The Autochrome Lumière was an early color photography process patented in 1903 by the Lumière brothers in France and first marketed in 1907. Autochrome was an additive color “mosaic screen plate” process. It was the principal color photography process in use before the advent of subtractive color film in the mid-1930s. Prior to the LumièreContinue reading “48 Amazing Vintage Autochrome Photographs of America during the Early 20th Century”
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17 Amazing Vintage Photographs Showing Native American’s Life From the Early 20th Century
Edward S. Curtis, a professional photographer in Seattle, devoted his life to documenting what he perceived to be a vanishing race. His monumental work The North American Indian was published between 1907 and 1930 and contained over 2000 photogravures in its volumes and portfolios. It presented an extensive ethnographical study of numerous tribes, and theContinue reading “17 Amazing Vintage Photographs Showing Native American’s Life From the Early 20th Century”
39 Vintage Photos of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo first met Diego Rivera when she was an art student hoping to get advice on her career from the famous Mexican muralist. Although Rivera was married, a courtship ensued. They wed in 1929 (he was 42, she was 22) much to the disapproval of Frida’s parents, who referred to the couple as “theContinue reading “39 Vintage Photos of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera”
35 Vintage Photos of Drive-In Theaters from the 1930s to the 1960s
24 Amazing Photos of Japan Before 1940
Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring ofContinue reading “24 Amazing Photos of Japan Before 1940”
50+ Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1930s Volume 2
Rare Unseen Downtown San Francisco Photos Show City Life in the 1930s and 1940s
San Francisco, 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 in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 873,965 residents as of 2020.[15] It covers anContinue reading “Rare Unseen Downtown San Francisco Photos Show City Life in the 1930s and 1940s”
The Making of Mount Rushmore, 1927-1941
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota: Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture’s design and oversaw the project’s execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, LincolnContinue reading “The Making of Mount Rushmore, 1927-1941”
38 Funny Vintage Photos of Children Riding Motorcycles (Of course they can’t ride, just for photographs.)
45 Vintage Photos Of The Great Depression’s Forgotten African-American Victims
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied around the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of theContinue reading “45 Vintage Photos Of The Great Depression’s Forgotten African-American Victims”
