Photographs of Summer Tourists on the Acropolis in Athens in the Early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1983–84, American photographer Tod Papageorge spent a month each summer on the Acropolis in Athens, capturing the […]
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Stunning Photos of Tokyo and Yokosuka From the Late 1970s to Early 1980s Taken by Greg Girard
This post was originally published on this siteThe photographs in this collection are about the Tokyo that Greg Girard was living in from 1976-1983. It […]
30 Fascinating Photos of Junction City, Oregon in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteJunction City is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 5,392 at the 2010 […]
Inside the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, New York in 1938
This post was originally published on this siteFor all of the lighthearted and often downright frivolous material that appeared in LIFE through the years, the […]
30 Vintage Photos Show What Bedrooms Looked Like in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteMoving through the decades, the trends of the 1960s brought a whimsical style to modern furniture. Bright, psychedelic […]
40 Vintage Portrait Photos of American Office Workers in the Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1970s, the formal dress code started to shift within office wear and created a big change […]
31 Gorgeous Photos of Paris Taken by Eugène Atget
This post was originally published on this siteEugène Atget was an early French photographer who captured images of the rapidly disappearing elements of Paris during […]
50 Fascinating Black and White Photographs Capture Street Scenes of Paris in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteAs romantic as it might appear in some of the defining images of the decade, life wasn’t always […]
Amazing Photos of Meskwaki Portraits Taken by Josephine Wallace in 1925
This post was originally published on this siteThe Meskwaki Settlement is an unincorporated community in Tama County, Iowa, United States, west of Tama. This was […]
Impressive Color Photos of Kowloon Walled City, Once the Most Densely-Populated Place on Earth
This post was originally published on this site“Hak Nam, City of Darkness, the old Walled City of Kowloon has come down.” Peter Popham wrote in […]
Amazing Photos Capture Everyday Life of South of Market in the Early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteSouth of Market (SoMa) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, situated just south of Market Street. It […]
The Mammoth Potato, the First Ever Viral Photo From 1894
This post was originally published on this siteThe words “mammoth” and “potato” do not often go together. But in 1894, W. L. Thorndyke, a news […]
Fascinating Vintage Black and White Photos of Life in Amsterdam in 1981
This post was originally published on this siteThese pictures of Amsterdam in 1981 were taken by Simon Nowicki, a street photographer who has practiced the […]
A Photo Series of Brighton Beach, Coney Island in 1903
This post was originally published on this siteBrighton Beach is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within […]
Beautiful Photos Capture Everyday Life of Polyanovo, Bulgaria in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this sitePolyanovo is a village in Aytos Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria. The village has 393 inhabitants. […]
21 Gorgeous Kodachrome Photos From an American’s Trip to Switzerland in the Late 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThese 35mm Kodachrome pictures were taken by an American during their trip to Switzerland, in particular Lake Thun […]
A Newspaper Clip From 1963 Asked People Whether a Woman Would Make a Good President, and Here’s What They Said
This post was originally published on this siteA clipping from a November 1963 issue of the Minneapolis Tribune asked people, “Would a woman be a […]
Fascinating Photos of the London Underground in the Late 1980s
This post was originally published on this site“The images shown here were taken over a three year period on the London Underground.” Wrote Paul Baldesare. […]
30 Vintage Photos Capture People in the Living Rooms in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteInfamous for its playfulness and carefree, cheesy style, the 1970s was nevertheless a very aesthetically influential decade. Interior […]
Fascinating Color Pictures of Life in My Tho, Vietnam Taken By a GI in 1969
This post was originally published on this site“My number had come up with the draft before my Jan 1968 graduation from Fresno State College,” writes […]
Vintage Photos Show Inside the Camel Cigarette Factory of North Carolina in 1948
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1913, Richard Joshua “R. J.” Reynolds, founder of the company that still bears his name, innovated the […]
50 Fascinating Black and White Photographs Capture Street Scenes of London in the Summer of 1954
This post was originally published on this siteHans Richard Griebe of Kiel went to London in August 1954 to take part in a short course […]
Vintage Picnic Photographs From All Over the World
This post was originally published on this siteThe word ‘picnic’ comes from the French word ‘pique-nique’, whose earliest usage in print is in the 1692 […]
Stunning Studio Portraits of American South at the Turn of the 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteDuring Hugh Mangum’s lifetime (1877–1922) monumental events occurred in the US. Laws separating white and black people arose, […]
Gorgeous Color Snapshots of London From 1956 to 1958
This post was originally published on this siteThese beautiful color pictures of the capital of England were taken by an amateur photographer, who was probably […]