30 Vintage Photos That Defined ’30s Swimwear
Since the early 20th century, swimming came to be regarded as a legitimate leisure activity or pastime and clothing made specifically for swimming became the norm. Since then, swimwear for women has become increasingly more scanty and form-fitting, and the…
Pictures of Women Smoking Cigarettes From the 1930s
The cigarette industry began a strong marketing campaign geared toward women beginning in the 1920s in the United States. These campaigns became more aggressive as time has progressed and marketing in general became more prominent. The practice of marketing aimed…
The evolution of women’s workwear throughout the 20th century
A woman typing in an office. The calendar on the wall of the office dates this image, taken from a stereoscope card originally titled “Flirtation.” While this is clearly not a real office, British middle-class Victorian women were employed in…
Amazing Vintage Photos of Construction of the Tyne Bridge
The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. The bridge was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson, who later designed the Forth Road…
Astonishing Photos of Life in London’s Slums in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
Nick Hedges was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 1943. He studied photography at Birmingham College of Art from 1965 to 1968, and as a final project he worked with Birmingham Housing Trust on an exhibition about the city’s badly housed….
Extraordinary Color Photographs Capture Street Scenes of Carnaby Street and King’s Road, London in 1966
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (1921–2004) was born in Paris in an artistic family. In 1939, his father gave him his first camera, and his neighbor, the cinema photographer Sam Lévin became his teacher and mentor. In the Second World War, he trained…
Candid Snaps of a Group of Women Spent Time Together in a Pub in Bermondsey, on a Day Trip to Margate, ca. 1950s
Mother’s Day Off was a photostory by British photographer Grace Robertson about a group of women from Bermondsey in South London enjoying a day-trip to the coast. It was one of a series of articles in which Picture Post looked at the ways…
Vibrant and Multicultural: 31 Colorful Photos of Portobello Road, One of London’s Most Famous Streets in the Eighties
Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays…
56 Amazing Vintage Photos of Everyday Life in London in the 1920s
Most of the pictures here come from the triple volume Wonderful London, with many of them by photographer Donald McLeish. Published in the 1920s and long out of print, this huge work is an astonishing feat and a valuable addition…
35 Amazing Photos Capture Street Scenes of London in the Early 20th Century
London entered the 20th century at the height of its influence as the capital of one of the largest empires in history, but the new century was to bring many challenges. London’s population continued to grow rapidly in the early…