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Thursday, March 10, 2011

1920's Women in Colour - Beautiful

Not very often does one come across color imagery of women's fashion and dress looks from the 1920's, but the National Geographic Stock Online have some stunning color photographs for sale of late 1920s women from different parts of the world - all taken around the same time period.
Feast your eyes on these examples.

1920's woman in Oxford - 1928 - Clifford R Adams - National Geographic
Two young 1920s women - Belfast - 1928 - National Geographic - Clifford R Adams
1920s Flapper - National geographic- Neal P Davis
Two Flappers - Arizona - 1929 - National Geographic - Clifford r adams

Mexican woman - Brownsville Texas - National Geographic
Two 1920s women buying ice cream - Cornwall 1928 - National Geographic
Two german women - 1929 - Cologne - Wilhelm Tobien - National Geographic

1920s woman - Glouchester, mass - National Geographic
Women Archers - Austin Texas - 1928 - National Geographic

Woman - Isle of Wight - 1928 - National Geographic
Two 1920s women - Laredo Texas - Cliffors R Adams - National Geographic

 The last one is my favourtite - it's like a French master. And there's so much more over at National Geographic. Enjoy.
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11 comments:

  1. BaronessVonVintageMarch 10, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    OH MY GOOOOODNESS. These are just heartbreakingly gorgeous. THANK YOU for sharing!!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 7:47 AM

    the "flapper" is actually a woman in 1957 in 1920s dress...

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  3. Sweet PeaMarch 10, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    I love vintage fashion. And looking up things from history. Its so intersting :)

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  4. Stephanie LynnMarch 10, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    How lovely! Black and white fashion photos bug me because color is so important! Thanks for sharing these gems!

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  5. Perdita TinselMarch 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    My favourite is the Glouchester, Mass one... I love the waisted Paul Poiret style - you always see the one 'flapper' style but there is more to 20s fashion than that!

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  6. Lauren HairstonMarch 10, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    I love all the photos with the red mailboxes!

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  7. hhiMarch 10, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    beautiful photos! thanks!!

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  8. Robin@DecoratingTennisGirlMarch 11, 2011 at 9:23 AM

    So pretty. I love the colors!

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  9. Andrea CornellMay 18, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    Beautiful! Have you notice: no women wear pants ! I think pants at that time was just for the avant-garde fashion users...

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  10. KirklandJune 2, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    Oh, I have never seen pictures like these in color! Gorgeous! It gives me a whole new perspective.

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  11. Ieshy SDecember 14, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    I was stunned with the photos. Lovely!

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