An original 1940s candid 8 X 10 photograph taken by Joseph Jasqur of Betty Brown, a contestant at one of the Miss Victory contests held at the Hollywood Canteen during World War Two. Via.
January 16th, 2012
Modern Woman Mondays: Stars & Stripes Forever
January 9th, 2012
Ding Dong, Avon Calling
January 4th, 2012
Quack For The Camera
Silvana Pampanini was so beautiful, not even a kitschy duck could muck a photo up.
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January 3rd, 2012
Ruby Lewis In Some Sort Of A Hat
The showgirl from the Midnight Frolic of 1917 featured in a photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston.
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December 29th, 2011
Burlesque Clown Love
Bessie Love, as a burlesque clown. Perhaps the only clown that, while a tad creepy, isn’t scaring me to death.
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December 16th, 2011
Merry Christmas For Him
Absolutely fabulous vintage tissue or gift wrap featuring pinups!
December 16th, 2011
For You Flyboys
The 2012 Collector’s Calendar from Secrets In Lace features pinups wearing classic lingerie posing in front of WWII airplanes. Yeah, airplanes, that’s why we said “flyboys.” Yeah, that’s it. Pinup photographs taken by Michael Malak.
December 14th, 2011
Look At Me, I’m Midget Frankie Dee
Vera Francis and Jimmy Edwards with “midget liquor salesman Frankie Dee.” (I’m pretty sure that means Frankie Dee was a midget; not that he was a salesman of midget booze bottles, like those you find in hotel room bars and on airplanes.)
Photo found in Jet magazine, February 19, 1953. More than that, Vera had midgets dueling for her affections. Check it out in my Vera Francis Timeline.
Yup, that’s Kitschy Kitschy Coo; showing you everything, from midgets to giants.
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November 30th, 2011
