Discover a selection of turn-of-the-century photographs from St. Louis studios like When Studio, Crescent Studios, and J. Haas. This collection includes a mysterious unmarked photo, formal headshots of young men, and an intriguing bridal portrait featuring a black wedding dress. Explore the history, fashion, and social customs captured in these historic cabinet cards and vintage portrait styles.
This is an interesting article on how the Motion Picture Production Code affected the evolution of cheesecake pinup, and changed the recipe.
Defining and illustrating various types of necklines. How useful to describing and selling vintage clothing online, as well as when buying it!
This was the most amazing 1950s magazine to photograph! Is this Marilyn Monroe on the cover? I wish I could have bought this vintage pinup magazine for myself! It’s dated 1953.
7 shoe advertisement scans from 1924. Business to business marketing for shoe manufacturers in St. Louis, and old advertisements for shoes!
Whew! Finally done scanning this lengthy Victorian fashion magazine! I broke the spine while scanning it, but atleast now it's all digitally preserved. These last few pages of this magazine include alot of advertisements and illustrations....
Discover the thriving world of 1920s fashion through authentic advertisements from the 1924 St. Louis Fashion Pageant. These vintage ads showcase dress manufacturers, millinery companies, luxury fur dealers, and textile suppliers that operated along Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis during the height of the Jazz Age. Learn about the businesses, products, and economic forces that shaped American fashion during one of the most iconic decades in style history.
Here are some advertisements for Cream of Wheat, and Mennen’s Toilet Powder baby powder from 1913, as well as the table of contents and cover of The Modern Priscilla July 1913 issue. The Modern Priscilla was a housekeeping and fashion magazine.
I love how these little baby shower cards from the early 1960s have color illustrations inside as well as on the front! Such cute attention to detail! Cutely drawn and printed elephants, cherubs, and butterfly. It looks like from these guests, the...
In 1924, Durant Motors trained its salesmen to do something extraordinary: sell cars based on facial features. Round face? You needed comfort and padded seats. Pear-shaped face with a pointed chin? You craved beauty and luxury (but might not make your payments). This wasn’t one salesman’s quirk—it was official corporate policy, codified in a training manual by character reading expert Edna Purdy Walsh. Step into the strange world where jawlines determined which automobile you’d drive home, and discover how pseudoscience shaped the cutthroat competition of the Roaring Twenties auto industry.
This one page illustrated hat making article instructs the reader on what kinds of crochet stitches and materials to use to make a basic fashionable hat out of raffia. Ads on this page included Instant Postum, C-B Cottons, and Hinds Cream.
I love scanning old family photos, especially when elderly ladies trust me with their treasures and let me share them! This 1912 wedding portrait captures timeless elegance, featuring the bride in a lace-accented gown with a v-shaped neckline, pearls, and a flowing veil. The groom wears a dapper double-breasted suit with a white boutonniere. Shot by J.J. Belka in St. Louis, Missouri, this photo offers a glimpse into Edwardian-era wedding traditions.
In 1924, American women faced an unprecedented identity crisis. Just four years after winning the right to vote, they were caught between the glamorous “New Woman” ideal and traditional domesticity. A remarkable article from Character Reading magazine offered surprising wisdom: courage isn’t about being fearless everywhere—it’s about finding the role where you truly belong. Explore this timeless message about authenticity, confidence, and the struggle to be yourself in a world demanding you be everything to everyone.
Explore a captivating collection of 1920s Lincoln automobile ads highlighting luxury, craftsmanship, and innovation. Featuring iconic models like the Berline Landaulet, Cabriolet, and 4 Passenger Coupe, these vintage ads capture the elegance and technological spirit of the roaring twenties, solidifying Lincoln’s status as a leader in the era’s luxury automotive market.
These Kodachrome slides from January 1961 tell the story of a road trip through the western USA. From the historic Hermit’s Rest at the Grand Canyon to images of Native American pow-wows and celebrations, they provide a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century travel and culture.
I wish that I could find more audio recordings to go with these 1930s song lyrics, but no luck 🙁 This page of lyrics, in particular, I wonder how the music to them went. How quickly culture is lost!
Chapter III of Our Seven Children brings the Bohnenkamp family story closer to my own line, with brief but meaningful mentions of my grandmother Rosetta Caldwell, Wilbur Bohnenkamp, her sons Carl and Paul, and my father, William Douglas Bohnenkamp. This chapter is packed with Bourbon, Missouri rural history, Boone’s Creek farm life, family tragedies, land records, schools, cemeteries, marriages, and the kind of messy, vivid genealogical detail that makes old family histories so valuable.
Step back in time with this collection of turn-of-the-century photos from St. Louis photographers, including studios like Parsons, When Studios (1893), J. Haas, Theo E. Setzer, and more. These vintage cabinet cards and old photo scans offer a fascinating glimpse into the Victorian and Edwardian eras, capturing the artistry of antique photography and the lives of their subjects. Explore the historical legacy of 19th-century portraiture and the stories these images preserve from a bygone era.
I scanned some new cabinet cards! Here are some pictures of young ladies and children from approximately 1880-1900. These photos are exceptionally clear, and you can make out the texture of the young woman's skirt and hat. In another photo, a young...
Here are the last pages from the old guy's scrapbook of old car ads! These last illustrated automobile ads from the early 1900s include 8 pages of Willys Knight Automobile ads that appear to be from the 1920s, a Stutz automobile ad which...
A 1924 manifesto for introverts: W. Thomas Walsh’s poem about finding adventure in neighbors, not travel. Jazz Age psychology meets modern personality typing.
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