Halbstarke is a German term describing a postwar-period subculture of adolescents – mostly male and of working class parents – that appeared in public in an aggressive and provoc… Read More

Born 1903 in Tacoma, Washington, American singer and actor Bing Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954. He made over 70 feature film… Read More

The 1988 Chilean national plebiscite was a national referendum held on October 5, 1988 to determine whether Chile’s de facto leader, Augusto Pinochet, should extend his rule for anothe… Read More

Australia’s post-depression resurgence from 1935 to 1939 coincided with a change in the tempo of public thought and the arrival of new pictorial magazines like PIX which gave the publi… Read More

Dick’s Auto Wrecking yard in Clarksburg, West Virginia in January 1942. Most of those cars seem to be from between mid 1920s to mid 1930s.(Photo taken by John Vachon for the Office of… Read More

Bertha Maude Horack Shambaugh was born in 1871 to Czech-born immigrants Frank and Katherine Horack. The family moved to Iowa City in 1880, when she was nine. In 1888, at the age of 17, she r… Read More

From 1977 to 1985, famous Swiss photographer Willy Spiller lived in “The Big Apple”. During his seven-year stay, Spiller roamed the streets and rode the subway, capturing the ene… Read More

It’s 26 years have passed since Selena tragically passed away, the stunning Tejano singer remains a constant inspiration to women of varying ages, races, and ethnicities who are enamor… Read More

When her youngest child reached 4 years of age and the Nichols family committed to remaining in Encampment after the last of the mining and railroad work left town, Lora Webb Nichols (1883-1… Read More

Tazio Secchiaroli (1925 – 1998) was an Italian photographer known as one of the original paparazzi. He founded the agency Roma Press Photo in 1955.Secchiaroli was the inspiration for t… Read More