
Clara Bow as Mary in Wings, William A. Wellman’s film will forever be remembered as the first film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards of 1929.
images that haunt us

Clara Bow as Mary in Wings, William A. Wellman’s film will forever be remembered as the first film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards of 1929.

Herbert Gehr :: one of a series from a photoshoot arranged to show
off a small sample of the uniforms of different kinds of servicewomen,
from standard nurse’s garb to outfits to help women survive gas, fire,
and other hazards of war, 1942. For LIFE Magazine. / src and more from this photoshoot at Retronaut

Sheila Smart :: Sea of hats, The Rocks, Sydney, 14 September 2005 / src: pbase.com

Arthur Tanner
:: Servicewomen look at a design of artificial silk-plated stocking, called
731, specially designed for servicewomen at a fashion show at Kennards
of Croydon, 22nd September 1943. (Fox Photo / Getty Images) / src of image: Imgur / src of text: Getty Images

Surgeons of 3rd Division before hospital tent, Petersburg, Va. From photographs from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Negative: glass, wet collodion. / src: Library of Congress

Commencement exercises (wwi), Annapolis, 6th June 1929.
National Photo Company (glass negative). Uncredited photographer. src: Library of Congress

Foot Patrol. “S.S. Banks,
Washington DC, March 20, 1923.” We suspect this has something to do with traffic safety. National Photo Company glass negative
/ src: shorpy