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Showing posts with label 1926. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1926. Show all posts

Friday, December 21, 2012

Rip Wrinkles

"Rip Wrinkles," vaudeville performers, 1926.
edu/arc | Area Research Center

Friday, October 5, 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Women wearing bathing suits and sashes standing on railroad tracks in front of a train caboose c. 1926 in Chicago, Illinois.
chicagohistorymuseum | Photo from the Chicago Daily News.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Vintage Photo

Star Touring Car, 1924, 1926, Glen Knabenshue,  youngest son of pioneer aeronaut Roy Knabenshue at the wheel of a 1925 Star Four Touring, Los Angeles, California, c 1925 
Source: earlyaeroplanes

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Vintage Photo

Ice Cream Squad, Washington, D.C., 1926. Semmes Motor Co. -- Fussell Ice Cream trucks.

Source: shorpyart | National Photo Company Collection

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Thelma Todd

Thelma Alice Todd, July 29, 1906 - December 16, 1935, was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily.
Source: wikipedia | allanellenberger

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Vintage Film

The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, which happened in 1862. Buster Keaton starred in the film and co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman.
Source: georgiainfo | filmsite | lostsplendor

Friday, August 10, 2012

Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was an Austrian-Hungarian-born American stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. (top photo, Houdini and Mrs. Houdini five years after their runaway marriage)

 Source: vintageprintable | domiovan


Vintage Wedding Photograph

 1926. James Van Der Zee. Photograph, Beautiful Bride
Source: my2secondshelflife

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Charles Wiggins

Charles Wiggins, WINNER in 1926 -- In the 1920s, a group of black sportsmen created the nation's single largest sporting event ever held by and for African Americans: the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, a series of 100-mile auto racing events held through the U.S. from 1924-1936. - vintage
Source: pinterest.| flickr.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Vintage Photo

Folding bridge for emergencies
The emergency bridge can easily be transported on a handcart; invented by L. Deth. The Netherlands, 1926

Source: brainpickings | flickr.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Vintage Fashion

Three Men in Suits, vintage 1926

Four Men in Suits, vintage 1926
The men in this still are formally dressed and despite the summer season they wear three-piece woolen suits consisting of jacket, waistcoat and trousers

Source:  screensearchfashion

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Winnie the Pooh

The Real Winnie-the-pooh and Christopher Robin, 1926-1928

 Retronaut |via National Portrait Gallery