Favorite Types Of Photos

I love this post (I love that site in general). I love it because of the photos she chooses to share, and how she talks about why she loves them. She loves “gents surrounded by ladies”, she loves any photo with a year in it, she loves photos of trios, she loves photos of “snooty Edwardian women”, she loves photos with old radios or old appliances in them.

Who can say why we love the things we do. The “why” is not interesting. What is great is the FACT of the love, and how it is expressed and shared. It’s why I love her site so much.

So in the spirit of that. These are not my favorite photos, per se, but they are representative of the themes and images I am compulsively drawn to.

I like photos of women from the 20s wearing furs, little hats, and cute strappy shoes.

I like photos of little ragamuffin children working in factories at the turn of the last century.

I like any photo that involves an old-fashioned kitchen. I love to see old toasters and percolators and eggbeaters and refrigerators with rounded edges.

I like photos of old-fashioned (but brand new then) gleaming cars.

I like photos of Rosie the Riveter women working on assembly lines during WWII.

I like photos of women floating underwater.

I like photos of Coney Island, back in the day.

I love photos of Ziegfeld girls.

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I love photos of old movie palaces.

Any photo involving an aviatrix is dear to my heart.

I love photos that involve: sailors or guys with slicked ducktails, girls with curled hair, a floor smudged with cigarette ash, Coke bottles on the table, an integrated crowd (as an added bonus) and a dance floor.

Make sure you go check out her favorites – the images she has in her collection is extraordinary!