Typing class, c 1940s

Typing class, c 1940s. Photo by Max Dupain.

Black and White Photos of Teenage Gangs of NYC in 1959

In the summer of 1959, 25 year old photographer Bruce Davidson read about the teenage gangs of New York City. Connecting with a social worker to make initial contact with a gang, Davidson became a daily observer and photographer of this alienated youth culture. At the time there were an estimated thousand gang members in New York City.

Vintage Photos of Christmas in Boston

With the holidays right around the corner, it's the perfect time to see what an old-fashioned American holiday season looked like. The Boston Public Library has a collection of photos by Leslie Jones, a photographer who documented daily life in the city for The Boston Herald-Traveler for 39 years.

"In those 39 years, Jones left a comprehensive visual portrait of Boston’s people, events and built environment," curators at the Boston Public Library's print department wrote in an email to Business Insider. "He had an eye for whimsy as well as an ability to capture the pathos of the human condition."

Allen & Co. Fruit and Produce selling Christmas Trees, 1930.

Boston City Hall decked for the holidays, 1954.

Filene's department store in the Downtown Crossing shopping district in Boston, 1954.

Gilchrist's flagship store in downtown Boston, 1950.

Houghton & Dutton department store on Washington Street in downtown Boston, 1915.

Red Cross transporting wounded soldiers on 'bike-stretchers', Netherlands, 1914

First World War. Red Cross transporting wounded soldiers on 'bike-stretchers'. Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1914.

The last photo ever taken of the RMS Titanic, 1912

The following photo is believed to be the last photo ever taken of the RMS Titanic before it sunk in April 1912.

Color Photos of England Before The Launching of The D-Day, 1944

Oxford Street in London shortly before the launching of the D-Day invasion of France during WWII.

Old village water pump during WWII.

Pair of American servicemen walking w. civilian woman in a bucolic park during WWII.

African American soldier piling up gas cans in preparation for the upcoming D-Day invasion of France.

Pair of English Land Army girls taking a drink from a roadside well during WWII.

Old Photos of Santa Claus

W. MacDonald Bailey as Father Christmas at a children's party. (Photo by Ron Gerelli/Express/Getty Images) 24th December 1951

Santa Claus brings a sack full of toys down a chimney on a snowy rooftop. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). Circa 1925

A woman casts a sceptical glance at a rather surly looking man dressed as Santa in a busy shopping street. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images). 1975

A pair of five year old twins tell Father Christmas what they want for their presents at Selfidges in Oxford Street. (Photo by Peter King/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 10th December 1970

Santa Claus welcomes young visitors to his North Pole Workshop in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955

Citroën series production, 1920

Old Photos of Spanish Civil War, ca. 1930s

The Spanish Civil War was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed, and Franco ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from 1939 until his death in 1975. See more infomation about Spanish Civil War on Wikipedia.

Girl snipers, fighting for the government, during the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1936

Refugees from the Spanish Civil War crowd the roads to Perpignan at Le Perthus, France. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). 1936

A Spanish government soldier throws a hand grenade towards enemy trenches during the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1936

Journalist Raymond Walker risks his life under a hail of bullets dashing across the International bridge from Hendaye, France, to Irun, Spain to save a baby, during the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Getty Images). 1936

A group of Loyalist Republican Spanish soldiers at the time of the Spanish Civil War. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). 1936

NYC garbage strike, 1968

In February 1968, some 7,000 sanitation workers gathered in New York’s City Hall Park and voted to go on strike to get a decent contract. For years the city had an unfair official policy: Sanitation worker salaries had to be lower than police and firefighters’ salaries, and sanitation workers had to contribute more from their paychecks, but got lower pensions, compared to police and firefighters. The 1968 strike continued from Feb. 2 through Feb. 10, despite the media’s demonization of the sanitation workers.