Judy Garland

if you start reading books again. you will feel at least a little better. I promise

Wenda Parkinson is modeling a suit by British designer Hardy Amies for British Vogue, 1951. Photo by Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) - Hyde Park Corner

Source: christie's.com

James Dean as Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited) Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) dir. Douglas Sirk

Maturity is when you stop trying to convince other people to treat you right. You just observe their choices, understand their character, and decide what you’re going to allow in your life.

Alcatraz Island

San Francisco, California

Bob Cronk

Propaganda

Lee Ya-Ching (A Poet From the Sea, Mulan Joins the Army)—actress and aviatrix! pioneer. legend. i see a vintage lady on a plane and brain goes brr

Bonita Granville (The Glass Key, Now, Voyager)—she started out playing Nancy Drew as a teenager (won't include any pics of that because she's underage in them, but look up the publicity pics—delightful), it's a shame she didn't become a bigger Star™™

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[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Lee Ya-Ching:

Bonita Granville:

Portrait of a beloved loaf. Ca. 1865 - 1880. Source.

Genevieve Naylor, Reading with chocolates, Redbook, 1957

half the pictures on tumblr look like crime scene photos

editing your own writing is like woah you really like commas........ maybe ease up on those commas there, pal........ maybe Fewer commas would be nice