1. a suffragette on a scooter
English socialite and activist, Lady Florence Norman, commuting in London to her job as a supervisor on a motor scooter in 1916. It was a present from her husband the journalist and liberal politician, Sir Henry Norman.
Found on Vintage Everyday.
2. Footwear inspiration – art socks
Stylist and blogger behind View from the Topp, Kate Brien, styles up Sock Drawer Art Collection socks with shoes from her own collection, for Vogue.com.
3. An outdoor school in The Netherlands
Found on Flickr.
4. A little girl in Peru with her baby alpaca
Found on Flickr.
5. Only in Japan: straw sculptures in a rice field
Each year on the last day of August, artists and their team of workers create giant sculptures out of leftover rice straw for the Wara Art Festival, an event celebrating the end of the rice harvest. The works include a dinosaur, duck, rhinoceros, even a wooly mammoth.
Found on Inhabitat.
6. showgirls Backstage in New York, circa 1950
In December 1958, LIFE magazine published a 200-page special issue on the glories and absurdities of American entertainment, which included this particular feature entitled “Without the Girls, Show Biz Is No Biz”, and its extraordinary portraits of showgirls by photographer, and director of the film, Shaft, Gordon Parks.
Found on Vintage Everyday.
8. Waiters serve tea on a moving train travelling between Peshawar and Lahore, Pakistan
Photographed by Steve McCurry.
9. “The New Hairdryer”, circa 1946
Taken by Wallace Kirkland and found in the LIFE archives.
10. Vintage New York tablecloth
Found on Mate Gallery.
