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The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
An advertisement for Miss Subways at the New York Transit Museum. "Miss Subways" was a title accorded to individual New York City women between 1941 and 1976 (revived in 2017). In the early years, the woman named Miss Subways appeared on posters in New York City Subway trains, along with a brief description
Casa Susanna was a popular weekend destination in Jewett, New York in the United States, [1] for cross-dressing men and transgender women in the early 1960s. [2] The bungalow camp was run by Susanna Valenti [ 3 ] and her wife Maria, who also ran a wig store in town.
The Queens Historical Society, which was founded in 1968 by Margaret I. Carman after a merger with the Kingsland Preservation Commission, is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of Queens, New York and interpreting the history of the borough as it relates to various historical periods.
Okay, not in terms of technology, movies or even politics -- but throwback photos from the early Emmy Awards have us longing for the days of classic Hollywood glamour! The first-ever Emmy ceremony ...
Alice Crimmins (born March 9, 1939, in the Bronx, New York City) is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, 5-year-old Eddie Jr. and 4-year-old Alice Marie (known as Missy), both of whom went missing on July 14, 1965. [1] [2] [3] Alice Marie's body was found that day, and Eddie Jr.'s was found five days later. [1]
Mapplethorpe was born in the Floral Park neighborhood of Queens, New York City, the son of Joan Dorothy (Maxey) and Harry Irving Mapplethorpe, an electrical engineer. [1] He was of English, Irish, and German descent, and grew up as a Catholic at Our Lady of the Snows Parish.
Bettina Ballard, Fashion Editor at Vogue, had returned to New York a few months earlier after 15 years spent covering French fashion from Paris: "We have witnessed a revolution in fashion at the same time as a revolution in the way of showing fashion." [17] British women shopping at Woolworths, 1945