London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre,Continue reading “28 Color Photographs Showing Street Scenes of London in the 1970s”
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15 Amazing Black and White Photos of Bohemian Life in Paris in 1950
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 square kilometres (41 square miles). Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, science, and arts. The CityContinue reading “15 Amazing Black and White Photos of Bohemian Life in Paris in 1950”
41 Amazing Photos Showing Life in New York in the Late 1940s
Homer Page (1918-1985) was an American documentary photographer whose most famous photographs were taken in New York City in 1949-1950, after he received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation. Page studied art and social psychology at the University of California, graduating in 1940. He worked in the shipyards in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area duringContinue reading “41 Amazing Photos Showing Life in New York in the Late 1940s”
1938 Police Shootout in Los Angeles
The bodies of a deputy city marshal and his helper — shot and killed by George Farley as they tried to serve an eviction notice on him — lie in front of a barricaded home. They were Deputy Marshal T. Dwight Crittenden and Leon W. Romer, both 60. Farley, 55, was wounded five times andContinue reading “1938 Police Shootout in Los Angeles”
25 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Portugal During the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula, in 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 “25 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Portugal During the Late 1960s and Early 1970s”
10 Fantastic Photos Showing Psychedelic Hippie Fashion in London in 1967
Psychedelic fashion was a quintessential 1960s movement. Although it was eventually, and to some degree opportunistically, embraced by virtually every mainstream design and sector of the fashion industry, it would be hard to isolated a single designer or even a cluster of designers who could be credited for its invention or promotion. Nevertheless, the psychedelicContinue reading “10 Fantastic Photos Showing Psychedelic Hippie Fashion in London in 1967”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1970s Volume 4
48 Vintage Photos of Life in Depression-era Coal Mining Town Scott’s Run, West Virginia, 1937
The coaling industry, in comparison to the boom of the 1920s, had basically collapsed by 1932. Already suffering, the industry could not sustain the economic downturn brought about by the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Residents of Scotts Run not only suffered from unemployment, but also from ethnic and racial prejudice and limited educational opportunities.Continue reading “48 Vintage Photos of Life in Depression-era Coal Mining Town Scott’s Run, West Virginia, 1937”
30 Amazing Black and White Photos That Document Everyday Life of Shanghai in the Mid-1980s
Shanghai, is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People’s Republic of China. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.87 million as of 2020, it is the most populous urban area in China, the most populous cityContinue reading “30 Amazing Black and White Photos That Document Everyday Life of Shanghai in the Mid-1980s”
Wonderful Photographs Showing Life in Southern California From Between the 1940s and 1960s
Charles Phoenix is a dude who has done a great service to mankind. He has traveled to countless thrift stores and estate sales rescuing abandoned family slides from the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. These particular photographs are from his book, Southern Californialand: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome. “There’s a lot of specialness and magic from ourContinue reading “Wonderful Photographs Showing Life in Southern California From Between the 1940s and 1960s”
