The beautiful life of England in the 1960s and some other countries
These recovered Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides from Baldran were taken by noted photographer William P. Gottlieb in Britain and Scandinavia, 1965-1966. “I recovered these Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides from the dumpster, where they had been discard by my neighbor, a retired professional…
28 Amazing Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of Carnaby Street From Between the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
There is no dispute, Carnaby has an iconic heritage. From being the birthplace of Swinging London in the 1960s, the home of Mods, Skinheads, Punks and New Romantics to the street style tribes of today. Carnaby has and always will…
38 Striking Black and White Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Wales in the 1970s
These photographs by Robin Weaver truly capture the essence of life in the South Wales Valleys in the 1970s. They don’t just portray the happy community events of four decades ago, they also capture scenes from an anti-racism protest on…
Old Photos of Londoners’ Street Life in 1877
In 1877, pioneering Scottish photographer and geographer John Thompson made a visit to London. Along with journalist Adolphe Smith, they documented the working class and their life on the streets of England’s capital city. The pair’s complete work was named Street…
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…