Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

It is Bettie Page's Birthday. One of the three great iconic persons of the mid 20th century, The King (Elvis), Marilyn Monroe and Bettie.

Bettie Page, Queen of Pin Ups.

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Grave Marker.

Mr. SONY Loc: LI, NY

That's nice of you.
I seem to recall seeing pictures of her in the past.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Thousands of photographs of Bettie Page. Just plug in her name and search for images and you will find thousands of Bettie.

Boris77

Cool.
I will have to check the old pin up cards tucked away in my history file.
Boris

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

She was a very lovely woman. Thank you for remembering her and posting this.
Bruce.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

A liberated woman well ahead of her time, if you read her bio. Her likeness adorned many a warbird and no doubt reminded pilots what they were fighting for.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Speaking of great American women who were iconic, liberated and far beyond their time, Margret Bourk-White. From what I have read about Bourk-White she had more impact on the moral and winning of the war by American men during the war in Europe. Hats off to Bourk-White!

Margret Bourk-White after her return from a 'milk run' bombing raid over Nazi Germany, credited with two ME 109 kills after the B-17 lost its waist gunners.

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riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

Ok Tim, another big ole Texas thank ya for bring up M-White, I just read up on her and what an amazing life and story of her. She was a brave and pioneer spirited lady.
Thanks again Tim.
bruce.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

There was an excellent biography of her, well written and researched. She had a huge influence of D. Eishenhower, more than many historians ever acknowledge. Be mindful that this image was requested so much by the troops during the war that the Stars and Stripes decided to make it the center fold for that Army paper. Sexy women don't need to be out of their clothes (then again!).

Harry02 Loc: Gardena, CA

Many of us at a certain age can remember getting cuaght with hose pics.
Our mothers could find anything, anywhere and not leave a trace.
Mine were in an envelope, taped to the back of the bottom dresser drawer.
Why did she even look there?
Anyway, my dad thought it was funny. We had same/similar photos in our collection.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Hats off to you Mr. Harry.

I acknowledge that I'm the odd duck here.

I got 'interested' in women/girls in the mid 60's. That was just about the time my parents joined Ansel Adams and the new Friends of Photography. I was busy helping hang exabitions of the work of Edward Weston and Wynn Bulock (his figure images of Barbera, his daughter). Then there was Imogene Cunningham telling this kid (me) how it is fine to feel attracted to women and the nudity, meanwhile my mother looking on approvingly!

Art books and photo publications all around and Joe (my Father) taught me photography with his Leicas and set up a small darkroom in the extra bathroom with the Focomat 1c enlarger. Bulk loaded film and doing my own developing and printing on 3 1/5 by 5 B&W prints.

Clfornia beaches, tones of girls in bathing suits (and some out of them). It was the 60's and also Marine Biology at the Hopkins Marine Station with all types of undergraduate and graduate women doing research and me and my buddy Jeff Normal do great photos of their plants and critters, full use of the institute's darkroom. When I had questions I would call Ansel or Wynn or Imogene and ask such basic questions. Later show them the B&W 8X10 prints or Kodachromes. Imogene loved the Kodachromes of all the gorgeous colorful Opisthobranch (sea slugs, see image).

Truly High Times!

Opisthobranch, specifically a nudibranch (Latin for naked, or exposed gill).