Louise Brooks with her sharply bobbed hair is one of the most iconic figures of 1920s cinema and epitomized the rebellious modern woman of the time. She started off her career as a chorus girl an...
One of three sisters, Norma Talmadge was one of the most popular actresses of silent movies in the 1920s. She had a difficult childhood; her father was an unemployed alcoholic who abandoned his f...
https://weheartvintage.co/2016/02/10/silent-movie-icons-norma-talmadge/
The airship industry effectively died with the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, but for 80 or so years previously the dream of lighter-than-air travel had gradually been becoming a reality. The sight...
https://weheartvintage.co/2016/02/06/how-the-world-looked-when-airships-filled-the-sky/
I stumbled across this photograph this morning and I’m ghoulishly intrigued by it. The only information I have about it is that it’s captioned ‘Air Suicide Attempt‘, 1929. I have no ide...
https://weheartvintage.co/2016/01/31/a-rather-intriguing-and-ghoulish-photograph/
More and more smokers are becoming social pariahs. They have to stand on the street in the rain outside restaurants, bars, pubs and even their own cars (if their kids are inside). And while I don...
https://weheartvintage.co/2016/01/12/back-when-everybody-smoked/
What better way to start off the new year by seeing how they celebrated in years gone by! These are some of my favourite vintage new year pin ups from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. I love the Myrna L...
https://weheartvintage.co/2015/12/31/happy-vintage-new-year/
1928 was an interesting turning point in 1920s fashion. The boyish figure of the mid 1920s was starting to become more feminine again with female curves starting to re-emerge from androgyny. Th...
https://weheartvintage.co/2015/10/03/fashion-snapshots-1928/
The forecast heatwave seems to have arrived in full force today and it’s far too hot to actually dance, so here are some vintage photos of people dancing their socks off to keep us all entertai...
I love the idea of collating images which give a real flavour of what a place was like at a point in time. All of the photos below were taken in Paris in 1926. They range from Josephine Baker dan...
https://weheartvintage.co/2015/05/30/snapshot-paris-in-1926/
I should probably point out that this might not be suitable for viewing at work. It’s not terribly risque, but there are some photos of 1920s topless showgirls, so I guess it depends on what yo...
https://weheartvintage.co/2015/04/27/amazing-costumes-from-the-folies-bergere-in-the-1920s-and-30s/