Mar 5, 2023

Vintage Photos from the 1940s to the 1980s

This blog post features a collection of vintage photos from the 1940s to the 1980s, including a Georgetown College dorm room, Maria Callas at La Scala, an illustration from the H. P. Lovecraft Portfolio, David Bowie and the Kon-rads, family rooms, dens, and studios, a State Insurance Company droid, and live mermaids at Disneyland.

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Georgetown College dorm room, Kentucky, 1946 https://t.co/vpc3YVYTsX pic.twitter.com/k3v0fuMFrQ
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Maria Callas at alla Scala after a performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata”, 1955 https://t.co/bgiPbvu0zS pic.twitter.com/B28P2Ykr7P
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Illustration from the H. P. Lovecraft Portfolio by Virgil Finlay (1977) https://t.co/GquO5x411x pic.twitter.com/sipRiTcCQ9
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
David Bowie and the Kon-rads
c. 1962-63https://t.co/FyngOWxvr3 pic.twitter.com/D8kdOOchLL
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Family Rooms, Dens, and Studios, 1979 https://t.co/AmePVGSFPa pic.twitter.com/YYueM0wmKi
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Family Rooms, Dens, and Studios, 1979 https://t.co/AmePVGSFPa pic.twitter.com/zSCgHR4j0a
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
State Insurance Company droid, Budapest, 1966. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive. https://t.co/9BhmXD2Zh5 pic.twitter.com/pRhGLiq1jH
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
1933 https://t.co/WyGOqhNvv3 pic.twitter.com/0Zy7Sy6m8A
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/RIqIOh4ehQ
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/XQFhb8gaYD
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/oSQqQar0uL
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/CgmdSiPKeK
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/xG10EQ4WYW
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/dWThvRktdg
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/HhGqFk4RB2
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Live mermaids on the Submarine Voyage at Disneyland
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959)https://t.co/UWxu9RBWcp pic.twitter.com/pi9h6CLRQj
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
https://t.co/k97DuTj0Vo pic.twitter.com/FkI9L10CyS
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Kodak Presents Disneyland ‘59 (1959) https://t.co/yqxvh7FSDZ pic.twitter.com/lgZY4uo2GJ
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Bruce Lee and Van Williams - The Green Hornet (1966) https://t.co/E6fwev3Sgz pic.twitter.com/DgP2Pz2SOr
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Bruce Lee and Van Williams - The Green Hornet (1966) https://t.co/E6fwev3Sgz pic.twitter.com/IZe9LAD5qk
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Merlin - art by Hal Foster (1977) https://t.co/O7kzhBQ8XT pic.twitter.com/m5qfXVcrUP
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Decorative front cover taken from ‘The Art of Heraldry’ by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies.

Published 1904 by T.C. & E.C. Jack.

Boston Public Library.https://t.co/Bgkf3zHm0w pic.twitter.com/qozBsYHwKz
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Tintorera (1977) directed by René Cardona Jr. https://t.co/gpLFjIFVjy pic.twitter.com/di4RVrGCPr
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Peanuts, March 28, 1956 https://t.co/7GMFaYW7Ep pic.twitter.com/Q2eOzO64oO
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Multi-purpose Service Station (1953) at Clube dos 500 in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, by Oscar Niemeyer https://t.co/j2GVZ6MyUk pic.twitter.com/BYAzeymCyV
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
https://t.co/2V4Fmoa7jw pic.twitter.com/dHfLjb5esN
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
https://t.co/ropcaccdV3 pic.twitter.com/NTPQQPT1uX
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Elvira https://t.co/J3q5z0XPT5 pic.twitter.com/WnOZ5VeD5L
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
1964 Golden Horseshoe Revue Poster https://t.co/jDVz272Tzh pic.twitter.com/CPcYRjmccY
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023
Elvira https://t.co/J3q5z0XPT5 pic.twitter.com/jM5tsM7qOS
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) March 5, 2023