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19 Vintage Photos Showing What First Class Air Travel Looked Like in the 1930s

Flying was very expensive. Most people still rode trains or buses for intercity travel. Only business travelers and the wealthy could afford to fly. America’s airline industry expanded rapidly, from carrying only 6,000 passengers in 1930 to more than 450,000 by 1934, to 1.2 million by 1938. Still, only a tiny fraction of the travelingContinue reading “19 Vintage Photos Showing What First Class Air Travel Looked Like in the 1930s”

30 Amazing Photos of Female Partisans and Resistance Fighters During World War II

Role of women in organized opposition to the German occupiers of France and the Vichy Regime during World War II. The French Resistance, in which women played an integral role, consisted of various forms of opposition to Nazi and pro-Nazi rule in occupied and Vichy France during World War II. Resistance against the Nazis andContinue reading “30 Amazing Photos of Female Partisans and Resistance Fighters During World War II”

73 Vintage Photos of Edinburgh, Scotland During the 1950s

Edinburgh in the 1950s was a very different place. After the ravages of war, the International Festival and Military Tattoo was introduced as an antidote to post-war austerity, the new Civic Survey and Plan put forward grandiose recommendations for change, and a new young Queen visited the city. This was a time when slum housingContinue reading “73 Vintage Photos of Edinburgh, Scotland During the 1950s”

Amazing Drive-In Photos Offer a Glimpse Into the Era of Dining in One’s Car

A drive-in is a facility (such as a restaurant or movie theater) where one can drive in with an automobile for service. At a drive-in restaurant, for example, customers park their vehicles and are usually served by staff who walk or rollerskate out to take orders and return with food, encouraging diners to remain parkedContinue reading “Amazing Drive-In Photos Offer a Glimpse Into the Era of Dining in One’s Car”

28 Historic Pictures Showing Life in Dublin, Ireland During the 19th Century

Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster on Ireland’s east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey. Dublin is one of the top thirty cities in the world, and is a historical and contemporary centre for education, the arts, administration, economy and industry. Take aContinue reading “28 Historic Pictures Showing Life in Dublin, Ireland During the 19th Century”

25 Vintage Photos Showing a Drive-in Church in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1947

These photographs of a drive-in church in St. Petersburg, Florida circa 1947 were taken by photographer Sam Shere for a feature in LIFE magazine that never got published. The photographs give us a peek into a very different era. St. Petersburg still has a drive-in church today, but without the impressive line-up of classic cars.Continue reading “25 Vintage Photos Showing a Drive-in Church in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1947”

52 Incredible Photos of Paris Taken by Robert Doisneau in the 1940s and 1950s

Robert Doisneau was born in 1922 in Gentilly, a suburb of Paris. He becames a camera assistant at André Vigneau’s studio in 1931, where he discovers artistic outlets that will spur him on. The four years he spent working for the advertising department of Renault car maker, from where he was fired for repeated lateness,Continue reading “52 Incredible Photos of Paris Taken by Robert Doisneau in the 1940s and 1950s”