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40 Amazing B&W Photos Capture the Black Experience in 1940s South Side Chicago
27 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life in Brooklyn in 1946
Brooklyn is big. If it were its own city, and not part of Gotham, its 2.5 million residents would make up the fourth largest metropolis in the United States. Brooklyn covers almost a hundred square miles of intensely varied terrain, from the beaches of Coney Island and Sea Gate to the brownstones of Park SlopeContinue reading “27 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life in Brooklyn in 1946”
30 Amazing Vintage Photos of Big Hair During the 1960s
In the 1960s there was one hair motto: “bigger is better!” Some were really able to pull off the big hair like Dolly Parton, Priscilla Presley or Brigitte Bardot, but for others maybe a few of these 1960s hairdos are better left forgotten. A lot of hairspray was needed to keep these in place. SleepingContinue reading “30 Amazing Vintage Photos of Big Hair During the 1960s”
40 Vintage Photos That Shows Everyday Life in Bangkok, Thailand in the 1960s
Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand. The city grew rapidly during the 1960s through the 1980s and now exerts a significant impact on Thailand’s politics, economy, education, media and modern society. The cityContinue reading “40 Vintage Photos That Shows Everyday Life in Bangkok, Thailand in the 1960s”
31 Vintage Baseball Photos
30 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Barcelona’s Red-light District During the 1950s and 1960s
34 Incredible Photos of People Drinking Beer in the Years Before Prohibition Took Effect in 1920
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Before it, these old pictures that captured people drinking beer in the early 20th century.
44 Amazing Photos of The Beatles at the Premiere of the Animated Film ‘Yellow Submarine’ in London, 1968
48 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Berlin in 1946
When Hitler was defeated by the Allies in World War II, he left behind almost no post-war plans. It had been tantamount to treason under the Nazi regime to even mention the possibility of defeat, and by the end, practically every single resource available had been poured into the war effort. What remained after Germany’sContinue reading “48 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Berlin in 1946”
