Pam Grier is an American actress, who came to limelight after starring in numerous blaxploitation films, such as ‘The Big Bird Cage’ , ‘Coffy’ , […]
Category: Historical Photos
These photos capture street scenes of Soviet Union in the early 1970s
These vintage photos, taken by Sten-Åke Stenberg, depict the street scenes and everyday life in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. The Soviet 1970s […]
Shocking vintage pictures of Times Square at the height of its depravity in the 1970s and 1980s
From the 1960s to the late 1980s, New York City’s iconic Times Square was a difficult place to be. Felony and crime rates were high, […]
Building the Hoover Dam seen Through Rare Photographs, 1931-1936
Hoover Dam is as tall as a 60-story building. It was the highest dam in the world when it was completed in 1935. Its base […]
Women workers of World War II: These color photos show the real-life Rosie the Riveters, 1941-1943
A worker assembles part of the cowling for a B-25 bomber motor at the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California. 1942. More so than […]
Faces of the Balkans captured by the American Red Cross’ photographers, 1918-1920
“This Is A Group Of Bulgarian Peasants Taking A Sun Bath: Sun baths are about all the Balkan people are able to take these days, […]
Bizarre and Interesting Vintage Inventions from the Past, 1920s-1970s
These photos show bizarre vintage inventions that quite often never caught on, but sometimes, they actually did. The weird inventions demonstrate ingenious efforts from the […]
Weird and Interesting Features from the Cars of the Past
Reflecting on cars from past decades might bring to mind their appearances, but often overlooked are the myriad features that accompanied these vehicles. In hindsight, […]
Rare color photos capture England at work and play, 1928
A policeman directs buses in the intersection of Trafalgar Square, London. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, photographer Clifton R. Adams was commissioned by […]
The Statue of Liberty: The Story in Pictures of the Mother of Exiles, 1875-2000
An 1875 image of Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, the creator of the Statue of Liberty, posing with a visitor while the statue was under construction inside a […]