These photographs were taken by André Zucca in Paris while the city was occupied by the Germans during World War II. Zucca was a French photographer and Nazi collaborator, most well known for his work with the German propaganda magazine Signal. While everything changed with the German occupation, most things also remained the same. TheContinue reading “Cycling on the Streets of Paris in 1942”
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40 Vintage Photographs and the Tragic Life of Conjoined Twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton
Born in Brighton, England on 5 February 1908, the twins were unofficially adopted by their biological mother’s midwife, Mary Hilton, when the mother rejected the children. From the time that they were infants, they were exhibited at fairs and circuses by Hilton and her daughter. When Daisy Hilton and Violet Hilton moved to the UnitedContinue reading “40 Vintage Photographs and the Tragic Life of Conjoined Twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton”
29 Amazing Photos of Celebrities in the 1950s & 1960s
A LIFE staffer from 1947 until the late 1960s, photographer Allan Grant covered the entertainment world from the inside. His unique blend of cool appraisal and obvious affection for (most) of his subjects went a long way toward making the stars seem just as quirky and approachable as the rest of us mortals. (Photos byContinue reading “29 Amazing Photos of Celebrities in the 1950s & 1960s”
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall: 40 Fabulous Photos of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Story
She was a Jewish girl from the Bronx, and he was raised Episcopal on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Together they made some of the greatest film noir movies the world had ever seen, and their May-December romance will go down in history as one of Hollywood’s most glamorous marriages. Lauren Bacall, 19, was a formerContinue reading “Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall: 40 Fabulous Photos of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Story”
29 Vintage Black and White Photos of Berlin in Ruins in 1945
54 Poignant Photos of the Battle Of The Bulge, 1944-1945
The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of World War II. The furthest westContinue reading “54 Poignant Photos of the Battle Of The Bulge, 1944-1945”
41 Vintage Photographs Showing Life in New York City During the 1930s and 1940s
John Albok (1894–1982) was a Hungarian photographer who immigrated to the United States and documented street scenes in New York City during the Great Depression and later. In 1921 and opened a tailor shop on Madison Avenue, between 96th and 97th Streets, which he also used as a location for his pursuit of photography. ForContinue reading “41 Vintage Photographs Showing Life in New York City During the 1930s and 1940s”
58 Remarkable Photographs of Life at Pie Town, New Mexico in 1940
Pie Town is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located along U.S. Highway 60 in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 186. Pie Town’s name comes from an early bakery that specialized in dried-apple pies; it was established by Clyde Norman in the early 1920s.Continue reading “58 Remarkable Photographs of Life at Pie Town, New Mexico in 1940”
30 Vintage Photos of Female WWII Pilots in the U.S. Army Air Force
During World War II, a select group of young women pilots became pioneers, heroes, and role models… They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. In 1942, the United States was faced with a severe shortage of pilots, and leaders gambled on an experimentalContinue reading “30 Vintage Photos of Female WWII Pilots in the U.S. Army Air Force”
63 Vintage Photos of U.S. Route 30 in 1948
LIFE photographer Allan Grant took these awesome pictures in 1948, three years after the end of World War II. Route 30 connects Omaha, Nebraska, to Salt Lake City, Utah. Grant traveled west through Nebraska and Wyoming which is now known as the Lincoln Highway. For reasons lost to time, none of Grant’s marvelous photos fromContinue reading “63 Vintage Photos of U.S. Route 30 in 1948”
