Madame Decourcelle, the First Female Taxi Driver in Paris

It is well known, women had to wait longer in the history to have the same rights as the men ones. If they had the right to vote in France in 1944, the first Paris’ female taxi driver appeared in 1908.

Before Mrs. Durcoucelle, 3 women began an apprenticeship in 1906 to drive carriage – an exclusively male profession – followed behind them by other women. While most abandoned, especially under pressure from the family, the first coach driver females appeared in February 1907. A real curiosity for all Parisians!

Already graduated for carriage, Madame Decourcelle would get her taxi license in 1908, making her the first woman in history to drive a taxi in Paris streets.

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30 Stunning Photos of Swedish Model Ingmari Lamy in the 1960s and ’70s

Swedish fashion model Ingmari Lamy was on vacation in Paris when a model scouted her in a night club. The next day she took some test shots with a local photographer. Unbeknownst to her, those photos would wind up on the cover of Harpers Bazaar magazine. From there, Lamy signed with a Parisian agent Models International. Her success led her to model in Italy, England, Germany, United States, and Sweden. In June 1968, she appeared on the cover of Harpers Bazaar. In September 1971, she appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue.

In 1972, Lamy signed with Elite Model Management in Paris. She was the face of Yves Saint Laurent fragrance. At the time she only earned 10,000 for an ad that was used for 5 years. Lamy noted that if she had landed that campaign 10 years later she would have yielded a million dollar contract.

Despite being only 5’ 7.5” and well beyond her 20s, Lamy has walked for Martin Margiela, Yohji Yamamoto, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Galliano. Since 1991, she has appeared on the covers of Tara Magazine, Red Tee Magazine, and M Magazine in Sweden. She has also worked with notable photographers such as Bob Richardson, David Bailey and Gil Bensimon.

In May 2004, Lamy appeared on Brigitte Magazine’s 50th anniversary issue along with Anna Huber. In 2011, she appeared in a campaign for Lanvin for H&M. Lamy is a fashion blogger for Rodeo Magazine. Take a look at these stunning photos to see portraits of a young model Ingmari Lamy in the 1960s and ’70s.

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South End of Longacre Square (Today Called Times Square), New York City, 1898

Looking northwest down 42nd Street (left) from Broadway. Right half of the picture is the triangular island between Broadway and 7th Avenue, where One Times Square now stands, which replaced the Pabst Building, a nine-story hotel and restaurant begun in October 1898 and completed a year later.

At left, across 7th Avenue, is the future site of Hammerstein’s Victoria and Roof Garden. Above the Kremonia advertising poster, left-center, is a sign advertising the property. It reads: “For sale or lease / 2 to 5 years / Daniel Seymour / Drexel Bldg. [?]” Below those words is a plan of the property, with measurements of 200 x 100, and of the plot to the west of it, which became Hammerstein’s Theatre Republic.

Posters advertise The Moth and the Flame, which played the Lyceum Theatre April 11 to June 18, 1898, Way Down East (under the Kremonia poster), which played the Manhattan Theatre from February 7 to June 18, 1898, and the Castle Square Opera Company, which played a season at the American Theatre on 42nd Street from December 25, 1897 to June 25, 1898.

40 Vintage Photos Capture People in the Kitchens in the 1970s

Kitchens in the 1970s were often characterized by bold colors, like avocado green and harvest gold, along with lots of wood paneling and laminate countertops. Appliances tended to be large and colorful, with refrigerators sometimes featuring rounded corners. Open shelving and hanging pot racks were popular for storage, and linoleum flooring was commonly used.

It was a decade of experimentation with design and materials, resulting in some iconic and distinctive kitchen styles. Here below is a set of vintage photos that shows what kitchens looked like in the 1970s.

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Bianca Jagger Photographed by Andy Warhol

On describing Bianca, Andy Warhol said: “Bianca Jagger is one of the most Socially Diseased people I know. She’s almost as bad as me – and I’m terminal.”

The Monkees: One of the Most Successful Bands of the Late 1960s

The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of the television show of the same name. With international hits, four chart-topping albums and three chart-topping songs (“Last Train to Clarksville”, “I’m a Believer”, and “Daydream Believer”), they sold more than 75 million records worldwide.

The Monkees were originally a fictional band created for the NBC television sitcom of the same name. Dolenz, Jones, Nesmith and Tork were cast to portray members of a band in the sitcom. Music credited to the Monkees appeared in the sitcom and was released on LPs and singles beginning in 1966, and the sitcom aired from 1966 to 1968.

For two albums, the Monkees mostly performed as a group; however, within a year, each member was pursuing his own interests under the Monkees’ name, rendering the Monkees once again a group in name only. With widespread allegations that the band members did not play their own instruments—followed by the cancellation of The Monkees, diminishing success on the charts, and waning popularity overall—band members began to leave the group. The Monkees held a final recording session in 1970 before breaking up.

A revival of interest in the Monkees came in 1986, prompting a 20th anniversary reunion. Over the following 35 years, the Monkees periodically reunited for reunion tours, a major-network television special, and new studio albums. Following Jones’s death in 2012 and Tork’s death in 2019, Dolenz and Nesmith embarked on a farewell tour in 2021. The tour ended shortly before Nesmith’s death at the end of the year.

Take a look at these vintage photos to see portraits of the Monkees members in the 1960s.

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22 Amazing Photos of David Beckham as a Kid in the 1980s

Born on May 2, 1975, in the Leytonstone area of London, David Robert Joseph Beckham is the only son of Ted Beckham, an appliance repairman, and Sandra West, a hair stylist. A middle child between two sisters, David grew up with a family of committed fans to Manchester United. He was given the middle name Robert in honor of Bobby Charlton, his father’s favorite footballer.

David inherited his parents’ love of Manchester United, and his main sporting passion was football. In a 2007 interview, Beckham said that, “At school whenever the teachers asked, ‘What do you want to do when you’re older?’ I’d say, ‘I want to be a footballer.’ And they’d say, ‘No, what do you really want to do, for a job?’ But that was the only thing I ever wanted to do.”

Beckham was a late developer and not selected to represent the England Schoolboys’ team primarily on account of his small size. He attended one of Bobby Charlton’s Soccer Schools in Manchester and won the chance to take part in a training session with Barcelona, as part of a talent competition. He played for a local youth team called Ridgeway Rovers, which was coached by his father, Stuart Underwood, and Steve Kirby. Beckham was a Manchester United mascot for a match against West Ham United in 1986. Young Beckham had trials with his local club Leyton Orient, Norwich City and attended Tottenham Hotspur’s school of excellence, though never represented the club in a match. During a two-year period in which Beckham played for Brimsdown Rovers’ youth team, he was named Under-15 Player of the Year in 1990.

He attended Chingford County High School in Nevin Drive, Chingford. He also attended Bradenton Preparatory Academy, but signed schoolboy forms at Manchester United on his 14th birthday, and subsequently signed a Youth Training Scheme contract on July 8, 1991. Below are 22 amazing childhood photos of David Beckham from the 1980s:

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