Amazing Color Photographs Capture Daily Life in New York City in 1973

By 1970, New York City gained notoriety for high rates of crime and other social disorders. A popular song by Cashman & West in the autumn of 1972, "American City Suite", chronicled, in allegorical fashion, the decline in the city's quality of life.

The city's subway system was regarded as unsafe due to crime and suffered frequent mechanical breakdowns. Prostitutes and pimps frequented Times Square, while Central Park became feared as the site of muggings and rapes. Homeless persons and drug dealers occupied boarded-up and abandoned buildings.

Here are 32 amazing color photographs that capture street scenes of New York City in 1973:

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10 Vintage Wardrobe Test Shots From Famous Movies

Costume test photos are a necessity for filmmakers and designers in order to get a clear picture of how colors, fabrics, and styles (and usually hair and makeup) will appear on the big screen. Inadvertently, the snapshots sometimes reveal a different, carefree side of the star in costume. The photos often become works of art themselves. Here's a small collection of 10 vintage wardrobe test shots from famous movies.

Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, 1953.

Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, 1950.

Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, 1939.

Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock, 1957.

Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind, 1939.

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30 Fascinating Color Photographs Capture Everyday Life in the USSR in the Early 1980s

Late 1970s were considered to be golden era of Soviet Union. World War II is much behind, the country is already rebuilt.

Oil prices were high, which brought stable income and inflow of dollars. Space program was on its top – new ships, new space stations, even sometimes a few manned ships were launched at same time. In fact, oil price was even higher than it’s now. Things were so good that USSR even moved its army into Afghanistan in 1980. So let’s see some color photos of the USSR, taken in 1981:

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Old Pictures of London in Victorian Era

1888: Traffic on Regent Circus, now known as Oxford Circus, London, facing east along Oxford Street. In the foreground is a man towing his barrel organ on wheels. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

A cyclist riding a penny farthing over Hammersmith Bridge, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1890: Exterior of Liverpool Street Station in London which is run by Great Eastern Railway and connects passengers with the South East. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

An Italian harpist entertaining local children on the street. Original Artwork: From 'Street Life In London' by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

The Temperance Sweep' and a barefooted boy small enough to fit inside narrow passages. Original Artwork: From 'Street Life in London' by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

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The Streets of Old London

Piccadilly, c. 1900

Piccadilly Circus, c. 1900

St Clement Danes, c. 1910

Hoardings in Knightsbridge, c. 1935

Wych St, c.1890

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Awesome Self-Portraits of George Harrison With a Fisheye Lens in India, 1966

George Harrison and his wife Pattie flew from London to Bombay (Mumbai), India in September 1966. The purpose of the visit was for George to take sitar lessons with Ravi Shankar, and for the couple to study yoga. The Harrisons stayed at the Taj Mahal hotel in Bombay, under the names Mr and Mrs Sam Wells.

George always seemed to have a camera with him. He took a lot of 8 mm footage too. Below are some of awesome self-portrais of George Harrison with a fisheye lens in India in 1966.

Studio Portraits of German Soldiers With Flowers, ca. 1910s

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