Amazing Photographs of 1980s New York City Subway Through the Lens of a Teenager _ US
Most of these photographs below were shot in 1982 and 1983 by native New Yorker Ken Stein when he was 17 and 18 year old, and was the staff photographer for a weekly community newspaper in The Bronx. Through his…
Fantastic Candid Photographs That Capture New Yorkers in Their Halloween Costumes in Subway During the 1980s _ US
For a few fleeting hours on the night of October 31 New York’s subways turn into a waking dreamland. And not just any waking dreamland. On Halloween night, the New York subways are transformed into the literal realization of many…
Amazing Vintage Photos That Show the Construction of Titanic, 1909-1911 _ US
Britannic was originally to be called Gigantic and was to be over 1,000 feet (300 m) long. They were by far the largest vessels of the British shipping company White Star Line’s fleet, which comprised 29 steamers and tenders in…
46 Fascinating Photos That Capture Daily Life of Students at Sweet Briar College, Virginia in the 1960s _ US
Established in 1901 as the Sweet Briar Institute and opened its doors in 1906, Sweet Briar College is a women’s liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, United States. The college is on 3,250 acres (13,152,283 m2) in the foothills…
Wonderful Vintage Photos of Female Students at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1948 _ US
The Civil Rights Movement in the United States fueled the feminist movement as well. Women demanded equal rights in education on the basis that equality for all in education and under the law should include women of all races as…
Zoot Suit Trousers: 1940s Men’s Fashion That Trend Popular During the War Years _ US
A zoot suit is a men’s suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing became popular among the African American, Chicano, Filipino American, and Italian American…
20 Candid Vintage Photographs of Rock Stars Playing Pinball _ US
Here’s a set of vintage photographs capturing rock stars, punks, and pop royalty playing pinball. Many of these are candid shots, taken on the road during downtime while on tour. Some were taken in such a casual environment that information…
40 Amazing Black and White Photos Capture Street Scenes of New York City in the Late 1970s _ US
Reeling from a decade of social turmoil, New York in the 1970s fell into a deep tailspin provoked by the flight of the middle class to the suburbs and a nationwide economic recession that hit New York’s industrial sector especially…
Vintage Found Photos Capture Youthful Drinking and Partying in the 1970s _ US
What do you get when the largest generation in the history of the world, the Baby Boomers, all converge on college campuses at once? Naturally, you get the biggest, longest-sustained party the planet earth has ever known. Here are some…
23 Things That Remind Us of the Good Old Days _ US
Here’s a list of 23 things from the past that kids today don’t experience. This doesn’t mean that we liked them all, but we do miss them all nonetheless… 1. We Did Absolutely Crazy Things on the Swings. And no…