35 Amazing Photos Show Styles of Wedding Dresses in the 1930s _ US
1930s style wedding dresses stun and inspire with their nods to the era of Old Hollywood movie star glamour. Sleek silky satin gowns, long beaded dresses, backless bias cut gowns in white, ivory, jewel tones or pastels are all elegant…
Stunning Fashion Photography in Color by Nina Leen _ US
Nina Leen was a contract photographer for LIFE, a constant contributor from the 1940s until the magazine closed at the end of 1972. Born in Russia, Leen lived and studied in Italy, Switzerland and Germany before emigrating to the United…
Amazing Vintage Photographs of Niagara Falls Frozen in the Winter From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries _ US
People used to walk to Canada across frozen-over Niagara Falls. As temperatures drop in the northeast corner of the United States, icy water that goes over the roaring Niagara Falls crashes into the rocks below and turns solid. Blocks of…
The Brass Era Automobiles: 28 Cool Pics of American People With Their Cars From the 1900s and Early 1910s _ US
The Brass Era is an American term for the early period of automotive manufacturing, named for the prominent brass fittings used during this time for such things as lights and radiators. It is generally considered to encompass 1896 through 1915,…
30 Amazing Snapshots Capture Street Life in New York City From the Mid-1930s to the End of the 1940s _ US
In the late 1930s, photographer Helen Levitt rode the New York City subway system, first as an apprentice to photographer Walker Evans, then snapping photos of aloof passengers wearing fur coats, flat-brim hats, and antique brooches. Yet for the majority…
Amazing Photographs of New York’s Hip-Hop Scene From the 1970s and 1980s _ US
Martha Cooper was a photo-journalist living in New York City when she first began documenting the origins of B-boy (short for break-boys) and hip hop culture. While other New Yorkers at the time saw this movement as a trite, uninspired…
40 Color Photographs Capture Everyday Life of Chicago’s African-American Residents in the Early 1970s _ US
From June through October 1973 and briefly during the spring of 1974, John H. White, a 28-year-old photographer with the Chicago Daily News, worked for the federal government photographing Chicago, especially the city`s African American community. White took his photographs for…
Beautiful Vintage Color Photos of New York City in the 1950s _ US
Ernst Haas is considered one of the pioneers of color photography and one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Taking up photography after World War II, his early work on the returning prisoners of war caught the…
Cool Snaps Capture People Posing With Signs in the Past _ US
Here below is a cool photo collection that shows people posing with signs from between the 1920s and 1960s. Dumping Prohibited. State Highway, circa 1920s Honey (Over there), circa 1920s Pay As You Ride, circa 1920s Just me, August 23,…
Restored and Colorized Vintage Pictures: 45 Incredible Hand-Painting Photos of the Life in the U.S in the 1940s _ US
These incredibly amazing photos were colorized by photographer Marie-Lou Chatel. “I’ve always been fascinated with the work of the great photographers of the 20th century. Yet, when I look at their photos, I wonder what they saw in color while…