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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…

Vinatge: The Great Baltimore Fire in 1904

7 February 2017 0

The Great Baltimore Fire raged in Baltimore exactly 113 years ago (February 7, 1904). 1,231 firefighters helped bring the blaze under control, both professional paid Truck and Engine companies from the city’s B.C.F.D. and volunteers from the surrounding counties and…

Vintage: Soldiers during World War I (1914-1918)

3 February 2017 0

Life for soldiers in World War I followed a specific routine that involved waking up at around 5 a.m., performing military drills when not engaged in direct combat, eating breakfast, having an early dinner, sleeping briefly, performing more military exercises…

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: Trams in Poland (1930s)

27 January 2017 0

Collection of vintage black and white photos of Trams in Poland during Interwar period.

Vintage: Life in Sweden by Oskar Jarén (1910s-1920s)

26 January 2017 0

Oskar Jarén was born in Kasper Borg Frinnaryd in 1877 and died in his hometown in 1954. In 1960s all of his 2,000 glass plates were rescued from oblivion with the help of Frinnaryds photoclub. This collection documents daily life…

Vintage: Moscow and St. Petersburg during the 1910s

24 January 2017 0

Collection of vintage black and white photos of Moscow and St.Petersburg. Photos were taken by Andy Brill‘s grandfather during trips to England and Europe with the family.

Vintage: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

19 January 2017 0

The Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American horror film, the first sequel to Frankenstein (1931). Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff as The Monster, Elsa Lanchester in the dual role of his mate…

Vintage: Queen Elizabeth II in Chicago (1959)

14 January 2017 0

The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, were on a 15,000-mile, 45-day tour along the seaway visiting all Canadian provinces, four of the Great Lakes and making a 14-hour stop in Chicago. This was their only American stop and was…

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: Swedish churches (1100-1900 AD)

10 January 2017 0

This set shows photos of Swedish churches from 1100-1900 AD – a mix of stone and wooden churches, cathedrals and chapels – country churches as well as city churches. We think that these pictures well describe the wide range of…

Victorian Era Ambrotype Portraits of Children (1850s and 1860s)

7 January 2017 0

Photo collection of mid XIX century Victorian Era Ambrotype Portraits of Children (1850s and 1860s). From the collection of Lisby @ Flickr.

Vintage: Ellis Island immigrants (1900-1910s)

6 January 2017 0

Between 1905 and 1914, an average of one million immigrants per year arrived in the United States. Immigration officials reviewed about 5,000 immigrants per day during peak times at Ellis Island. Two-thirds of those individuals emigrated from eastern, southern and…

Vintage: Panoramic photos of New Zealand by Robert Percy Moore (1920s)

4 January 2017 0

Robert Percy Moore is considered to be New Zealand’s greatest panorama photographer. He travelled extensively photographing homesteads, public events, royal visits, groups, and urban and rural scenery. 2489 of his panoramic negatives are held at the Alexander Turnbull Library. During…

Vintage: Happy New Year (in the past)

31 December 2016 0

Vintage black and white photos of people greeting New Year in the past. We wish you all a very happy new year!

Vintage: Pre-oil era in Dubai (1960s)

30 December 2016 0

After years of exploration following large finds in neighbouring Abu Dhabi, oil was eventually discovered in territorial waters off Dubai in 1966, albeit in far smaller quantities. The first field was named ‘Fateh’ or ‘good fortune’. This led the emirate…

Vintage: New Year’s Eve in Soviet Russia

29 December 2016 0

During the Soviet period, religious celebrations were discouraged by the official state policy of atheism. Christmas tree and related celebrations were gradually eradicated after the October Revolution. In 1935, in a surprising turn of state politics, the Christmas tradition was…

Vintage Behind the Scenes: Funny Face (1956)

27 December 2016 0

Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical Funny Face by…

Vintage: London Underground Construction (Victorian Era)

26 December 2016 0

In the first half of the 19th century, London had grown greatly and the development of a commuting population arriving by train each day led to traffic congestion with carts, cabs and omnibuses filling the roads. By 1850 there were…

Vintage: Studio Portraits of Girls with Cat by Arnold Genthe (1910s)

25 December 2016 0

Arnold Genthe (1869 – 1942) was a German-born American photographer. Genthe had earned a doctorate in Philology before deciding to pursue photography in the early 20th century. Beginning in 1906, Genthe photographed a number of socialites and young girls with…

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