Fuck Yeah, Old Time Fatties!

If you haven't followed us over, you're missing out on some badass Old Time Fatties

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:06:50 -0600

We’ve got a new home and some brand new old fatties to share. Check it out!

We're closing up shop!

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:33:56 -0600

But fear not, it’s a simple move across town. When I created Fuck Yeah, Old Time Fatties, I was completely clueless as to the fact that I could create multiple blogs under one Tumblr identity. In order to consolidate my shit, I have recreated this blog so that I can keep everything under one roof.

The new location is simply called Old Time Fatties.

I’ve got a few new items ready to post this week and will be working on adding additional resources soon. Please follow us at our new home and reblog. Thanks!

Queen Victoria

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:29:00 -0600

Queen Victoria

Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:28:11 -0600

Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Thanks to grrlyman for submitting this stereoscopic image, which...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:23:52 -0600

Thanks to grrlyman for submitting this stereoscopic image, which I have converted to an animated GIF. Thank you kindly!

i don't know if you've seen/posted this one yet...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:21:27 -0600

i don't know if you've seen/posted this one yet...

Apologies —

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:56:04 -0600

Free time at work is when I get to search for old photos and lately it’s been super-busy. Thanks for the submission, Deidre!

Washington, D.C., circa 1925. “F.G. Lindsay store front,...

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:51:44 -0600

Washington, D.C., circa 1925. “F.G. Lindsay store front, Anacostia, 2215 Nichols Avenue.” Exterior of the grocery seen here. National Photo Co. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. “Corby’s...

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:51:40 -0600

Washington, D.C., circa 1922. “Corby’s laboratory.” Another look at Mrs. M.M. Brooke, “chemist in charge of the Corby Baking Company laboratory,” also seen here. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

1917. “Camp Meade, Maryland. Miscellaneous views.”...

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:51:36 -0600

1917. “Camp Meade, Maryland. Miscellaneous views.” Coalstove cookery at today’s Fort Meade. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.

March 2, 1914. “Margarete Ober.” The Metropolitan...

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:51:32 -0600

March 2, 1914. “Margarete Ober.” The Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano with a nice rib roast. 8x10 glass negative, G.G. Bain Collection. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. “Food Administration War...

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:51:27 -0600

Washington, D.C., circa 1918. “Food Administration War Kitchen, 926 McPherson Street.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

My dad's side of the family

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:51:18 -0600

My dad’s parents immigrated to NYC from southern Italy in the 1920s. Most of the family was/is fat.

1937. “Little did Mrs. Mark Bristol realize when she...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:45:05 -0500

1937. “Little did Mrs. Mark Bristol realize when she baked, Virginia style, a couple of hams for friends a few years ago that it would eventually develop into a lucrative business for her. The flavor of the hams so intrigued the friends that they passed the word on to others, and as a result Mrs. Bristol now bakes thousands of hams every year in her kitchen on fashionable Massachusetts Avenue and ships them to all parts of the world. Even the Duke of Windsor is now one of her best customers. It takes Mrs. Bristol four days to prepare a ham according to her specially formulated recipe. It is first soaked and simmered for days, and then while baking, it is sprinkled with cloves, pineapple and basted with sherry, brandy or applejack. The hams are originally obtained from a special farm in Virginia where they have been smoked in the real Dixie manner. Mrs. Bristol frequently inspects the ham while is it in the simmering process. Her Virginia cook and first assistant, Mamie, wraps the meat.” Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.

heyfatchick: sleepydumpling: Wait… weren’t there no fat people...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:01:32 -0500

heyfatchick:

sleepydumpling:

Wait… weren’t there no fat people before 1980?

LOOK AT THEIR AWESOME HATS.

The search for “Britain’s Most Glamorous...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:32:45 -0500

The search for “Britain’s Most Glamorous Fatty” issued 3/19/1962.

Title reads: “Plump and Lovely”.

London.

Miss Fat and Beautiful Contest. Various shots overweight women window shopping in Oxford Street. Panning shot an outsize mannequin in shop window wearing dress. C/U ticket on dress “48 Hips”. C/U fat women looking in shop window. Interior of shop. Various shots plump woman trying on coat which doesn’t fit her. A shop assistant shows her an outsized coat which fits her perfectly. The assistant then passes her a pair of enormous knickers. The large lady holds up the large bloomers.

Interior of department store, Barkers of Kensington. Various shots of large ladies taking part in “Miss Fat and Beautiful” beauty contest. Contestants are Mrs. Mary Ramsden from Leeds, Mrs. Marie Burgess from Bath, Mrs. Joan Gronert from Nottingham, Mrs. Dorothy Waugh aged 32 from Scotland, Mrs. Helen Thomas from Birmingham, Miss Leonore Hoyle from Blackburn. The winner is Mrs. Waugh - we see her wearing the winner’s sash and holding bouquet.

William Helmke, wife, baby, and brother live in one-room shack...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:15:06 -0500

William Helmke, wife, baby, and brother live in one-room shack on ninety acre farm owned by lawyer. Iowa.

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1936 Dec.

Wife of Negro tenant farmer, rehabilitation client. Jefferson...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:08:05 -0500

Wife of Negro tenant farmer, rehabilitation client. Jefferson County, Kansas.

Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1938 Oct.

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson standing in front of their log and peat...

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:53:05 -0500

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson standing in front of their log and peat cabin. Thompson reckoned that he had had three crops out of nine on the land. Necedah project, Wisconsin. Carter, Paul, photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1936 July.

Mother and child in crowded bedroom of home of L.H. Nissen,...

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:50:06 -0500

Mother and child in crowded bedroom of home of L.H. Nissen, hired man. He is married, has seven children, one grandchild, all living together in three rooms.

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1936 Dec.