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45 Stunning Photos of Barbara Eden in the 1960s

Born 1931 as Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona, American film, stage, and television actress, and singer Barbara Eden is best known for her starring role of “Jeannie” in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965). Eden has starred in more than 20 theatrical feature films and made for television films. Atleast four different movieContinue reading “45 Stunning Photos of Barbara Eden in the 1960s”

27 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life in Brooklyn in 1946

Brooklyn is big. If it were its own city, and not part of Gotham, its 2.5 million residents would make up the fourth largest metropolis in the United States. Brooklyn covers almost a hundred square miles of intensely varied terrain, from the beaches of Coney Island and Sea Gate to the brownstones of Park SlopeContinue reading “27 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Life in Brooklyn in 1946”

40 Vintage Photos That Shows Everyday Life in Bangkok, Thailand in the 1960s

Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand. The city grew rapidly during the 1960s through the 1980s and now exerts a significant impact on Thailand’s politics, economy, education, media and modern society. The cityContinue reading “40 Vintage Photos That Shows Everyday Life in Bangkok, Thailand in the 1960s”

34 Incredible Photos of People Drinking Beer in the Years Before Prohibition Took Effect in 1920

Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Before it, these old pictures that captured people drinking beer in the early 20th century.

48 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Berlin in 1946

When Hitler was defeated by the Allies in World War II, he left behind almost no post-war plans. It had been tantamount to treason under the Nazi regime to even mention the possibility of defeat, and by the end, practically every single resource available had been poured into the war effort. What remained after Germany’sContinue reading “48 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Berlin in 1946”

50 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Paris During the 1950s

Born 1920 in the Amsterdam working-class district called ‘de Jordaan’, Dutch photographer Kees Scherer began working as a freelance photographer and reached the pinnacle of photojournalism with high-profile reports about the flood disaster in the province of Zeeland (1953) and the Hungarian uprising (1956), shortly after WWII. Scherer initiated World Press Photo in 1955 withContinue reading “50 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Paris During the 1950s”

44 Vintage Photographs of Bathing Machines From the Victorian Era

The bathing machine was a device, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, to allow people to change out of their usual clothes, possibly change into swimwear and then wade in the ocean at beaches. Bathing machines were roofed and walled wooden carts rolled into the sea. Some had solid wooden walls; others had canvasContinue reading “44 Vintage Photographs of Bathing Machines From the Victorian Era”