The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. It claims to have over 670,000 participants and over 100,000 volunteers. The AAU was founded in 1888 by William BuckinghamContinue reading “16 Wonderful Photos From the 1959 A.A.U Swimming and Diving Championships in Palm Beach, Florida”
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18 Interesting Vintage Photos Showing Office Cubicles of the 1970s-1990s
Cubicles first entered our lives in 1968, when they were invented by Robert Propst, who wanted to improve upon the typical open bullpen office. He thought cubicles would increase productivity and give workers privacy. At first, cubicles flopped. But when companies realized that using cubicles would increase the number of people that could be crammedContinue reading “18 Interesting Vintage Photos Showing Office Cubicles of the 1970s-1990s”
59 Interesting Photos Showing Life in Cuba in 1976
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located at the east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both theContinue reading “59 Interesting Photos Showing Life in Cuba in 1976”
22 Vintage Photos Showing Everyday Life of American Jews during the Early 20th Century
Jews have been present in what is today the United States of America since the mid-17th century. However, they were small in numbers and almost exclusively Sephardic Jewish immigrants of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry. Jewish migration to the United States increased dramatically in the early 1880s, as a result of persecution and economic difficulties inContinue reading “22 Vintage Photos Showing Everyday Life of American Jews during the Early 20th Century”
35 Rare Portrait Photos of Vietnamese People From the 1870s
(Photos by Émile Gsell) Born 1838 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, French photographer Émile Gsell served in the military from 1858 to 1866, during which time he learned photography and travelled to Cochin China (now Southern Vietnam), becoming the first commercial photographer based in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). On the strength of his Cambodian photographsContinue reading “35 Rare Portrait Photos of Vietnamese People From the 1870s”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1950s Volume 8
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the “Fifties” or the ” ’50s”) (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World War II economic expansion. The period also sawContinue reading “50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1950s Volume 8”
40 Interesting Photos of Paris in 1942
(Photos by André Zucca) André Zucca was born in 1897 in Paris, the son of an Italian dressmaker. Zucca spent part of his youth in the United States before returning to France in 1915. Following the outbreak of World War I, he joined the French Army where he was wounded and decorated with the CroixContinue reading “40 Interesting Photos of Paris in 1942”
33 Amazing Color Photos From the Netherlands During the Early 20th Century
With photos from the past you automatically think about black and white. Even in our own childhood, almost no color photograph was made. Nevertheless, the technique for making color photographs has been around for more than 100 years! In 1907, the two French brothers August and Louis Lumière invented a technique with which real colorContinue reading “33 Amazing Color Photos From the Netherlands During the Early 20th Century”
Assimilate or Die: 14 Vintage Portraits of Native Americans Dressed in European Attire in the Early 20th Century
Forced assimilation is a process of forced cultural assimilation of religious or ethnic minority groups, into an established and generally larger community. This presumes a loss of many characteristics which make the minority different. The Native Americans suffered both ethnic and religious assimilation. The assimilation process took place between the years 1790 and 1920. GeorgeContinue reading “Assimilate or Die: 14 Vintage Portraits of Native Americans Dressed in European Attire in the Early 20th Century”
42 Color Photos Show Life of Milan in the Early 1980s
Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area, that stretches well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city andContinue reading “42 Color Photos Show Life of Milan in the Early 1980s”
