Historical Vintage

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John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, speaking at meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, April 16, 1964

Sergeant George Camblair learning to drive a Tank, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, September 1942

Child of Albert Lynch, Farm Security Administration Client, Dummerston, Vermont, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, August 1941

Chinese Children preparing Junior Red Cross Celebration for Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, Public School 108, Mott Street, Chinatown, New York City, New York, USA, American National Red Cross Collection, January 29, 1920

Miss Teal, Nurse, and Doctor W.R. Stanley giving treatment in Venereal Disease Clinic. Enterprise, Alabama, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, April 1939

Japanese-American Girls playing Volleyball, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943

U.S. President Jimmy Carter with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, April 5, 1977

U.S. President John Kennedy, seated portrait in Rocking Chair, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, October 24, 1962

U.S. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (center, back) and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon (right), greeting British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, British Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Eden (2nd left) at White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Thomas J. O'Halloran, June 25, 1954

Cuban Workers exiting for the day, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Warren K. Leffler, November 12, 1962

A photograph taken during the Gandhi movement in India. People crowd the streets of Amritsar to watch a demonstration of the disciples of Gandhi. Dated 20th century

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), 36th President of the United States 1963-1969, Half-length Portrait as Senate Majority Leader, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, September 1955

Members of the Kennedy Family, including Rose Kennedy (standing center) in the Presidential Box at the Gala Opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., USA, photographer Thomas J. O'Halloran, Warren K. Leffler, September 8, 1971

Suffragists Protest U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's Opposition to Woman Suffrage, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Photograph by Burke & Atwell, October 1916

Women doing war work. Assembling naval signal lamps; England during world war one 1916

world war one listening device to detect enemy aircraft

Tuberculosis ward of the Hasköy Hospital for Women; Istanbul; Turkey 1900

Belgian colonial period Congo. Africa became a centre for ivory hunting from elephants killed for sport; or ivory 1900

American soldier Versailles standing in the hall of mirrors 1944. World War two

British officers during the Crimean war 1854

carrier pigeon used by the British army; to carry messages during world war one

Ismail Pasha; known as Ismail the Magnificent (1830 - 1895); Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879; when he was removed at the behest of the United Kingdom.

Photograph of Paul Reynaud (1878-1966) a French politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of France during the First World War. Dated 20th century

South Africa under the Apartheid administration. 1955. Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s. Apartheid was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap (or white supremacy), which encouraged state repression of Black African, Coloured, and Asian South Africans for the benefit of the nation's minority white population.

Photograph the Turbinia, the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Dated 20th century

Colour photograph of a nose wheel and landing gear assembly for a B-25 bomber under construction in a western aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc., Calif. Dated 1942

On guard at the Russian Legation, Peking, China during the Boxer Rebellion 1901

American soldiers in training at a camp in France during world war one 1917

Rocky Flats Plant, Critical Mass Laboratory. Experimental control panel for Uranium and plutonium experiments in the uS nuclear weapons programme.

Photograph of female workers installing fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the 'Flying Fortress,' the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions. Dated 1942

Photograph shows General Eisenhower meeting with generals Patton, Bradley, and Hodges on an airfield somewhere in Germany. Dated 1945

Mosaics on the Shakh-i Zindeh walls mosque. Samarkand , Russia by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, 1863-1944, photographer.

east over Marble Bridge toward the Forbidden City, Peking, 1901. photographic print on stereo card, Indian soldiers and two Chinese men in front of a gate.

february 1937. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI leave for a family christening.

Two giant cannon on the deck of the French battleship Gaulois on its way to the Dardenelles 1916.

Arrow maker, an Ojibwa American Indian brave c1903.

Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945 as a result of the Manhattan Project, in the Jornada del Muerto desert, New Mexico, at the new White Sands Proving Ground. Trinity used an implosion-design plutonium device, informally nicknamed 'The Gadget'.

Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, Louisiana, USA. 1940

Eiffel Tower, full-view, looking toward the Palais du Trocadéro, Paris, France. Published between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. photomechanical print : photochrom, colour.

Teaching hospital with nurses and a doctor, France 1900

Covered shopping Arcade, Rotterdam, Holland; between 1890 and 1900.

On March 3rd, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain), and Princess Margaret attended the National Pony Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall. They are seen in this picture watching the children's competitions, Princess Margaret obviously very thrilled.

aerial view of the pyramids, Egypt. The two largest pyramids of Giza. Taken from the west. 1932

World War 1 - President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) a month before the March 5 1917, addresses the crowd in front of the Capitol building in Washington, the inaugural address of his second presidency.

Natural disaster in the 1950s. The small community Surte outside Gothenburg. On september 29 at 08.11, 1950, a mass of earth started to move and slide downwards the river Göta Älv. The houses on the area followed along the moving earth, some collapsed, some was turned upside down. Fortunately only one person died in the accident but over 450 people were homeless.

Workers in the 1940s. Interior of a mechanical workshop for musical instruments, where a man is doing the last finishing touches to a tuba. Sweden 1941 Kristoffersson ref 225-1

Air traffic controller in the 1940s. An officer in the airport control tower is monitoring the runway with binoculars.

Rough weather at sea. A sailor is struggling to stand up straight on the ships deck as water and wind makes the ship turn and twist. Sweden 1940s

Car manufacturing in the 1940s. A worker in a car assembly line use an hydraulic tool to mount parts of the car together. After World war II several companies in Sweden recieved cars in parts and assembeled them. It was less cost to import car parts then the whole car. Sweden 1948. Kristoffersson ref AP89-4

Former U.S. President Grover Cleveland, President Theodore Roosevelt and David R. Francis, Full-Length Portrait, Washington DC, USA, Photograph by Murillo Studio, 1903

A Zulu and his Wives, South Africa, Photochrome Print, George Washington Wilson, 1890's

First Army Men and Equipment Crossing Ludendorff Railroad Bridge, Remagen, Germany, Rhineland Campaign, 1945

Ruins from American Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1865

Fighting Forest Fire, South Dakota, USA, Bain News Service, 1910's

Barrage Balloon, Parris Island, South Carolina, USA, Alfred T. Palmer, Office of War Information, May 1942

South of India, Madura, Gopura, India, Photochrome Print, Photoglob Co., 1905

Photographer's Studio and Street Scene, Sisseton, South Dakota, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, September 1939

Infantrymen Searching for Snipers, Prum, Germany, Rhineland Campaign, 1945

Class in Bacteriology Laboratory, Howard University, Washington DC, USA, W.E.B. DuBois Collection, 1900

Shadows on Tent, Quarter Circle 'U' Ranch, Montana, USA, Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration, June 1939

Sisters of the Holy Family, Portrait, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, W.E.B. DuBois Collection, 1899

Fish Market, Chioggia, Venice, Italy, Photochrome Print, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Young Women Sewing with Machines and by Hand in Sewing Class, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, 1900

Group of Mexican Laborers on Flatbed Truck after a day in Melon Fields, Imperial Valley, California, USA, Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration, June 1935

Bonus Expeditionary Forces, many Carrying American Flags, Marching across East Plaza of U.S. Capitol during Bonus Demonstration as Congress Struggled with Deficit, Washington DC, USA, Underwood and Underwood, April 8, 1932

Sand Whirling Around House and Barn, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA, Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration, April 1936

San Giorgio from Doge's Palace by Moonlight, Venice, Italy, Photochrome Print, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Man Working in Window and Man Standing in Doorway, E.J. Crane Watchmaker and Jewelry Store, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 1900

Chiesa dell'Anunziata, Genoa, Italy, Photochrome Print, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Street Scene at Night, West 52nd Street, New York City, New York, USA, William P. Gottlieb Collection, July 1948

Duel of gentlemen. Two men have started a pistol duel. An arranged historical scene. Sweden Photo Kristoffersson ref EA10-11

Bus in the winter of 1911. The swedish bus company Scania Vabis bus the Omnibus Nordmarksbussen on a snowy winter day. The bus had massive iron are rubber wheels and was powered with a chain drive to the back wheels. Sweden 1911

1920s man on a bicycle. The Swedish bicycle acrobat Fritiof Malmsten is performing his tricks on his special bicycle on Karl Johans square in Oslo. The bicycle model was called the swing bicycle and was an unusual invention with an extraordinary construction to perform balance acts and other tricks.

Penny farthing bicycle. A man is riding a penny-farthing bicycle besides a man on a regular bicycle. 1930s

Bicycle factory in the 1950s. A worker at the bicycle manufacturer Nymans in Uppsala is working on the production line with womens bicycles. Sweden 1956 ref CV15-9

Three 2,000-pound Bombs awaiting Transport from Factory, Ravenna, Ohio, USA, Office of War Information, March 1943

1950s vacation. A group of people are walking in the pouring rain towards the waiting plane bound for Spain. Sweden 1951. ref 385

Jefferson Memorial dedication, Washington DC, USA, Ann Rosener for Office of War Information, April 12, 1943

1940s soldier. A young man in uniform is balancing his bicycle above his head. Photo Kristoffersson E90-1

Worker Carefully Checking an Airplane Propeller Shaft for Concentricity at Manufacturing Plant, Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA, Andreas Feininger for Office of War Information, June 1942

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. 1868-1918. The last emperor of Russia.

Army's Half-Track Scout Cars Being Inspected before Delivery from Factory Converted to War Production, White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, December 1941

Army's Half-Track Scout Cars Ready for Delivery from Factory Converted to War Production, White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, December 1941

Group portrait of memberst of the Fox Lake Yacht Club, Illinois, ca. 1890

Eastern European construction workers on the job site, ca. 1910

Two trolley car operators in car #513, Downtown, ca. 1940

Estonian scientists in white coats in laboratory, ca. 1930

Ehrenberg Spur Castle Ruins, Brodenbach, Germany, Postcard, 1925

Couple Waiting for Train to Minneapolis, East Dubuque, Illinois, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration, April 1940

Open Grain Market, Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration, September 1939

One of the Oldest Inhabitants in the Village of Nethers, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA, Arthur Rothstein for U.S. Resettlement Administration, October 1935

Farmer who Supplements his Income by Selling Ice, Huntsville, Arkansas, USA, Arthur Rothstein for U.S. Resettlement Administration, August 1935

Migrant Children in front of Tent Home, Berrien County, Michigan, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration July 1940

Brakeman of an Ore Train at Open-Pit Mining Operations, Utah Copper Company, Bingham Canyon, Utah, USA, Andreas Feininger for Office of War Information, November 1942

Portrait of Workers outside a U.S. Defense Plant, Chattanooga Stamping & Enameling Co., Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, Office of War information, early 1940's

Great Wall, near Beijing, China, Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 1920

C-46 Transport Plane with P-40 Single-Engine Fighter Plane in Background, Office of War Information, March 1943

Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, India, Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 1915

Bishareen Family, Aswan, Egypt, Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 1920

Children Sleeping in Nursery School, Arthurdale Subsistence Homesteads Project, Reedsville, West Virginia, USA, Edwin Locke for U.S. Resettlement Administration, December 1936