These amazing photographs were all taken in the 1840s using the daguerreotype which had just been invented. Images show various people from 1840s New York and bring to life how people looked and dressed in that era. They believed to have been taken by legendary early American photographer Matthew Brady, show a selection of 11Continue reading “Early Portrait Photos Bring Americans From the 1840s to Life After Being Colorized”
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50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1930s Volume 4
31 Imperial Russia Photos That Reveal History In Stunning Color
These haunting color images of Imperial Russia show a world on the verge of revolution and about to change forever. Imperial Russia, one of the largest empires that the world has ever seen, thrived from 1720 all the way until 1917. It stretched across three continents, encompassed diverse lands and people, and crushed Napoleon whenContinue reading “31 Imperial Russia Photos That Reveal History In Stunning Color”
Little Syria: Portraits of Syrian Immigrants in Lower Manhattan in the Early 20 Century
The Chinese have Chinatown. The Italians have Little Italy. And before the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel pummeled its way into Manhattan, people from the Middle East also shared a slice of the city’s history. Little Syria, as it was known, was the cultural hub of America’s first middle eastern immigrant community and it was located just southContinue reading “Little Syria: Portraits of Syrian Immigrants in Lower Manhattan in the Early 20 Century”
45 Fascinating Historical Photos Volume 4
58 Interesting Photographs That Shows Street Scenes of Georgia, USSR During the 1970s
Georgia is a country located in the Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Georgia is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north and east by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. It covers 69,700 square kilometres (26,911 sq mi),Continue reading “58 Interesting Photographs That Shows Street Scenes of Georgia, USSR During the 1970s”
34 Vintage Photos Of New York City In 1978
Manel Armengol was in New York in 1977 and 1978. A year earlier he’d been in Barcelona, where he’d witnessed the hated ‘Grises’ attacking people protesting for ‘Libertat, Amnesty, Estatut d’Autonomia’ (Freedom, Amnesty, Autonomy). New York had its own problems. This was ‘Fear City‘. The Council for Public Safety advised visitors never to leave mid-Town,Continue reading “34 Vintage Photos Of New York City In 1978”
42 Vintage Photos of Romantic Couples From the 1900s and 1910s
48 Vintage Photos Show What Kitchens Were Like in the 1960s
Kitchens are really the heart of the home, and everyone uses them differently. The era of the 1960s was a crazy, eclectic time. Many different styles, influences, and novelties emerged in architecture design. On one hand, you had the elegant, classy and sleek forms from the 1950s and on the other the new colorful, psychedelic,Continue reading “48 Vintage Photos Show What Kitchens Were Like in the 1960s”
37 Photographs of the Seaside Resort at New Brighton, England in the 1980s
New Brighton is a seaside resort in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, at the northeastern tip of the Wirral peninsula. It has sandy beaches which line the Irish Sea and mouth of the Mersey, and the UK’s longest promenade. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,859. (Photos: © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos)
