it have been the subject of speculation and controversy.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Lupe Vélez has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. She has a sculpture in her honor located in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Take a look at these glamorous beauty of Lupe Vélez from the 1920s to early 1940s.

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Mr. Rogers Flipping the Double Bird With a Giant Smile to Children On His TV Show, 1967

Images of Fred Rogers posing with one or both middle fingers extended have long been circulated on the internet with captions claiming they captured the children’s show host disdainfully “flipping off” his audience during the taping of the final Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood episode.

Although the pictures may appear puzzling out of context, they’re actually screen captures from a harmless moment in 1967 when Fred Rogers led some youngsters through the familiar children’s song “Where Is Thumbkin?”, which is traditionally accompanied by participants’ holding up the corresponding fingers as they are each named in the song.

This clip has become infamous on the internet due to the portion with Tall-man, as not only does it involve him extending his middle fingers towards the camera, but he can be seen cracking a smile while doing so, seemingly aware of the meaning of the gesture:

Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was known as the creator, composer, producer, head writer, showrunner and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001). The show featured Rogers’ kind, neighborly persona, which nurtured his connection to the audience. Rogers would end each program by telling his viewers, “You’ve made this day a special day, by just your being you. There’s no person in the whole world like you; and I like you just the way you are.”

Trained and ordained as a minister, Rogers was displeased with the way television addressed children. He began to write and perform local Pittsburgh-area shows for youth. In 1968, Eastern Educational Television Network began nationwide distribution of Rogers’ new show on WQED. Over the course of three decades, Rogers became a television icon of children’s entertainment and education.

Selling Cigarettes With Medical Science From the 1930s

By the 1930s, cigarette smoking was a widespread habit, popular with Americans from all social classes and professions. Even many physicians smoked. Cigarette companies often advertised smoking as a way to stay happy and healthy, promoting cigarettes, as seen here, for the nerves and for digestion.

However, increasing anxiety about the negative health effects of smoking led some people to question the safety of cigarettes. In hopes of reassuring consumers that their product was safe, many tobacco companies made advertisements that featured pictures of physicians or testimonials claiming that physicians endorsed their brand. Because medical doctors were at the time seen as trustworthy and deserving of respect, the incorporation of doctors into advertisements gave the impression that cigarettes did not pose a large health risk and lent the tobacco companies some credibility.

From the 1930s through the 1950s, tobacco advertising strategies marshalled a tone of medical authority of their own, marketing various brands as healthier than their competitors based on scientific studies and chemical analysis. Tobacco companies continued to use physicians in advertising campaigns until mid-century medical research began to illuminate the many health risks associated with cigarette smoking.

Below are some tobacco ads associated with medical science from the 1930s through the 1950s:

Lucky Strike campaign using doctors to advertise cigarettes.

Camels are endorsed by salesman John K. Speer, x-ray technician Audrey D. Covert, and a sound engineer, as well as a greyhound dog.

“It’s a psychological fact: Pleasure helps your disposition;” endorsements from John Wayne, Teresa Wright, Alan Ladd, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Joanne Dru, and Gene Nelson

Young woman trying to ask her boss for a raise, but she is having difficulty communicating it because of her smoker’s hack. Bottom of advertisement has penguin holding carton of Kool cigarettes, ads for other accessories, coupon in every box.

Office manager Olive Tucker endorses Camels, alongside billiards champion Welker Cochran and several tobacco planters.

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38 Beautiful Snaps Capture People in House Gardens From the 1950s and 1960s

A beautiful photo set that show what house gardens looked like in the 1950s and 1960s.

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