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Actress. Gloria Talbott received stardom status in the mid-20th century as an American actress of the big screen and television. Born in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, a city co-founded by her great grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Nye Patterson, she entered her acting career as a child, performing in films such as...

If you don’t know what a bullet bra is then you could be forgiven for thinking it’s something dangerous. And in a way it is, because its extremely conical points are sharp enough to poke your eye out.

Bullet Bra: The Indispensable Underwear for the Sweater Girl, 1940s - 1950s | History Daily

Bullet Bra is a full-support bra with cups in the shape of a paraboloid with its axis perpendicular to the breast. The bullet bra usually features concentric circles or spirals of decorative stitching centred on the nipples. Invented in the late-1940s, they became popular in the 1950s, and worn by the Sweater Girl, a busty and wholesome "girl next door" whose tight-fitting outergarments accentuated her artificially enhanced curves. These photos show young women, mostly Hollywood actresses…

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If you look up "hourglass figure" in the dictionary, Betty Brosmer's picture should probably be next to it (if you Google it, she's right there next to Kim Kardashian). Meet the highest paid pin-up girl of the 1950s, considered by many as the first true supermodel, Betty appeared in thousands of mag

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I hope it's a beautiful day in your neighborhood. When my niece was small, two of her favorites on tv were Jessica and Rogers. Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote and Mr. Rogers. That kind of sums up my family. This niece was one of the flower girls at my wedding over 20 years ago. She's now a teacher and a Mommy herself. February 19th is the anniversary of the premiere of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. The show premiered on PBS February 19, 1968. Fred McFeely Rogers began his shows by changing…

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