Wednesday 20 July 2016

More than 10,000 workers helped construct the Twin Towers, 60 of which were killed on the job. After they were finished in 1970 they attracted global attention


Men gather around a vehicle balancing on the edge of a bridge after it crashed in Central Park in 1910


John F, Kennedy arrives at Southampton after sailing from New York on 2 March, 1939, 22 years before he came president of the US


Images from the 1873 book The Wonderland of the Antipodes and other sketches of travel in the North Island of New Zealand by J Ernest Tinne


1970s A color portrait of (then) Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with his signature .


1970s Tourists at Khyber Pass in Pakistan


Rio De Janeiro in 1930's


Abu Dhabi in 1970's


Friday 1 July 2016

Berengo Gardin described himself as an old photographer who was born into an age of 'real photography'. This image of people fishing was taken in Genoa, 2002


Despite being over a century old, Genthe's work perfectly encapsulates the vibrant daily life of the time. Pictured are citizens going about their day-to-day business


A street scene shows a young child being led by the hand down a decorated walkway, parasols in hand


Valley of the Shadow of Death in 1855


Drive-through trees have existed since the 1800s.


A vintage photo of Big Cedar Stump.


An old postcard of the Wawona Tree from 1956


All 169 passengers were onboard waiting for take-off and looking excited for one of the Dornier Do-x's early flights in this shot from October 21, 1929


A view of the controls in the Dornier Do-X cockpit shows the complicated nature of making this plane fly in 1929


A public information notice warning about the drought, erected by the road in the Bridport area of Dorset in September 1976


A completed Dornier Do-X flying boat sat fully assembled in hangar of the aircraft plant in Altenrhein, Switzerland, a few days before its maiden voyage


A chief navigator was in-charge of steering the direction of the boat plane and can be seen examining a physical map of the world in the navigation cabin in 1930