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63 Vintage Photos of U.S. Route 30 in 1948
LIFE photographer Allan Grant took these awesome pictures in 1948, three years after the end of World War II. Route 30 connects Omaha, Nebraska, to Salt Lake City, Utah. Grant traveled west through Nebraska and Wyoming which is now known as the Lincoln Highway. For reasons lost to time, none of Grant’s marvelous photos fromContinue reading “63 Vintage Photos of U.S. Route 30 in 1948”
Extraordinarily Candid Vintage Photographs Showing Life in Vienna, Austria During the 1900s and 1910s
Emil Mayer was a Viennese photographer who did most of his work with a hand-camera on the streets of Vienna around the 1910s. Although he was a lawyer by profession, his greatest passion was for photography: he was the long-time president of one of Vienna’s most prominent camera clubs, and by the time of hisContinue reading “Extraordinarily Candid Vintage Photographs Showing Life in Vienna, Austria During the 1900s and 1910s”
15 Fascinating Mugshots Of Criminals From Nebraska during the Late 19th Century
Photography revolutionized crime investigations. Beginning in the mid 1800s, police photographed the faces of known criminals. Called “mug shots” (after the British slang word “mug” meaning “face”) these images replaced drawings and descriptions on wanted posters. Scientists even studied mug shots to see if physical traits could predict criminal behavior. The Nebraska State Penitentiary usedContinue reading “15 Fascinating Mugshots Of Criminals From Nebraska during the Late 19th Century”
36 Amazing Vintage Photos of America During World War 2
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46 Vintage Photos of Lumberjacks Who Felled Big Trees in the Early 20th Century
Rare Photographs Showing Life Aboard Titanic Shortly Before Its Sinking in 1912
The Reverend Francis Patrick Mary Browne (1880-1960) was a distinguished Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best known photographs are those of the RMS Titanic and its passengers and crew taken shortly before its sinking in 1912. In April 1912 he received a present from his uncle: a ticket for the maiden voyage ofContinue reading “Rare Photographs Showing Life Aboard Titanic Shortly Before Its Sinking in 1912”
17 Rare Color Photos Showing Life at the Lodz Ghetto in Poland during the Early 1940s
The Lodz Ghetto was a World War II ghetto established for Polish Jews and Roma following the 1939 invasion of Poland. It was the second-largest ghetto in all of German-occupied Europe after the Warsaw Ghetto. Shown are some rare color photographs that capture daily life at the Lodz Ghetto in 1943.
