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Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Lisboa, Portugal (1890s)

10 February 2019 0

In the first years of the 19th century, Portugal was invaded by the troops of Napoléon Bonaparte, forcing Queen Maria I and Prince-Regent John (future John VI) to flee temporarily to Brazil. By the time the new King returned to…

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Barcelona, Spain (1890s)

10 January 2019 0

While Cerdà’s Extension was being built and filled out, the city began to plan how it could host the 1888 Great Exhibition. This event was seen as an opportunity to put Barcelona on the world stage, to show all the…

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Monaco (1890s)

22 December 2018 0

Designated as a protectorate of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna after Napoleon’s defeat, Monaco’s sovereignty was confirmed by the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861. France accepted the existence of the Principality of Monaco, but annexed…

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Peking, China (19th Century)

18 November 2018 0

During the Second Opium War, Anglo-French forces captured the outskirts of the city, looting and burning the Old Summer Palace in 1860. Under the Convention of Peking ending that war, Western powers for the first time secured the right to…

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Calcutta, India (1890s)

8 November 2018 0

Throughout the late 18th and 19th century, the city was a centre of the East India Company’s opium trade. By the 1850s, Calcutta had two areas: White Town, which was primarily British and centred on Chowringhee and Dalhousie Square; and…

Vintage: Helsinki in the late 19th Century

12 January 2018 0

During the 19th century, Helsinki became the economic and cultural center of Finland; as elsewhere, technological advancements such as railroads and industrialization were key factors behind the city’s growth. The first Helsinki railway station opened in 1862 with service to…

Vintage: Everyday Life and Street Scenes of Nuremberg (1910s)

3 December 2017 0

Nuremberg held great significance during the Nazi Germany era. Because of the city’s relevance to the Holy Roman Empire and its position in the centre of Germany, the Nazi Party chose the city to be the site of huge Nazi…

Vintage: Helsinki in the late XIX Century (1890s)

1 December 2017 0

Historic B&W photos of Lyon, France in 19th Century

26 November 2017 0

Thanks to the silk trade, the Lyon became an important industrial town during the 19th century. In 1831 and 1834, the canuts (silk workers) of Lyon staged two major uprisings for better working conditions and pay. The 1831 uprising saw…

Historic B&W photos of London, England (19th Century)

7 November 2017 0

London was the world’s largest city from about 1831 to 1925. London’s overcrowded conditions led to cholera epidemics, claiming 14,000 lives in 1848, and 6,000 in 1866. Rising traffic congestion led to the creation of the world’s first local urban…

Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France (late 19th Century)

26 September 2017 0

After the fall of the Commune, the city was governed under the strict surveillance of the conservative national government. The French government and parliament did not return to the city from Versaillles until 1879, though the Senate returned earlier to…

Historic B&W photos of Copenhagen, Denmark, late 19th Century

31 August 2017 0

In 19th century, Copenhagen experienced a period of intense cultural creativity known as the Danish Golden Age. Painting prospered under C.W. Eckersberg and his students while C.F. Hansen and Gottlieb Bindesbøll brought a Neoclassical look to the city’s architecture. In…

Vintage: Everyday Life and Street Scenes of Nuremberg (1910s)

14 August 2017 0

Vintage: Everyday Life and Street Scenes of Nuremberg (1910s)

31 May 2017 0

Historic B&W photos of Florence, Italy in the 19th Century

21 April 2017 0

Florence replaced Turin as Italy’s capital in 1865 and, in an effort to modernise the city, the old market in the Piazza del Mercato Vecchio and many medieval houses were pulled down and replaced by a more formal street plan…

Vintage: Historic views of Melbourne (1800s)

10 February 2017 0

The decade of the 1880s was one of extraordinary growth, when consumer confidence, easy access to credit, and steep increases in the price of land, led to an enormous amount of construction. This ‘land boom’ was followed by a severe…

Vintage Glass Plate images of Streets from Sydney City (1900s)

30 January 2017 0

The year 1840 was the final year of convict transportation to Sydney, which by this time had a population of 35,000. The municipal council of Sydney was incorporated in 1842 and became Australia’s first city.Gold was discovered in the colony…

Vintage: historic photos of Hamburg, Germany in the late 19th Century

13 January 2017 0

Hamburg adopted in 1860 a democratic constitution that provided for the election of the Senate, the governing body of the city-state, by adult taxpaying males. Other innovations included the separation of powers, the separation of Church and State, freedom of…

Vintage: historic views of Breslau in the late 19th Century

14 December 2016 0

Breslau became part of the German Empire in 1871, which was established at Versailles in defeated France. The early years were characterized by rapid economic growth, the so-called Gründerzeit, although Breslau was hampered by protectionist policies of its natural markets…

Historic B&W photos of Bruges, Belgium (19th Century)

3 December 2016 0

In the last half of the 19th century, Bruges became one of the world’s first tourist destinations attracting wealthy British and French tourists. Bruges has most of its medieval architecture intact. The historic centre of Bruges has been a UNESCO…

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Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Lisboa, Portugal (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Barcelona, Spain (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Monaco (1890s)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Peking, China (19th Century)

Vintage: Historic B&W photos of Calcutta, India (1890s)

Vintage: Helsinki in the late 19th Century

Vintage: Everyday Life and Street Scenes of Nuremberg (1910s)

Vintage: Helsinki in the late XIX Century (1890s)

Historic B&W photos of Lyon, France in 19th Century

Historic B&W photos of London, England (19th Century)

Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France (late 19th Century)

Historic B&W photos of Copenhagen, Denmark, late 19th Century

Vintage: Everyday Life and Street Scenes of Nuremberg (1910s)

Vintage: Everyday Life and Street Scenes of Nuremberg (1910s)

Historic B&W photos of Florence, Italy in the 19th Century

Vintage: Historic views of Melbourne (1800s)

Vintage Glass Plate images of Streets from Sydney City (1900s)

Vintage: historic photos of Hamburg, Germany in the late 19th Century

Vintage: historic views of Breslau in the late 19th Century

Historic B&W photos of Bruges, Belgium (19th Century)

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