San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The Daily Mail described flamboyant 1970s San Francisco as being characterized by “hippy street life when buskers, bongo players and impressive bouffants thronged the city by the bay.” These fascinating photographs, taken by LIFE photographer BillContinue reading “Two Wheelin’ Fun: Pictures of Summertime Street Cruising in San Francisco in the 1970s”
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How To Take a Steam Bath, And Other Victorian Visual Health Guides
This French edition of Friedrich Eduard Bilz’s 1888 naturopathic medicine guide Das Neue Naturheilverfahren (The New Natural Healing) is charmingly illustrated in the familiar style of early twentieth-century medical art. It offers visual directions to various methods of curing disease, from steam baths to massage to swimming and is one of the best of itsContinue reading “How To Take a Steam Bath, And Other Victorian Visual Health Guides”
24 Wonderful Photos of Singapore During the Late 1970s & Early 1980s
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Straits of Malacca to the west, the Riau Islands (Indonesia) to the south, andContinue reading “24 Wonderful Photos of Singapore During the Late 1970s & Early 1980s”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1950s Volume 5
30 Color Photographs of Anti-Vietnam War Protests in the U.S From the 1960s and Early 1970s
The movement against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War began in the U.S. with demonstrations in 1964 and grew in strength in later years. The U.S. became polarized between those who advocated continued involvement in Vietnam and those who wanted peace. Many in the peace movement were students, mothers, or anti-establishmentContinue reading “30 Color Photographs of Anti-Vietnam War Protests in the U.S From the 1960s and Early 1970s”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 5
Beautiful Vintage Photos That Show Life in Southern Australia in the 1940s.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign transcontinental country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world’s sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest,Continue reading “Beautiful Vintage Photos That Show Life in Southern Australia in the 1940s.”
Vintage Photos of Baby Cages Hanging Outside London Apartment Windows in the 1930s
They were designed in a more innocent age and with the best of intentions. With this wire enclosure, parents didn’t need to leave the house to give their children a healthy dose of sunshine and fresh air. The only problem was that the cage was suspended precariously off the side of a building. According toContinue reading “Vintage Photos of Baby Cages Hanging Outside London Apartment Windows in the 1930s”
During World War II Chinese Americans Wore Signs Distinguishing Themselves From Japanese Americans to Avoid Discrimination
“Excuse me I am Chinese, not Japanese!” At the onset of the 20th century, the United States was not the most welcoming country to Chinese immigrants. From the Chinese Exclusion Act to blatant racism, Chinese Americans were unable to find jobs, had to establish Chinatowns where their families could live peacefully, and – of courseContinue reading “During World War II Chinese Americans Wore Signs Distinguishing Themselves From Japanese Americans to Avoid Discrimination”
21 Photos of Charles Manson, His ‘Family’ and His Crimes
Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degreeContinue reading “21 Photos of Charles Manson, His ‘Family’ and His Crimes”
