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Wonderful photo of Montgomery Clift, 1948. via wehadfacesthen

Tagged: actors Montgomery Clift 1948 1940's 1940s

Posted on March 22, 2013 via My Silver Screen Dream with 230 notes ()

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Model Demonstrating General Electric’s Mechanical Hands c.1948 via maudelynn

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Tagged: 1948 1940s 1940's ladies Robots machines cigarettes smoking tobacco

Posted on February 7, 2013 via Maudelynn's Menagerie with 182 notes ()

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Marlon Brando blows it. New York, 1940s. via wehadfacesthen

Tagged: vintage movie stars 1940s Marlon Brando old hollywood classic film classic hollywood recorders New York City music musical instrument Brando

Posted on January 9, 2013 via It was mine so briefly with 329 notes ()

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“The boy who shopped and shopped and eventually found the perfect Christmas present for his mother”

Cartoon by H.T. Webster, December 1948

Tagged: cartoons comics gpoy christmas h.t. webster 1948 1940s vintage theshinyboogie

Posted on December 25, 2012 via TheShinyBoogie with 7 notes ()

My second in a pair of cattle posts—a handy animation of the range of the bulls of Pablo Picasso from 1945-1946.

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Tagged: art bull bulls animal animals drawing Pablo Picasso artist Spanish artist artists picasso 1945 1946 1940's 1940s

Posted on November 29, 2012 via free parking with 10,132 notes ()

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“A Couple on Subway” 1946 photo by Stanley Kubrick via celticvenus

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Tagged: 1946 1940's 1940s couple hat subway transit photo photography Stanley Kubrick director candid

Posted on November 6, 2012 via HC with 9,842 notes ()

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My latest post for laughingsquid features video of a startlingly Fast Striptease from 1942 by Georgia Sothern, aka The Human Dynamo. And some awesome vintage posters featuring her to boot. Have a great weekend!

Tagged: Burlesque Film Georgia Sothern burlesque vintage showgirl stripper Stars and Garters 1940s 1942 Michael Todd Broadway Musical STAR And GARTER Music Box Theatre New York City Dance Performance History People Video ladies mikl-writes

Posted on October 19, 2012 via BURLESK: As You Like It! with 92 notes ()

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“The ‘No Hat’ craze will mean no hat trade for us.” These hat workers may not appreciate the dire implications of the “no hat craze”, 1940 ©The Luton News via mudwerks & backseambettie

Tagged: everything 1940 millinery lutton ladies england 1940s hats hat Signage signs work

Posted on October 2, 2012 via BackSeam Bettie with 135 notes ()

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“She passed her exams, but her stomach flunked!” 1946 Pepto-Bismol ad. “This pleasant-tasting preparation is neither an antacid nor a laxative.” via mudwerks & vintage_ads

Tagged: ad vintage But Her Stomach Flunked! Pepto-Bismol 1946 advertising 1940s

Posted on September 20, 2012 via sloth unleashed with 27 notes ()

“Then there’s the horrible dream in which you are chained to a typewriter…” from 1945 Life magazine: “Ever wake up SCREAMING because of your boss?” via vintage_ads & mudwerks

Tagged: ad vintage illustration royal typewriter 1945 magazine ads 1940s life magazine ladies work advertising

Posted on September 4, 2012 via sloth unleashed with 139 notes ()

Man Ray’s “Study for ‘Object to be destroyed’” ca. 1940, Zeichnung, 26,3 x 20,9 cm. Can’t wait to see the Man Ray/Lee Miller exhibit in SF soon! via contemporary-drawing

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Tagged: 1940 1940s art Man Ray metronome eye drawing Illustration

Posted on August 27, 2012 via Contemporary Drawing with 89 notes ()

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