How a Telephone Switchboard Works — 1911
Interested in a step-by-step illustrated tutorial on how a telephone call was completed in 1911, when operators were needed to place all calls? Look no further! Click to read more…
Women
Merry Christmas from Thelma Todd and Her Giant Sombrero
Hollywood stars have always had to do silly things for the sake of publicity….
Myrna Loy: “I’m a Helpless Prisoner!” — 1930
Experience the sheer giddiness of an exclamation-mark-filled 1930 ad for cosmetics, “a whole ensemble of gay toiletries!”
“Vampire a la Mode” — 1928
Movie poster for a saucy, pre-code spoof of late-’20s Hollywood. “Big-shots,” look out.
Perkins Windmill Couture — 1890s
Miss Corinne Baker in her eye-popping windmill dress — perfect from the tip of her kooky hat to the bottom of her windmill-blade skirt. And everything else in between. See the full-length photo inside.
The Bootlegger With the Tin Bustle — 1886
Read about the woman who smuggled Cuban rum through U.S. Customs in a hollowed-out undergarment.
