1930s Vintage: SS Normandie 11 October 2023 0 The SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. She… Read more
1940s Vintage: General Motors streetcar conspiracy 2 January 2022 0 Between 1938 and 1950, National City Lines and its subsidiaries, American City Lines and Pacific City Lines—with investment from GM,… Read more
1940s Vintage: New York by Andreas Feininger (1940s) 15 April 2020 0 In advance of World War II, in 1939, Andreas Feininger immigrated to the U.S. where he established himself as a… Read more
1940s Vinatge: Portraits of Gloria Grahame (1940s-1950s) 14 December 2019 0 Gloria Grahame (1923 – 1981), known professionally as Gloria Grahame, was an American stage, film, and television actress and singer.… Read more
1940s Vintage: America by Jack Delano (1940s) 12 November 2019 0 After graduating from the PAFA, Delano proposed a photographic project to the Federal Art Project: a study of mining conditions… Read more
1940s Vintage: Hollywood actress Ella Raines (1940s) 30 October 2019 0 Ella Raines (1920 – 1988) was an American film and television actress. Ella Raines studied drama at the University of… Read more
1940s Vintage: Calcutta by Clyde Waddell (1945) 26 February 2019 0 Mr. Waddell was a military photographer. Many of his captions seems like annotations that would be found in a typical… Read more
1940s Vintage: Boston Showgirls in the 1940s 13 April 2018 0 A showgirl is a female dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show intended to showcase the performer’s physical attributes,… Read more
1940s Vintage: The Ovitz Family – Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz (1940s) 12 March 2018 0 The Ovitz family originated from Maramureş County, Romania. They were descended from Shimson Eizik Ovitz (1868–1923), a badchen entertainer, itinerant… Read more
1940s Vintage: Portraits of Auschwitz Guards During World War II (1940s) 10 March 2018 0 In January 2017, Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance published a massive online record of the Auschwitz staff. The searchable database… Read more
1940s Vintage: Lisbon in the 1940s 19 November 2017 0 During the Estado Novo regime (1926–1974), Lisbon was expanded at the cost of other districts within the country, resulting in… Read more
1940s Vintage: Everyday Life of Soviet People during World War II 17 November 2017 0 The Soviet Union suffered greatly in the war, losing around 27 million people. Approximately 2.8 million Soviet POWs died of… Read more
1940s Vintage: Everyday Life in New Mexico during the WWII by John Collier Jr. 18 October 2017 0 World War II lasted nearly four years for the United States. During that time, 49,579 New Mexican men volunteered or… Read more
1940s Vintage: Young Tasha Tudor and Her Children (1940s) 6 July 2017 0 Tasha Tudor (1915–2008) is one of America’s best-known and beloved illustrators. Her first little story, Pumpkin Moonshine, was published in 1938.… Read more
1940s Vintage: Railway in Chicago (1940s) 4 April 2017 0 Chicago is the most important railroad center in North America. More lines of track radiate in more directions from Chicago… Read more
1940s Vintage: Traffic control in occupied Poland (1940-1941) 9 October 2016 0 Under the terms of two decrees by Hitler (8 October and 12 October 1939), large areas of western Poland were… Read more
1940s Vintage: First Atomic Bomb Tested (July 16, 1945) 6 August 2016 0 Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army on… Read more
1940s Glass-Plate Group Portraits from Romania (1940s) 30 April 2016 0 Amazing collection of group portraits by Romanian photographer Costică Acsinte. Costică Acsinte was born 4th of July, 1897 in a… Read more
1940s Vintage: historic photos of The Battle of Berlin (1945) 15 March 2016 0 The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of… Read more
1940s Vintage: Daily Life in the Warsaw Ghetto (summer of 1941) 10 March 2016 0 Average food rations in 1941 for Jews in Warsaw were limited to 184 calories, compared to 699 calories for gentile… Read more