Saturday, October 6, 2012
Monday, May 31, 2010
Photographing Death
Lets start you off slow...
Weegee pictures of the murder scene. Must have been one hell of a party hu?
Suicide in mid fall. Possibly Weegee, which would make it New York mid 30's to 40's.
Punishment by Strangulation, China. c1890.
The shooting death of mobster Johnny Stompanano in his wife's home (Lana Turner's Home).
Famous murder on the streets.
Weegee pictures of the murder scene. Must have been one hell of a party hu?
Suicide in mid fall. Possibly Weegee, which would make it New York mid 30's to 40's.
Punishment by Strangulation, China. c1890.
The shooting death of mobster Johnny Stompanano in his wife's home (Lana Turner's Home).
Famous murder on the streets.
Labels:
blood,
china,
corpse,
crime,
death,
Hildebrandt,
killers,
Lana Turner,
morgue,
murder,
punishment,
real,
stompanano,
suicide,
torture,
vintage,
Weegee
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sexy Starlets
Hollywood jumped on the Halloween Bandwagon during the 30's and 40's to promote their starlets. Glad they chose the cute witch motif!
Judy Garland in a classic fright pose.
Betty Grable in one of the most re-posted shoots of all time.
Veronica Lake in a promotion for her movie "I Married A Witch"
The classic Betty Grable spook.
Judy Garland camping it up.
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
Clara Bow
Clara hamming it up.
Virginia Welles
Clara Bow (The 'It' Girl)
Peggy Ryan 1944
Paulette Goddard
i have no name for these 2 cute chicks.
Nan Grey
The lovely Nancy Carroll
Another Carroll
Lillian Wells - Glamour for Halloween
Grace Bradley
More Grace
Four contestants of the Halloween Slick Chick beauty contest in Anaheim, Calif. 1947
Gale Robbins
1934 Nancy Carroll
Carroll in 33
1933 Grace Bradley
1933 Grace Bradley
Judy Garland in a classic fright pose.
Betty Grable in one of the most re-posted shoots of all time.
Veronica Lake in a promotion for her movie "I Married A Witch"
The classic Betty Grable spook.
Judy Garland camping it up.
Janet Leigh
Janet Leigh
Clara Bow
Clara hamming it up.
Virginia Welles
Clara Bow (The 'It' Girl)
Peggy Ryan 1944
Paulette Goddard
i have no name for these 2 cute chicks.
Nan Grey
The lovely Nancy Carroll
Another Carroll
Lillian Wells - Glamour for Halloween
Grace Bradley
More Grace
Four contestants of the Halloween Slick Chick beauty contest in Anaheim, Calif. 1947
Gale Robbins
1934 Nancy Carroll
Carroll in 33
1933 Grace Bradley
1933 Grace Bradley
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