31 Vintage Snapshots of Young Girls Riding Bicycles in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteHere is a lovely collection of vintage snapshots that captured young girls riding their bicycles in the 1940s.
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Extra! Weegee – Striking Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in New York City in the Late 1930s and Early ’40s
This post was originally published on this siteNo photographer came close to capturing the sensations, scandals, and catastrophes of 1930s and ’40s New York like […]
Vintage Photographs Reveal the Life Inside Manchester’s Notorious Strangeways Prison in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteShot by Bert Hardy in November 1948, these black and white images show prisoners carrying out remedial tasks […]
23 Amazing Vintage Photographs Taken Inside WWII Tank Factories
This post was originally published on this siteThe manufacturing of tanks was a particular priority, as the German army had by far outpaced its adversaries […]
Glasgow Slum in the Late 1940s: 22 Harrowing Photographs Capture Everyday Life of Residents of the Gorbals in 1948
This post was originally published on this siteUp to 40,000 people lived in the notorious Glasgow slum of the Gorbals in the late 1940s. They […]
Beautiful Portraits of Marlene Dietrich Taken by Cornel Lucas While Filming ‘No Highway in the Sky’ in 1948
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographer Cornel Lucas was a pioneer of film portraiture. He made his name shooting studio portraits of film […]
20 Historic Photographs From the AP Images Archive Show the Scene of the WWII Dunkirk’s Evacuation in 1940
This post was originally published on this siteOperation Dynamo, as the rescue operation was called, began on May 27, 1940, after a German pincer advance […]
Before Television: 37 Interesting Photos of People with Their Radios during the Radio Golden Age
This post was originally published on this siteThe old-time radio era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Radio, was an era of radio […]
Coleen Gray: A Pure Beauty of Hollywood Movies From Between the 1940s and 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn Doris Bernice Jensen in Staplehurst, Nebraska, Coleen Gray (1922-2015) was an American actress, best known for her […]
69 Black and White Photos of Everyday Life in Cairo During WWII
This post was originally published on this siteHere is an amazing photo collection that documented everyday life of Cairo, the capital of Egypt during World […]
11 Classic Hollywood Stars Who Had Plastic Surgery
This post was originally published on this siteWhen you look at the famous stars of the classic Hollywood era, do you think they’ve always looked […]
Incredible Photos of Tourists Feeding Bears From Their Cars in Yellowstone National Park From Between the 1940s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteOnce upon a time, bear feeding was as popular (if not more so) than geyser watching in Yellowstone […]
26 Rare Color Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Edinburgh in 1949
This post was originally published on this siteEdinburgh is the capital and the second most populous city of Scotland, also the seventh most populous in […]
Susan Peters Riding Her Monark Bicycle Along the Pacific Palisades at Santa Monica, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteSusan Peters was an Oscar-nominated young actress, being groomed for stardom at MGM, when she was shot in […]
The Hollywood Living Legend: Look at the Beauty of Young Angela Lansbury From Between the 1940s and 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1925 to an upper-middle-class family in Regents Park, central London, British-American-Irish actress Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury has […]
27 Beautiful Photos That Show What Women Wore during the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteHere is a beautiful color photo collection that shows what women wore in the 1940s.
25 Amazing Vintage Photographs Document Everyday Life at the “Alcoholic Haven” Sammy’s Bowery Follies in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1944, LIFE magazine described Sammy’s Bowery Follies as an “alcoholic haven.” The part-local dive, part-tourist trap always […]
Here’s What the Original McDonald’s Menu Looked Like, And It Was Extremely Simple!
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the Golden Arches became world-renowned, the original menu was extremely simple. A McDonald’s menu from 1943 shows […]