Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States and 24th-most populous city in the country. The city proper covers 48.4 square miles (125 km2) with a population of 675,647 in 2020, also making it the most populous city in New England.Continue reading “29 Fantastic Vintage Photos Showing Boston During the 1960s”
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30 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Paris in the 1900s
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,175,601 residents as of 2018, in an area of more than 105 square kilometres (41 square miles). Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, science, and arts. The CityContinue reading “30 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Paris in the 1900s”
56 Vintage Photos of Life in New York City during the 1940s
New York, often called New York City to distinguish it from New York State, or NYC for short, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.Continue reading “56 Vintage Photos of Life in New York City during the 1940s”
28 Fabulous Photographs of Hollywood, California During the 1950s and 1960s
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many of its studios such as Columbia Pictures, Disney, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures were founded there; Paramount still has itsContinue reading “28 Fabulous Photographs of Hollywood, California During the 1950s and 1960s”
52 Vintage Photographs Showing Florida During the 1920s
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; itContinue reading “52 Vintage Photographs Showing Florida During the 1920s”
26 Fascinating Photos of Soho, London in the 1950s
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century. The area was developed from farmland by Henry VIII in 1536, when it became a royalContinue reading “26 Fascinating Photos of Soho, London in the 1950s”
34 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing Life in America During the 1940s
31 Wonderful Vintage Photos Showing Great Britain By Bus, 1969-1971
56 Fascinating Photos Showing Chicago in the 1970s
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the third most populous city in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwestern United StatesContinue reading “56 Fascinating Photos Showing Chicago in the 1970s”
40 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Paris in 1941
“For Parisians the Seine is a compass, a way to know where you are,” said art historian Marina Ferretti.France had a relatively easier time under German occupation during World War II. That is because Hitler did not consider West Europeans as ‘Untermenschen’. The infamous German brutality was reserved for the Russians. These images were takenContinue reading “40 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Paris in 1941”
