Images of preparations for the Christmas season at Macy’s—then, at one million square feet, the biggest store in the world—bespeak a highly orchestrated operation relying upon 14,000 employees to ready 400,000 items to be swept off of shelves by 250,000 eager shoppers. Macy’s (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain founded inContinue reading “17 Vintage Photos Showing Macy’s Preparations for the Christmas Season in 1948”
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38 Vintage Photos Showing Older Couples on Christmas Day in the 1950s and 1960s
30 Rare Vintage Photographs That Show What the Texas-Mexico Border Looked Like in the Late 1930s
50+ Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 1
60 Gorgeous Vintage Photos of Actress Anne Francis in the 1950s
Anne Francis (September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) got into show business quite early in life. She was born Ann Marvak on September 16, 1930 in Ossining, New York, the only child of Phillip Marvak, a businessman/salesman, and the former Edith Francis. A natural little beauty, she became a John Robert Powers model atContinue reading “60 Gorgeous Vintage Photos of Actress Anne Francis in the 1950s”
48 Wonderful Photos of People With Their Pets During Christmas in the 1950s and 1960s
23 Interesting Photos Showing Street Scenes of Vancouver From Between the 1950s and 1970s
Fred Herzog was born in Germany in 1930. Immigrating to Canada in 1952, he took odd jobs wherever he could find them. He rented a place at a rooming house, which is where he met Ferro Shelley Marincowitz, a South African who also happened to be a medical photographer. Herzog had an interest in photography;Continue reading “23 Interesting Photos Showing Street Scenes of Vancouver From Between the 1950s and 1970s”
35 Vintage Photos of Life in Puerto Rico in the Late 1930s & early 1940s.(1938-1942)
Puerto Rico (Spanish for ‘Rich Port’; abbreviated PR; Taino: Boriken, Borinquen), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. ‘Free Associated State of Puerto Rico’) is a Caribbean island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km)Continue reading “35 Vintage Photos of Life in Puerto Rico in the Late 1930s & early 1940s.(1938-1942)”
35 Amazing Photos of People With Their Record Players in the 1950s
Rock and roll began in the 1950s and people wanted to listen to the latest hits on a cheap, portable record player. Record players, though, were often not cheap, amounting to several months of saving, but nevertheless many people made the sacrifice. These cool pictures that captured people with their record players in the 1950s.
17 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Christmas on London’s Streets in the Past
There’s so much tradition to pack into December that it’s no wonder Christmas seems to start before autumn does these days. London has always been crazy for Christmas, though – just check out the gallery below, which shows the city in festive trim from the past.
