“A great, wicked and quite extraordinary city” was how, in 1947, LIFE described Shanghai. In 1947, four million people had made the City their residence (today, that number is 26 million). It seemed that at any one time, a very substantial proportion of the population was on the Shanghai streets. “The traffic has become aContinue reading “Street Life of Shanghai in 1947”
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Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I
When the First World War broke out, the era of the horse bus drew to a close. London’s largest bus operator, the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC), had replaced all its horse buses with motor buses in 1911 and 1912. A few other bus operators continued to use horses until August 1914. These new vehicles,Continue reading “Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I”
Life and Love on the New York City Subway Captured by a Young Stanley Kubrick During the 1940s
100 Interesting Color Photographs That Show Everyday Life in the United States During the 1950s
50 Amazing Vintage Photos from the 1930s Volume 1
25 Wonderful Vintage Color Photographs of Streets of Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s
35 Amazing Black and White Photographs Showing Street Scenes in America During the 1930s
Fascinating Story Behind the Last Photo of the Titanic Before the Sinking, April 1912
Incredible Vintage Photos of Indiana Railroad Disasters in the Early 20th Century
Wooden railroads, called wagonways, were built in the United States starting from the 1720s. Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the industrial revolution in the Northeast (1810–1850) to the settlement of the West (1850–1890). The American railroad mania began with the founding of the first passenger and freightContinue reading “Incredible Vintage Photos of Indiana Railroad Disasters in the Early 20th Century”
Vintage Photos Show the First Class Carriages of the Great Western Railway in the Late 1930s
Drinking in a Great Western Railway buffet bar, September 1938. In 1832 it became clear that Bristol simply had to be connected to London. A group of businessmen got together and turned to one of Britain’s greatest engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The go-ahead was given in 1835 and the story of the Great Western RailwayContinue reading “Vintage Photos Show the First Class Carriages of the Great Western Railway in the Late 1930s”
