I discovered some vintage photos on the web today and just had to post and share with you. Hope you find them as interesting as I do. I get lost in looking at images from the past - the clothing and automobiles especially. These were all taken around 1900 to 1960. These women are very posh - love the leopard print coat. Although times were dire during the Second World War, men and women had a sense of fashion. Women sewed new out of old, embellished, invented and created and nothing was wasted. Remember how the movies of that era had such glam. So next time you see me on the streets of St. Ives in my old jeans that are missing buttons and that crappy old tee shirt, no make-up and one of my dorky hats - do the shame thing with your fingers and say in a really serious voice just like what my Mum always said to me to make me feel guilty: "Ah-ver" Some Russian, Mother guilt thing. It always works on me. Sad.
I have to make up stories when I look at a photo. You can let your imagination go wild. For instance, I can tell that these people love chickens. People from this era typically had more children than chickens, but not these people. More chickens than children. Smart people - children cannot lay eggs !
Do you see the little boy on the bottom, right ? I feel so sorry for him. Imagine spending the day with this lot. Love the hats - which reminds me, I have a red cloche that I am so excited to wear this winter. This photo really cracked me up. The women look like caricatures. The man at the far left, looks as if he does not even belong in the photo. He should be cropped out I think.
This photo is French. What a darling little boy - I just want to smooch his fat cheeks !
If this little girl were to run away - I'll bet the woman could never catch her.
The man resembles Hitler a little - yes ? That was creepy.
I love this Victorian house and the people on the porch, from "Deliverance" - are a nice touch.
Let me make up a story for this one. Their car just broke down in the middle of no where, somewhere in North Dakota. They have no food, water or beer even. He is trying to persuade her to push the car but she has to pee and is being difficult. Anyone else want to try to make up a story - please do so.
Poor girl - only one leg.
Either it's a parade or someone lost their chow mien all over this car.
Does anyone else think what I'm thinking - that this is a man in drag ?
This is exactly like me and my girlfriends, when we go out to the Ollie for pub quiz night together.
Very good image of vintage San Francisco.
The one on the left looks like "Grannie" from the Beverly Hillbillies and if you were to slap a mustache on the woman on the right, she would look exactly like Teddy Roosevelt. I simply call it as I see it.
Okay - someone just told these two ladies a joke and they are beside themselves with laughter. I'm a bit embarrassed by their lack of decorum. I don't know about you, but I would love to party with these two. They need a Saturday night out, because being a matron at the asylum is a very stressful job.
I sincerely love this image. Oh how I miss the Sixties ! Look at her beautiful smile. She's young, full of hope and no doubt, going to marry the High School football champion. Her husband will work for his Father in the family run appliance business and during her lifetime, she will have a dozen ankle biters, wear gingham and rick rack aprons , make tons of jello in those aluminum molds, bake sugar cookies, fish sticks, smore's and ply the kids with red kool-aid. And all through this - her hair and make-up will always look perfect and she'll do the house work in heels and red lipstick. She won't know any better because Oprah was not yet invented in the Sixties.
Thanks for reading "Prairie"
Share the love !
