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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…

Vintage: Behind the Scenes: Rear Window (1954)

24 December 2016 0

Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich’s 1942 short story “It Had to Be Murder”. Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James…

Vintage: Hollywood Christmas Pin-up Girls

20 December 2016 0

Collection of black and white vintage photos shows Hollywood Christmas Pin-up Girls.

Vintage: Father Christmas in the Victorian Era (19th Century)

17 December 2016 0

At the start of Victoria’s reign, children’s toys tended to be handmade and hence expensive, generally restricting availability to those “rich folk” again. With factories however came mass production, which brought with it games, dolls, books and clockwork toys all…

Vintage: Children Celebrating Christmas (1900s)

15 December 2016 0

Collection of black and white vintage photos shows how children celebrated Christmas over 100 years ago.

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…

Vintage – Behind the Scenes: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

11 December 2016 0

Financed and distributed by American studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001: A Space Odyssey was filmed and edited almost entirely in England, using the studio facilities of the MGM-British Studios and those of Shepperton Studios, mostly because of the availability of much larger…