Fun Vintage Photos Show How People Celebrated New Year’s Eve in 1930s to 1950s
In this article, we’ve collected some fun and interesting images from New Year’s Eve celebrations from times long gone. In many countries, New Year’s Eve is celebrated by dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. The celebrations generally go…
Love in the Time of War: Vintage Photos of Soldiers Sharing Last Kisses
The act of saying goodbye is always an emotional one, especially when it’s to loved ones who are going to war. The vintage photos of soldiers kissing their girlfriends, wives, or even kids before getting deployed or going to war…
Vintage Photos of Coal Miners and the Brutal Conditions They Faced Underground, 1900s-1940s
Mining coal has always been a dangerous and challenging occupation, requiring workers to dig deep underground, often in cramped and dangerous conditions. In this article, we present a collection of vintage photos that offer a glimpse into the daily struggles…
Vintage Photos of People Greeting New Year From 100 Years Ago
Here are rare vintage pictures show how people greeting new Year for 100 years ago. A New Year cheerful company, making music, drinking beer and smoking, ca. 1890s A New Year’s party, ca. 1910s Friends on New Year’s Eve, Grindelwald,…
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…