Incredible Color Photos Captured London’s Street Scenes in 1966
These incredible color photos of London’s street scenes were taken in June, 1966 by American photographer Richard Friedman when he made his first trip to the capital of England. London’s Street Scenes in 1966 London’s Street Scenes in 1966 London’s Street Scenes…
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…
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…
Photographs of Queen Elizabeth when she was a truck mechanic, 1945
Queen Elizabeth II as a mechanic. 1945. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, many close to the British royal family wanted the Queen Mother and her daughters, princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, then 13 and 9 years old…
London in the 1920s: 56 Incredible Pictures Show the Face of England Over 90 Years Ago
This is the life in London over 90 years ago. London in the 1920s London in the 1920s London in the 1920s London in the 1920s London in the 1920s London in the 1920s London in the 1920s London in…
Mods & Miniskirts: 35 Fascinating Vintage Photographs Capture Scenes of 1960s Swinging London
Swinging London is a catch-all term applied to the fashion and cultural scene that flourished in London in the 1960s. It was a youth-oriented phenomenon that emphasized the new and modern. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and…
Rare color photos capture England at work and play, 1928
A policeman directs buses in the intersection of Trafalgar Square, London. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, photographer Clifton R. Adams was commissioned by the National Geographic to document life in England. Adams’ beautiful autochromes—a process of producing color images by using potato…