domingo, 27 de abril de 2014

Amazing monochrome old shots (1.01)

Nine Sovereigns of Europe at Windsor Castle for the funeral of King Edward VII (1910): Standing, from left yo right, King Haakon VII of Norway, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Manuel de Portugal, Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire, King George I of Greece, King Albert I of Belgium; seated, from left to right, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King Emperor George V of the Great Britain and King Frederick VIII of Denmark (by W. & D. Downey).

US soldier at an advanced allied base, with a pet kangaroo in II World War, Australia, 1942.

Break time, construction of Rockefeller Center, 1932 (by Charles C. Ebbets).

Zeppelin flyng over Capitol, Washington, 1928.

17 years old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg dances on wine bottles, 1958. Her performance was based on a dream.

British sailor on board repairing a signal flag during a voyage to Sierra Leone, 1942 (by Cecil Beaton)

Cat and dog in Paris (unknown date)

A milkman delivering on a London street devastated during a German bombing raid, 1940.

Corner of Brad & Stone, NY, 1919.

Public Library of Cincinnatti and Hamilton County, 'Old Main' Building, 1974.

Painters on the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1914.

Pablo Picasso dressed up as Popeye, Cannes, 1957.

Ann Miller's leg in leopard skin-shorts and shoes makes a shooting smoke, 1954.

Earlier surfer photo even taken: Man wearing traditional garb with Diamond Head in the background, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, 1890.

German worker August Landmesser refuses to raise his arm to give the nazi salute at Hitler's arrival to his factory, Hamburg, 1936.

The first photo to capture the image of a man while having his shoes shined, Paris, 1938.

Louis Armstrong plays the trumpet for his wife in front of a Pyramyd and the Great Sphynx, Egypt, 1961

Sgt. Frank Praytor feeds a kitty, Korea War, 1953.

Family driving on moyorcycle and sidecar from Omaha (Nebraska) to Salt Lake City (Utah), 1948.

Family life with Blondie, the pet lion, 1955.

Amateur boxing, 1955.

First lesson, Berlin, 1931.

Art Rothschild (top position) built a four-man bycicle, 1948.

Accident à la gare Montparnasse, 1895.

Dancing Ladies on Overhanging Rock at Glacier Point, 1890's.

Rappelling Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, 1936.

The last four couples at a Chicago dance marathon ca. 1930.

Prohibitionists advocate stripping Americans of the right of beverage choice, lates 1910's.

NYC Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of Prohibition, ca. 1921.

Poured illegal alcohol during Prohibition, Detroit, 1929.

TO BE CONTINUED ... >

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