Eyes on Vintage

Showing posts with label woman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woman. Show all posts

Friday, December 28, 2012

A woman wearing her costume by ~vintage-visions

Vintage Postcard

Original vintage postcard of Art Deco lady in her furs and chapeau. She is holding a set of binoculars in her hand and case is hanging on her shoulder. etsy

Nio Niobi

Moyen Congo. Nio Niobi, circa 1931
vintageblackbeauty

Friday, November 16, 2012

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks is an extraordinary person because she stood up against racism and stood up for herself. It was even harder for her because she was a woman, and in those days, things were much harder for women.
urbanicablog

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Cat Dress

Cat Dress, 1900
Source: pinterest | mary jane chadbourne via tracey-anne mccartney

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Vintage Fashion

She's smiling because she can show off her crab hat.
Source: imgfave

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Vintage Circus Krone

Here's another circus act you might be interested in viewing, from Circus Krone in the 1930s.
Source: oldfashionedpretty | Flickr

Helen Sheridan

Helen Sheridan,  woman aviator, 1929
Source: ozebook

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Dorothy West

Dorothy West, African-American woman writer whose home is an area of attraction on Martha's Vinyard.  1920, by Pan-African News Wire File Photos
Source: flickr 

Monday, October 1, 2012

Egyptian Dancer

"Egyptian Dancer" from the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893 
Source: loc.gov | Library of Congress via pingnews | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division