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Stunning Black-and-White Photographs of Rome, Italy in 1956

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In 1956 a young William Klein, painter, graphic artist and photographer, veteran of the success of his book-photo diary of New York, arrives in Rome called by Fellini as an assistant director of his new film, "Nights of Cabiria." The film will suffer delays but Klein in Rome, with his camera, runs long the city in the company of Fellini and other exceptional guides (Pasolini Flaiano, Moravia, etc.).. The atmosphere is magical in the fifties and the young American photographer who will make Rome a new photographic fresco, masterful and powerful.

Beautiful Vintage Color Photographs of Streets of Stockholm in the 1960s

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Kungsgatan in Stockholm 1964

Vattugatan in central Stockholm in 1964

Trams at Tegelbacken in Stockholm 1962

Buses and tram at Odenplan in Stockholm 1962

Bus and tram on Munkbron in Stockholm 1964

Södermalmstorg in Stockholm 1964

Vasagatan in Stockholm 1962

Track maintenance at Stureplan in Stockholm 1966

Trolley buses at Gullmarsplan in Stockholm 1964

(via Stockholm Transport Museum)

75 Interesting Vintage Photographs Captured Everyday Life in Sweden from the Early 20th Century

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These interesting vintage photographs were captured by Oskar Jarén, showing daily life in Sweden from between the 1910s and 1920s...

Little girl and three owls, 1925.

Three little girls with their cats.

Four men playing cards, ca. 1920s.

Grandmother sitting in front of her cottage.

Fetching water in the source, 1912.

Little girl in the cherry tree, 1912.

Two men with an accordion.

Two women and a girl in front their cottage in Sjöstugan, 1912.

The siblings Carola and Henning Aurell photographed at his home in Frinnaryds, 1913.

Gunnar Fransson and Alva. The two were not siblings or spouses.

Ulla Göransson churning butter in the old way, ca 1920.

Elin Larsson in the swing, 1914.

Carl Nöjd, cyclist, 1914.

Maja Fransson on the fence.

Group portrait, Nobynäs, ca. 1920s.

Carpenter, Frinnaryds station, 1913

Frinnaryds Nedby, 1912.

Man with spade.

Kerstin and her dog, ca. 1928.

Market visitors waiting for the train to Tranas. Frinnaryds station, 1913

Rails thread

Stone crusher in Stjärneborg, 1914.

Gardener in corn country, Stjärneborg, 1914.

Laundry in Klockare farm pasture in Frinnaryds village.

Southbound train at the newly built station house in Stjärneborg, 1914.

Rakelt, really Peraklet, was a cottage in Vrångsjö manor in Marbäck parish. Lay next to old highway Tranas - Eksjö visible in the foreground, 1913.

Solhem cafe and bakery in Frinnaryd in the 1920s.

Three ladies and a gentleman.

Four ladies in green grass from one of the manor houses of Vrångsjö or Hästeryd, ca. 1912.

Ellen and Ella Lisa, 1926.

Stone and Signe in 1926. Another sweet couple photographed by Oskar Jaren in natural surroundings. Stone Bergqvist (b. 1907) and Signe Smith (b. 1908) who married each other in 1927.

Gustavsson group in Stjerneborg, 1926.

The young ladies are Carol Aurell, Maja Andersson and Klara Torsson, the latter teacher at Frinnaryds church school, 1915.

Hanna Sund in 1914. She was one of Oskar Jaren favorite models.

Rowing on the river in Svartån, 1912.

The girl in the beautiful Sweden suit is not certain identified yet. But the photo was taken outside the State Building in Hästeryd, Frinnaryd 1915.

Saw horses and farmhand in 1913. This image from a temporary sawmill is probably from Fisherman home / Reverse during Frinnaryds vicarage. Oskar Jaren has namely taken several pictures from around the same time.

Lekströms, 1912. Potter Oskar Lekström with his wife and son.

Rakelt, Vrångsjö 1913. Rakelt or Peraklet was a cottage in Vrångsjö manor in Marbäck. The picture shows torparparet Gustav Engdahl (b. 1850) and Augusta Engdahl (b. 1848) and their daughter Esther Engdahl (b. 1888) and her daughter Marta Linnea Ingegerd (b. 1913).

Gravel groove in Frinnaryd. The picture is taken at double the building on East Main Line in 1920 - 22.

The elementary school, lower section in 1926.

The motives of Lake Ralången with Stjärne Castle in the background. The children in the foreground is probably the family Söderholm.

Frinnaryd station in 1913.

A family in Söderholms, 1926.

Organized group at the home of freeholder Frans Viktor Johansson stocka Bäcks Mellangård in Linderås, 1913.

Children in Frinnaryd.

Two in front and two behind the junipers. The women in the background is Carola Aurell and Maria Andersson. The young man on the left is called Henning Aurell and is the brother of Carol Aurell. The man on the right is not yet identified.

Three girls in the forest.

Two men on stone. To the left of the stone is Charles Smith (b. 1892), who was a profession painter and well known in Frinnaryd. The man on the right is not yet identified.

People in the image is Maria Andersson, Carola Aurell and Henning Aurell (right). The fourth of the cloverleaf yet unknown. Around 1915.

Woman with violin.

Klara Thorsson and Carola Aurell (school teacher) outside the school in Frinnaryd.

Two men on the tree.

Group portrait.

Fancy hats! Here Oskar Jarén using the self-timer / long exposure photographed himself (no. 3 from the left) along with the Gustafsson girls in the neighboring house, ca. 1920. These three girls were daughters of Karl Gustafsson in Karlsborg.

Woman with horse.

Goat standing on its hind legs.

Photo, from about 1915-20, was taken in the property Sanna Frinnaryds station community. There, Anders Johan Satisfaction (b. 1862, left in the photo) started a shoemaking around 1900. Pictured on the right is son Ernst Satisfaction (b. 1890), who was also a shoemaker.

Strengthening collar, 1915.

Photo from around 1925. Ebba Gustafsson (b. 1903) pats laundry and youngest sister Elin (b. 1918) stands next to it.

Skinnberedning at Frinnaryds tannery. In this photo from Frinnaryd tannery (started 1890), here are tanners KA Lundberg (1853 - 1935) and his son Eric (b. 1886).

The woman at the sewing machine is Emelie Castensson (born 1854), who married with a slipper-maker Johan Andersson. The couple lived here when the picture was taken in Vagnsvik, Frinnaryd.

Hilma Gustafsson heckle flax at the cabin end. She represents one of favorite environments. From there are many lovingly and painstakingly rendered images that describes key elements of the work on a farm like that a hundred years ago.

Two children outside the greenhouse.

Two men on the sofa.

Three happy women sitting on the grass.

Girl walking with her doll.

Kyrkvaktmästare August Käl and his wife from Liljeholmen

Woman sitting in the woods.

Family gathered on the bench.

The picture is taken in Härje City at Stjärneborg, Lommaryds parish, ca. 1915. The cottage was a so-called double cabin for two families.

Elegant young man - Painter, Karl Svensson, with the revolver.

Break on the grass. The woman on the left is the school teacher's daughter Carola Aurell.

In this photo, at the back of the sledge is Elin Larsson Tingersten (b. 1902) from Arla in Frinnaryd and her younger sister Svea (b. 1909). The girls were daughters of Crown hunters Larsson.

The potter's wheel Erik Söderholm (b. 1884) in Söderholms pottery, Frinnaryd, 1915.

(Photos by Oskar Jarén, via JÖNKÖPINGS LÄNS MUSEUM)

30 Beautiful Color Photos of Turkey in 1971

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(via International Center for East Asian Archaeology & Cultural History - ICEAACH)

Everyday Life in Italy in the 1950s

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These beautiful vintage photographs of Italy that will make you want to time travel...

Two women hailing a Vespa Taxi-Scooter, in Milan. April 1952. (Keystone / Getty Images)

Two musicians play instruments in Calabria, southern Italy. Circa 1950. (Evans/Three Lions / Getty Images)

The Reschen Lake in southern Tyrol, which covers the sunken village of Graun, on August 13, 1953. (Keystone / Getty Images)

A man sells cherries from a market stall in Naples. Circa 1952. (Picture Post/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

Sophia Loren on location at Ostia Antica for the filming of ‘La Fortuna di Essere Donna’ with the French actor Charles Boyer. (Enzo Graffeo/BIPs / Getty Images)

British violonist Yehudi Menuhin and his wife Diana eating spaghetti before a concert the Maestro gave in Venice. (Afp / AFP / Getty Images)

A stall holder selling live crabs at a market in an Italian fishing town. Circa 1950. (Felix Man/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

Girls on the Venetian island of Burano learning the art of making lace. Circa 1954. (Three Lions / Getty Images)

A young barber at work on an elderly client in Italy. 1955. (Keystone / Getty Images)

A tour boat leaves harbor for the ‘Blue Grotto’ on the isle of Capri. Circa 1955. (Nocella/Three Lions / Getty Images)

A schoolboy walks through the rain in Saint Mark’s Square, Venice. March 1958. (Koenig/BIPs / Getty Images)

A group of unemployed men playing cards on a street corner, Sicily. Circa 1955. (Three Lions/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

Italian driver Alberto Ascari steers his Lancia at the finish line of the 1000 Miles race in Rome. May 1954. (Stf / AFP / Getty Images)

Italy’s Fausto Coppi finishing the seventeenth lap of the bicycle race across Italy. June 1952. (AP Photo/B)

Laundry is pinned across an entire building on wash day in Sicily. 1955. (Patrick Miller/Archive Photos / Getty Images)

Italian film stars Vittorio Gassman and Silvana Mangano wait for a take in Venice. February 1954. (AP Photo)

Famous Italian film and stage actress Anna Magnani in Rome. January 1952. (AP Photo/Lucio D’Aloisio)

Sophia Loren on location at Ostia Antica for the filming of ‘La Fortuna di Essere Donna’. 1955. (Enzo Graffeo/BIPs / Getty Images)

A pair of priests read ‘L’Osservatore’ outside St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Circa 1955. (Evans/Three Lions / Getty Images)

An Italian man watches an American tourist walking her poodle down the Spanish Steps in Rome. Circa 1955. (Evans/Three Lions / Getty Images)

Young Italian men having lunch in a cafe in Rome and reading the communist paper ‘Unita’ and the socialist ‘Avanti’. Circa 1955. (Evans/Three Lions / Getty Images)

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Amazing and Rare Color Vintage Photographs of Disneyland in 1955

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The following magically vintage pictures of Disneyland you are about to see, during its opening year of 1955, will surely make you wish you had a time machine! There may be a few you've seen before, but some are really seldom seen. However, all of them are stunning and bring with them a wonderful sense of nostalgia that us Disneyland fans love. Here's a collection of 18 wonderful color photos of Disneyland from 1955...

Guests running towards Sleeping Beauty Castle. (Loomis Dean/ Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Mickey Mouse’s face greets guests, as a Disneyland railroad locomotive stations in front of the Main Street station. (Loomis Dean/ Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Walt Disney and a stuffed Mickey Mouse doll conduct the train as it arrives at a Main Street station. (Allan Grant/ Time Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Walt, along with his daughters Diane and Sharon, wife Lilly, and a guest enjoy some quiet time at his private apartment on Main Street, U.S.A. (Gene Lester / Getty Images)

Walt takes the reigns of a red, horse-drawn fire wagon for a ride around Main Street. (Gene Lester / Getty Images)

Children running freely through the gate of Sleeping Beauty Castle. (Allan Grant/ Time Life Pictures / Getty Images)

No trip to Disneyland is complete without a ride on the Mad Tea Party. (Allan Grant/ Time Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Kids enjoying (?) a terrifying ride through Snow White and her Adventures. (Loomis Dean/ Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

An aerial shot of Fantasyland. (Loomis Dean / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Walt and his grandson taking a break and enjoying some soft drinks in Frontierland. (Gene Lester / Getty Images)

The Mark Twain riverboat begins its journey around the Rivers of America. (Loomis Dean/ Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Showgirls enjoy a fantastic view of the Rivers of America from atop the Golden Horseshoe Saloon. (Loomis Dean/ Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Mickey, Minnie, Chip, Dale, Donald Duck, and Captain Hook await for the parade to start. (Allan Grant/ Time Life Pictures / Getty Images)

A Seven Dwarf entertains the crowd on Main Street during the parade. (Allan Grant/ Time Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Tomorrowland gets its own section during the parade. (Allan Grant/ Time Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Guests enjoy a nice break in the shade near the TWA rocket in Tomorrowland. (Loomis Dean/ Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Kids putting pedal to the metal on Autopia. (Loomis Dean/ Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images)

Walt and his grandson enjoy the view from in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle. (Gene Lester / Getty Images)

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14 Vintage Photos That Prove Victorian Women Never Cut Their Hair

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c. 1890. (Image: History of Advertising Trust/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

In the Victorian era, a Western woman's hair was considered an important part of her appearance. On both sides of the Atlantic, it marked her status and her femininity as these photos will convey...

c. 1865. (Image: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)

c. 1870. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

c. 1885. (Image: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

c. 1890. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

c. 1900. (Image: PYMCA/UIG/Getty Images)

c. 1865. (Image: adoc-photos/Corbis)

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c. 1900. (Image: Alinari Archives/Corbis)

c. 1914. (Image: Corbis)

c.1885 The Seven Sutherland Sisters. (Image: Mark Jay Goebel/Getty Images)

c. 1900. Rev. Fletcher Sutherland and his daughters, the Seven Sutherland Sisters.

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Rare and Unseen Photographs Taken from the Archives of The Beatles Book

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Throughout The Beatles' career, official magazine The Beatles Book captured their development from British pop fledglings to international megastars. Photographer Leslie Bryce travelled the world with the band and supplied shots for the 77 editions of the monthly magazine . The photographs of the Fab Four were taken from 1963 to 1968 for the magazine but they never made it into print. There were far too many pictures to print at the time. Now the best are in a book taking its title from the Beatles song I'm Looking Through You.

Looking Through You is published by Omnibus Press, £39.95.

Odeon Theatre, Hammersmith, London, December 21, 1964. George checks his equipment on the first day of rehearsals for the seasonal run which opened on December 25 and ran until January 16, 1965.

EMI Studios, London, April 14, 1966. One of the guitars John used on the ‘Paperback Writer’ session was this orange Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Nashville model which he generously gave to his cousin David Birch the following year. The guitar, which came up for auction in 2014 but failed to reach its reserve price, was subsequently sold privately for $530,000.

Ringo up a tree, at home in Weybridge, Surrey on May 31, 1966.

The band chilling out on Greet Street in London a few days after John Lennon's birthday in October 1963.

The Beatles with stunt doubles hired to handle the trickier, more dangerous parts of their 'Ticket To Ride' ski video.

Ringo doing his thing at Wolverhampton's Gaumont Cinema, November 19, 1963.

Lennon's listening to a pre-release test pressing of the 'Twist And Shout' EP on a portable record player that travelled with the group on tour here.

George relaxing with some fan mail and a cigarette backstage before a show in Margate in July 1963.

John and Julian Lennon at home in Weybridge, 1967.

Margate, July 8-13,1963. The Beatles kill time between performances gazing at their reflections for a Leslie Bryce-arranged pose.

John and George enjoying an intimate moment over a glass of milk.

ABC TV Studios, Teddington, July 11, 1964. Paul attends to Dusty Springfield’s elaborate hair-do backstage at top-rated Saturday teatime variety show Thank Your Lucky Stars.

Scala Theatre, London, March 1964. Shooting the climactic television concert sequence for A Hard Day’s Night which included ‘Tell Me Why’, ‘If I Fell’, ‘I Should Have Known Better’ (featuring John on harmonica), ‘You Can’t Do That’ (which was cut from the finished film) and ‘She Loves You’.

Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany, June 24, 1966. With only the briefest of rehearsals in their hotel suite, it was painfully obvious to those who cared to listen that The Beatles were out-of-shape as a live band for their final world tour, evidenced by lacklustre playing, forgotten lyrics and often out-of-tune performances. Much to George’s amusement, John reminds a forgetful Paul of the opening lyric to ‘I’m Down’ at the finale of the evening Munich show.

EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London. November 3, 1965.. A panoramic view of The Beatles at work in Studio 2 during the recording of ‘Michelle’ for Rubber Soul.

(Photos © Omnibus Press)

Wonderful Color Photographs of Switzerland from between the 1940s and 1960s

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Acquaintance Cards – These Pickup Cards from the 19th Century are Fantastic

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Long before online dating, young men in the U.S. around 1870s to 1880s would keep a few of these pickup cards in their back pocket and hand to women they found attractive. According to Alan Mays, a collector of these cards, the card was “a common means of introduction, it was never taken too seriously”.

Backyard Bunkers of the Blitz: Pictures of How London Families Lived in Their Backyard Bomb Bunkers during WWII

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In 1938, with the outbreak of World War II on the horizon, Sir John Anderson was placed in charge of air-raid preparations in Britain. He commissioned engineers to design a cheap and simple shelter which could be distributed to the population. The result: the Anderson Shelter.

Six feet tall, 6.5 feet long, and 4.5 feet wide, the corrugated metal shelters were a snug fit for a family of six. They were buried four feet under owners' yards, their arched roofs covered with a layer of soil.

The shelters were distributed for free to poorer residents. Wealthier residents could purchase one for a small fee. According to Mashable, many chose to incorporate the shelters into their gardens, planting vegetables and flowers on top of them. Residents even held competitions for prettiest shelter.

Air raid shelters under construction at a factory in Newport, Wales. Feb. 23, 1939.

A man puzzles out how to assemble sheets of corrugated iron into an Anderson air raid shelter in his backyard, 1939.

Pig iron is piled on top of an Anderson air raid shelter to test its efficiency and strength, 1939.

Neighbors assemble Anderson shelters in their backyards, 1940.

A pet rabbit sits on top of the earth covering a family's new Anderson air raid shelter in their garden, c.1940.

A woman hangs out her laundry next to the new Anderson air raid shelter in her backyard, c.1940.

The Dallison family leave their Anderson shelter to view the wreckage caused by a nearby bomb explosion the night before, 1940.

A man fashions a blast door for his shelter out of a wooden table, 1940.

A decorated Anderson shelter, 1940.

The MacKenzie family take shelter during an air raid, 1940.

Actors are recorded for a film about Anderson shelters, 1940.

An elaborately decorated Anderson shelter, 1940.

Locals inspect an Anderson shelter next to a bomb crater. Despite the proximity of the blast, the two occupants of the shelter survived with minor bruises. Oct. 26, 1940

Tillz the hen stands outside her own hen-sized Anderson shelter. Nov. 4, 1940.

Alan and Doris Suter step down into their Anderson shelter in London, 1940.

Anderson shelters remain intact following a night of heavy bombing in east London, c.1940.

Mr. and Mrs. Murray bed down for the night in their Anderson shelter. Oct. 19, 1940.

A family celebrates Christmas in their Anderson shelter. Dec. 23, 1940.

A Christmas celebration in an Anderson shelter. Dec. 1940.

An Anderson shelter remains intact amid devastation in Croydon, c.1942.

A South London resident waters the vegetables planted on the roof of her Anderson shelter, c. 1943.

A family inspects their Anderson shelter with a 30-foot-deep bomb crater nearby, 1944.

(Images: Fox Photos/Getty Images, via Mashable)

Pictures of John Lennon with Yoko in New York City Just 10 Days Before He was Shot

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In the Fall of 1980, Allan Tannenbaum had the priviledge of photographing John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the SoHo Weekly News. The photographs were taken whilte John and Yoko filming of a video to promote their new album, "Double Fantasy" in New York City on November 26, 1980. Filming began in Central Park, then moved to a gallery in SoHo for scenes where they would arrive in a white bedroom, first in street clothes and later in kimonos, strip, and make love.

Allan Tannenbaum could never imagine that just 10 days after the last photo session, that John would be killed by a crazed fan with a gun. Here are some of those last photographs.

(Photos © Allan Tannenbaum)

Kurt Cobain’s Handwritten “Top 50 by Nirvana”

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Titled “Top 50 by Nirvana,” it includes plenty of selections that will be familiar to the band’s fans: The Vaselines, Sonic Youth, The Raincoats, The Wipers, Leadbelly. But there are some fascinating surprises, too, from Public Enemy to Mazzy Star to Rites of Spring.

15 Beautiful Color Photos of Street Scenes of Cairo in the 1910s

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These hand-colored lantern slides brings to life a bygone era...

Attending a funeral in Cairo.

Here’s a wedding procession in Helwan, a city just south of Cairo.

Beggars and locals at a sidewalk cafe in the Place De L’Opera in Cairo.

Passing through Bab Zuweila, a medieval gate in Cairo, dating back to the Ottoman empire.

This is how you got around in Egypt in 1910.

The Kalaoun Mosque in Cairo, built in the early 14th century.

Laundry hanging in a Cairo street.

The entrance of Cairo’s El Akmar mosque, built in 1125!

Men walk down a street in Cairo.

A bazaar/market in Cairo.

A covered Cairo side street.

Selling soft drinks in Helwan.

Street vendors in Helwan.

People attend an Arabic folk festival.

Prostitutes at Cairo’s fish market.

(Photos: Oesterreichsches Volkshochschularchiv/Imagno / Getty Images, via BuzzFeed)

38 Rare Color Photos of 'Smiling' Marilyn Monroe that You May Have Never Seen Before

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Here are rare color photographs of Marilyn Monroe, one of women who owned the sexiest smile.

Beautiful Color Photographs of Harlem in the 1970s

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Jack Garofolo (1923-2004) was a photographer for Paris Match magazine in the 1960’s and 70’s. During one trip to the United States in the summer of 1970, Garofalo captured these amazing photographs of Harlem and it’s residents, really exposing the feeling of the neighborhood. When he got back to Paris after spending 6 weeks here, the magazine placed his images on the cover of the October 1970 issue.

(Photos: Jack Garafalo/Paris Match via Getty Images. Curation: Mashable/Retronaut)

44 Amazing Photographs That Captured Daily Life of New York City in 1983

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German photographer Thomas Hoepker takes us back to New York City in 1983 through his amazing photographs below...

The Midtown Manhattan skyline seen through a misty window.

Chinatown's Canal Street after a blizzard.

Central park during a public concert with picknickers, seen from air.

Residents sit in a vacant lot of a ruined neighborhood in East Harlem.

Crowd on St. Patricks Day during parade on Fifth Ave.

A woman listens to the radio during the St. Patricks Day Parade on Fifth Avenue.

A man walks on Fifth Aveneue with a homemade speed bike.

New York City Police at the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

The annual Russian Nobility Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

An African-American family in their apartment in the Bedford Stuyuvesant section of Brooklyn.

Men dressed in costumes in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue for the Easter Parade.

A man sun bathes in the East Village.

Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan.

The Midtown Manhattan skyline seen from a Queens cemetery.

Nature reclaims some burned-out territory in the South Bronx.

Old man and boy in Lubavitcher Synagogue in Brooklyn.

Harlem, children playing in the spray of a fire hydrant on a hot summer day.

A gay couple on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village.

Andy WARHOL with groupies in Manhattan's Xenon night club. "High Voltage" is at right.

An opening party at a SoHo gallery.

A bag lady in Chelsea.

Movie extras taking time off during a film shoot on Park Avenue South

Manhattan midtown with Ciicorp Building during a lightning storm.

Party on a Chelsea rooftop with hostess Diane Brill.

A girl sunbathes on a Midtown Manhattan rooftop.

The Garment District in Manhattan along W 25th Street.

Central Park in winter.

Subway rider on Lexington Avenue Line.

A damaged window of a former dock building on Westway.

Autumn in Central Park.

New York City Police horse patrol in Central Park in winter.

A dog smokes a cigarette in Washington Square Park.

A view of the Midtown Manhattan skyline from the Woolman Ice Rink in Central Park.

A wedding party with bridesmaids on Fifth Ave in Harlem.

Public telephone on Fifth Avenue.

A driver dressed in drag is on his way to the Gay Parade in the East Village.

Street in East Harlem.

A Brooklyn school student sits with a painting of an arsonist and a father who carries the whole world on his shoulder.

A girl listens to the radio in Washington Square Park.

Man at a telephone booth on Fifth Avenue.

Lover's Lane

A view of the Manhattan skyline from the marshes near JFK Airport in Queens.

A jogger stretches at the Central Park Resevoir.

A mixed-race couple in Central Park.

Last Known Photos of Jim Morrison in Paris on June 28, 1971

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On June 28, 1971, Jim Morrison, Pamela Courson, and their friend, Alain Ronay, took a day trip to Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, north of Paris, less than a week before Jim died on July 3. These are the last known photos of Jim...

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson at the Hôtel de l’Oise in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Alain Ronay in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Alain Ronay, Pamela Courson and Jim Morrison in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson in Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, June 1971. (Image credit: Alain Ronay)

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Rare Photographs of The Doors Performing at Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival in 1967

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These rare and amazing photographs of The Doors were taken by Victoria Joyce while the band performing at Mount Tamalpais State Park during the KFRC Fantasy Fair And Magic Mountain Music Festival in Mill Valley, California on June 10, 1967.

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50 Powerful Black-and-White Photographs of Life in Post-World War II Paris

2015-09-04T01:37:00.001-07:00

Willy Ronis (1910 – 2009) was a French photographer, who crafted powerful black-and-white images in which he captured the rich texture of everyday working-class life in post-World War II Paris.

The 27 Club – 15 Famous Rockers Who Died at Age 27

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The 27 Club is one of the most famous (and creepy) things about rock music, with so many great talents having met their end at age 27.

1. Jim Morrison

Lead singer and songwriter of The Doors. After struggling with drugs and alcohol for some time, Morrison died of a presumed heart failure on July 3rd, 1971.

2. Dave Alexander

Bassist for legendary punk band the Stooges. Died of pulmonary edema (associated with alcohol) on February 10, 1975.

3. Janis Joplin

Singer/Songwriter and ’60s icon. One of the first true female superstars. Died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970.

4. Ron “Pigpen” McKernan

Founding member and original keyboardist of the Grateful Dead. Died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage (again associated with alcohol) on March 8th, 1973.

5. Richey Edwards

Founding member and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers. Disappeared and presumed dead from suicide on February 1, 1995.

6. Jimi Hendrix

Legendary guitarist and songwriter for the Jimi Hendrix Experience & Band of Gypsys. Dead from asphyxiation as a result of wine and sleeping pills on September 18, 1970.

7. Robert Johnson

Pioneering blue musician and guitarist. Most likely died from poisoning on August 16, 1938. Widely considered the first member of the ‘27 Club.’

8. Pete Ham

Keyboardist and guitarist of the British band Badfinger. Died from suicide by hanging on April 24, 1975

9. Alan Wilson

Lead singer and songwriter of Canned Heat. Died of an overdose on September 3, 1970.

10. Brian Jones

Founding member and guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Died from drowning in a pool one month after being kicked out of the band on July 3, 1969.

11. Chris Bell

Founder and songwriter of the extremely influential band Big Star. Died of a car crash on December 27, 1978.

12. Jean-Michel Basquiat

NYC based artist, friend of Andy Warhol, and founder of the band Gray. Died from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988.

13. D. Boon

Guitarist and lead singer of the band Minutemen and extremely influential punk musician. Died as a result of injuries from a car crash on December 22, 1985.

14. Kristen Pfaff

Bassist for Hole. Died of an overdose on June 16, 1994.

15. Kurt Cobain

Singer and songwriter for Nirvana and grunge icon. Death by suicide on April 5, 1994.

(via BuzzFeed)

Vivid Color Photographs Show Iconic Beach Culture of Miami Beach in the Late 1970s

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Throughout the 1970s, a young photographer named Andy Sweet documented the personalities of Miami in vivid color. In 1977, Sweet returned to the area after completing his studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and set out to document South Beach’s vivid old-world culture. His subjects–predominantly the quirky, stylish, eclectic elderly residents, many of them Jewish–either grew up in the Miami area or were the snow birds who flocked there and found a nest for life.

In 1982, at the age of 29, just as Sweet was beginning to make a name for himself, he was murdered in his apartment at 215 30th St. on Miami Beach.

(via The Washington Post)

Haunting Black-and-White Photos of the London Fog

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London was covered in “fog” at the beginning of the 20th century, culminating in the Great Smog in 1952. Here are 26 haunting black-and-white photos of the London fog.

1 July 1907: St Pancras Railway Station. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

1 October 1919: An iceman delivers in the fog. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

1 November 1922: Ludgate Circus. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

1 November 1927: Trafalgar Square, in the daytime. (Fox Photos / Getty Images)

24 January 1934: Lincoln’s Inn Fields. (Fred Morley/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

17 October 1935: Finsbury Park. (E. Dean/Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

23 December 1935: Temple. (Arthur Tanner/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

January 1936: Central London. (Lacey/General Photographic Agency / Getty Images)

25 December 1937: Whitehall. (Fred Morley/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

25 October 1938: Hyde Park Corner. (Fox Photos / Getty Images)

25 October 1938: Regent’s Park. (William Vanderson/Keystone / Getty Images)

26 October 1938: The sun comes through at the Pool of London. (H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

January 1947: The Tower of London. (Fox Photos / Getty Images)

1 December 1948: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square. (Warburton/Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

Circa 1950: Middle Temple, Inns of Court. (Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

1952: Fleet Street. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

5 December 1952: Blackfriars, in the morning. (Don Price/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

5 December 1952: Blackfriars, mid-morning. (Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

6 December 1952: Fleet Street. (Edward Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

6 December 1952: Piccadilly Circus. (Central Press/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

9 December 1952: A bus conductor walks in front of his vehicle. (Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

14 January 1955: Westminster Bridge. (Topical Press Agency / Getty Images)

20 December 1956: Piccadilly Circus. (Stone/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

29January 1959: Liverpool St. Station. (Edward Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

5 December 1962: Regent St. (Peter King/Fox Photos / Getty Images)

Date unknown, 1962: A policeman wears a mask for protection against the smog. (Keystone / Getty Images)

Striking and Surreptitious Photos Capture Street Scenes of Pennsylvania in the 1970s

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Mark Cohen is an American photographer best known for his innovative close-up street photography. For years, on the streets of his home city, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and surrounding working-class towns, Cohen shot quickly and assertively. He held his flash in one hand and his camera in the other and shot extremely close to his subjects, frequently focusing on a single body part or article of clothing. He never looked through his viewfinder to compose the frame.

“If you’re very close to people and someone takes a swing at you, you don’t want to have your head behind a viewfinder because you can’t be aware of the situation,” he said.

People on Porch, 65, 63, 1977

Three Boys Posing, 1975

Girl with Bat and Ball, 1977

Woman with Red Lips Smoking, 1975

Woman by Steps with Bag, 1974

Boy with Chain

Man in Red Shirt in Car with Baby, 1977

Woman in Scarf, 1975

ine Street School, Hazelton, 1977

Two Boys and Open Car, 1977

Improvised Beach, 1975

Inner Tube and Toys on Porch, 1977

Legs and Boy in Pool, 1977

Young Limbs, 1981

Boy in Yellow Shirt Smoking, 1977

Flashed Boy in Blue Jacket With Six Shooter, 1974

Girl and Man at Road, 1975

Girl Holding Blackberries, 1975

One Red Glove, 1975

Small Hand by Yellow Shirt, 1975

Karate Stance, 1977

Family Walking, 1977

19 Photos That Will Take You Back to the 1980s

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The '80s was a decade where big hair, big parties and the brat pack ruled Hollywood. Tom Cruise hadn't even heard of scientology, Julia Roberts still wore her hair curly and Meryl Streep rode the New York City subway. Here, 19 photos below will take you back to the 1980s, via The Huffington Post.

Cyndi Lauper performing in St. Paul, Minn., in 1984.

Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray in 1985.

Julia Roberts and her mother in July 1989.

Madonna at the 1985 Live Aid concert.

New Kids on the Block in 1989.

Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise and Emilio Estevez at the premiere of "In The Custody of Strangers" in 1982.

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks at their wedding in 1988.

Winona Ryder at the premiere of "Great Balls of Fire" in 1989.

Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson on Jan. 1, 1990.

Corey Haim and Corey Feldman in 1989.

David Hasselhoff in a tuxedo on a beach with his dog in 1984.

Bon Jovi performing at Farm Aid 1985.

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Lange in 1982.

John Stamos and Mary Kate or Ashley Olsen in a 1989 promo shot for "Full House."

Charlie Sheen and Kelly Preston in 1989.

Kirstie Alley in 1984.

Meryl Streep riding the New York City subway in August 1981.

Spike Lee and Flavor Flav in September 1988.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey, Jr. at a Michael Dukakis Benefit Cocktail Party in 1988.