Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located at the east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both theContinue reading “42 Amazing Photos Show Life in Cuba in 1981”
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20 Interesting Photos Showing Daytona Bike Week in 1980
For a brief period of time before the over-commercialized vendor spectacle its now become, Daytona Bike Week included a wide variety of spectator activities that revolved around racing – any way, anytime, anywhere. The sand drags were tolerated by the community of Daytona Shores, while at the Cabbage Patch racing for pinks was a catContinue reading “20 Interesting Photos Showing Daytona Bike Week in 1980”
50 Vintage Photos Showing Everyday Life in Canada During the Early 20th Century
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the UnitedContinue reading “50 Vintage Photos Showing Everyday Life in Canada During the Early 20th Century”
17 Vintage Photos of American Teenagers in the 1950s
In June 1954, LIFE magazine published an article titled “The Luckiest Generation” that, revisited 60 years later, feels like an almost perfect snapshot of a certain segment of American society at a particular moment in the nation’s history… (Photos by Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
28 Interesting Photos of Seoul, South Korea in the Late 1970s
Seoul, officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. It is considered to be a global cityContinue reading “28 Interesting Photos of Seoul, South Korea in the Late 1970s”
Wonderful Photographs of Shopping Malls in America During the 1950s & 1960s
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term “mall” originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refer to the walkway itself which was merely bordered by such shops), but inContinue reading “Wonderful Photographs of Shopping Malls in America During the 1950s & 1960s”
38 Vintage Photos Showing San Francisco During the 1950s & 1960s
San Francisco (Spanish for “Saint Francis”), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a cultural, commercial, and financial center in the U.S. state of California. Located in Northern California, San Francisco is the 17th most populous city proper in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 873,965 residents asContinue reading “38 Vintage Photos Showing San Francisco During the 1950s & 1960s”
50 Vintage Photos of People With Their Cameras During the 1950s and 1960s
Photography was a popular hobby in the 1950s and ’60s. Many people owned a basic camera, often a box Brownie, made by Kodak with which they would take snaps of their holidays and of family events. The basic snapshot camera evolved through the 1950s and ’60s. Kodak was a pioneer. Their Instamatic introduced in theContinue reading “50 Vintage Photos of People With Their Cameras During the 1950s and 1960s”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 9
24 Vintage Color Photos Showing Life in Germany During the 1950s and 1960s
It was no more than eight years after the surrender of the Nazi government when Josef Heinrich Darchinger set out on his photographic journey through the West of a divided Germany. The bombs of World War II had reduced the country’s major cities to deserts of rubble. Yet his pictures show scarcely any signs ofContinue reading “24 Vintage Color Photos Showing Life in Germany During the 1950s and 1960s”
