Publicity shot featuring dancer Anne Lee Patterson of the Ziegfeld Follies, on Broadway in 1923. Photographer unknown. Source: etsy.com>listing>ziegfeld-follies-anne-lee-patterson.1962 Jaguar C-type. Source: vintageclassiccars.tumblr.comSome keels are stronger than you might think! Source: aboatwithahole.tumblr.com.Boat harbour at Cannes, France. Source: guzzigazz.tumblr.com.Delight and horror on a Vespa. Source: d-r-a-g-o-n-x.tumblr.com.Scarlet (Ingrid) Johansson. Source: d-r-a-g-o-n-x.tumblr.com.Source: balmoralist.tumblr.com.Source: elegantdarkwolf-feral.tumblr.com.Source: nudistbeachgirls.tumblr.com.Source: freuehaufsteher69.trumblr.com.Quiet reflection. Source: guzzigazz.tumblr.com.In 1986, Fosters Lager sponsored David Kirke to cross the English Channel in a kangaroo-shaped balloon, suspended beneath a large bunch of helium-filled balloons. The flight passed without incident but Kirke was prosecuted for flying without a pilot’s licence. Source: Dangerous Sports Club/wikipediat.org.Painting by Australian artist, etcher, sculptor and cartoonist Norman Lindsay (1879-1969). Source: pinterest.com>semperlibri>norman-lindsay.A clip from a 3-minute silent movie, Sirens of the Sea, made in the USA in 1928. Available on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=ploCk10YR=-w. Source: letterboxd.comSource: littlemissredridingcrop1.tumblr.comSource: carrie63.tumblr.com.Boris Karloff (1887-1969) born William Henry Pratt in Dulwich, England and famous for his monster roles in Hollywood horror movies. Source: homocarvopics.tumblr.com.Hurrica V, a classic gentleman’s ketch built in 1924, which featured in the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Great Gatsby. Source: ybw.com.The first car personally owned by HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh; a 1936 model Standard Nine, purchased in 1940. As Prince Phillip of Greece, he was stationed at Sri Lanka with the Royal Navy. The vehicle is held in the Galle Face Hotel Museum in Colombo. Source: anyskin.tumblr.com.Source: henriquejorgentleman.tumblr.comBathing in a Japanese onsen. Source: blukcattalking.tumblr.com.
A beautiful relief map of Scotland. Source: eastofnowheremaps.com via solitaryfossil.tumblr.com.Ortakoy Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on the edge of the Bosphorus Strait and near the Bosphorus Bridge. It was built in 1856 in Baroque-revival style. Source: Facebook.com>OH LORD>Photos.The delightful 1913 Wright and Harris designed, 37 foot, gaff cutter “Sauntress”. The boat is the subject of a great cruising story by Martin O’Scannall about sailing on England’s East Anglian Coast without an engine. For the Love of Sauntress – a Forty-year Affair. Source: magzter.com.Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman photographed by Fabian Baron for the October 2016 edition of Interview Magazine. Source: Fashionela.net/fashion/editorials/Nicole-Kidman.Source: tumblr.com.A 1950’s beauty. Source: sex.com>vintage.Taking tea in the kitchen. Model Sunny Leone in 2014. Source: cloudygirls.com.Source: in.pinterest.com>brantneil60.Source: Reblogged from murdocsurfs.tumblr.com.Study in blue. Source: sweet-potato-soul.tumblr.com/les filles.A cooling dip in the river. Source: Reblogged from murdocsurfs.tumblr.com.1930 photo by Paul Wolff (1887-1951), a prominent photographer in Germany. Source: pinterest.com>Campbellseth>paul-wolff.Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (250 TF), a racing sports car built between 1957 and 1961, and powered by a 3 litre V12 engine of 300 hp (220 kW0. The car won 10 World Sports Car Championship races between 1957-1961. Reblogged from fabforgottennobility.tumblr.com.Source: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.com.The beautiful Hedy Lemarr in the 1940’s. Hedy appeared in 30 movies in Europe and Hollywood in a career spanning 28 years. At the beginning of WWII, Lamarr and her friend, composer George Anthell, developed frequency-hopping spread-spectrum technology intended to secure radio guidance systems for Allied torpedoes. Source: oldschoolpic.tumblr.com.Source: murdocsurfs.tumblr.com.Ready for some serious back-country exploring in a Beaver aircraft. Source: this-old-stomping-ground.tumblr.com.Old cars and old motorcycles. Vintage gold. Source. no-more-mr-niceguy.tumblr.com.
Model and actor, Vikki Dougan, on the corner of Vine Street in Hollywood, photographed by Ralph Crane for Life Magazine in 1957. Source: pinterest.comThe view from aloft. Photo by Edina Szalai, (via imgur.com). A vintage pin-up. Source: Implied Images 2008.Source: reblogged from guavaballs.tumblr.com.“Le bouquet de jonquils” photographed in Paris in 1950 by Robert Doisneau (1912-1994). Doisneau was a champion of humanist photography and focused on the streets of Paris. Source: pinterest.com.au>sadzero>robert-doisneau.A police officer issues a ticket to a young woman for wearing a bikini on a beach in Rimini in Italy in 1957. Source: rarehistoricalphotos.com.Venice in the sunshine. Source: Pinterest.com.Source: pinterest.com>erotine fotograf.Crowds cram the shores of Sydney Harbour in the 1920’s to watch the 18-footer competition, championed by Mark Foy (1865-1950) the developer and Commodore of the Sydney Flying Squadron. Both Britannia (red ensign) and Yendys (anchor) in the right foreground are on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum (Wharf 7, Maritime Heritage Centre, Sydney). Source: sailinghalloffame.org.au>inductee>mark-foyThe Statue of Liberty under construction in Paris in about 1885. The statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States to commemorate the centenary of Independence. When completed in Paris, it was disassembled and shipped to New York; then reassembled and dedicated in October 1886. About 4 million people visit the statue every year. Photo credit: i.pinimg.com_originalsInside an airliner of 1926. Early airplane seats were wicker but in the 1930s aluminium came to be used, which at least had had the advantage that seats could be secured to the floor. Source: reddit.com.La Spina, from 1929, a classic Italian 12 metre class racing boat. Source: Reblogged from F&O Fabforgottennobility.tumblr.comSource: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.com.
