imagn:

I absolutely cannot wait to see the George Lucas film Red Tails!  I’m so proud of my heritage (The photo is of Cornelius Porter (deceased) - my father’s father).

Here’s the trailer: Red Tails

I grew up about 25 miles from Tuskegee, AL and it is a remarkable place full of remarkable history.  Unfortunately Sharpe Field, the airfield of the Tuskegee Airmen is is TERRIBLE disrepair, something I have always thought was tragic.  I’m hoping the release of this film will spur some action that will save the airfield and honor the amazing men (like this one!) who served there! 

(Also- what a hottie, huh?!)

(Source: imagn)

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1848, [daguerreotype portrait of a gentleman with a top hat and cigar]

via I Photo Central

One of the best white tophats I have EVER seen!

the-seed-of-europe:

Marines on parade, 1944.

Now those are some awesome ladies! 

“USS Chicago.  One of the Crew.”  1900.  Via Shorpy.

What a charmer!

“Telegraph Messenger Boys.  They work until 11 P.M.”  New Haven, CT.  March 1909.  Via Shorpy.

I think one of them is smoking a cigar!

A majorette at the 1940 Rose Parade via LA Times

Isn’t she cute as a button?

lostsplendor:

“A candid look at barrack life for men of Landsturm Infanterie Bataillon ‘Gotha’ (XI 33) circa late 1915” (by drakegoodman)

I’m thinking I should rename this ”Pickelhaubes from History” because there have been a lot of them lately.  Not that I’m complaning… 

(via hayir)

lostsplendor:

“Five senior non-commissioned officers from 3. Ober-Elsässisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 80”, c. 1915 (by drakegoodman)

I love the guy laying on the floor all casual-like!   

(via lostsplendor)

auntada:

NAACP Women’s Service Group

Washington, D.C., ca. 1921

Addison Scurlock, photographer

carolathhabsburg:

Prinz Oskar von preussen and his WONDERFUL pickelhaube.

PICKELHAUBE!

costumereference:

Ethel Roosevelt in 1908.

1.  That hat is spectacular.  2. She is beautiful!

(via amazinglace)

carolathhabsburg:

Group of Ladies . 1884

And a group of fabulous hats!

vintagegal:

Mack Sennett bathing beauties: Virginia Warwick, Harriet Hammond, Phyllis Haver (1918)

I want to be friends with them!

(via mellykins)

British soldiers carrying mistletoe, Christmas 1914.

Love this- finding joy in something terrible.  Look at the smiles on their faces!

(Source: the-seed-of-europe, via i-sing-the-body-eclectic)

my-ear-trumpet:

iloveretro:

 

A female aviator poses in front of a fighter plane for a ‘Kodachrome’ film colour test at the Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, New York, USA, in 1939.

Look at her!  She is so fabulous!