long hair & modesty

Jun 19

hadesworld:

Amish Girls Running, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1963
George Tice

Amish Girls Running, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1963

George Tice

Apr 26

Model Bernice Pink wearing a nun habit designed by Catherine Scott for the Sisters of Mercy. Beside her is Sister Mary Jeannine wearing the Sisters of Mercy’s normal habit, 1st February, 1964.

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Apr 1

Jackie Kennedy with Pope Paul VI, July 2 1963

Mar 27

legrandcirque:

Leonard McCombe, A young girl wearing a mantilla, emerging from church, Cordoba, Argentina, 1964.

Dec 10

My mum at her First Holy Communion, surrounded by her siblings and baby cousin (New Zealand, in the late 1960s).
Apparently she caused a mild scandal because of the length of her dress.
Submitted by someofmybestfriends

Your mom is the COOLEST! Also, you know how I feel about matching outfits
This picture clinched it for me. Submit your First Communion pics to:
http://first-communion.tumblr.com/
right now there’s just reblogs from plaindress - I promise there’s amazing things in the queue

My mum at her First Holy Communion, surrounded by her siblings and baby cousin (New Zealand, in the late 1960s).

Apparently she caused a mild scandal because of the length of her dress.

Submitted by someofmybestfriends

Your mom is the COOLEST! Also, you know how I feel about matching outfits

This picture clinched it for me. Submit your First Communion pics to:

http://first-communion.tumblr.com/

right now there’s just reblogs from plaindress - I promise there’s amazing things in the queue

Nov 23

medical research center in Afghanistan, circa 1960

Nov 20

Schoolgirls in their uniforms, Afghanistan, circa 1960s-1970s

Jun 12

Hutterite Women, Stand Off Colony, 1963