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Fotomat Drive-Through Kiosks: Remember Those Little Photo Processing Booths in the Parking Lot?

May 16, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBefore the digital camera and social media, drive-thru Fotomat booths provided the best way to print memories on […]

Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Detroit After the Riot 1967

May 6, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1967 Detroit Riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot or Detroit Rebellion, was the bloodiest of […]

50 Fascinating Photos of the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909

April 23, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world’s fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the […]

In the 1950s and 1960s, Fallout Shelters Came to Be a Safety Feature in Many Homes in America

April 4, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePart of American culture since 1949, fallout shelters were inspired by fear of nuclear attack; and their subsequent […]

30 Vintage Photos Captured Barrington Buildings in the Late 1940s

March 25, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBarrington is a village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois, United States. A northwest suburb of Chicago, […]

“Step-Back” Skyscrapers and Street, From Above, New York City, ca. 1928

March 14, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteManhattan in the 1920s was a dynamically changing landscape that embodied the term Modernism at every turn. Photographers […]

Pyramid Apartment House, 1940

March 8, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEvery tenant has an outside apartment in a pyramid-shaped house designed by Edwin A. Koch, New York architect, […]

40 Amazing Photos of 17th and 18th Century Buildings in Eastern Massachusetts

March 3, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of late 19th century photographs from Boston Public Library that shows 17th and 18th century buildings […]

Tenement Housing, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, 1912

January 26, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis tenement block is 260 to 268 Elizabeth Street, a street in Manhattan, New York City. This area […]

Conversational Pits of the 1960s and 1970s

January 18, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteConversation pits were typically accessed by a small staircase and filled with modular seating that could be arranged […]

50 Amazing Magic Lantern Slides of Gardens in the U.S From the 1910s

January 14, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing magic lantern slides from The Library of Congress were taken by American photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston […]

Grindhouse and Adult Theatres: Fascinating Snapshots of New York’s Old 42nd Street From the Late 1980s to Early 1990s

January 11, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was, however, […]

33 Amazing Photos of a Berlin House in the Late 1940s

December 22, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHere is an album of amazing photos that was scanned by Jack Salen, inherited from Helga Salen (Helga […]

The First Beamless Steel Building, 1942

December 8, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMade entirely of “dished” plates of steel only 3/16 of an inch thick, this building was put up […]

36 Stunning Kodachrome Slides of the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair

November 15, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteExpo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair, was a world’s fair held on the Heysel/Heizel […]

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905 Feet High During the Construction of the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, 1929

October 27, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site905 feet (275 meters) high! Final steelworks completed on Bank of Manhattan, World’s highest building. The cameraman was […]

Stunning Autochromes of the Black Forest in 1910 Germany

September 24, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in south-west Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, bounded […]

Pissoirs: 20 Fascinating Photos of the Vintage Public Urinals in 19th Century Paris

September 17, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteParis in the 19th century was as notorious for its noxious odors as it was for revolutionary riots. […]

45 Vintage Photos Capture Nelson Houses in the Early 1930s

September 15, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the […]

30 Vintage Photos of the New York Central Railroad Properties at Ashtabula, Ohio in 1924

September 8, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEstablished in 1853, the New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and […]

Amazing Photos of the Woolworth Building Construction in New York City From the Early 1910s

September 3, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing photos from New York Public Library that show the construction of the Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, […]

Beautiful Kodachrome Slides of the 1939 New York World’s Fair

August 10, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1939–40 New York World’s Fair was a world’s fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New […]

Your Beautiful Home on a Budget, 1974

August 3, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“Your Beautiful Home on a Budget: How to Create Style on a Shoestring” was a home decorating book […]

35 Amazing Photos of New York in the 1930s by Samuel Gottscho

July 26, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSamuel Herman Gottscho (1875–1971) was an American architectural, landscape, and nature photographer. He was born in Brooklyn in […]

House for the Atomic Age, 1953

July 22, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1953, a swimming pool that became an automatic decontamination bath during an A-bomb attack was one of […]

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