The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

First time seeing The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Amazing sets and supposedly the first "plot twist" ending.

It's always interesting to read about the people involved in making Weimar era movies.

Some of them had to leave and some of them stayed.

stills from DVDBeaver

Ceremonial Robes

Vintage robes from various fraternal organizations up for auction on ebay.
These are mostly from the International Order of Oddfellows.

Deeds Not Words - Part 2

Swatches for Suffrage Banner Design

"The items in the collection were mostly designed and created by two artist-based suffrage organizations in Britain: the Artist’s Suffrage League and the Suffrage Atelier, both connected to women’s suffrage organizations in that country."

from: here

Deeds Not Words

Women's Suffrage Banners from the UK
from: here

Berlin 1928

Leni Riefenstahl, Anna May Wong, and Marlene Dietrich at the Pierre Ball
Berlin 1928
Alfred Eisenstaedt
source:life

Boxing Personalities

Boxing Personalities (circa 1922-1939)

More boxing cigarette cards from the NYPL Digital Collection.