Summer 1972, Boston, Massachusetts: abortion is a woman's right. Nov 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Women fighting for healthcare and abortion rights in the 1960s.Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A Christmas Eve shopper with his daughter and a crated rocking horse tries to hail a cab outside Macy's, December 24, 1946.Jan 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Evening Dress, 1926, Callot Soeurs. (Drexel University)Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #Drexel-University
JFK lived with his sister Eunice for 3 years during his time as a congressman in the late 1940s. Here they are photographed together in the house itself, located on 34th Street NW, Washington D.C.. He would later end up moving out in 1951.Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/1940s
Duchess of Portland Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, a much admired and respected society beauty, a humanitarian and animal rights activist, dressed here as Duchess of Savoy, at Devonshire Ball, 1897. Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/VictorianEra
A family picture of a married couple with 11 children (1954)Jan 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere ⋅ #1954
Evening Ensemble by Fontana, 1954. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory
A young family in Brooklyn going for a Sunday outing, New York, 1966. (Photo by Diane Arbus)Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere ⋅ #Photo-by-Diane-Arbus
1865-67 House of Worth Orange Silk Evening Dress with White Embroidery. (Kent State Museum)Nov 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #Kent-State-Museum
Janis Joplin photographed by Jim Marshall in her apartment on Lyon Street in San Francisco, 1968.Mar 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/1960s
Dolores Costello, 1920's. She is the mother of John Drew Barrymore, grandmother of Drew Barrymore, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures.Dec 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/1920s ⋅ #1920
the creation god as architect of the world, miniature from a bible moralisee, paris, c. 1225. Nov 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/Medievalart
Vacation bungalows at Rockaway, Queens, July 1910. Note “front yards” of sand decorated with seashells.Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Grace La Rue, 1900. She was an American actress, singer, and vaudeville headliner.Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/VictorianEra
Students traveling for Christmas break. ca. 1926 (Ardingly College, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom)May 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere ⋅ #Ardingly-College,-Haywards-Heath,-United-Kingdom #Ardingly-College #Haywards-Heath #United-Kingdom
Marilyn Monroe on the set of Some Like it Hot in Los Angeles, California, 1958. Photo by Richard C. Miller.May 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/1950s
Ivory silk dress with silk embroidery, English, 1805-10. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #Philadelphia-Museum-of-Art #1805 #10
The menu at the Nite Owl restaurant in Glendale, California, featuring illustrations of owls (c. 1950).Mar 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/VintageMenus
Gina Lollobrigida during the filming of Anna of Brooklyn / Fast and Sexy, 1958.Apr 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/1950s
Madeleine Vionnet culotte dress, 1937. (kyoto costume institute)Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #kyoto-costume-institute
Evening gown with chenille embroidery, worn by Lady Curzon, Vicereine d'Inde, c.1903 (silk). Fashion Museum Bath. Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #silk
A metal and leather straight-back dresser trunk from around 1890. Designed with the savvy traveler in mind, this trunk converted from a standard steamer trunk into a functional dresser, meaning you didn't have to unpack your belongings during your journey.Jul 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/VictorianEra
Stevie Nicks photographed by Steve Joester during a Fleetwood Mac concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia in 1978.Mar 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/70s
Saint George Killing the Dragon (1434–1435), by Bernat Martorell. Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/Medievalart
Girl’s Dress, 1870, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #1870
love is stronger than hate. Maqamat al-Hariri (Maqama 32), Syria or Iraq, ca. 1240. (BnF, Arabe 3929, fol. 122r)Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/Medievalart
A tour group sets up for breakfast outside their sleeper bus, Goulding, Arizona, 1980.Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
C. 1885. Studio portrait of two women holding folded parasols (photo by unknown)Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/VictorianEra ⋅ #photo-by-unknown
Woman's Evening Dress, c. 1865, made by Mme. Roger (Paris, France). (MFA Boston)Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #Paris,-France #MFA-Boston #France #Paris
David Cassidy, Danny Bonaduce, Susan Dey, Suzanne Crough, Jeremy Gelbwaks, Shirley Jones / publicity photo for The Partridge Family (ABC 1970-74). Jan 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/70s ⋅ #ABC-1970-74
Miss Maude Odell, one of the first women taxi drivers in New York, 1923. Dec 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/1920s
Joan Jett, Jackie Fox, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Cherie Currie of The Runaways, 1976. Jan 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/70s
Unknown lady poses with gold jewelry on her hair and hands, circa 1860s. Daguerrotype.Feb 2025 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/VictorianEra
Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of “The Prince and The Showgirl” in New York, 1957.Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/1950s
Lanvin afternoon dress in blue silk satin, c. 1910, Tessier & Sarrou. Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory
This ensemble is typical of fashionable women’s daywear of the early 1870s, Scotland. Unknown maker. Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory
“Petits chevaux,” silk evening dress embroidered with images of horses in metallic thread, by Madeleine Vionnet, 1921.Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory
Diner along U.S. Highway No. 1 near Berwyn, Maryland. Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration, June 1940.Jun 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Marilu Henner and Robin Williams at a roller skating party in Hollywood, 1977. Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/70s
A young woman wearing turned-up denim jeans and saddle shoes, circa 1955.Jun 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Waistcoat, early 1790s. Woman's habit waistcoat in narrowly striped silk, wide triangular lapels, single-breasted, with gold & blue silk thread embroidery, embroidered covered buttons. (Victoria and Albert Museum)Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #Victoria-and-Albert-Museum
Ernest Clarence Smith & his wife outside the Metropolitan Church, Washington DC, 1928. Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Woman’s evening dress, c. 1865, Paris, France, designed by Mme. Roger (French, active in mid-19th century). Sep 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory ⋅ #French #French,-active-in-mid-19th-century #active-in-mid-19th-century
Chicago baseball fans watch the 1952 World Series (Yankees and Dodgers) on television, 1952. Aug 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere ⋅ #Yankees-and-Dodgers
1917. Mrs. P.J. Simmons painting her house in Flushing, Queens, Long Island.Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Model sitting on a desk wearing a double-faced Nattier wool coat and straw hat by Henry Clarke, 1968. Oct 2024 ⋅ Hooverpaul ⋅ r/fashionhistory