Interesting Pictures of Bargain Hunters Shopping during the Holidays since the Early 20th Century
Holiday shopping has driven bargain hunters mad for the past century. Here are some of old photos showing bargain hunters shopping during the holidays, curated by Retronaut… c. 1906. Bargain hunters waiting to enter a London shop during January sales. IMAGE:…
Penny-Farthing: Cycling Through Time in Captivating Vintage Photographs
In the history of the bicycle, the penny-farthing stands tall—or rather, stands tall and rides even taller. With its distinctive design, characterized by a comically large front wheel and a diminutive rear wheel, the penny-farthing catapults us back to the…
Unique and Weird-Looking Cars: The Most Eccentric Designs of 1900s-1960s
Picture the early days of cars—a time of wild experimentation and bold ideas. From then till the mid-20th century, some truly outlandish vehicles hit the roads, breaking all the rules and grabbing attention like nothing else. At that time, technology…
The Photographic History of RMS Olympic (Titanic’s Sister Ship), 1911-1935
RMS Olympic was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods during 1910–13, interrupted only by the brief tenure of the slightly larger Titanic (which had the same dimensions but higher gross register tonnage) before the German SS…
The Last Days of the Slums: 20 Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Life on the Streets in Manchester in the 1960s
From neighbors chatting between rubble-strewn terraces to kids playing cricket on cracked pavements, Shirley Baker’s photographs capture a rich street life on the brink of being bulldozed into history… The Last Days of the Slums The Last Days of the…
Airship R33 in amazing pictures, 1919-1925
The British airship R33 in its hangar as it prepares for its first-ever flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. 1919. The airship R33 was built by Armstrong Whitworth and was completed after the end of the First World War….
Rollermania! 45 Interesting Photos of Roller Disco in the 1970s and 1980s
A roller disco is a discothèque or skating rink where all the dancers wear roller skates of some kind. The music played is modern and easily danceable, historically disco but in modern times including almost any form of dance music…
Pictures of Women’s Fashions in the 1960s and 1970s
The 1960s was the era of rising hemlines and the mini skirts. Up until the 1960s hemlines were at an acceptable knee height with the introduction of the ’60s hemlines grew shorter this created controversy when they first appeared exposing…
Portraits of Beautiful Young Girls Featured on the ‘Top of the Pops’ Album Covers of the First 40 Volumes
Beginning in 1968 and running for some 92 volumes through into the eighties, the Top of the Pops albums formed one of the longest series of record releases in the U.K. Issued every few weeks, each new Top of the Pops album brought together…
Vintage Color Snapshots of Birmingham in the 1960s
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. In the last 200 years, from a market town of Warwickshire, Birmingham has risen into the fastest-growing city of the 19th century, spurred on by a combination of…