Historical Vintage

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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

Group of Democrats in Black Silk Plug Hats during Grover Cleveland Presidential Campaign, Full-Length Portrait, Mason City, Nebraska USA, Photograph by Solomon D. Butcher, 1888

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

Four Children in Alley, South Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1941

Diner on Main Street, Aberdeen South Dakota, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, November 1940

Man Smoking Cigar outside Diner, South State Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA, John Vachon, Farm Security Administration, July 1941

Medium Tank of Armored Division of U.S. First Army Knocked out by Enemy Artillery Fire, Rhineland Campaign, Germany, 1945

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

George Washington Norris, Full-Length Portrait on Steps of Treasury Building, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1917

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

Dancing in the 1960s. The dance Hully Gully is being made popular and here are men and women dancing the new craze. Hully Gully was a type of unstructured line dance and consisted of a series of steps and was relatively simple and easy to execute. Hully Gully can be seen performed by actor John Belushi in the film Blues Brothers. Notice the typical BeeHive hairdo on the girl.

Farmer Pumping Water from Well to Parched Fields during Drought, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA, Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration, April 1936

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

Deputy Group Commander George S. Roberts with photographer Toni Frissell, Portrait Standing on Airplane Wing at Air Base, Ramitelli, Italy, Toni Frissell, March 1945

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

Milk in the 1950s. A milk farmer at the loading deck at the roadside where the milk cans are transported to and from the dairy. He collects the returned empty ones and takes them home this snowy day on his kicking sledge. Sweden 1950s.

Winter at sea in the 1940s. Pictured the swedish icebreaker Atle in the Baltic sea with a convoy of ships following it in the channel of water created through the ice by the icebreaker. The winter of 1942 was one of the coldest in Scandinavia. Sweden 1942

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

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. 1868-1918. The last emperor of Russia. Pictured with his son Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich.

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. 1868-1918. The last emperor of Russia. Pictured here his wife Alexandra and their four daughters Tatiana, Anastasia, Maria and Olga.

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

1940s soldier. A courier on his bicycle and a riding courier are exchanging a message. The swedish army is being mobilized during the World War II. Photo Kristoffersson 211-5

Miner Shoveling Coal during War Production Drive, Beaver Brook, Pennsylvania, USA, William Perlitch for Office of War Information, October 1942

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

Man poses with Deering grain binders display in Silt, Colorado in 1914

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

Machu Picchu, Peru, Postcard, 1920

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

High Angle View of Women at Work in Grapefruit Canning Factory, Winter Haven, Florida, USA, Arthur Rothstein for U.S. Resettlement Administration, January 1937

Miners at American Radiator Mine, Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, USA, Carl Mydans, U.S. Resettlement Administration, February 1936

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

Farm Security Administration Client with his Three Sons, Caruthersville, Missouri, USA, Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, August 1938

Statue of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson flanked by Marine Honor Guards during Jefferson Memorial dedication, Washington DC, USA, Ann Rosener for Office of War Information, April 12, 1943

Member of Threshing Crew Drinking Water from Jug, Central Ohio, USA, Ben Shahn, U.S. Resettlement Administration, July 1938

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

Worker Inspecting New Timbering in Mining Tunnel, Quicksilver Mining Company, New Idria, California, USA, Andreas Feininger for Office of War Information, December 1942

View of Flood from Train en route to Forrest City, Arkansas from Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Edwin Locke for U.S. Resettlement Administration, February 1937

Vicola della Regina, Pompeii, Italy, Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 1910

Taj Mahal, Agra, India, Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 1920

Itsukushima Shrine and Seto Inland Sea, Miyajima, Japan, Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 1925

New York, New York, 1930. Chicago Opera star Tito Schipa upon his arrival on the SS Homeric after he was named Commander Mauriziano by the King of italy at a gala performance at the Royal Opera.

Tokyo, Japan, May 14, 1947. A Japanese one man band and walking advertisement in the form of a "Chindonya-Hiromeya" which translates to "One who plays many instruments and spreads news".

Harold Walker, 5 years old, Full-Length Portrait, Cotton Picker, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, October 1916

Yacht Columbia, America's Cup Winner, New York Harbor, New York City, New York USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1901

Crowds of French Patriots line Champs Elysees to view Allied Tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe after Paris, France was Liberated on August 25, 1944, Jack Downey, Office of War Information, August 26, 1944

Group of People on Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1905

Loop the Loop, Luna Park, Coney Island, New York, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1905

Flour Mill, Caldwell, Idaho, USA, Russell Lee for Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information, July 1941

Tipple Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, MacDonald, West Virginia, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, August 1908

Honourable British Major Augustus Murray Cathcart, Full-Length Portrait in Uniform Sitting on Horse, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Arch Bridge, Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1905

Board of Trade Directly after Session, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1905

Workers Casting Pig Iron, Iroquois Smelter, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Coast Guard Sentry Standing Watch over New Torpedo Boat Under Constructions at Shipyard, Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Howard R. Hollem for Office of War Information, July 1942

Ferry at Dock, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Lycurgus S. Glover for Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Young Spinner Looking out Window, Rhodes Manufacturing Company, Lincolnton, North Carolina, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, November 1908