here are some bad-ass women to inspire you this Friday, who flew in the face of convention (pardon the pun) and trained as airforce…

Nichelle Gainour, a journalist who blogs and writes for various online and offline publications, owns a tumblr called Vintage Black Glamour that has progressed…

growing up my older brothers had motorbikes, and i thought it was soooooo cool. sometimes they would pick me up from school on one…

you may remember this post that i shared a few years ago showing women artists from the collection of The Smithsonian. i decided to delve…

i don’t know about you guys, but this time of year is kinda awful. not only do we all have to go back to…

Dinanda Nooney was a photographer from Manhattan who documented the lives of families living in Brooklyn from 1978-79. she donated the entire collection to…

poking around the life archives i discovered this marvelous photoset of young women working on ski resorts in Aspen in the 70s, photographed by…

Blackie was the cat of photographer Gjon Mili, who was best known for his work for Life magazine. you can see a beautiful series he…

the Forest History Society is probably exactly what you think it is – an archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and disseminating forest and conservation…

one thing i can never resist when i am visiting someone’s home, even if it’s a stranger, is to flip through any photo albums…

i am still as broody for pets as i always have been. we are waiting for the right time (or rather, home) to finally…

ok first of all, i have to draw your attention to the magnificent platform shoes that these ladies are wearing – in 1940. 1940!…

when i was compiling yesterday’s post about art appreciation i came upon these photos taken by Wallace Kirkland for Life magazine. the photo essay…

i haven’t visited Shorpy in a long time, but since i’ve been enjoying the latest seasons of period dramas like Downton Abbey and Boardwalk…

i still haven’t been to new york. right now it’s a matter of saving saving saving so i can get there one day. every…