Introduced in 1935 as the first modern color film, Kodachrome was used extensively after World War II by amateur photographers equipped with the new high-quality and low cost 35mm cameras. Americans in Kodachrome 1945-1965 is an unprecedented portrayal of the daily life of the people during these formative years of modern American culture. It isContinue reading “25 Vintage Photos Showing Life in America From Between the 1940s and 1960s”
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25 Amazing Photos Showing Life at the Powder Ridge Rock Festival, 1970
“Woodstock was a pale pot scene. This is a heavy hallucinogens scene.”The Powder Ridge Rock Festival was scheduled to be held July 31, August 1 and August 2, 1970 at Powder Ridge Ski Area in Middlefield, Connecticut. A legal injunction forced the event to be canceled, keeping the musicians away; but a crowd of 30,000Continue reading “25 Amazing Photos Showing Life at the Powder Ridge Rock Festival, 1970”
40 Amazing Vintage Photos of Beautiful Young Women Taken During the 1920s
45 Fascinating Black and White Photos of San Francisco in 1943
Here’s a collection of interesting black and white photographs of daily life in San Francisco during wartime. All photographs were taken by LIFE photographer Meith Hagel in 1943.
46 Amazing Photos Showing Life at Restaurants and Stores in Norfolk, Virginia in 1919
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach. Norfolk is located at the core of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, named for the large natural harbor of the same name located at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.Continue reading “46 Amazing Photos Showing Life at Restaurants and Stores in Norfolk, Virginia in 1919”
31 Amazing Photos That Show Street Life in New York City in the 1940s
Fred Stein (1909-1967) was an early pioneer of the hand-held camera who became a gifted street photographer in Paris and New York after he was forced to flee his native Germany by the Nazi threat in the early 1930s. He explored the new creative possibilities of photography, capturing spontaneous scenes from life on the street.Continue reading “31 Amazing Photos That Show Street Life in New York City in the 1940s”
38 Amazing Photos Showing Everyday Life of People in Their Houses during the Victorian and Edwardian Eras
The economic transformations of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century brought about further changes in men’s and women’s roles. Work was less likely to be done in the home, as fewer and fewer Americans lived on farms, and men left the home to work in offices and factories. Men assumed sole responsibility for theContinue reading “38 Amazing Photos Showing Everyday Life of People in Their Houses during the Victorian and Edwardian Eras”
47 Vintage Photos Showing Young People During the 1970s
30 Amazing Color Photos Showing Life in America Just After WWII
When World War II ended, the United States was in better economic shape. Building on the economic base left after the war, American society became more affluent in the postwar years than most Americans could have imagined in their wildest dreams before or during the war. These Kodachrome slides show life of the US inContinue reading “30 Amazing Color Photos Showing Life in America Just After WWII”
48 Wonderful Historic Photos of Portland Oregon During the 1910s
Portland is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Northwestern Oregon. As of 2020, Portland had a population of 652,503,Continue reading “48 Wonderful Historic Photos of Portland Oregon During the 1910s”
