Vintage photos of Detroit’s Ice Fountain on Washington Boulevard, 1890-1930 _ US
These vintage photos show one of the unique features of Detroit in winter: the famous ice fountain on Washington Boulevard. Several jets of water are allowed to play all winter, resulting in tons of crystal and massive berg of ice…
41 Amazing Vintage Photographs of People Posing With Their Motorcycles _ US
The history of the motorcycle begins in the second half of the 19th century. Motorcycles are descended from the “safety bicycle,” a bicycle with front and rear wheels of the same size and a pedal crank mechanism to drive the…
Vintage Photos of People With Telephones in the 1950s _ US
The 1950s were prosperous years for the United States and saw many technological and economic advances. One of these forward strides was the widespread adoption of the telephone in American homes and businesses. By the 1950s, roughly two-thirds of American…
An American Odyssey: Stunning Color Photos of the United States from the Late 1800s _ US
These rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images from the private collection of Marc Walter were produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924. Using a photolithographic process that predated the autochrome by nearly 20 years, they offered people…
Vintage Photos of American Indian Cradles and Cradleboards From the Late 19th and Early 20th Century _ US
The vast majority of American Indian baby carriers were made of hide and cloth, or woven from woody stems and shoots. These are referred to simply as “cradles” and “cradle baskets.” While the term “cradle” better encompasses the variety present…
25 Black and White Photos of Life in New York in the Late 1970s _ US
Manel Armengo is a Spanish photographer. He studied journalism in Barcelona and has been doing photojournalism independently since 1971. Armengo was among the photographs who made photographic reports of the social movements against Franco in his last years of government. …
30 Amazing Photos Capture Street Scenes of Columbus in the 1900s
Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest after Chicago, and the third-most populous U.S. state capital after…
37 Rare and Amazing Photos Document Everyday Life of the U.S. in the 1860s
The 1860s in the United States was a time of turmoil and change. The first half of the decade was dominated by the American Civil War, with the later half seeing the country pull itself out from the damage during…
Time Traveling Through Captivating Captures: Reliving the 1940s in Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in central Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It acquired its name in 1904 when Albert Ochs, publisher of The New York Times, moved the newspaper’s headquarters to a new…
40 Gorgeous Photos of Vivian Blaine in the 1940s
Born 1921 in Newark, New Jersey, American actress and singer Vivian Blaine was a touring singer with dance bands starting in 1937. At one point in the 1940s, she was the top-billed act at New York’s Copacabana nightclub. Blaine was…