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Vintage: Boats of Old China (Junks) in the 1900s

12 June 2017 0

A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing ship design that is still in use today. Junks were efficient and sturdy ships that sailed long distances as early as the 2nd century AD, although whether this is indeed a date by…

Vintage: Building the Tyne Bridge (1927 to 1929)

11 June 2017 0

The Tyne Bridge is one of the North East’s most iconic landmarks. These photographs were taken by James Bacon & Sons of Newcastle and document its construction from March 1927 to October 1928. They belonged to James Geddie, who was…

Vintage: Russian Motorcycles (1900s and 1910s)

8 June 2017 0

Collection of black and white vintage photos show Russians with their motorbikes from between the 1900 to 1910s.

Vintage: B&W Photos of Scotland from between the 1840s and 1880s

6 June 2017 0

In 19th century Glasgow became one of the largest cities in the world, and known as “the Second City of the Empire” after London. After 1860 the Clydeside shipyards specialised in steamships made of iron (after 1870, made of steel),…

Vintage: Amsterdam in Victorian Era by Jacob Olie (1890s)

4 June 2017 0

At the end of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution reached Amsterdam. The Amsterdam-Rijn kanaal was dug to give Amsterdam a direct connection to the Rhine and the Noordzee kanaal to give the port a connection with the North Sea.…

Vintage: Sami People and Arctic (1900s)

1 June 2017 0

The Sami people are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. The Sami are the only indigenous people of Scandinavia recognized…

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

31 May 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: Everyday Life in Jamaica (1890s)

27 May 2017 0

The second half of the nineteenth century was a period of severe economic decline for Jamaica. Low crop prices, droughts, and disease led to serious social unrest, culminating in the Morant Bay rebellions of 1865. However, renewed British administration after…

Vintage: Helsinki in the late 19th Century (1890s)

26 May 2017 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: Los Angeles Retro Restaurants

25 May 2017 0

We’re used to seeing swanky rooftop restaurants and bars, taco stands and outdoor patios decorated with lights in Los Angeles. But back in the day we had restaurants and food stands that took architecture to the next level, with wacky…

Vintage: Glass Plate Collection from the Illinois State Journal (1929 – 1936)

19 May 2017 0

Raymond Hodde was the Illinois State Journal’s first staff photographer. He began taking pictures for the newspaper in 1929, just a year after Col. Ira Copley bought the Journal and put into place a plan to modernize it and update…

Vintage: Early XX Century Flying Machines

17 May 2017 0

Gustave Weißkopf was a German who emigrated to the U.S., where he soon changed his name to Whitehead. From 1897 to 1915, he designed and built flying machines and engines. On 14 August 1901, Whitehead claimed to have carried out…

Vintage: American Child Laborers by Lewis Hine (1900s-1910s)

14 May 2017 0

In 1908 Lewis Hine became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), leaving his teaching position. Over the next decade, Hine documented child labor, with focus on the use of child labor in the Carolina Piedmont, to aid…

Vintage: Daily Life of Vienna, Austria by Emil Mayer (1900s-1910s)

13 May 2017 0

From 1891 to 1896 Emil Mayer studied law at the University of Vienna. In 1896, he earned the juris doctorate. In 1894, while still a student, he converted from the Jewish community to Catholicism. After his studies he settled in…

Vintage: Japan in the late XIX Century (Meiji period, 1870s-1880s)

7 May 2017 0

In 1869 The Emperor was restored to nominal supreme power, and the imperial family moved to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo (“eastern capital”). However, the most powerful men in the government were former samurai from Chōshū and Satsuma rather than…

Vintage: Japanese Maikos and Geikos Girls (Taisho Period – 1910s-1920s)

3 May 2017 0

Maiko originated from women who served green tea and dango (Japanese dumpling made from rice flour) to people who visited the Kitano Tenman-gū or Yasaka Shrine (these are the two of the famous shrines in Kyoto) at teahouses in the…

Historic B&W photos of Amsterdam, Holland in the 19th Century

1 May 2017 0

The end of the 19th century is sometimes called Amsterdam’s second Golden Age. New museums, a train station, and the Concertgebouw were built; in this same time, the Industrial Revolution reached the city. The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal was dug to give…

Vintage Daguerreotype portraits from XIX Century (1844 – 1860)

29 April 2017 0

Mathew B. Brady (1822 – 1896) was one of the first American photographers, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York in 1844, and photographed Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, among other…

Vintage: Streets of St. Louis, Missouri (1900s)

25 April 2017 0

During the decades after the Civil War, St. Louis grew to become the nation’s fourth largest city, after New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. It also experienced rapid infrastructure and transportation development and the growth of heavy industry. The period…

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…

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