As you cruise along the busy streets of any major American city, you can’t miss the countless signs of fast-food joints that decorate the skyline. […]
Category: Historical Photos
The Discovery of Tutankhamun in Rare Color Pictures, 1922
During the early twentieth century, Howard Carter, a British Egyptologist, excavated for many years in the Valley of the Kings—a royal burial ground located on […]
Vintage photos that show why the 1970s men’s fashion should never come back
This is disturbing on so many levels. From the shiny fabric to the colors and then how tight it is… Every decade has a reputation […]
Creating Concorde, the first supersonic passenger jet, 1960s-1990s
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 […]
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. […]