Lunch Atop A Skyscraper – Revealing the Backstory of an Iconic Photograph_Lap
The iconic photograph known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” captures a moment frozen in time, taken on September 20, 1932. In this black-and-white image, eleven intrepid ironworkers…
Photos of Vis-O-Matic, the pre-Internet online shopping store, 1950s_Lap
In the 1950s, visionary business entrepreneur Lawrence Freiman opened a new concept store that tried to reinvent the way people purchased things. “Vis-O-Matic” was the Amazon Prime…
39 Amazing Photos That Show People Picnicked in the Mid-20th Century_Lap
A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (al fresco) as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording…
The Wish of Children – Emotional Vintage Photos Can Make You Heart Melting_ml
Little girl looking at dolls with emotional eyes The Wish of Children Shop Window, Paris, 1947 Store window of a doll shop, ca. 1920s The Wish…
Vintage pictures of bizarre vending machines you never knew existed, 1920-1960_Lap
This collection of photographs shows some of the world’s oldest and oddest vending machines. Nowadays almost anything imaginable can now be purchased from the vending machines, however,…
Stunning black and white photographs capturing life in London in the 1950s_Lap
Casparus Bernardus Oorthuys (1 November 1908 – 22 July 1975), known as Cas Oorthuys, was a Dutch photographer and designer. Oorthuys first took up photography after he…
Vintage photographs depicting everyday life in the U.K during the 1960s_Lap
These fascinating were taken by photographer David Ayres that documented everyday life of England from the 1960s. Southsea Beach, 1964 Shop window at Plymouth shopping centre, 1965 The Cenotaph,…
28 Rare Vintage Photos Captured Everyday Life in Bristol Before 1900_Lap
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and county in South West England. It is England’s sixth and the United Kingdom’s eighth most populous city, and the…
Stunning Color Photographs That Capture Swinging London Scene in the 1960s_Lap
exports.” Among its key elements were the Beatles, as leaders of the British Invasion of musical acts; Mary Quant’s miniskirt; popular fashion models such as Twiggy and…
30 Rare and Stunning Vintage Photos of a Young Queen Elizabeth II in the 1940s and 1950s_Lap
Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, in London, England. At the time of her birth, most did not realize Elizabeth…