27 Fascinating Vintage Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of Edinburgh in the late 1950s
These images show Edinburgh in the late 1950s at a time when the nation was on the cusp of change, when traditional industries were struggling to survive and historic buildings were making way for modern designs. The photographs were captured…
15 Black and White Photographs Capture the Gritty Reality of Life in East London During the Swinging Sixties
From between 1963 and 1969, Steve Lewis, a former photographer for The Sun and the Newham Recorder, captured the East End in all its dilapidated glory. He tilted his lens towards everything from the era’s bomb-site reconstruction to its political graffiti daubed across…
49 Amazing Aerial Pictures Show the Face of Boston, Massachusetts in the 1920s
These amazing aerial photographs from the Boston Pictorial Archive documenting Boston’s landscape and city sections in the 1920s. Allston and Brighton, Boston Back Bay and West End, Boston Back Bay, looking west from Public Garden, Boston Beacon Hill and North End, Boston…
40 Vintage Photographs of Lancaster From the Late 1960s and Early ’70s
Lancaster is a city and the county town of Lancashire, England, standing on the River Lune. Its population of 52,234 compares with one of 138,375 in the wider City of Lancaster local government district. The House of Lancaster was a…
36 Amazing Vintage Pictures of Street Scenes in Liverpool in the late 19th to early 20th Centuries
Here is Liverpool’s street scenes in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. A busy day at the Pier Head, Liverpool, ca. 1900s Aintree Railway Station, April 1913 Allerton, Liverpool, September 1927 Back Chester Street, 1911 Behind the Town hall, ca….
Fascinating Vintage Snapshots of Greater Manchester in the 1970s
Manchester went through enormous changes in the seventies—a decade of confusion, of a loss of direction, of new music, and the arrival of a vast city center monster. During the 1970s, the City Council lost most of its remaining vital…
Rare Photos of England From the 1860s and 1870s
The 19th century was one of rapid development and change, far swifter than in previous centuries. During this period England changed from a rural, agricultural country to an urban, industrialized one. This involved massive dislocation and radically altered the nature…
Newcastle in the Early 1970s Through Robert Hope’s Lens
Robert Hope was a resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the early 1970s, he took out a bank loan to buy a Rolleiflex camera. Over the next few years, Hope photographed various Newcastle scenes, including the Grainger Market and the…
44 Breathtaking Color Photos of Scotland in the Victorian Age
The following images show Scottish cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in color. They were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees color manually added to black and white negatives. The process…
Black and White Photographs of Transport in the 1930s
A row of LNER streamlined locomotives belch out smoke at a London railway station, where they are to be tested out. From the left, they are Dominion of New Zealand, Golden Shuttle, Empire of India, Golden Eagle and Number 10,000…