Striking Black and White Photos of Chicago in 1941
This post was originally published on this siteIn the depths of the Great Depression, the United States government created the Resettlement Administration to help provide […]
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Singapore in the Late 1970s Through Fascinating Photos
This post was originally published on this siteWith the economic boom of the late 1960s and 1970s, new jobs were created in the private sector. […]
45 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Vancouver in the 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteVancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, and […]
The Glitz and Glam of the Roaring Twenties: 20 Amazing Street Style Photographs From the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1920s was the era of prohibition, bootleggers, gangsters, flappers, and all that jazz. The period followed the […]
Netherlands in 1966 Through Beautiful Vintage Photos
This post was originally published on this siteGovernment-encouraged emigration efforts to reduce population density prompted some 500,000 Dutch people to leave the country after the […]
Vibrant Vintage Color Photos of London in 1973
This post was originally published on this siteThese pictures were taken by Flickr user AntyDiluvian during his trip to London in September 1973. The capital […]
Amazing Vintage Snapshots Capture Everyday Life in Dublin, Ireland at the Turn of the Century
This post was originally published on this siteJJ Clarke, from Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, took the photographs between 1897 and 1904, when he was a medical […]
30 Black and White Photos of Kiev in the 1960s and ’70s
This post was originally published on this siteKyiv or Kiev is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along […]
Fascinating Vintage Black and White Photos of China in 1982
This post was originally published on this siteIn December 1982, Simon Nowicki went to China with the Australia-China Friendship society on a Chinese government-approved guided […]
30 Color Photos of Nassau, Bahamas in 1960
This post was originally published on this siteNassau is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas. It is commonly defined as a primate city, […]
Bruce Gilden’s Gritty Pictures of 1970s and 1980s New York
This post was originally published on this siteBruce Gilden is an American street photographer. Known for his graphic and often confrontational close-ups made using flash, […]
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in an English Coal Town From the 1970s to 1990s
This post was originally published on this siteMik Critchlow is a social documentary photographer based in the North East of England. On seeing an exhibition […]
Black and White Photos of Tokyo’s Street Portraits in the Early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteIn Japan during the 1980s, the economy was in a boom where buyers found themselves paying the highest […]
Philadelphia in the 1980s Through Fascinating Photos
This post was originally published on this sitePhiladelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the sixth-most-populous […]
50 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Bangkok, Thailand in 1950
This post was originally published on this siteBangkok became the capital of Siam (as Thailand was previously known) in 1782, when General Chao Phraya Chakkri, […]
40 Incredibly Colored Photos of Berlin in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThe Industrial Revolution transformed Berlin during the 19th century; the city’s economy and population expanded dramatically, and it […]
30 Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of Prague in the Mid-1990s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1989, after the riot police beat back a peaceful student demonstration, the Velvet Revolution crowded the streets […]
Fascinating Vintage Snaps of Rome in 1956
This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing snaps were captured by Allan Hailstone on a trip to Rome as a schoolboy with his […]
’80s New York Street Portrait Photography by Steven Siegel
This post was originally published on this siteCompared to the 1970s, the 1980s were a time of restrained optimism in New York. The boom on […]
Amazing Photos of Bridgetown in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteBridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown […]
Living Mannequins on London’s Carnaby Street in 1966
This post was originally published on this siteLady Jane was the first women’s fashion boutique on London’s Carnaby Street. It was opened by Henry Moss […]
Stunning Pictures of a Wet and Cold New York
This post was originally published on this siteSaul Leiter (1923-2013) was born in Pittsburgh, the son of an internationally renowned Talmudic scholar. Leiter’s interest in […]
Louvain/Leuven – Aftermath Photos of German Reprisal in 1914
This post was originally published on this siteEarly in the war, the Germans marched through Belgium, violating its neutrality, in an attempt to take France. […]
Poignant Photos of Liverpool in the 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1980s were a time of turmoil and upheaval for Liverpool. Unemployment and economic instability led to widespread […]
Vibrant Photos of Life in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1987-1988
This post was originally published on this siteThe Lowell Folklife Project was conducted in 1987-1988 as a cooperative project of the American Folklife Center and […]