These evocative snapshots of London were taken by Swedish tourist Mats Örn in 1971 and 1977. They reveal what the capital city looked like in this bygone era, which is well known for being a time of cultural and political change – especially due to high inflation levels, IRA bomb threats, widespread trade union strikesContinue reading “Vintage Photos of London in the 1970s”
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30 Vintage Photos of Hicksville, New York in 1967
Hicksville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 41,547 at the 2010 census. The area is served by the Hicksville Post Office and the Hicksville School District. Valentine Hicks, son-in-law of nationallyContinue reading “30 Vintage Photos of Hicksville, New York in 1967”
A Look at Girls’ College Dorm Rooms in the Seventies
From Aretha, Peanuts, Playboy, Woodstock, Paul Newman and Burt Reynolds posters to floral bed linens, these pictures, collected from dated yearbooks and found photographs, offer a look inside girls’ university dorm rooms and female student apartments around the seventies. As time capsules, these images are undoubtedly some very interesting gems, they also are a treasureContinue reading “A Look at Girls’ College Dorm Rooms in the Seventies”
Space Age: Egg & Ball Chairs of the 1960s and 1970s
The race for the conquest of space had a great impact on people in the mid-1960s and thus also on fashion and design. The question of how one wanted to live in the future brought forth futuristic designs and manifested itself through geometric shapes. With the Sixties Revival at the end of the 20th centuryContinue reading “Space Age: Egg & Ball Chairs of the 1960s and 1970s”
Fascinating Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life in Chicago in the 1970s
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the third-most populous in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwest. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populousContinue reading “Fascinating Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life in Chicago in the 1970s”
Beautiful 1200 Triumph Herald With a Vintage Cheltenham Caravan
The Triumph Herald is a small two-door car introduced by Standard-Triumph of Coventry, England, in 1959 and made through to 1971. The body design was by the Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti, and the car was offered in saloon, convertible, coupé, estate and van models, with the latter marketed as the Triumph Courier. Standard-Triumph experienced financialContinue reading “Beautiful 1200 Triumph Herald With a Vintage Cheltenham Caravan”
Incredible Vintage Photos of Amsterdam’s People in the 1960s and 1970s
Eduard van der Elsken (1925–1990) was a Dutch photographer and filmmaker. His imagery provides quotidian, intimate and autobiographic perspectives on the European zeitgeist spanning the period of the Second World War into the nineteen-seventies in the realms of love, sex, art, music (particularly jazz), and alternative culture. He described his camera as “infatuated,” and said:Continue reading “Incredible Vintage Photos of Amsterdam’s People in the 1960s and 1970s”
28 Amazing Vintage Photographs of American Stores From the 19th Century
In Victorian era, it was very difficult to keep perishable food fresh. People in the Victorian period would go shopping everyday and bought small amounts of groceries. There were no supermarkets in the 19th century, but little stores of different kinds. The Victorian stores opened six days a week and would stay open in theContinue reading “28 Amazing Vintage Photographs of American Stores From the 19th Century”
30 Vintage Photographs Capture Scenes at a Fun Fair in Paris, 1935
Fishing Boats on the Seine, in Paris
Until the early 1960s, there were still fishing boats in the heart of Paris which, along the quays of the Seine, were sought after by photographers. A romantic Paris, with old-fashioned charm…
