Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut to the southwest and Rhode Island to the southeast, New Hampshire to the northeast, Vermont to the northwest, and New YorkContinue reading “23 Vintage Photos Showing Massachusetts During the Winter of 1940-1941”
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18 Amazing Black and White Photographs of London in the Early 1950s
Between 1949 and 1953, Robert Frank continually returned to Europe from his new home in New York to take photographs in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Great Britain, photographs that show the development of his uniquely humanist, poetic, and realist eye. In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London-“I liked the light, I liked the fog.”-Continue reading “18 Amazing Black and White Photographs of London in the Early 1950s”
34 Wonderful Photos Showing Gibraltar in 1960
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain. The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, at the foot of which is a densely populated town area, home toContinue reading “34 Wonderful Photos Showing Gibraltar in 1960”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 8
39 Interesting Photographs Showing Life of Berlin During the late 1980s
Between 1961 and 1989, the Berlin Wall divided East and West Germany and prevented the mass defection that took place after World War II. It also acted as a symbolic partition between democracy and Communism during the Cold War period. The wall was erected in the middle of the night, but it was torn downContinue reading “39 Interesting Photographs Showing Life of Berlin During the late 1980s”
48 Wonderful Photos of Madrid during the Early 1970s
Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), surpassed only by Berlin in its administrative limits, and its monocentric metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU,Continue reading “48 Wonderful Photos of Madrid during the Early 1970s”
22 Amazing Photos of Mexico During the 1950s and 1960s
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. MexicoContinue reading “22 Amazing Photos of Mexico During the 1950s and 1960s”
20 Vintage Photographs of San Francisco From Between the 1940s and 1960s
San Francisco (Spanish for “Saint Francis”) (officially the City and County of San Francisco) is a cultural, commercial, and financial center in the U.S. state of California. Located in Northern California, San Francisco is the 17th most populous city proper in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 873,965 residents asContinue reading “20 Vintage Photographs of San Francisco From Between the 1940s and 1960s”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1930s Volume 8
20 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Portugal in the Early 1970s
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in mainland Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic OceanContinue reading “20 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Portugal in the Early 1970s”
