America loves its outlaws, but few of us actually dare to live the lifestyle. In 1965, the Hells Angels were little known outside the American West. LIFE photographer Bill Ray spent several weeks in Southern California, photographing and traveling with the San Bernardino chapter of a gang that would soon become notorious for its hedonistic,Continue reading “33 Amazing Photographs Capturing Daily Life of the Hells Angels Biker Gang in California in the 1960s”
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61 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Europe during the Mid-1960s
These recovered Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides were taken by noted photographer William P. Gottlieb in Britain and Scandinavia, 1965-1966.These Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides were recovered from a dumpster, where they had been discard by my neighbor, a retired professional photographer. Labels on the boxes, and their source, indicate that they were taken by William P.Continue reading “61 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Europe during the Mid-1960s”
Amazing Vintage Photos of Life on the Beaches of Pre-War Poland
Before the war, Polish beaches hosted royal families and emperors, as well as the era’s icons of dance and cinema. Kings, emperors, Mata Hari, Marlena Dietrich, and Poland’s own stars of the artistic and political scenes all took to the sandy coast of the Baltic sea, as well as the wilder cliffs of the DniesterContinue reading “Amazing Vintage Photos of Life on the Beaches of Pre-War Poland”
44 Fascinating Color Photographs of Travel Trailers and Motorhomes in the 1950s and ’60s
Modern-day travel trailers trace their origins to gypsy travel wagons and the Conestoga Wagons built to carry settlers across the United States. Created out of Americans’ love for camping and automobiles, the motorhome is born. In 1910 the first motorhome, Pierce-Arrow’s Touring Landau, debuts at Madison Square Garden. A back seat that folds down intoContinue reading “44 Fascinating Color Photographs of Travel Trailers and Motorhomes in the 1950s and ’60s”
28 Rare Photographs of the Romanov Family Years Before Their Execution
At about 1 a.m. on July 17, 1918, in a fortified mansion in the town of Ekaterinburg, in the Ural Mountains, the Romanovs—ex-tsar Nicholas II, ex-tsarina Alexandra, their five children, and their four remaining servants, including the loyal family doctor, Eugene Botkin—were awoken by their Bolshevik captors and told they must dress and gather theirContinue reading “28 Rare Photographs of the Romanov Family Years Before Their Execution”
22 Amazing Vintage Photographs Showing Life in Paris During the 1920s
After the austerity and bloodshed of World War I, France longed for joy and light-heartedness. Pre-war values were rejected as people embraced new lifestyles and new technologies, and discovered a lust for extravagance and partying that had the era named Les Années Folles (the Roaring Twenties, or the ‘mad years’). Cars appeared on the roads;Continue reading “22 Amazing Vintage Photographs Showing Life in Paris During the 1920s”
40 Amazing Photos of Pablo Picasso in His Villa La Californie in the late 1950s
David Douglas Duncan (1916 – 2018) was an American photojournalist who is best known for his dramatic combat photographs. However another really interesting and much more unknown side of him, is the record that he made in 1957 about the intimate life of the great Pablo Picasso in his Villa La Californie in Cannes, France.Continue reading “40 Amazing Photos of Pablo Picasso in His Villa La Californie in the late 1950s”
30 Wonderful Photos Showing Fashion Styles of 1960s Older Couples
A cool photo collection shows what older couples looked like from the 1960s.
15 Classic Photos of New York Moviegoers at the Cinema in the 1940s
Weegee is best known for his images of urban crime, death, and nightlife but these photographs are part of a series Weegee made in New York City theaters in the mid-1940s with infrared film. From bemused children to entwined couples, lonely sleepers to exhilarated teenage girls, this gallery of portraits constitutes a powerful, unique, andContinue reading “15 Classic Photos of New York Moviegoers at the Cinema in the 1940s”
