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38 Amazing Photos Showing Everyday Life of People in Their Houses during the Victorian and Edwardian Eras
The economic transformations of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century brought about further changes in men’s and women’s roles. Work was less likely to be done in the home, as fewer and fewer Americans lived on farms, and men left the home to work in offices and factories. Men assumed sole responsibility for theContinue reading “38 Amazing Photos Showing Everyday Life of People in Their Houses during the Victorian and Edwardian Eras”
47 Vintage Photos Showing Young People During the 1970s
30 Amazing Color Photos Showing Life in America Just After WWII
When World War II ended, the United States was in better economic shape. Building on the economic base left after the war, American society became more affluent in the postwar years than most Americans could have imagined in their wildest dreams before or during the war. These Kodachrome slides show life of the US inContinue reading “30 Amazing Color Photos Showing Life in America Just After WWII”
48 Wonderful Historic Photos of Portland Oregon During the 1910s
Portland is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Northwestern Oregon. As of 2020, Portland had a population of 652,503,Continue reading “48 Wonderful Historic Photos of Portland Oregon During the 1910s”
21 Vintage Photographs of People Reading Newspapers Before the Invention of The Smartphone
We’ve all heard our parents say it; “Look up from your phone every once in a while”, “Hey, talk to me don’t text”, “why are you being so anti-social on your phone?” Not only our cellphones, but also our laptops, televisions, creations like Facebook and other social media platforms. Are all of these inventions andContinue reading “21 Vintage Photographs of People Reading Newspapers Before the Invention of The Smartphone”
40 Remarkable Photographs Capturing Everyday Life Along the Banks of the Seine River, Paris in 1941
“For Parisians the Seine is a compass, a way to know where you are,” said art historian Marina Ferretti.France had a relatively easier time under German occupation during World War II. That is because Hitler did not consider West Europeans as ‘Untermenschen’. The infamous German brutality was reserved for the Russians. These images were takenContinue reading “40 Remarkable Photographs Capturing Everyday Life Along the Banks of the Seine River, Paris in 1941”
20 Amazing Vintage Photographs of Pablo Picasso in His Studios From the 1940s to the 1960s
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, theContinue reading “20 Amazing Vintage Photographs of Pablo Picasso in His Studios From the 1940s to the 1960s”
