30 Interesting Photographs Show Street Scenes of New Zealand from the 1960s to early 1980s

Ans Westra is responsible for the most comprehensive documentation of Maori culture over 50 years of significant political and cultural change. She immigrated to New Zealand in 1957 and began her career in 1962 as a fulltime freelance documentary photographer, working mainly for the Department of Education and Te Ao Hou, a Maori magazine published by the Government.

Here's a collection of 30 black and white photographs taken by Ans Westra show everyday life in New Zealand from the 1960s to early 1980s.

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Amazing Vintage Wedding Photos in the Edwardian Era

Here are some amazing vintage pictures of wedding in the Edwardian era.

Edwardian bride, 1905

ca. 1900s

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ca. 1900s

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Before They Were Big: 18 Surprising Pictures of World Leaders When They Were Young

These amazing pictures of world leaders when they were young are sure to bring back some memories for all of us that were watching TV at that time and possibly saw one of these unknown people that later became living legends.

Barack Obama smoking a joint.

Eighteen year old Princess Elizabeth of England during her time in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during WWII where she drove and repaired heavy vehicles, 1945.

Portrait of John F. Kennedy at age 10, hair slicked back, 1927.

A thin Hugo Chavez in military academy.

Kim Jong-il with his father, Kim Il-sung, and his mother, Kim Jong-suk in 1945.

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Snapshots of Strangers Along Hollywood Boulevard During the Late 1960s to Early '70s

For three years, between 1969 and 1972, Los Angeles photographer Dennis Feldman started documenting people walking up and down Hollywood Boulevard, where the rich and famous are immortalised with bronze stars embedded in the pavement. Visitors to this iconic street might have imagined glamour and glitz but instead found a seedy, rubbish-strewn and dangerous area.

“It was really gritty and grubby,” Feldman said. “People were attracted by the Hollywood myth but they stayed for the cheap housing. The tourists didn’t come down much from beyond Highland. These were the regulars, the people who lived around there.”

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18 Interesting Colorized Photos of Charlie Chaplin From Between the 1910s and 1930s

Charlie Chaplin was a comedic British actor who became one of the biggest stars of the 20th century's silent-film era.

Famous for his character "The Tramp," the sweet little man with a bowler hat, mustache and cane, Charlie Chaplin was an iconic figure of the silent-film era and one of film's first superstars, elevating the industry in a way few could have ever imagined.

Below are 18 interesting colorized photos of Charlie Chaplin from between the 1910s and 1930s.

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Here Are 15 Wildest Stunts in New York City History

Some seek out fame, while others are addicted to adrenaline and risk. No matter the reasons, stuntmen and stuntwomen have risked life and limb to give us thrills. Here are some of the wildest stunts in New York City history:

1. Harry Houdini, 1910s

A crowd watches Hungarian-born American magician, escape artist and psychic debunker Harry Houdini as he wears a straitjacket and hangs from a crane during one of his beloved escape acts above Broadway and 46th Street in Manhattan, New York. (Getty Images)

2. Harry Houdini, 1912

Harry Houdini shows his handcuffs as he stands in a wooden box on a boat and prepares to be submerged, a predicament from which he will escape to the delight of onlookers in the East River, New York, July 7, 1912. (Getty Images)

3. Barney Rowe, 1923

Trains, plane and automobiles?! Daredevil Barney Rowe jumps from a train to plane in 1923. (New York Daily News)

4. Hugo Zacchini, 1929

Circus performer Hugo Zacchini gets some serious hang time in the air after being shot from a huge seige gun. (Harry Warnecke/New York Daily News)

5. Charles Fretz, 1933

Charles Fretz (inside box) during his buried alive stunt in Port Chester, New York in 1933. (New York Daily News)

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30 Black and White Photographs Capture Street Scenes of Stockholm in the 1950s

Gunnar Smoliansky (1933) hails from the island of Gotland, in Sweden. He started his career as an assistant to a photographer in Sao Paulo, who specialised in industrial photography. On his return to Sweden, he started work at Atlas Copco as their inhouse photographer, while studying at Christer Strömholm’s photography school. He has numerous exhibitions and publications to his name, and books such as Barn, Slussen and Waldemarsudde.

Gunnar Smoliansky works exclusively in black and white, and always develops his photographs himself. Throughout his career, he has transformed his photographed motifs into completed photos in the darkroom. Stockholm is the main focus of Smoliansky’s photographic world, particularly the areas of Södermalm and Saltsjö-Boo, the two parts of the city he has lived and worked in for most of his life.

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