The Mind Palace

Taking a break from RL to find a happy place.

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[citizenscreen]

Today in 1963, American moviegoers got their first look at Sean Connery as James Bond with the limited U.S. release of Terence Young’s DR. NO.

[lynnswirld]

[curiouscatalog]

Lovely ladies' fashions of the 1870s.

Godey’s Lady’s Book (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1840). Philadelphia, Pa: L.A. Godey, 1840-1892.

AP2 .G56

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1870-1873

France

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

[pastlivesfinery]

In Style - 1870s - Bows 🎀 | 1870-1879 - From my second page @flitteringflounces

[citizenscreen]

Elizabeth Montgomery was born on April 15, 1933 #botd

[hollywoodlady]

Carole Lombard pictured in color at winery sampling red wine from oak barrel, circa 1940.

[moonlightsdream]

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) — dir. Frank Capra     

[historical-hollywood]

Vivien Leigh modeling a real extant Victorian tea gown for a 1949 book on historical fashion, The Woman in Fashion by Doris Langley Moore.

The extant Victorian tea gown modeled by Vivien Leigh, embroidered silk with tassel trim, Great Britain, c. 1878. The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection at FIDM.

[gatabella]

Vivien Leigh, 1930s

[normasshearer]

IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER 1937, dir. Archie L. Mayo

[generaljenobi]

A collection of actual reviews left for various national parks 🫠

[fripperiesandfobs]

Afternoon dress ca. 1865-68

From the Kobe Fashion Museum via Fashion Press

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1865

silk, cotton, glass

unknown maker, Australia

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

[librarianproblems]

When you guess a Dewey range without having to look it up