Category: Historical Photos

San Francisco Mission District burning in the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. The original caption reads: “Probably Fulton Street, near Gough. This […]

Back in 1951, the Bell Telephone System released a handy booklet called “The Telephone and How We Use It.” Designed with elementary school students in […]

This collection of vintage photographs offers a snapshot into the everyday lives of Americans from the 1900s to the 1940s, showing moments that are both […]

When societies industrialize, food systems expand and specialize to meet the new waves of customers. These amazing old photographs show Japan’s demae , or delivery […]

Pam Grier is an American actress, who came to limelight after starring in numerous blaxploitation films, such as ‘The Big Bird Cage’ , ‘Coffy’ , […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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, […]