B&W Photos of Life in World War II

Civil War cutups

Unidentified men in Union uniforms, one pointing a revolver at another's head. Half-plate tintype, hand-colored. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress. (via)

Shops and Stores in Japan in The 19th Century

An interesting collection of Japanese's shops and stores in the 19th century

Interesting Vintage Photos of Cats

A small interesting collection of old photos of cats

A little girl hangs three Siamese kittens on a washing line in a garden in Croydon, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 14th July 1931

A cat wearing headphones to listen to a radio. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). January 1926

A cat watches two mice in a goldfish bowl. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

A cat watches two mice in a goldfish bowl. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

A bandaged cat recovering from its injuries. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 25th May 1935

Above Fifth Avenue, Looking North, 1905

Above Fifth Avenue, Looking North, 1905. Underwood and Underwood (American, active 1880-1934) (via)

Protection Mask, 1936

Oct. 15, 1936. Washington, D.C. Protection against that dreaded disease Silicosis is assured underground workers with this new sand-blasting helmet developed by William P. Biggs, Safety Engineer of the Navy Department. Weighing only 43 ounces, the helmet has been tested for nearly a year in various naval stations throughout the country. Harris & Ewing glass negative. (via)

Color Photos of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1964

Guys gone wild, 1860s style

Unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each other's mouths. Ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress. (via Shorpy)

Amazing Photos of Burmese Women in The Past

A policeman in London directing three giraffe necked women from Burma along Elgin Avenue, London, 1935. (Photo by General Photographic Agency)

Giraffe necked women of Burma having tea in England, circa 1935. (Photo by General Photographic Agency)

A Padaung, or Kayan woman. Originally a Mongolian tribe, the Padaung have been assimilated into the Karen group native to Mayanmar (Burma), circa 1950. The most stiking feature of these people are the brass rings fitted to the necks and limbs of women born on Wednesdays. The first neck ring is fitted when they are five or six, with successive rings fitted every two years, denoting the status of their family. (Photo by Three Lions)

A Padaung, or Kayan woman. Originally a Mongolian tribe, the Padaung have been assimilated into the Karen group native to Mayanmar (Burma), circa 1950. (Photo by Three Lions)

Three Burmese women members of a circus play cards as they wear the brass neck and leg rings traditionally worn by Padaung women since childhood and which cannot be removed, London, January 4, 1935. (Photo by Keystone)

A Burmese woman, with traditional neck-extending rings, celebrates her twenty-first birthday with a cake in Folkestone with her friend. They are both part of Bertram Mills Circus, where they are billed as the “giraffe-necked Burmese ladies”. 25th August 1936. (Photo by A. J. O'Brien)

Old Photos of City Churches in London A Century Ago

Here are old photos of City churches (and a few nearby), taken for the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society a century ago.

St Clement Danes, c. 1900

St. Magnus the Martyr, c. 1910

St Magnus the Martyr & the Monument from the Thames, c. 1920

St Dunstan in the East, 1910

St Dunstan in the East, 1910