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30 Amazing Vintage Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York During the Early 20th Century

True, the streets don’t look as festive, and store facades aren’t as decked out as they are today. But in terms of the crowds, the vendors, and all the kids captivated by toy displays, holiday shopping in New York City hasn’t really changed much in the past century, as these photos from abut 1910 reveal.Continue reading “30 Amazing Vintage Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York During the Early 20th Century”

30 Rare Historical Photos Showing 1910s Imperial Russia In Glorious Color

Given how many historical photos are video are shot in black and white, many of us can forget that the past was also in full color – we just don’t get to see it. However, these photos of Russia in the beginning of the 20th century by photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky give us a rare glimpseContinue reading “30 Rare Historical Photos Showing 1910s Imperial Russia In Glorious Color”

56 Incredible Photos Of Hippies in San Francisco during The 1960s

A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in UK English, was a member of the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The word hippie came from hipster and was used to describe beatniks who moved into NewContinue reading “56 Incredible Photos Of Hippies in San Francisco during The 1960s”

56 Amazing Colorized Photos From the Past

The ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) image colorization were recently brought to public attention when several historical images were altered using digital algorithms. Irish artist Matt Loughrey digitally colorized and added smiles to photos of tortured prisoners from Security Prison 21 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which was used by the Khmer Rouge from 1975Continue reading “56 Amazing Colorized Photos From the Past”

44 Amazing Photos of Pennsylvania Weddings From Between the 1920s and 1930s

These glass negatives are wedding photos that were captured in the Lehighton, Packerton and Jim Thorp (Mauch Chunk), Pennsylvania area by photographer Ephraim E. Rinker (1886-1950) from between the 1920s and 1930s.

68 Wonderful Vintage Photos of People Having Tea Together in the Early 20th Century

Whilst the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China and was popularised in England during the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza, it was not until the mid 19th century that the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared. Traditional afternoon teaContinue reading “68 Wonderful Vintage Photos of People Having Tea Together in the Early 20th Century”

40 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Paris in 1941

“For Parisians the Seine is a compass, a way to know where you are,” said art historian Marina Ferretti.France had a relatively easier time under German occupation during World War II. That is because Hitler did not consider West Europeans as ‘Untermenschen’. The infamous German brutality was reserved for the Russians. These images were takenContinue reading “40 Amazing Photos Showing Life in Paris in 1941”