Classic Chronicles

1950s pin-up champion Betty Brosmer relaxes on a couch with a book.

A lady gets a shoeshine in 1972

Lauren Bacall in Paris with her daughter, Leslie Bogart, during a fashion preview of Yves Saint Laurent. The images capture Bacall’s quiet strength and elegance, and offer a timeless glimpse of ’60s glamour and the bond between a mother and daughter, 1968

 Elvis and Priscilla circa 1972 Las Vegas

Baby Angelina Jolie and her mother Marcheline Bertrand, 1976

Sharon Tate in a publicity still for "Valley of the Dolls" (1967)

Born on Oct. 12, 1919, in Waco, Texas, Doris Miller became an unlikely hero during the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941.

Because of his race, Miller was restricted to mess hall duty. However, he leapt into action during the attack, helping his fellow sailors evacuate and even turning the ship's guns on the Japanese planes.

The U.S. Navy made him the first Black man in American history to have an aircraft carrier named after him.

There was some kind of filming tonight at LUCY’S EL ADOBE

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Happy 84th Birthday, Juliet Mills!
Here with her husband, Maxwell Caulfield, who is 18 years her junior, in 1980, the year they married.

Henry Ford with the first Ford car of 1896 and the ten millionth Ford car T of 1924.

Women attending open casting call for Blake Edward’s film (1983).

Found this photo of myself (in the blue dress) at ROBINSON’S department store during one of their Christmas parties on December 15 (my birthday). I believe this was taken in 1976. If you have a photo of yourself at an L.A. department store, please share it within thread.