This Man Is VERY Happy With His Job

Via a 1950s Life magazine. (via retronaut.com)

copyranter 6 months ago 136 responses

Hair-Do Dating Cues Circa 1944

Listen up, ladies: you can’t just wear a bow willy-nilly. Hair ribbons are complicated beasts. Take hair ribbons seriously. How else will the boys know your intentions?

Baby Praying Mantis 8 months ago 179 responses

Rare Photos Of Dustin Hoffman In Celebration Of His 75th Birthday

To celebrate the legendary actor’s birthday, LIFE published never before seen photos of Dustin when he was just 31-years-old and still up and coming in Hollywood.

Lauren Yapalater 9 months ago 27 responses

How To Kiss

A lesson in four photos, from a 1942 “Life” magazine.

copyranter 11 months ago 85 responses

Intimate Moments With Jayne Mansfield (1956).

She was the Christina Hendricks of her era. Times a billion. Photos via Retronaut.

copyranter a year ago 5 responses

5 Of LIFE Magazine’s Worst Covers

LIFE actually put this list together themselves. (via thehairpin.com)

Dorsey Shaw a year ago 22 responses

Chris Farley, King Of Pain

“After the shoot I looked at the [more somber] pictures and thought, ‘You know, Chris is a really fun-loving, sweet guy — that was certainly our experience with him,” photographer Chris Buck told Life Magazine. “I put them away and didn’t really think about it. Then a couple years later he passed away, and it was quite tragic. I read a lot about his life in the last year or so before he died, and I remembered I’d done this setup with him that was a little more quiet. I pulled the contact sheets out, and I was floored by how much this picture spoke to who he was in a way that I didn’t even really know at the time.” View Image ›

Brian Abrams a year ago 74 responses

Lil’ Presidents

Adorable images of Americas presidents when they were young. Billy looks like a little perv. More at LIFE Magazine. View List ›

Dino Ignacio 3 years ago 65 responses

Life.com on life.com ›

Life’s enormous photo archive has just launched — 7 million online photos and counting. Played right, this could be an interesting photo rival to Boston’s Th Big Picture.

Scott Lamb 4 years ago 3 responses

Rejected Spacesuit Design on images.google.com ›

That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for astronauts not looking like mournful lighthouse droids. Good choice, NASA!

Reddit Top Links 4 years ago respond