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A young Marilyn Monroe—then still an unknown hopeful—on the backlot of Fox Studios in 1947.

Woman and Home and Good Needlework, October 1954

Kubrick was assigned a job for LOOK Magazine to create an intimate photographic portrait of Broadway showgirl Rosemary Williams. This story captures the young Rosemary as she transforms herself from an everyday gal into a showgirl. A majority of the negatives and prints show the budding Rosemary in her home, Here she is lounging on a chair reading a book.

La ragazza che sapeva troppo, Mario Bava, 1963.

Trudi Germi, Miss Illinois 1949

Audrey Hepburn, 1953, photo by Bob Willoughby

Manhunt #5 (February 1948)

for real tho, I read an interesting article about how in the 1950s comics publishers did some customer research that showed that comics with apes in them sold really well. Next thing you know they were sticking gorillas everywhere. I can’t find the original article but here’s one that covers it

Sorority sisters at the University of Texas, 1944.

Little Bunny Sunshine

Formica kitchen, 1954. “Put a Rainbow ‘round Your Kitchen!

I warned you: space is for commies.

Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac, 1960.

Pictures of the first ever Miss Universe Contest in 1952

Too Bad She’s Bad (1954)

Three West German police officers, wearing old time helmets, back down seven East German Stasi armed with submachine guns after a young woman made it across the line. The West German foreground cop has unholstered his P-38. | Thinkaboutit | ThinkAboutUkraine