50 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Women from the Victorian Era Volume 1
40 Stunning Color Photographs of the USA in 1950 Through the Window of a Train
44 Photos Showing People With Their Travel Trailers in America during the 1950s and 1960s
37 Tintypes Showing Teenage Boys From the Mid-Late 19th Century
A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s, but lesser use of the medium persisted into the early 20th century.
Tintype portraits were at first usually made in a formal photographic studio, like daguerreotypes and other early types of photographs, but later they were most commonly made by photographers working in booths or the open air at fairs and carnivals, as well as by itinerant sidewalk photographers. Because the lacquered iron support (there is no actual tin used) was resilient and did not need drying, a tintype could be developed and fixed and handed to the customer only a few minutes after the picture had been taken.
Take a look at these tintypes to see portraits of teenage boys from the mid-late 19th century.
55 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Actress Lili Damita During the 1920s & 1930s
22 Rare Color Photographs Showing Life in the Lodz Ghetto From 1940-1944
The Lodz Ghetto was the second-largest ghetto (after the Warsaw Ghetto) established for Jews and Roma in German-occupied Poland. Situated in the city of Lodz and originally intended as a temporary gathering point for Jews, the ghetto was transformed into a major industrial centre, providing much needed supplies for Nazi Germany and especially for the German Army.
Because of its remarkable productivity, the ghetto managed to survive until August 1944, when the remaining population was transported to Auschwitz and Chelmno extermination camp. It was the last ghetto in Poland to be liquidated.
45 Amazing Photos Showing What Teenage Girls Looked Like in the 1850s
35 Vintage Color Photos Showing Life of Sweden in the Late 1930s
20 of the Coolest Vintage Surf Wagons
Everyone loves vintage American cars from the 1950s and ’60s. It was a time when wheel arches were low-slung, headlights popped like frog’s eyes and chrome was splashed around as if it was going out of fashion.
In a sense it was – cars certainly aren’t built that way any more. But that just makes the ones that are left all the better, especially when they’re turned into custom surf wagons.
Shown is a collection of 20 of the sickest surf-mobiles you’ll ever see…
62 Vintage Photos of Behind-the Scenes of ‘Something’s Got to Give’ – The Last Unfinished Movie of Marilyn Monroe, 1962
Something’s Got to Give is an unfinished 1962 American feature film, directed by George Cukor for Twentieth Century-Fox and starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. A remake of My Favorite Wife (1940), a screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, it was Monroe’s last work; from the beginning its production was disrupted by her personal troubles, and after her death on August 5, 1962 the film was abandoned. Most of its completed footage remained unseen for many years.
Twentieth Century-Fox overhauled the entire production idea the following year with mostly new cast and crew and produced their My Favorite Wife remake, now entitled Move Over, Darling and starring Doris Day, James Garner, and Polly Bergen.
These glamorous photos are the last images of Monroe in her last unfinished movie Something’s Got to Give in 1962.
