Helmuth Pirath, the winner of World Press Photo in 1956 captured the most touching moment when a German WWII prisoner, released by the Soviet Union, reunited with his daughter who had not seen her father since she was one year old. This man was one of the last prisoners of war to be released byContinue reading “A German WWII Prisoner Is Reunited With His Daughter for the First Time Since She Was 1 Year Old, 1956”
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Stunning Fashion Photos From Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue in the 1950s and 1960s
Tom Palumbo (1921–2008) was an American photographer and theatre director. He was a staff photographer of Vogue from 1959 until 1962 and at Harper’s Bazaar from 1953 until 1959, where he worked with the art directors Alex Liberman and Alexey Brodovitch. He was a vice-president of creative productions at Ted Bates, where he oversaw allContinue reading “Stunning Fashion Photos From Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue in the 1950s and 1960s”
Fred Herzog’s Early Color Street Photographs of Vancouver From the 1950s and 1960s
Fred Herzog (September 21, 1930 – September 9, 2019) devoted his artistic life to walking the streets of Vancouver as well as almost 40 countries with his Leica, photographing – mostly with colour slide film – his observations of the street life with all its complexities. Herzog ultimately became celebrated internationally for his pioneering streetContinue reading “Fred Herzog’s Early Color Street Photographs of Vancouver From the 1950s and 1960s”
Ford Edsel 1958 Car Models: The Wrong Car at the Wrong Time!
Edsel was a brand of automobile that was marketed by the Ford Motor Company from the 1958 to the 1960 model years. Deriving its name from Edsel Ford, son of company founder Henry Ford, Edsels were developed in an effort to give Ford a fourth brand to gain additional market share from Chrysler and GeneralContinue reading “Ford Edsel 1958 Car Models: The Wrong Car at the Wrong Time!”
Ethel & Julius Rosenberg: The Only Spies Executed During the Cold War
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who spied on behalf of the Soviet Union and were tried, convicted, and executed by the federal government of the United States. They provided top-secret information about radar, sonar, and jet propulsion engines and were accused of transmitting valuable nuclear weapon designs; at that time the United StatesContinue reading “Ethel & Julius Rosenberg: The Only Spies Executed During the Cold War”
30 Outrageous Vintage Cigarette Ads Claimed That “More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette”
One common technique used by the tobacco industry to reassure a worried public was to incorporate images of physicians in their ads. The none-too-subtle message was that if the doctor, with all of his expertise, chose to smoke a particular brand, then it must be safe. Unlike with celebrity and athlete endorsers, the doctors depictedContinue reading “30 Outrageous Vintage Cigarette Ads Claimed That “More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette””
Vintage Photos of Ford Coca-Cola Delivery Trucks From Between the 1920s and 1950s
In an early-1920s speech, a Coca-Cola bottler declared, “Coca-Cola was as instrumental in building up the soft drink industry as Henry Ford was in building up the automotive industry.” Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, itContinue reading “Vintage Photos of Ford Coca-Cola Delivery Trucks From Between the 1920s and 1950s”
50 Wonderful Photographs of Classic Buicks From the 1950s
1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music, major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the “hot rod” culture. The American manufacturing economy switched from producing war-related items to consumer goods at the end of World War II, and byContinue reading “50 Wonderful Photographs of Classic Buicks From the 1950s”
Wonderful Vintage Photos From the 1940s and 1950s Show How Huge the Baby Boom Was
The term “Baby Boom” is used to identify a massive increase in births following World War II. Baby boomers are those people born worldwide between 1946 and 1964, the time frame most commonly used to define them. There are about 76 million boomers in the U.S., representing about 29 percent of the population. In Canada,Continue reading “Wonderful Vintage Photos From the 1940s and 1950s Show How Huge the Baby Boom Was”
