Bathing beauties emerge from a “solarium” (a tanning booth), in St. Petersburg, Florida, June 1929.
Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic
“I mean, it used to be so romantic to go to a movie— to sit in a great big theater that had a balcony, and boxes, and fabulous gilt trim on the walls, and a big red velvet curtain. Now we go to horrible unadorned grey rectangles where the sound bleeds in from the grey rectangles right next door. It’s sad.” -Nora Ephron
Aug. 30, 1931: “A new turn in the history of diving” at a pool in Los Angeles, where Georgia Coleman — in preparation for the 1932 Summer Olympics there, where she won two medals — practiced “a complicated fancy dive.” Photo: The New York Times
Relaxing Moments. 1950.
Photographer: Nina Leen
Lisa Fonssagrives, New York. Vogue, May 1950.
Photo: Frances McLaughlin-Gill
[Study for Kodak Advertisement], c1935 (Edward Steichen)
“All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved”
Rita Hayworth (17th October 1918 - 14th May 1987)
1921 Lucile evening gown of a black chantilly lace hoop over a white satin slip, shown at the National Retail Garment Association Fashion Show at the Hotel Commodore, NYC. From Ebay.