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40 Remarkable Photographs Capturing Everyday Life Along the Banks of the Seine River, Paris in 1941

“For Parisians the Seine is a compass, a way to know where you are,” said art historian Marina Ferretti.France had a relatively easier time under German occupation during World War II. That is because Hitler did not consider West Europeans as ‘Untermenschen’. The infamous German brutality was reserved for the Russians. These images were takenContinue reading “40 Remarkable Photographs Capturing Everyday Life Along the Banks of the Seine River, Paris in 1941”

42 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Manhattan in 1936

Manhattan is one of the five Boroughs of New York City, made up of Manhattan Island and bounded by rivers. It is the cultural, financial, media, governmental, and retail center of New York City. The area that is now Manhattan was long inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans. At the turn of the 20th centuryContinue reading “42 Amazing Vintage Photos Showing Manhattan in 1936”

18 Interesting Vintage Photos Showing Kids Playing on the Streets of New York City in the 1940s

These interesting black and white photos below were taken by LIFE photographer Ralph Morse around streets of New York City in June, 1947… (Photos by Ralph Morse/ LIFE archives)

27 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Boston During the 1950s

Although he was born and raised in New York City, American space physicist Jules Aarons (1921-2008) spent the majority of his life in the Boston area. He was known for his study of radio-wave propagation, and a photographer known for his street photography in Boston. Aarons first became interested in photography as a youth, takingContinue reading “27 Vintage Photos Showing Life in Boston During the 1950s”

80 Amazing Photos of Shanghai, China between 1947 & 1949

Shipping out to China in December 1947 with three ten-year-old German cameras and a plum assignment from LIFE magazine, Jack Birns was fulfilling a boyhood dream. The reality was something else: refugees and prostitutes, soldiers and beggars, street executions and urban protests photographed in difficult and often dangerous circumstances amidst the poverty, corruption, and chaosContinue reading “80 Amazing Photos of Shanghai, China between 1947 & 1949”