Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – c. February 1945) was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl (originally Het Achterhuis in Dutch; English: The Secret Annex), in which she documentsContinue reading “Anne Frank: Her Life in Pictures”
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27 Amazing Photos Show Celebrities of the Hollywood Golden Age Taking a Musical Break
Celebrities are just like us. They also need a leisure time period after work. These intimate photos captured classic celebrities taking a musical break from between the 1920s and 1950s.
34 Vintage Photos Showing America’s Love Affair With the Automobile in the 1950s
20 Amazing Mugshots of American Women in the 1960s
The police mugshot photograph was developed as early as the mid-nineteenth century, and it has since developed as an iconic photographic type in its own right. Formulaic and recognized the world over, it was developed when the Victorian fascination of labelling and categorizing of people was at its height. Remarkably, the mugshot photograph has changedContinue reading “20 Amazing Mugshots of American Women in the 1960s”
39 Fantastic Andy Warhol Celebrity Polaroids From the 1970s and 1980s
It may seem like a recent phenomenon, but Andy Warhol was an anomalous life logger in the 1960s, endlessly snapping Polaroids of the celebrities buzzing around him. “My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person,” king of Pop Art Andy Warhol once said. Carrying a Polaroid cameraContinue reading “39 Fantastic Andy Warhol Celebrity Polaroids From the 1970s and 1980s”
31 Wonderful Color Photos of Austria in the Early 1960s
Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in the southern part of Central Europe, located on the Eastern Alps. It is composed of nine federated states, one of which is Vienna, Austria’s capital and largest city. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia toContinue reading “31 Wonderful Color Photos of Austria in the Early 1960s”
60 Remarkable Photos of Life in Barcelona, Spain during the Early 1960s
Barcelona is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of BarcelonaContinue reading “60 Remarkable Photos of Life in Barcelona, Spain during the Early 1960s”
30 Precious Animal Photos Sure to Warm Your Heart
37 Amazing Photos Showing Life on Native American Reservations in Arizona in the Early 1970s
With camera in hand, photographer Terry Eiler ventured into Arizona’s stark northeast corner in the early summer of 1972. Hired by the Environmental Protection Agency, he was instructed to document how much the nation’s growing environmental concerns were impacting the Navajo community — a society that was often missed on the country’s radar. His imagesContinue reading “37 Amazing Photos Showing Life on Native American Reservations in Arizona in the Early 1970s”
22 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Berlin in 1953
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union’s most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany’s sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg’s capital. Berlin’s urban area,Continue reading “22 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Berlin in 1953”
