The 1980s were a time of turmoil and upheaval for Liverpool. Unemployment and economic instability led to widespread disquiet, culminating in public shows of resistance such as the 1981 Toxteth Riots. Liverpool also elected its first Labour council in 1983, who promised to stand up for what they saw as unjust cuts under the ThatcherContinue reading “Poignant Photos of Liverpool in the 1980s”
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23 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Chicago Night Clubs’ Scene From the Mid-1970s
Between 1975 and 1977, sometimes five nights a week, photographer Michael Abramson traveled from his northern Chicago suburb to the South Side, rambling from nighttime hotspots like Perv’s House and the Five Fingers Social Club to the High Chaparral and the New Jazz Showcase Lounge. Shooting upwards of half a dozen rolls of film aContinue reading “23 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Chicago Night Clubs’ Scene From the Mid-1970s”
30 Vintage Photos of New Year’s Eve Celebrations From Between the 1930s and 1950s
A barman on duty at Hector’s Devonshire Restaurant in London on New Years Eve is seen preparing a cocktail. 1930. New Year’s Eve celebrations are as old as the holiday itself, and it’s hard to believe that we’re so deep into the 21st century already. In the Gregorian calendar, New Year’s Eve in many countries,Continue reading “30 Vintage Photos of New Year’s Eve Celebrations From Between the 1930s and 1950s”
Vintage Photos of People Greeting the New Year from 100 Years ago
A New Year cheerful company, making music, drinking beer and smoking, ca. 1890s A New Year’s party, ca. 1910s Friends on New Year’s Eve, Grindelwald, Switzerland, 1909 Happy New Year 1899 Happy New Year 1902 Happy New Year 1904 Happy New Year 1907 Happy New Year 1908 Happy New Year 1908 Happy New Year 1912Continue reading “Vintage Photos of People Greeting the New Year from 100 Years ago”
Amazing Vintage Photographs of People at Home From the 1900s
A typical Edwardian interior was something new and cheerful. Fresh and light colors composed most of the interiors in this period. It saw the beginning of a deviation from the formal to informal. Furnitures started being made of bamboo and wicker. They were made in various styles which included baroque, rococo and empire. Modern creativityContinue reading “Amazing Vintage Photographs of People at Home From the 1900s”
30 Wonderful Photographs That Show Everyday Life in Italy During the 1960s
Amazing Black and White Photos of Gärdet Music Festival in 1970
The party at Gärdet, Gärdesfesten or Gärdetfestivalen was a free music festival that was arranged at Gärdet in Stockholm on two occasions during the year 1970. The first party at Gärdet was organized between 12 and 14 June 1970, inspired by the Monterey Pop Festival and the Woodstock Festival as a cultural-political manifestation. The festivalContinue reading “Amazing Black and White Photos of Gärdet Music Festival in 1970”
Vintage Photographs of Birmingham, England in the 1960s
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. In the last 200 years, from a market town of Warwickshire, Birmingham has risen into the fastest-growing city of the 19th century, spurred on by a combination of civic investment, scientific achievement, commercial innovation and by a steady influx of migrant workers intoContinue reading “Vintage Photographs of Birmingham, England in the 1960s”
Vintage Photos of London in the 1970s
These evocative snapshots of London were taken by Swedish tourist Mats Örn in 1971 and 1977. They reveal what the capital city looked like in this bygone era, which is well known for being a time of cultural and political change – especially due to high inflation levels, IRA bomb threats, widespread trade union strikesContinue reading “Vintage Photos of London in the 1970s”
The Photography of Heinrich Kühn
Heinrich Kühn, originally Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn (25 February 1866 – 14 September 1944) was an Austrian–German photographer and photography pioneer. The grandson of a sculptor, Heinrich Kühn initially used photography to aid his medical studies. He gave up medicine for art around 1890 but spent much of his life pursuing technical research into newContinue reading “The Photography of Heinrich Kühn”
