25 Amazing Early Photos of the World’s Most Iconic Companies _ US
Many of the most respected companies in the world started off from humble beginnings. Whether or not you know the stories behind some of the most successful companies in the U.S. and the world, you probably haven’t seen the pictures….
32 Heartbreaking Pictures That Capture the Squalid Lives of New York’s Slums in the Late 19th Century _ US
A Danish emigrant, settled in New York in 1870, Jacob Riis (1849–1914) becomes a reporter for the New York Tribune in 1888 and covers the police investigations of the Lower East Side. His pictures of the squalid lives of New…
44 Beautiful Photos That Capture Street Scenes of New York in the Late 1980s _ US
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50 Fascinating Photos Show the Bus System of San Diego in the 1970s _ US
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40 Elegant Photos That Show Fashion Styles of ’50s Weddings _ US
Out of the 1940s, women in the 1950s were looking towards Hollywood for inspiration for what to wear so it’s no surprise that this extended to their wedding too. High fashion designers were in the spotlight as brides-to-be flocked to…
40 Amazing Vintage Photos of Doble Steam Cars _ US
The Doble steam car was an American steam car maker from 1909 to 1931. Its latter models of steam car, with fast-firing boiler and electric start, were considered the pinnacle of steam car development. The term “Doble steam car” comprises…
30 Black and White Photos of New York City from the 1940s _ US
Repaving Times Square Bus No. 7 Champion, New York Boardway, New York Boardwalk Atlantic City Orchard Street Staten Island Ferry City of Sin Construction Site on Madison Ave. looking toward Rockefeller Center San Genaro Festival Silent Salesman, Philadelphia Ritz Bar…
40 Amazing Vintage Color Photographs of New York City at Night Taken by Andreas Feininger in the 1940s _ US
Andreas Feininger (1906–1999), a Bauhaus student and the eldest son of Lyonel Feininger, regarded this as the most important prerequisite for good photography. He belonged to a generation of artists who, during the period after the First World War, discovered…
21 Pictures of Taxi Cabs in New York City in 1944 _ US
New York in what many consider its Golden Age: the New York City of the 1940s and 1950s, when men wore hats, women wore gloves, a dime got you a cup of coffee and — in the popular imagination, anyway…
Vintage Photographs of the Skiway Sky Bus Lift Used on Mt. Hood, Oregon From the 1950s _ US
Using a modified city bus, a twin-engine design powered the wheels to turn cables in a pulley system that moved the tram back and forth above the slope. Recreation in the Mt. Hood National Forest increased after the end of…