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 […]
Tag: Historical Photos
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 […]
Remembering the hysteria over Windows 95 launch, 1995
Mikol Furneaux waves two copies of Windows 95 at a midnight launch at a store in Sydney, Australia. On Aug. 24, 1995, Microsoft—at that time […]
“World’s highest standard of living. There’s no way like the American way”, 1937
The famous image of African American flood victims lined up to get food and clothing at Red Cross relief station in front of a billboard […]
Amazing Vintage Photos That Show the Construction of Titanic, 1909-1911
The name Titanic derives from the Titans of Greek mythology. Built in Belfast, Ireland, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, RMS Titanic […]
The child miners’ photos of Lewis Hine that appalled America, 1908-1911
A trapper boy, one mile inside Turkey Knob Mine in Macdonald, West Virginia. 1908. In the early 1900s child labor was still extremely common in […]