The Tasman Bridge Disaster Occurred in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1975
The Tasman Bridge was open to traffic in August 1964 in Hobart, the capital city of Australia’s island state of Tasmania. It was a four-lane, high level concrete bridge constructed with a central navigation span for shipping. Prior to 1964,…
An Amazing Photo Diary From Two Women Who Traveled Around Australia in a VW in 1963
Spelio had these slides to sort, and the diary to Blog one day. He scaned them ready for Betty’s 90th birthday in Mrach 2014, 50 years since the trip. “Two of my aunts Dorothy and Betty drove around Australia in their…
Vintage Australian Fashion of the 1930s
Young women running over a sand dune on an unidentified beach, ca. 1935 Young people enjoying a day at the beach, ca. 1938 Friends posing on Kirra Beach, 1938 Beachgoers at Burleigh Heads, 1938 Group of mates riding in a…
Vintage Photos of Horse Drawn Omnibus in Australia From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
In the 1880s Sydney’s main streets were laid with durable hardwood blocks. The city was filled with the sound of steel-tyred buses and other vehicles rumbling over these blocks, accompanied by the clip clopping of countless horses’ hooves. The horse…
Summer Under Southern Skies of Australia in the 1940s
These are beautiful vintage photos that show the life in southern Australia in the 1940s. Relaxing under the summer sun in Townsville Diving into Sydney Harbor under summer skies Cooling down with an ice block under summer skies in New…
Sydney in the Early 1980s Through Fascinating Photos
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia’s east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) towards…
30 Fabulous Vintage Photographs Give a Unique Perspective on the People and Streets of London in the 1950s
A keen photographer since childhood, Allan Hailstone’s beautiful images are a tribute to London at what he remembers as a magical time. Fogs, Soho at night, the remnants of St Giles, lost theaters… Hailstone’s photographs were taken from between 1950…
32 Candid Photographs of the London Underground in the Late 1980s
“The images shown here were taken over a three year period on the London Underground,” wrote Paul Baldesare. “Returning to London after a three year absence I felt that the Underground had become a microcosm of modern day London with its overcrowding…
Fantastic Color Snapshots of England in the early 1970s
These fantastic color snapshots were taken in London, Canterbury, and Painswick by amateur photographer David C. Cook when he made a trip to England in October 1972. Regent St. dept. stores, London, 1972 Ride with Johnnie Walker, London, 1972 Somewhere near…
Stonehenge: History and Restoration through old photographs, 1880-1960
Stonehenge, on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire in southern England, is certainly one of the most well-known and well-studied prehistoric megalithic monuments. Scholars had determined that there was a very long process of construction and use of Stonehenge (approximately 3000-1500…