
Cruise party, S.S. Queen, 1897 / via back-then, src: UCBerkeley http://ift.tt/2wktP6D
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Cruise party, S.S. Queen, 1897 / via back-then, src: UCBerkeley http://ift.tt/2wktP6D

Ladies Sunbathing in London, 1942
These girls still managed to look relaxed and chic while tanning in a park in 1942, as rationing went on around them. A sun tan was the perfect alternative to stockings. And check out those John Lennon-style round sunglasses. This scene would not look amiss on Primrose Hill in 2013. / src: vintag.es

Cornell Capa :: When it rains, it pours: the life of an umbrella salesman, St. Louis, 1949 / via ICP http://bit.ly/2muJevg
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Erwin Volkov :: Untitled, 1950′s / via undr

Louis Stettner :: The Reading Wall, Paris, 1950 / via kvetchlandia

Woman reading in bed, no date. Vintage snapshot. / source: Instagram