i often wonder, if we still only had film cameras – what would our memories look like? my memories as a kid are heavily influenced by photos from my childhood,…
you can probably tell by my extensive vintage archives that i love looking at old photos. if i visit someone’s home, even if they’re a complete stranger, and i find…
i bet the people who took photos decades ago never thought their every day snaps would wind up on some “blog” being pored over by random strangers from the future. i…
i found these images while trawling around the LIFE archives, with no explanation as to who took them, when, or where. i’m guessing this was sometime in the twenties or…
today i was preparing to do a follow up to my Bygone Cape Town post from a few years back (be sure to check it out) when i went down a rabbit…
looking through these photos made me realise that you have to be damn tough to be a Circus Girl. these were taken in 1949 by Nina Leen for LIFE.
i haven’t delved into the vast LIFE magazine archives in a while, so it was a pleasure to discover this amusing article showing “six healthy girls” from a Hollywood modeling…
one thing i can never resist when i am visiting someone’s home, even if it’s a stranger, is to flip through any photo albums that might be lying around. usually…
i was digging around in the Life Magazine archives (as i often do) when i came across these photos of a beautiful modern beach house in the La Jolla shores…
when i’m feeling low all it takes is a quick browse of superbomba’s legendary collection to perk the spirits.
there have been many great additions to Moxette’s vintage photos since the last time i shared her wonderful collection
i think it goes without saying how much i love the dead photographers project… Deadphotographers is a forever expanding collection of images which explore the relationship of photography and our…
not the kind you have tea in. this is a french hair salon in the 1920s. look at that one lady’s locks!
all images from the collection of cardboy
more ridiculous vintage radness from the swapatorium