Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891Continue reading “37 Amazing Photos of Life in Canada during the Late 1940s & 1950s”
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68 Wonderful Photos of Life in Cairo, Egypt During the Early 1940s
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt. The Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.3 million, is the largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, the largest metropolitan area in the Arab world, the second largest in Africa, and the world’s sixth largest. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the GizaContinue reading “68 Wonderful Photos of Life in Cairo, Egypt During the Early 1940s”
32 Vintage Photos Showing the Inside of American Restaurants and Cafeterias in the 1940s
During the war (1941-1945) the creation of 17 million new jobs finally pulls the economy out of the Depression. Millions of married women enter the labor force. The demand for restaurant meals escalates, increasing from a pre-war level of 20 million meals served per day to over 60 million. The combination of increased restaurant patronageContinue reading “32 Vintage Photos Showing the Inside of American Restaurants and Cafeterias in the 1940s”
56 Vintage Photos of California During the Early 20th Century
California is a state in the Western United States. California borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39.5 million residents across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the most populous and the third-largestContinue reading “56 Vintage Photos of California During the Early 20th Century”
47 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life in Chicago During the 1950s and 1960s
Born in San Francisco to Japanese parents, Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012) went with his parents to Japan at age three and grew up in Kochi, Japan. He returned to the United States in 1939 in order to study agriculture at the University of California, but was detained at the Amachi Internment Camp in Armach, Colorado fromContinue reading “47 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life in Chicago During the 1950s and 1960s”
31 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Amsterdam During the 1950s and 1960s
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands with a population of 872,680 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Found within the province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the “Venice of the North”, due to the large number ofContinue reading “31 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Amsterdam During the 1950s and 1960s”
35 Amazing Color Photographs Showing America from between 1940 and 1943
(Photos by Jack Delano, via Library of Congress)
41 Fascinating Photos that Shows Life in the Wicker Park Neighborhood of Chicago in the Late 1950s
Wicker Park is a neighborhood of about 26,000 residents within the West Town community area in Chicago, Illinois. Situated west of the Kennedy Expressway, east of Humboldt Park, and south of the Bloomingdale Trail, Wicker Park is known for its local hipster culture, art community, nightlife, and food scene. In recent years, Wicker Park hasContinue reading “41 Fascinating Photos that Shows Life in the Wicker Park Neighborhood of Chicago in the Late 1950s”
45 Vintage Photos Showing Couch Styles in the 1950s
30 Vintage Photos of Circus Performers during the 1920s and 1930s
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. The term circus also describes the performance which has followed various formats through itsContinue reading “30 Vintage Photos of Circus Performers during the 1920s and 1930s”
