1979 ad for London transit showing how the city would look if built by American planners.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/vintageads
Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio. (1904 and today)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
February 15, 1950 at Crystal Motors in Brooklyn at 5901 Bay Parkway. Colorized by me.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/classiccars
c. 1900-20 colorized Library of Congress photo of Washington Square, New York City.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/CityPorn
In 1959 a segregated South Carolina library called the police when 9 year-old Ron McNair refused to leave without his books. He left with the books, went on to get a PhD in physics from MIT and became an astronaut. The library that refused to lend him books is now named after him.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Looking northwest along Hudson Street from Barrow Street in the West Village, Manhattan, New York. (1936 vs. today)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
1908 photo of Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter and the last child of German Emperor Wilhelm II. (Colorized)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
1922: A princess of the Winnebago tribe is exiled for having bobbed hair.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
November 4, 1952: Former world traveler Jack W. Holley at his home near Moab, Utah. (Photo via Cushman Library at Indiana University)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
c. 1880 photo of 299 Berkeley in Boston Massachusetts. Home of clothing merchant/investor Josiah Caldwell, it was deemed by one paper as the finest house in Boston. Construction started in 1870 but it was not finished until 1877-8. It was razed in 1941. (Photo by Albert Levy) (Colorized)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
1972: These Volkswagens sitting at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/classiccars
1979 McDonald's Ad for a Chopped Beefsteak with a side of Onion Nuggets1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/vintageads
April 29, 1886, Polo Grounds in New York City. The Boston Beaneaters (later the Braves) and New York Giants get together for a pregame photo on opening day. (Photo via Library of Congress. Colorized by OP.) [7108X5305]1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
100 years ago today: Lena Peteskla and her friends will have none of your shenanigans. (From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)10mo ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Strong winds along the Lake Michigan shoreline in St. Joseph, Michigan erode frozen sand and create interesting shapes.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
1903: Newport, Rhode Island. An informal portrait of a young Negro woman surrounded by laundry. Photo by Gertrude Kasebier via Library of Congress. (Colorized by OP)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
The Hotel Albert in Selma, Alabama (1860-1969) had a skating rink on the 2nd floor. It's unclear why it was demolished.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
c. 1847-1860 photo of unidentified woman by James Presley Ball via Library of Congress.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
Fraunces Tavern, built in 1719. The oldest structure in Manhattan. (Photos 1907 vs. 2020)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Main Street in Aberdeen, South Dakota (2021-1940 Partial AI colorized)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Photo by Shayna Stevens, captioned as: My husband Will with our two-year-old son. . .[who] was curious as to what was in the can.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/accidentalrockwell
1923 Colorized photo of the English Hotel and Opera House in Indianapolis. Demolished in 1948.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
1900 (color restored) photo of the DeSoto Hotel in Savannah, Georgia. Built in the 1890's, it was demolished in 1968 to make way for DeSoto Hilton and Citizens and Southern Bank complex.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
1979 - President Jimmy Carter, flanked by nervous Secret Service agents, climbed onto the roof of the presidential limousine during a 1979 visit to Bardstown, Kentucky. [1125x1011]2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The McKinley Climatic Laboratory on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida operates as cold-weather testing facility. This is a B-52 Stratofortress during a test in 1964.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/aviation
1953 photo of an ice cream lover. (Photo from the Missouri State Archives)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Main Street, Hartley Iowa in 1922 vs. today. (Central Avenue)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
California's 101 Freeway in 1952. A Pacific Red Car travels from the San Fernando Valley into Los Angeles. (Photo via Vintage Los Angeles)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
March 1909 Hartford, CT. Newsgirls waiting for papers. Largest girl Alice Goldman has been selling for 4 yrs. Newsdealer says she uses viler language than newsboys. Besie Goldman and Bessie Brownstein are 9 yrs old...been selling about 1 yr. All sell until 7:00-7:30 P.M. daily. (OP Colorized)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Sandwich, New Hampsire. A general store (top left 1890's, top right 1940), Google street photos, (bottom left is 2008, bottom right is 2019)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
1904 photo of Swedish Actress Tyra Zanderholm as Petra in the play Socorro's Accordions. (Colorized by OP)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
New York City, 1946: Stranded in Grand Central terminal by a rail strike, Marianne Grande of Asbury Park, N.J., writes a telegraph message to her fiance whom she was to wed.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Paramus, New Jersey, 1966: Women were reminded to remove their high heel shoes before riding the escalator at Gimbel's Department Store.6mo ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
December, 1942: Photo of William London, a 25-year railroad worker in Melrose Park, Illinois. Photo by Jack Delano via Library of Congress.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
George Burns and Gracie Allen in 1958, with a photo of them in Vaudeville days behind them.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
John F. Kennedy gave a speech to this crowd gathered outside his hotel just hours before he was assassinated. The young boy above the crowd was 8-year old Ft. Worth native Billy Paxton, who went on to star in the films Aliens, Tombstone, Apollo 13, Titanic, and Twister, among others.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
August 13, 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 67 year-old Karl Wallenda walks a tightrope 140' in the air between games of a Phillies-Expos doubleheader, doing a headstand halfway across. He was paid $3,000 for his efforts. [800X533]5mo ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
1959: Twenty-two students cramming into a telephone booth to try and establish a stacking record, St. Mary's College, Moraga, California. (Photo by Joe Munroe)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
April, 1943: Mrs. Irene Bracker of Clinton Iowa. Mother of two children, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper for the Chicago and North Western Railway Company. Photo by Jack Delano via Library of Congress.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
April, 1974: Miner waiting to go to work on the 4 P.M. to Midnight Shift at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine near Richlands, Virginia. Photo by Jack Corn via U.S. National Archives.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
Coast Guard Grumman UF-1G Albatross January 1959 Elizabeth City, North Carolina2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/aviation
c. 1907 Mrs. Coolidge and her dog. (Photo by C.M. Bell via Library of Congress)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Seattle Monorail under construction, 1961. (Colorized by OP)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/InfrastructurePorn
c. 1974. Macrame catalog featuring hanging speakers out by the hot tub.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/vintageads
Former Woodhaven Bank at 93-02 95th Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens. It was built around 1890. (c.1910's vs today, renovated)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
1983: Mayor Bill Hudnut cools off at 29th & Talbot Park for a city-sponsored shower party. Hudnut ordered fire hydrants turned on in neighborhoods without public swimming pools to help residents beat the heat. Photo via Indianapolis Recorder Collection, Indiana Historical Society.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/indianapolis
December 30, 1962 - Yankee Stadium. In 25 degree weather with 25-30 M.P.H winds, the Packers win their second consecutive NFL championship over the Giants, 16-7. This photo has 5 future Hall-of-Famers. (Colorized by me.)1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/GreenBayPackers
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia (1900/2016)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
June 3, 1937: Graduating class at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, after receiving their diplomas.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
1972 photo of businessmen crossing the street on their lunch break in downtown Dallas, Texas.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Colorized photo from Library of Congress dated July 1941. Repairing streetcar tracks, Fourteenth and G Streets, N.W.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/washingtondc
c. 1929 Workers install a Greek Revival architectural column on the Civil Courts building in St. Louis, Missouri.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
February 1937, McLeansboro, Illinois. Southern Illinois character. Photo by Russell Lee.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
1922 Photo of Japanese Emperor Taisho's four sons - Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito. [800X847]1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
🔥 June 4, 1937: A large dust storm descends on Hooker, Oklahoma. (Photo via Oklahoma Historical Society)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
c. 1863 - Isaac & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans. Restored photo via Library of Congress.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
1940: Miss Iris Davis, a 19-year old from Clapham, London recovering cats with the aid of a 'lasso' from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued 600 feline strays. [842X1016]1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
October 1940: Jim Norris and wife, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico.2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
c. 1900 Randolph Street east from LaSalle. (A black and white of this was posted about 9 months ago, but the LOC also has a color photochrom of it, so I restored the colors.)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/chicago
c. 1894-1901 photo of Lee. Photo by C.M. Bell via Library of Congress. (Colorized by OP)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HumanPorn
c. 1959 Before the 101 Freeway opened, photographer Leigh Wiener took this photo of his son Devik on the off-ramp to Laurel Canyon Blvd in Studio City, California. [1180X1086]2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
1942: After 6 years of planning, the St. Louis arch begins to be constructed. Riverfront shown here after demo of warehouses. The Old Cathedral and the Old Rock House were allowed to stand due to their historical significance. It was completed in 1965. [2888x2327]2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
New York City's 59th Street Queensboro Bridge shortly after completion in 1909 vs. today.1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Orpheum Theater (now Five Flags) in Dubuque, Iowa. (1940 vs. 2020)2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
June 18, 1943: How to disable an armed opponent is demonstrated by two girl Marines in training at Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina. The Marines with their backs to the camera are watching another display of feminine skill in the art of self-defense. [2656X2068]2yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
January, 1959 - Soviet leader Anastas Mikoyan and others looking at vanilla ice cream cartons in a freezer, during his visit to the United States. (Photo by Thomas O'Halloran via Library of Congress) [684X0124]1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
April, 1911 photo of Germany Schaefer, one of the most entertaining characters in baseball history. Four months after this photo he will attempt to steal first base as he stood on second, a maneuver that led to a rule change. (Colorized by OP) [4935X36654]1yr ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
March 14, 1946: A 1946 Nash on display on its side at the L.R. Cooke Chevrolet Company, 255 East Main. (Found via University of Kentucky archives)6mo ⋅ morganmonroe81 ⋅ r/classiccars
