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40 Vintage Photographs That Show Life in Marken, Netherlands during the Early 20th Century
Marken is a village in the Waterland and Zaan Region, North Holland, Netherlands on a peninsula in the IJsselmeer lake. It is known for its characteristic wooden houses and traditional costumes. It used to be an island in the former Zuiderzee, but is now connected to the mainland by a causeway. For some time duringContinue reading “40 Vintage Photographs That Show Life in Marken, Netherlands during the Early 20th Century”
41 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life of Native Americans in Western Canada during the Early 1930s
Between 1928 and 1934, the French-American anthropologist, artist, and writer Paul Coze (1903-1974) made four trips across western Canada collecting ethnographic objects for the Musée d’Ethnographie (Trocadero) in Paris and the Heye Foundation in New York. An ardent admirer of Native American cultures, Coze helped organize the Cercle Wakanda, a group of Parisian “Indian hobbyists”Continue reading “41 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life of Native Americans in Western Canada during the Early 1930s”
47 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Newlyweds From the 1950s
44 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Massachussetts During the 1900s
Massachusetts was an amazing place in the early 20th century. From bustling cities to quiet rural communities and even historic landmarks, these vintage photos show just how different life in this state was in the early 1900s.
28 Amazing Portrait Photographs of Musicians From the Mid-19th Century
These amazing photographs that captured portraits of musicians in the 1850s and 1860s.
46 Haunting Portraits Of 19th Century Mental Asylum Patients
36 Wonderful Vintage Photos of Newlyweds in the 1970s
17 Wonderful Photos Showing Fun at Rockaway Beach, New York, 1950
Rockaway Beach is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is bounded by Arverne to the east and Rockaway Park to the west. It is named for Rockaway Beach, which is the largest urban beach in the United States, stretching for miles along the Rockaway PeninsulaContinue reading “17 Wonderful Photos Showing Fun at Rockaway Beach, New York, 1950”
