Category: Vintage Photo

These Vintage Photos of Spirit Photography Will Creep You Out

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11 Creepy Vintage Photos of Spirit PhotographyMirrorpix – Getty Images Long before the Paranormal Activity movies gave audiences their fair share of supernatural entertainment by supplying plenty of fuel for scary movie marathons everywhere, there was the vintage photography trend known as spirit photography to appease society’s fascination with capturing “ghosts” on camera. And as these creepy vintage photos of spirit photography illustrate, the eerie movement provides a haunting look into the past. According to History, the spirit of photography began in the 1860s. At that time, the United States was mourning the death of over 600,000 lives lost in…Continue Reading

This Street Photographer Uses Vintage 1860 Camera To Capture Pictures

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Last Updated: July 03, 2023, 18:24 IST Vintage camera from 1860 still in use by a street photographer in Jaipur. (Credits: Instagram) The camera was a precious gift presented by the Maharaja of Jaipur to Tikam Chand’s ancestor, Pahari Lal. In today’s time, the internet is flooded with selfies and portrait pictures, however, back in the day, visiting a professional photo studio was considered a luxury that many couldn’t afford. During those days, street photographers played a vital role and recently, the story of Tikam Chand, a third-generation photographer, has taken the internet by storm. He is seen using a…Continue Reading

See any familiar faces in these 29 vintage photos from Staten Island Technical High School from the 1990s and 2000s?

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Staten Island Technical High School was founded in 1988. Housed in the former New Dorp High School building at 485 Clawson St., Tech has long been known for its academic excellence. The school consistently rates among the top public high schools in New York and the country. Tech was initially the engineering program from Ralph McKee Vocational and Technical High School but was eventually spun off into its own school. Tech maintains its connection to McKee through a sports program partnership, which has seen citywide success with its football, volleyball and track teams. Tech is widely recognized for its science…Continue Reading

Vintage photos of an Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar at the National Museum of the US Air Force get new attention

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ExploreWright-Patterson AFB name-dropped in congressional hearing on UFOs The Avrocar was the result of a Canadian effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter-bomber in the early 1950s, the museum says. “However, its circular shape gave it the appearance of a flying saucer out of science-fiction movies of the period,” the museum notes. The museum shared 2007 photos of the delivery of the craft to the museum on its Facebook page a couple of days ago, which generated a fair amount of attention. “With claims of that the US government has been clandestinely retrieving crashed UFOs for…Continue Reading

35 vintage photos reveal what Los Angeles looked like before the US regulated pollution

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A motorcyclist in Los Angeles prepares to turn while driving along a street that’s engulfed in a thick haze of fog and smog in 1958. Bettmann / Getty Los Angeles has had air pollution problems since before smog was a term. In 1943, smog covered the city so thickly that residents thought they were under a chemical attack. The city of stars could be called the city of smog. Los Angeles has had years of thick air pollution due to a ballooning population, unregulated industry, a booming car industry, and its natural geography. In 1943, during World War II, pollution…Continue Reading

Focus Bloc – Vintage Hollywood NFT Photographs

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vintage photography NFT platform, Focus Block, has announced a new NFT drop featuring 333 photos from the legendary “Movie Star News” collection. Effectively, allowing fans to collect legendary movie artifacts and a chance to own a piece of cinematic history. The collection, founded by siblings Irving and Paula Klaw in 1938, consists of stills from Hollywood movies that have shaped popular culture for decades. From Scarface to James Bond and Star Wars, the collection includes iconic images of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Audrey Hepburn, and Jack Nicholson. The NFT collection, named “Hollywood: from Golden Age to the…Continue Reading

Vintage photo of handsome war veteran going viral

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NEWARK, Del. — A photo of a bright-eyed, dimpled soldier with a perfect pearly white smile is breaking hearts all over social media. The vintage picture, which was taken in 1950 before the soldier’s deployment in Korea, has gone wildly viral since it was posted on Reddit – with some of his many admirers calling him a babe and a hunk. More than 3 million people have viewed the handsome headshot so far. So – who is he? Do some digging and you’ll find that the man’s grandson, Derek Schwendeman, posted it. Derek lives near Newark, Delaware and gave WPVI-TV,…Continue Reading

Readers share their vintage photos

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Thanks to all the readers who have sent photos in for use on this page. Lately, we’ve seen some striking finds. Rick Karl wrote in and sent along a photo of his father, Fred Karl, then 20 years old, atop a Sherman tank — a medium tank M4A3 (76)W HVSS assigned to D Company, 2nd Armored Division, nicknamed “the Daytona Beach, “Karl informs us. The photo was taken at the fall of Berlin, 1945. The elder Karl would return home and go on to represent Volusia County as a member of the Florida House and Senate before sitting on the…Continue Reading