Vintage Ireland

"A raal convanience - a woife," a country farm-yard in Ireland , 1903

  

"An' phwat 'ill yer give me for me sheep"--Killarney, Ireland, 1901

 

A Jolly group in the market-place, Galway, Ireland, 1902

 

An old mother of Erin in her donkey cart going to 

her son's funeral, County Kerry, Ireland, 1905

 

Limerick boys and girls on their playground 

by famous Treaty Stone of 1691, 1903

 

Picturesque life and customs of an Irish village, 1901

 

Starting out for town, market day in Ireland, 1903

 

Vegetable market and bridge over the river 

Shannon (E.), Athlone, central Ireland, ca. 1903

Vintage SoCal

Linda Vista, San Diego, 1930

  

Los Angeles, April 1942

 

Mailing Christmas presents, Los Angeles, 1933

 

May Co department store golden jubilee celebration, Los Angeles, 1931

 

Mile High Ice Cream Parlor, Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1938

 

Shoppers eating at outdoor tables at the Farmer’s Market, Los Angeles, 1942

 

The Blue Goose Cafe, East 87th & South Main, Los Angeles, 1932

 

The Cycletow, a motorcycle used by service stations to deliver 

repaired cars to their owners, Los Angeles, 1932

 

Wedding shower, Los Angeles, 1940

 

West 9th Street & South Main Street, Los Angeles, 1940

Vintage Vancouver

  Alexander House, 16th Avenue and Collingwood, Vancouver, 1912

 

Carnival spectators, Vancouver, ca. 1920

 

Fixing a flat tire, Vancouver, 1904

 

Granville Street, Vancouver, 1907

 

Mother and son, Fairview, Vancouver, September 10, 1899

 

People watch a fire at Burrard & Dunsmuir, Vancouver, 1905

 

Sally Rand, Hotel Vancouver, September 1943

[Ms. Rand was a burlesque dancer.]

  

Telegraphy class, King Edward High School, Vancouver, 1930

 

Wrecked Chevrolet, Seymour & Nelson, Vancouver, 1920

 

Source: Yesterday's Print

Vintage China

Greatest of China's statesmen - Li Hung Chang in the 

court of his yamen, Tientsin, China, 1901

  

Natives at breakfast, movable chow shop, Canton, 1919

 

Newly married couple dining together for the first time, Canton, China, 1919

 

Rich merchants dining with the singing girls, Peking, China, 1901

 

Some of China's solemn daughters at recreation--

recess at So. Gate Presbyterian Mission School, Shanghai, 1901

G. G. Bain

Mexican rebels in action, 1910-15

  

Motorcycle machine gun, 1915-20

  

Orphans going to Coney Island, June 7, 1911

 

Women in large carriage on street for Cleveland New Party

 

Women's Motor Corps on Recruit, 1917-18

 

Wright's new machine, ca. 1910

Great Patriotic War

 A column of German Tiger I heavy tanks and a MAN ML 4500 truck 

of the 1st SS-Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler become 

bogged down during the fight for Western Ukraine, November 1943

   

A Soviet Army soldier feeds a Russian baby he has found abandoned 

in an empty cabin in the village of Izvekov 14 March 1943

  

Russian civilians in Murmansk watch an aerial battle between 

Soviet and German pilots taking place over the city, 6 April 1943

 

Russian civilians in Nevel greet Soviet troops with flowers following the liberation 

of the city from German occupation following the Battle for Nevel, October 1943

 

Russian civilians joyously greet a Soviet Naval Infantryman following the 

liberation of Tagnarog from the occupying Germans, September 1943

 

Soviet machine gunners take up positions on the banks of the 

Dnieper River during the Battle of the Dnieper. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers battle through the ruins of a house in a village near Kiev during 

the Battle of the Dnieper. The battle was one of the largest operations in 

the war, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on both sides. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers help Russian refugees return to their homes following the Third Battle of Smolensk when Soviet forces of the 39th, 43rd and 10th Armies recaptured of the city and surrounding areas from Axis occupation. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers in a trench fire on a German plane during the 

opening phase of the Battle of Kursk.  7 July 1943

 

Soviet soldiers of 248th Separate Infantry Brigade greet Russian 

civilians of a kolkhoz (collective farm) west of Kursk. February 1943

 

Soviet soldiers of the 270th Rifle Division, Soviet 7th Guards Army, 

begin a counteroffensive during the Battle of Kursk. 12 July 1943

 

Soviet soldiers talk to recently liberated Russian civilians 

in a small village near Rzhev, March 1943

 

The Soviet commander of the Budak Company of partisans (left) 

points out enemy German positions on a map to Komsosmol fighters 

Mariya Yelnik and Pavel Kiselev. Near Kursk, February 1943

 

Source: Anti-Worlds