A hippie, also spelled as hippy, was a member of the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The word hippie came from hipster and was used to describe beatniks who moved into New York City’s GreenwichContinue reading “60 Amazing Black and White Photographs Captured Youth Culture and Street-Style Fashion in California From 1969 – 1973”
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69 Amazing Photos Showing Berlin in the Aftermath of the Great War in the 1920s
After the devastation of the Great War, cultural life blossomed and reached its heyday in Berlin. The city became the third largest municipality in the world. The city was packed with bars, restaurants, dance halls, cabaret theaters offering risque shows, and huge cinemas with full-sized symphony orchestras providing live musical accompaniment to the silent films.Continue reading “69 Amazing Photos Showing Berlin in the Aftermath of the Great War in the 1920s”
45 Extraordinary Black and White Photographs of London in the 1950s
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) estuary down to the North Sea, it has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, wasContinue reading “45 Extraordinary Black and White Photographs of London in the 1950s”
45 Incredible Photos Showing Victorian Era People at Work.
71 Vintage Photos Showing Moscow in 1960
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 12.4 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 20 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of 2,511Continue reading “71 Vintage Photos Showing Moscow in 1960”
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.
46 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Turn-Of-The-Century New York’s Immigrant Slums
42 Vintage Photos of Life in Paris during the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
50 Amazing Photos of Paris in the Late 1940s and 1950s
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,175,601 residents as of 2018, in an area of more than 105 square kilometres (41 square miles). Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, science, and arts. The CityContinue reading “50 Amazing Photos of Paris in the Late 1940s and 1950s”
58 Rare Color Photos of Life in Paris in 1914
Tired of the endless series of black and white photos that were popular in the day, French banker Albert Kahn decided to do something about it. In 1909, he commissioned four photographers to take their cameras all around the world, and using Autochrome Lumière, to document in color what they saw. One of the citiesContinue reading “58 Rare Color Photos of Life in Paris in 1914”
