Very patiently with a camera in his hand the Brazilian photographer Alecio de Andrade manages to capture incredible pictures of the visitors of the Louvre. He has been making these pictures for almost four decades. What is the relation between these three scenes? All three of them are moments captured in the halls of theContinue reading “40 Photos of the Louvre and Its Visitors From Between the 1960s and 1990s”
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48 Wonderful Photos of Madrid during the Early 1970s
Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), surpassed only by Berlin in its administrative limits, and its monocentric metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU,Continue reading “48 Wonderful Photos of Madrid during the Early 1970s”
29 Vintage Photos Showing Beachgoers at Mission Beach, California, August 1970
Mission Beach is a community built on a sandbar between the Pacific Ocean and Mission Bay. It is part of the city of San Diego, California. Mission Beach spans nearly two miles of ocean front. It is bounded by the San Diego River estuary on the south, Mission Bay Park on the east, and theContinue reading “29 Vintage Photos Showing Beachgoers at Mission Beach, California, August 1970”
20 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Portugal in the Early 1970s
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in mainland Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic OceanContinue reading “20 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Portugal in the Early 1970s”
30 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Matlock (Derbyshire), England during the 1970s
Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, England. It is situated at the south eastern edge of the Peak District. The town is twinned with the French town Eaubonne. The former spa resort Matlock Bath lies immediately south of the town on the A6. The Matlock area is considered to include Wirksworth, owing to theContinue reading “30 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Matlock (Derbyshire), England during the 1970s”
36 Portraits of Gangs of Kabukicho, Tokyo in the 1960s and 1970s
Kabukicho is an entertainment and red-light district situated in the busy Tokyo area of Shinjuku. At night the streets are buzzing with neon lights, as the host and hostess bars and clubs come to life. Meanwhile, in the criminal underworld, around a thousand gangsters (Yakuza) are said to operate in the area, giving this spotContinue reading “36 Portraits of Gangs of Kabukicho, Tokyo in the 1960s and 1970s”
65 Beautiful Retro Photos Showing Women’s Fashion in the 1970s
Fashion in the 1970s was about individuality. In the early 1970s, Vogue proclaimed “There are no rules in the fashion game now” due to overproduction flooding the market with cheap synthetic clothing. Common items included mini skirts, bell-bottoms popularized by hippies, vintage clothing from the 1950s and earlier, and the androgynous glam rock and discoContinue reading “65 Beautiful Retro Photos Showing Women’s Fashion in the 1970s”
22 Fantastic Photos of Fans at 1973 Summer Jam Rock Festival at Watkins Glen
The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a 1973 rock festival which once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for “Largest audience at a pop festival.” An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway outside Watkins Glen, New York, on July 28, 1973, to see the Allman BrothersContinue reading “22 Fantastic Photos of Fans at 1973 Summer Jam Rock Festival at Watkins Glen”
Futuristic Fashion Designs by André Courrèges from the 1960s
André Courrèges (9 March 1923 – 7 January 2016) was a French fashion designer. He was particularly known for his streamlined 1960s designs influenced by modernism and futurism, exploiting modern technology and new fabrics. Courrèges defined the go-go boot and along with Mary Quant, is one of the designers credited with inventing the miniskirt.
40 Stunning Photos of Elizabeth Montgomery in the 1960s and Early 1970s
Born 1933 in Los Angeles, California, American film, stage, and television actress Elizabeth Montgomery whose career spanned five decades. She is best remembered for her leading role as Samantha Stephens on the television series Bewitched. Montgomery began her career in the 1950s with a role on her father’s television series Robert Montgomery Presents, and wonContinue reading “40 Stunning Photos of Elizabeth Montgomery in the 1960s and Early 1970s”
