Jean Shrimpton born 1942 is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels.
At London Airport with "boyfriend" Terence Stamp 1966 #EGI
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She appeared on numerous magazine covers including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies’ Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time.
In 2009, Harper’s Bazaar named Shrimpton one of the 26 best models of all time.
Jean Shrimpton
In the club!
These days, Shrimpton lives in Cornwall, where she owns and runs the Abbey Hotel. She abruptly retired and retreated to the West Country in her early thirties, and has stayed clear of the limelight since.
Jean Shrimpton (the model known as '"The Shrimp."
caused huge controversy in 1965 by wearing a miniskirt to Derby Day in the lead up to the Melbourne Cup. 1/
2/ “The most beautiful girl in the world” had stepped out at Flemington Racecourse wearing a minidress five inches above her knees, with no hat, stockings or gloves.
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The Strange Obsession with Pig-Faced Ladies in Regency London 🐷 1/ In 1815, amidst the celebrations of Britain's victory over Napoleon, Londoners became captivated by a bizarre urban legend: the Pig-Faced Lady. But where did this fascination come from?
2/ Belief in witchcraft was widespread, leading to assumptions that such afflictions were caused by curses. One story tells of a pregnant woman who refused to give money to a beggar, resulting in the vagrant cursing her, causing her female child to be born with a pig’s head.
3/ One of the earliest examples is Tannakin Skinker, a wealthy Dutch woman cursed with a pig's face. Her story was popularised through ballads and chapbooks, blending folklore with moral lessons about kindness and charity.
Photos that depict the interior of a Rococo period Pullman train car. 1800s
Original owners of Pullman Palacecars were EF Hutton and the Vanderbilt's had at least 3 of them, Harry, Willie, and Alice had one of their own... cattle barons bought them too.
The most famous stock holders of the Pullman company were JJ Astor, Ellen Banker, Chauncey Depew, Jay Gould, Julia Grant, John Hay, Henry Morgan, J Pierpont Morgan, JD Rockefeller, and the Vanderbilts.
Lillie Langtry (1853 – 1929) was a highly successful British actress, a renowned beauty, and socialite of the late 19th century. She was notorious for her long list of prominent suitors, which included the future King of England, Edward VII.
Lillie Langtry as Cleopatra 1895
Lillie as a young girl in the 1860s with her mother and father and an elder brother.
By the 19th century Bombay underwent an ambitious phase of building resulting in some of the finest architecture in Asia
British architects have been given credit in our historical narrative for the incredible creativity & skill of an advanced civilisation of master builders.
The Alexandra Native Girls' English Institution in Bombay 1890
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India there were 134 secondary & 1,760 primary girls' schools in 1871.
Institutions used to indoctrinate children with the fake narrative, teach new, languages, new history.
A view of the village surrounding the Walkeshwar Temple in Bombay 1860