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1950s Father and Daughter with Vintage Car
Posted by Jessica Murray | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Slide Scans, The Best Few... | 0 |
WWII WAC Uniform
Posted by Jessica Murray | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, Vintage Styling & Photography | 0 |
History of Beauty Contests and the Ideal Female Me...
Posted by Jessica Murray | Sep 12, 2019 | Featured, Old Magazine Scans | 0 |
A Brief History of the St. Louis Municipal Theater...
Posted by Jessica Murray | Aug 5, 2019 | Featured, Misc. Ephemera | 0 |
Old St. Louis Businesses
Posted by Jessica Murray | Aug 3, 2019 | Featured, Misc. Ephemera | 0 |
Converts: The Love Story of a Primitive Man and a Suffragette by Joan Paul
by Jessica Murray | Dec 22, 2020 | Featured, Old Magazine Scans | 0 |
You can see how the issues of womens’ suffrage had made it into the mainstream by 1913! This story about a love triangle between a suffragette, a gold digger, and an eligible bachelor was found in the July 1913 issue of The Modern Priscilla and I’ve included the text (extruded from the image- so excuse typos). I think it’s a fascinating document of womens history, and the social history of voting rights in the USA.
Read MoreTurn of the century wedding, couples, and portraiture
by Jessica Murray | Apr 14, 2020 | Featured, Old Photo Scans | 0 |
Apropos Magazine, by the Auto Club of Missouri, 1922
by Jessica Murray | Feb 23, 2020 | Featured, Old Magazine Scans | 0 |
1950s Father and Daughter with Vintage Car
by Jessica Murray | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Slide Scans, The Best Few... | 0 |
WWII WAC Uniform on Zizi
by Jessica Murray | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Vintage Styling & Photography | 0 |
Zizi V. totally owned the WWII WAC uniform. She was my third and last model to wear it. My first retro shoot with Anita had all the awkwardness of a first-time (everything), which made for very authentic emotions. With this third shoot in the WAC uniform, I was more confident and explored beyond the studio to the front room and outdoors (where the natural light was perfect). We played more with the set, even in the studio, and the pictures just turned out different. I think that the outdoor and natural light photos turned out looking like 1940s era snapshots and candids.
Read More1950s Hearst Castle Pictures
by Jessica Murray | Jan 23, 2020 | Featured, Slide Scans | 0 |
1920s Wedding Dress
by Jessica Murray | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Vintage Styling & Photography | 0 |
WWII WAC Uniform
by Jessica Murray | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, Vintage Styling & Photography | 0 |
Back in 2011, I got to borrow this World War II Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC and later WAC) uniform with matching garrison cap from a local historical society.
This was my first shoot for the Carondelet Historical Society, and the first picture from this first shoot is my favorite.
Read MoreA new car, in 1944
by Jessica Murray | Jan 7, 2020 | Featured, Slide Scans, The Best Few... | 0 |
I imagine this 1940s couple getting this car as a gift, or the husband giving it to his wife before he leaves back to fighting overseas. She looks so proud and you can see them posed together, with him in his military uniform. What cute WWII-era Kodachrome slides!
Read MoreIroning Hints and Tips
by Jessica Murray | Dec 22, 2019 | Featured, Misc. Ephemera | 0 |
How to use an IronRite Ironing Machine
by Jessica Murray | Dec 19, 2019 | Featured, Misc. Ephemera | 0 |
Vintage car advertisements: Apperson, Chandler, Buick, and Caddillac
by Jessica Murray | Nov 7, 2019 | Featured, Misc. Ephemera | 0 |
Early 1900s car advertisements for Chandler Motors, Cadillac, Buick, and Apperson. Illustrated with details about the Chandler automobile.
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