Category Archives: 1900’s

Wie helpt dit stuk geschiedenis te bewaren

A3scannen frontpage mixup of images

Deze man heeft met zijn rescued film project een stuk geschiedenis van de jaren 50 van de vorige eeuw gevonden, hij wil het graag bewaren voor de toekomst en geschiedenis. Help mij hem helpen en doneer een kleine bijdragen voor zijn project

One Man’s Quest to Save a Haunting 5,000-Portrait Archive from the Clutches of Time

For going on two decades after the end of World War I, Costica Ascinte was quite possibly the only professional photographer in all of Romania. He continued to work right up until his death in 1984, by which point he had accumulated over 5,000 glass plate negatives and several hundred prints — a visual history […]

Geisha in swimsuits, rarely seen

December 1, 2013 0 Comments Peter House Rare Vintage Swimsuit Photos Of Geisha Rob Oechsle, a photographer and researcher, has compiled a series of photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century featuring Geishas. What makes these photos all the more striking is the fact that they feature these women in swimwear and against […]

All these are moments of history

Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France, 1920 The last known picture of Adolf Hitler, April 30, 1945   Eisenhower’s Inauguration on January 20, 1953   Nazi rally in the Cathedral of Light c. 1937   Marilyn Monroe performing for troops stationed in Korea, February 1954   The last known […]