55 Vintage Photos of New York City During the 1890s

New York, often called New York City to distinguish it from New York State, or NYC for short, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.Continue reading “55 Vintage Photos of New York City During the 1890s”

62 Amazing Vintage Photos of Los Angeles in 1977-1978

Los Angeles, commonly referred to by the initialism L.A., is the largest city in California. With a 2020 population of 3,898,747, it is the second-largest city in the United States. Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, Hollywood entertainment industry and sprawling metropolitan area. Los Angeles lies in a basinContinue reading “62 Amazing Vintage Photos of Los Angeles in 1977-1978”

35 Amazing Portraits of Ireland and The Irish At The Turn of The 19th Century

Ireland in the late 19th Century was all boulders, rocks, pigs, plus fours, mud and stoicism. Well, it is if these photographs of the period are our guide. For people of great wit, anecdote and gab, the subjects look remarkably glum. You can detect a hint of merriment in the eyes of the cricket team,Continue reading “35 Amazing Portraits of Ireland and The Irish At The Turn of The 19th Century”

37 Vintage Photos of Alaska Natives From the Late 19th to the Early 20th Centuries

Alaska Natives or Alaskan Natives are indigenous peoples of Alaska, United States and include: Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. They are often defined by their language groups. Many Alaska Natives are enrolled in federally recognized Alaska Native tribal entities, who in turn belong to 13 AlaskaContinue reading “37 Vintage Photos of Alaska Natives From the Late 19th to the Early 20th Centuries”

20 Amazing Mugshots of American Women in the 1960s

The police mugshot photograph was developed as early as the mid-nineteenth century, and it has since developed as an iconic photographic type in its own right. Formulaic and recognized the world over, it was developed when the Victorian fascination of labelling and categorizing of people was at its height. Remarkably, the mugshot photograph has changedContinue reading “20 Amazing Mugshots of American Women in the 1960s”

46 Amazing Portrait Photos of English People From the 1850s

The ambrotype, also known as a collodion positive in the UK, is a positive photograph on glass made by a variant of the wet plate collodion process. Like a print on paper, it is viewed by reflected light. Like the daguerreotype, which it replaced, and like the prints produced by a Polaroid camera, each isContinue reading “46 Amazing Portrait Photos of English People From the 1850s”

60 Remarkable Photos of Life in Barcelona, Spain during the Early 1960s

Barcelona is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of BarcelonaContinue reading “60 Remarkable Photos of Life in Barcelona, Spain during the Early 1960s”

37 Amazing Photos Showing Life on Native American Reservations in Arizona in the Early 1970s

With camera in hand, photographer Terry Eiler ventured into Arizona’s stark northeast corner in the early summer of 1972. Hired by the Environmental Protection Agency, he was instructed to document how much the nation’s growing environmental concerns were impacting the Navajo community — a society that was often missed on the country’s radar. His imagesContinue reading “37 Amazing Photos Showing Life on Native American Reservations in Arizona in the Early 1970s”