MOD: Fashion Characteristic of British Young People in the 1960s
Mod is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and spread, in varying degrees, to other countries and continues today on a smaller scale. Focused on music and fashion, the subculture has its roots in a small…
Rare photographs of Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, 1910-1913
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. It was led by Robert Falcon Scott and had various scientific and geographical objectives. Pictured: The Terra Nova. In…
Everyday Life in the UK Through Kurt Hutton’s Camera Lens
Kurt Hutton, born Kurt Hübschmann (1893-1960), was a German-born photographer who pioneered photojournalism in England and was one of the most influential photographer’s in twentieth century Britain. Hutton begun his career with the Dephot agency in Germany, before he moved…
20 Stunning Color Photos Show British Women’s Fashions of the 1920s
See more Video he 1920s is the decade in which fashion entered the modern era. It was the decade in which women first abandoned the more restricting fashions of past years and began to wear more comfortable clothes (such as…
Breathtaking Color Photos Show What Life Was Like in Britain During the Second World War
When Britain went to war on 3 September 1939 there was none of the ‘flag-waving patriotism’ of August 1914. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. The first eight months…
Beautiful Vintage Kodachrome Photos of Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1961
These fascinating images were taken by Charles Weever Cushman, an amateur photographer, during his trip to Scotland. Cushman arrived at Edinburgh on June 15, 1961 and later made way to Glasgow before jetting off. Take a look at these 18…
40 Vintage Photographs Capture Street Scenes of London’s East End in the Early Post-War Years
Nigel Henderson (1917-1985) was a British artist and founding member of the Independent Group, but he was also a photographer whose work has been compared to that of Cartier-Bresson and Brassai. Introduced to the art world by his mother Wyn…
30 Interesting Photographs Capture Street Scenes of London in the Early 1980s
The 1980s were an iconic time for the United Kingdom, and London was at the centre of it all. These interesting color photographs below show what London’s street scenes looked like in the early 1980s. Street Scenes of London in…
London in 1979 Through Fascinating Photos
Video- Seemore: London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North…
Rarely Seen Vintage Photographs of a Lost London From Between the 1900s and 1910s
A small collection of rare vintage photographs of London, taken between the 1910s and 1910s, from the Archives of English Heritage. The photographs provide a unique record of whole districts of London as they were vanishing… Arch, Shepherd’s Place, off…