The Anglo-French Concorde was co-developed by BAC, a forerunner of BAE Systems, and Aerospatiale, now a part of Airbus, and has a storied history. New […]
Category: Historical Photos
John F. Kennedy’s Life in Rare Pictures, 1938-1963
On July 15, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy tells Democratic convention delegates and some 65,000 others in the Los Angeles Coliseum that he will be […]
With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s
Until the end of the 1930s, the best women’s stockings were made from silk. This changed in the United States when DuPont began manufacturing nylon […]
Burst of Joy: The sad story behind the iconic picture, 1973
The photograph came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and the prevailing sentiment that military personnel and their families […]
Selena’s rare Coca-Cola photo shoot, 1994
Selena in black denim pants and a black leather vest with a pink shirt and pink boots, 1994. Selena was a singer-songwriter who came to […]
Using banknotes as wallpaper during German hyperinflation, 1923
Germany, 1923: banknotes had lost so much value that they were used as wallpaper. Before World War I Germany was a prosperous country, with a […]
Unseen photos from the set of The Godfather, 1971
Producer Albert S. Ruddy confers with Marlon Brando on set. By almost any account, the Godfather films are monuments on the landscape of American cinema. […]
The daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building, 1930-1931
The only thing as impressive as the Empire State Building are the men who built it and during that time rules for construction workers were […]
Picasso’s self portrait evolution from age 15 to age 90
Picasso’s self-portraits are important because they span his entire career, and we can trace how his manner of self-depiction changed over time. It’s interesting to […]
Vintage computer ads that show how far we’ve progressed, 1970-1990
It’s quite fascinating to read the vintage magazine adverts because nothing gets old faster than technology news and ads. In this article, we’ve collected some […]