A Jazz-Age Flapper Bride: The 1924 Noling-Anderson Wedding in Evanston, Illinois.
Feature Image: On Saturday, June 7, 1924, Ruth M. Anderson was married in this sleeveless wedding dress (left) to William Noling in Evanston, Illinois. The dress is now on display in the Charles Gates Dawes House in Evanston. Dawes was Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under President Calvin Coolidge. Author’s…
Montmartre in Color: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s 31 Posters and the Birth of Modern Mass Culture.
FEATURE image: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), La Revue Blanche, 1895, Paris. Lithograph in four colors. From Montmartre to Mass Culture: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s 31 color posters transformed commercial advertising into modern art, using innovative color lithography, bold design, and iconic images of Parisian nightlife to democratize art and shape the visual language of the twentieth century.…
The Carhop and the Camera: Blonde Bombshell Dane Arden/Elsa Sørensen at the 1950’s Drive-In.
FEATURE image: A life-sized fiberglass roadside statue standing outside the retro Galaxy Diner near Bryce Canyon in Utah replicates Arden’s playful carhop posture—balancing on roller skates with her knees bent inward, one arm resting confidently on her hip, and the other raised to balance a serving tray. The fiberglass statue is directly modeled after the…
