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