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There’s a major difference between the celebrities of today versus the stars of old Hollywood: social media. Today, fans have direct access to their favorite actors and musicians, and nothing is off-limits. They share what they had for breakfast, where they’re vacationing, and what the inside of their closets look like. But the same can’t truly be said for old Hollywood stars, like Marylin Monroe, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Vincent Price, and Elizabeth Taylor, right? Well, yes and no.

While it was a little easier for the stars of yesteryear to carry an air of mystery about themselves, these film and radio legends still managed to share a bit of their personal lives with adoring fans around the world, reminding everyone that behind the flashing bulbs of glamorous red carpet premieres, someone still needs to iron the clothes, cook meals, and sort through the mail.

These rare pictures of old Hollywood stars at home capture what their lives were like off set, from their hobbies to their baking and doing housekeeping tasks just like everyone else.

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s brought more than hard times to America’s Heartland and Southwest. Known as ‘black blizzards,’ dust storms moved across the United States with devastating force. Take a look at these hauntingly eerie images highlighting the horrific weather phenomenon that rocked our nation’s center.

This storm pictured in 1935, was the worst storm of the decade-long Dust Bowl in the southern Plains. Daylight turns to total blackness by mid-afternoon in the Midwestern town of Ulysses, Kansas.

“Black Sunday” marked the worst dust storm in US history on April 14, 1935. Stratford, Texas is pictured four days later as the monstrous storm still lingers.

Three girls modeling various dust bowl masks to be worn in areas where the amount of dust in the air causes breathing difficulties, circa 1935.

Iconic photographer Dorothea Lange captured several photos during the Great Depression like this image of rural Colorado. Lange snapped this photo as a huge, dark dust cloud swarmed over houses in a small Colorado community. The Dust Bowl was a huge contributing factor to our country’s struggle during the Great Depression.

A farmer in Garden City, Kansas is pictured with his livestock that starved to death in 1935.

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Rare Vintage Photos of Old Hollywood Stars at Home

Haunting vintage images of the 1930s Dust Bowl – New York Daily News