leafy lane

A leisurely amble into the past.

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-The Wright Brothers-

Well-dressed, smart men. A rare commodity. :)

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Ava Gardner with a baby kangaroo.

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Dorothy Lamour as Diana Wilson in “Man About Town”

Photo by William Walling, 1939

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Pierre- Louis Pierson (1822-1913)

“Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837–1899), better known as La Castiglione , was an Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. The Countess was known for her beauty and her flamboyant entrances in elaborate dress at the imperial court.

For four decades she directed Pierre-Louis Pierson to help her create 700 different photographs in which she re-created the signature moments of her life for the camera.”

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Claudette Colbert

Tonight Is Ours

costume designer: Travis Banton

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From the “The Beach House Album" - 1947.

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Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grable on the set of How To Marry A Millionaire

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alebasi on We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/27180074/via/Maruuuuuu

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Evening gown - 1930s.

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A drawing of Gloria Swanson by Penrhyn Stanlaws for the cover of The New Movie Magazine - 1930.

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A female Lockheed employee works on a P-38 Lighting in Burbank, CA - 1944.

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Peter Lawford and Ava Gardner - 1950s.

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Be-Bop en Cave, Saint Germain des Près, 1951 by Robert Doisneau.

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A woman showing her fashionable wartime hairstyle called "Winged Victory" in New York - 1943.

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Actress Marlene Dietrich with husband Rudy Sieber in Paris - 1938.