MetaFilter posts tagged with vintage and photos

Bizarro

growabrain — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:29:30 -0800

Weird Vintage - a tumblr of weird ads, illustrations, and photographs of a vintage or antiquated nature

road trip to the American past

madamjujujive — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:06:00 -0800

motor life blog is Charlie Beesly's fun collection of (mostly) found photos celebrating cars and their owners. Don't miss the winsome training wheels post and the early Kodacolor collection. We've seen some of Charlie's other themed found photos here previously.

VintageJS: 100% retro, 0% hipster

Foci for Analysis — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:26:37 -0800

Slap some retro on those photos with vintageJS. Programmers might be interested in this HTML 5/jQuery experiment's GitHub repos.

Buen Tiempo

cashman — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:13:20 -0800

In the past few months vicent.zp has put up delicious photograph sets of vintage razors, fans, radios & cassette tape recorders, kitchen stuff, and lookie there, a Sputnik Weather Station. You know what time it is.

Found Snapshots: Hide This Please

gman — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:00:10 -0800

"I started collecting found snapshots a few years ago — at swap meets, antique shops and the like — but the thing that got me started wasn’t the photos themselves so much as the writing I’d sometimes find on the backs."

90 years from the streets of Budapest

madamjujujive — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:01:42 -0800

Fortepan is a collection of 4973 found amateur photos sourced mainly in Budapest. Pick a year and browse - photos are organized in chronological order from 1900 to 1990, accessible via a slider. "Users are encouraged to use, copy, send to friends, clip or paste the photos, which are free for they are not our property." (via Szanalmas, sometimes nsfw)

The USS Gen. H.F. Hodges In Photos

The Whelk — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:18:19 -0800

From 1945 to 1946, Leonard Rudoff served as Apprentice Seaman, 3rd Class on the troop transport USS Gen. H.F Hodge as it made its way to India, Egypt, NYC, and San Francisco. And he took photos along the way..[via mefi projects] Check out the "Best of" gallery (It has a puppy!) or meet the sailors, the places they went, the ship, or the photographer himself.

off the beaten path

madamjujujive — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:38:29 -0800

Passport photos of famous artists, 1915-1925. Collection gleaned from passport applications files of writers actors, poets, artists, photographers. Also, Hollywood stars and other notables of the era.

Hey Ladies!

The Whelk — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:51:15 -0800

Meet The Lady : A tumblr blog of ladies you may want to meet. No captions. No explanations. Possibly NSFW..[via mefi projects]

Careless Women Never Appeal To Gentlemen

The Whelk — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:02:42 -0800

Tips For Single Ladies: Helpful hints on dating and romance from 1938, with photos. (via)

Times of our lives indeed

dersins — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:38:26 -0800

Hiking, biking, boating, fishing, shooting and more: "The Times of Our Lives." Wonderful scans of vintage photos of the 1950's and 1960's (uh, and 80's) from flickr user aroid. [via]

Perambulating Penthouse

dersins — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:21:31 -0800

The Ford Treasury of Station Wagon Living blogged. (Vol 2). Downloadable at the Internet Archive. Scans of drawings here. [Via (well, shamelessly stolen from) 10Engines.]

Japan through wonderful vintage photos

madamjujujive — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:30:07 -0800

Vintage 3-D stereoviews of old Japan, Meiji and Taisho era swimsuit girls, working people, geisha, and kids, old Japan salt prints, dozens of T. Enami glass slides, and strange or offbeat images: all part of a vast and superb collection of Japanese photos from 1862 to 1930 by flickr user Okinawa Soba. More on the work of T-Enami, "King of the Stereoview, Master of the Lantern-Slide And Prolific, Anonymous Contributor To the World of Yokohama Album Views"

popculture advertising ephemera

madamjujujive — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:25:46 -0800

From about 1875 to the 1940s, cigarette cards spurred tobacco sales. Sets offer a glimpse into the popculture of the times, spanning newsmakers, cinema celebrities, and sports stars; cute illustrated subjects, like "frisky" and children with rosy cheeks; handy info like air raid precautions, first aid, and amusing tricks; and neat stuff like famous escapes, exotic races, and figures of speech. Browse more fun sets of vintage images.

Vintage Flight Attendant Photos

brain_drain — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:07:58 -0800

Remember when air travel was viewed as glamorous and exciting? Of course you don't. So check out this collection of vintage flight attendant photos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

criminals, corpses & crime scenes - a vintage collection

madamjujujive — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:50:03 -0800

Crime and punishment - a curiously compelling and quirky collection of historic crime photos, including unusual mugshots, corpses & crime scenes. A few favorite characters: idle and disorderly persons; "something amazing" about Harry; a cocky quartet; an illicit drug trader who "drives his own motor car and dresses well"; a subject who refused to open his eyes; charged with conspiring to procure a miscarriage; and guilty of unlawfully possessing cocaine.
This is just one of many marvelous vintage image sets from a historical consultant from Amsterdam - a mammoth treasure trove!

it wouldn't be make believe if you believed in me

madamjujujive — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:06:59 -0800

It's only a paper moon - a charming vintage photo collection. (via recogedor)

retro style: fab fashions from the 60s and 70s

madamjujujive — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:15:24 -0800

From hair styles and hotpants to bellbottoms and boots, this site has amassed a massive fashion photo collection of groovy celebrities and swingin' stars from the '60s and '70s.

The 100 Year Old Photoblog

jonson — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:35:51 -0800

Shorpy is an unusual photoblog; billed as "the 100-year-old photography blog," it focuses on found images from many, many decades gone by. Some favorites, so far.

'Teddy, don't worry, now mommy's here....'

anastasiav — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:49:34 -0800

Teddy Girls

Square America Photographs

peacay — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:21:48 -0800

"Square America is a site dedicated to preserving and displaying vintage snapshots from the first 3/4s of the 20th Century. Not only do these photographs contain a wealth of primary source information on how life was lived they also constitute a shadow history of photography, one too often ignored by museums and art galleries." via

Tallulah's Vintage Nudes

taz — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 03:13:38 -0800

Big Hats and Eroticism is just one of the many features of Tallulahs.com, an excellent site dedicated to images of the vintage nude. There's also lots of wonderful trivia and commentary, such as a brief biography of the Mante sisters (immortalized in the brilliant ballerina images of painter Edgar Degas), and the story of Liane de Pougy, convent girl turned runaway wife, turned celebrated dancer of the French stage, turned Romanian Princess. Or you can read about the mystery of H. Traut, elusive photographer of "the gentle eroticism of fairyland" whose images graced hundreds of postcards for several years until he seemingly vanished from the scene some time before WWI. Interested in drawing or painting nudes yourself? Here's a page of classical nude poses - studies in various categories that you can work from, including "The beauty of butts" and "seductive smoking"! Plus, you can peruse Tallulah's own art nudes, and a fabulous links page. NSFW, obviously.

Vintage Phonographs

hama7 — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:13:59 -0800

Old Crank: Vintage Phonographs and Ephemera

Lewd and Lurid

crunchland — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 05:50:41 -0800

Lewd & Lurid Vintage Tabloid Photos