27 Brilliant Photographs Capture Working-Class Life on the Streets of the U.K in the Post-war Era

Roger Mayne was one of the outstanding British photographers of the postwar period. He is best known as the photographic poet of London's dynamic street life in the then dilapidated area of Notting Dale in North Kensington. He photographed one street – Southam Street – from 1956 until it was demolished in 1961 to make way for Erno Goldfinger's Trellick Tower.

Using a Zeiss Super Ikonta camera, rather than a Leica, Mayne visited Southam Street 27 times between 1956 and 1961, harvesting around 1,400 negatives. His photographs touched a nerve, drawing praise from key writers of the period such as Colin MacInnes – whose Absolute Beginners (1959) carried a Mayne photograph on its dust jacket – and the architect Theo Crosby, who published 57 of the photographs as an issue of Uppercase magazine in 1961. These timely, punchy photographs also appeared on the covers of important Penguin and Pelican books and such classics as Peter and Iona Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959).

1956. Girls are doing a handstand. Southam Street, London

1956. Girls gambling, Southam Street, London.

1956. Southam Street, London.

1956. Street scene at Harrow Road, London.

1956. Southam Street, London.

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20 Beautiful Antique Hand Tinted Photo Postcards of Pretty Young Ladies From the 1920s

The vast majority of real-photo postcards were created in black and white, although some images were hand colored after printing. As camera technology improved and manufacturers moved toward a standard 35mm negative size, printing methods were adapted so postcards could continue to be developed from photographs.

These vintage French hand tinted photo postcards featuring pretty young ladies with glamour fashion from the 1920s...

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Interesting Calling Cards for Greeting New Year in the Victorian Era

A century ago, in the Victorian era, New Year’s day, rather than New Year’s eve, was the time for big celebration and gala entertaining known as open house. It was held from noon until six p.m. The tradition was that all the young ladies and boys under the age of ten would stay at home to receive callers while the eligible gentlemen went out to pay visits.

This tradition was carried by the “well to go” families, which invited eligible bachelors to meet their daughters and served their guests with bourbon, rum, or brandy and egg nog.

To invite their guests, the wealthy Victorians would use calling cards which you can see below. After receiving the engraved invitations, the eligible gentlemen would be arriving in the morning to sample chicken, turkey, fruit pie and to exchange witty repartee with the young lady of the house.

A Happy New Year 1879 from H. A and S. S. Brickenstein

A Happy New Year, 1876, Henry M. Bloser

A Happy New Year, 1876. Mary A. Bacon

A Happy New Year, 1879 from Jas. Mc Cambridge

A Happy New Year, 1879, Lawrence C. Hankey

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12 Old Photos of Clowns That Will Haunt Your Dreams!

For as long as have clowns have been around, their eerie makeup and sinister smiles have sent children fleeing for their mothers...

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17 Nostalgic Black and White Photographs Show How Starlets Celebrating the New Year From the 1930s and '40s

When New Year’s Eve rolls around, it’s just as important to be with someone dear when the clock strikes midnight as it is to be in the proper place. These 17 black and white pictures from yesteryear show society’s elite surrounded by loved ones and plenty of champagne.

A large clock in the sand at Venice Beach, made with letters and people. A rope in a circle makes the outer edge of the clock, while ladies in swim suits lay around the outside of rope. Four of them hold up the date 1935, while 2 ladies make themselves the minute and hour hands of the clock.

A group of women enjoy a New Year's sledding party.

Virginia Dale rings in the 1941.

Woman celebrating with room full of balloons.

Women with balloons on New Years Eve.

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Victorian Fashion – Rare Vintage Photos Show How to Make a Crinoline

These are several vintage photos show how to make a crinoline in the Victorian Era.

Delivering crinoline hoop skirts, 1858

Delivering hoop skirts, London, 1854

The crinoline shop, 1880

Woman tries wearing a hoop skirt to make a crinoline, ca. 1860

woman wearing a crinoline being dressed with the aid of long poles to lift her dress over the hoops, 1860

Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies in a crinoline, 1862

A Collection of 30 Lovely Vintage New Year Cards

New Year celebration will soon capture the world under its spell. Before you start your celebration, do not miss to have a glance at our collection of 30 lovely vintage Happy New Year cards...

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