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45 Incredible Photos That Show the 19th Century World
50 Beautiful Color Photos Show Life in York County, Pennsylvania During the 1950s
Created in 1749 from part of Lancaster County and named either after the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and shire of York in England, York County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Its county seat is York. York County comprises the York-Hanover, PennsylvaniaContinue reading “50 Beautiful Color Photos Show Life in York County, Pennsylvania During the 1950s”
45 Incredible Photos Showing Victorian Era People at Work.
28 Incredible Vintage Photos of Women Riding Side-Saddle During the Victorian Era
For women, sitting aside on a horse dates back to antiquity. For the main part, men rode horses; women were merely passengers, sitting behind the men, either holding the man around the waist or sitting on a small padded seat or pillion. This was partly due to their long, heavy skirts; it was impractical toContinue reading “28 Incredible Vintage Photos of Women Riding Side-Saddle During the Victorian Era”
14 Popular Vintage Children’s Toys of the 1960s
30 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Thanksgiving Dinners in the 1950s and 1960s
These intimate snapshots that show the atmosphere of Thanksgiving dinners from the 1950s and 1960s.
40 Vintage Photos of Women from the 1930s
Step back into a decade defined by resilience and refinement, where elegance was not just a style but a way of life. These rare photographs of women from the 1930s give us a glimpse of a world caught between tradition and modernity—moments of quiet grace, bold fashion, and unspoken strength which are preserved in silverContinue reading “40 Vintage Photos of Women from the 1930s”
28 Vintage Photographs That Show San Francisco before the Earthquake in the Early 1900s
42 Breathtaking Color Photos of Scotland in the Victorian Age
The following images show Scottish cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in color. They were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees color manually added to black and white negatives. The process was extremely time-consuming and required painstaking attention to detail, but the result was color postcardsContinue reading “42 Breathtaking Color Photos of Scotland in the Victorian Age”
