Every week, there will be a new theme. Post only one vintage photo (1800s-1979) from your collection that fits the theme. Tell us a little about it, like why you picked it (if it is not obvious), or where you purchased it, etc. I will pick some common themes, but will also try to throw in some strange ones just to keep things interesting. I look forward to seeing your photos!
Add your vernacular photos here! They should be vintage, original, and of a vernacular nature. Only submit photos that belong to you.
Please refer to this description by Robin Lenman:
"Aesthetically unpretentious, generally functional images made by amateur snapshooters or grass-roots professionals (e.g. itinerant tintypists, photowallahs, or jobbing local portraitists) for everyday purposes such as creating keepsakes or recording mundane objects."
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V…
Many of us on road trips also visit odd museums, such as ones filled with taxidermy or skeletal remains, and although there are fantastic groups for outdoor roadside oddities, I've noticed a lack of anything dedicated to the things one stops for and enters along the way. Here is a spot to add stuffed Ferrets, Squirrels playing cards, the Frog Circus, a Fat Lady's dress, the largest collection of salt and pepper Shakers in the world, wax museums, eerie caves, haunted attractions or real houses, a…
If you can ride it, fly it or drive it, IT belongs here.
Trains, planes, automobiles, motor cycles, or skateboards. Basicly anything that moves a person from one place to another.
The main subject of an image has to be some sort of transportation.
If something other than a means of transportation is the main subject of a image it will be deleted.
Temporary moderated.
Don´t spam in the name of this group.
Don´t add "Seen in...", "Admired in..." or something like this in your comments.…
Vintage photographs of "house-proud" people from the 1800s to 1979. Post photos from your collection that show people posing in front of their homes. Each photo should include the exterior of a house and one or more people.
Photos of house-proud people and their houses will ideally convey the idea of "here's where we live" or "here's what our house looks like" or "our new house." Images that show an entire house—or a good portion of it—are especially encouraged so that we can see the types and…
This is the place for the vintage postcards that make you say, what the?!? Show us your strange, bizarre, grotesque, politically incorrect, and in poor taste postcards. Only include examples from your personal collection and not off the web. Please, do not post anything newer than the 1980s.
A group for sharing images of vintage printed ephemera. Please submit only images that belong to you and that show vintage examples of ephemera, preferably ones that were printed or produced before 1970.
"Ephemera" can refer to a wide range of things, but here's one definition that may be helpful: "Transient everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded" (from the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials by the Library of Congress)…
Old signs made prior to the 80's including steel and fluorescent , neon, or incandescent lighting, hand painted, vacuum formed, enamel, etc etc. Typically theatres marquis, restaurants, hotels, motels, pharmacies, camera stores, gas stations, variety stores, drive ins and various other applicable signage
This group is devoted to antique photographs taken in France (and its colonies) from the invention of photography and up to the end of World War I and the transitory years that immediately folowed it (1918-20). Photos taken by French photographers elsewhere pertain to this group.
A note regarding WWI items: all photos taken by German amateur or professional photographers in occupied French territories are adequate to the corresponding Early Photography in Germany group, as they reflect a Germ…
Photos of what I loosely call Storybook architecture. The red roof cottages of the 20s, the fantasy looks from California, the gas stations created to look like little homes. Plus, any wacky building out there in various shapes; Duck House, Teapot or Coffee buildings, essentially anything extraordinary, whimsical, and storybook driven.
What is the Lincoln Highway?
The Lincoln Highway was the first road across the USA. Actively promoted by entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, the Lincoln Highway originally spanned coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco through 13 states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. In 1915, the "Colorado Loop" through Denver was removed, and in 1928, a realignment relocated…
This is a group for sharing the front covers of vintage magazines. A straight-on scan of the entire cover is best, but a photo is fine if it is straight-on. Please do not submit altered images or your own cover creations.
This group is intended to be a collection of interesting and beautiful magazine covers, especially those devoted to art, music, theater, and other areas of special interest. Duplicate covers will be removed. If possible, please add appropriate descriptions or keywords, includ…
This group focuses on antique photographs taken in the United States of America, or by American photographers travelling abroad, from the invention of photography to the end of World War One. The photographic production of the short-lived Confederate States of America (1861-1866) naturally pertains to this group.
A note regarding WWI items: all photos taken by American amateur or professional photographers in Europe during the war are fully adequate to the group, as they reflect the American…
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Vintage Photos Theme Park
Every week, there will be a new theme. Post only one vintage photo (1800s-1979) from your collection that fits the theme. Tell us a little about it, like why you picked it (if it is not obvious), or where you purchased it, etc. I will pick some common themes, but will also try to throw in some strange ones just to keep things interesting. I look forward to seeing your photos!
" Cartes postales et photos historiques de partout dans le monde / Historische Postkarten und Photos aus aller Welt "
Documents des temps passés... Photos & Cartes postales ( Avant 1990 ) Dokumente längst vergangener Zeiten... Photos & Ansichtskarten ( VOR 1990 )
Vernacular Photography
Add your vernacular photos here! They should be vintage, original, and of a vernacular nature. Only submit photos that belong to you. Please refer to this description by Robin Lenman: "Aesthetically unpretentious, generally functional images made by amateur snapshooters or grass-roots professionals (e.g. itinerant tintypists, photowallahs, or jobbing local portraitists) for everyday purposes such as creating keepsakes or recording mundane objects." Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V…
Old Photographs
Share your old photos
Vintage Indoor Oddities--From Road Trip Museums and More!
Many of us on road trips also visit odd museums, such as ones filled with taxidermy or skeletal remains, and although there are fantastic groups for outdoor roadside oddities, I've noticed a lack of anything dedicated to the things one stops for and enters along the way. Here is a spot to add stuffed Ferrets, Squirrels playing cards, the Frog Circus, a Fat Lady's dress, the largest collection of salt and pepper Shakers in the world, wax museums, eerie caves, haunted attractions or real houses, a…
Art Deco and Modernist
For images of everything in the Art Deco and Modernist style
Transportation
If you can ride it, fly it or drive it, IT belongs here. Trains, planes, automobiles, motor cycles, or skateboards. Basicly anything that moves a person from one place to another. The main subject of an image has to be some sort of transportation. If something other than a means of transportation is the main subject of a image it will be deleted. Temporary moderated. Don´t spam in the name of this group. Don´t add "Seen in...", "Admired in..." or something like this in your comments.…
Bible Verses Illustrated
A Bible verse needs to be in the title, on the photo itself, or in the description immediately under the photo. Quality photo. Family friendly!
Vintage House-Proud People
Vintage photographs of "house-proud" people from the 1800s to 1979. Post photos from your collection that show people posing in front of their homes. Each photo should include the exterior of a house and one or more people. Photos of house-proud people and their houses will ideally convey the idea of "here's where we live" or "here's what our house looks like" or "our new house." Images that show an entire house—or a good portion of it—are especially encouraged so that we can see the types and…
Music and Musicians in Early Photography
Photographs of professional and amateur musicians, musical instruments and paraphernalia, taken from the invention of photography to 1970.
tricycles
tricycles for children and grown ups, old and new, toy, miniature, oversized or normal, as long as it has three wheels.. :-)
Weird Vintage Postcards
This is the place for the vintage postcards that make you say, what the?!? Show us your strange, bizarre, grotesque, politically incorrect, and in poor taste postcards. Only include examples from your personal collection and not off the web. Please, do not post anything newer than the 1980s.
Vintage Printed Ephemera
A group for sharing images of vintage printed ephemera. Please submit only images that belong to you and that show vintage examples of ephemera, preferably ones that were printed or produced before 1970. "Ephemera" can refer to a wide range of things, but here's one definition that may be helpful: "Transient everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded" (from the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials by the Library of Congress)…
Vintage Signs
Old signs made prior to the 80's including steel and fluorescent , neon, or incandescent lighting, hand painted, vacuum formed, enamel, etc etc. Typically theatres marquis, restaurants, hotels, motels, pharmacies, camera stores, gas stations, variety stores, drive ins and various other applicable signage
Old Studio Photos
From the 1940s and earlier.
Early Photography in France
This group is devoted to antique photographs taken in France (and its colonies) from the invention of photography and up to the end of World War I and the transitory years that immediately folowed it (1918-20). Photos taken by French photographers elsewhere pertain to this group. A note regarding WWI items: all photos taken by German amateur or professional photographers in occupied French territories are adequate to the corresponding Early Photography in Germany group, as they reflect a Germ…
Story Book and Oddball Buildings
Photos of what I loosely call Storybook architecture. The red roof cottages of the 20s, the fantasy looks from California, the gas stations created to look like little homes. Plus, any wacky building out there in various shapes; Duck House, Teapot or Coffee buildings, essentially anything extraordinary, whimsical, and storybook driven.
Lincoln Highway
What is the Lincoln Highway? The Lincoln Highway was the first road across the USA. Actively promoted by entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, the Lincoln Highway originally spanned coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco through 13 states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. In 1915, the "Colorado Loop" through Denver was removed, and in 1928, a realignment relocated…
Cover of a Magazine
This is a group for sharing the front covers of vintage magazines. A straight-on scan of the entire cover is best, but a photo is fine if it is straight-on. Please do not submit altered images or your own cover creations. This group is intended to be a collection of interesting and beautiful magazine covers, especially those devoted to art, music, theater, and other areas of special interest. Duplicate covers will be removed. If possible, please add appropriate descriptions or keywords, includ…
Early Photography in the U.S.A.
This group focuses on antique photographs taken in the United States of America, or by American photographers travelling abroad, from the invention of photography to the end of World War One. The photographic production of the short-lived Confederate States of America (1861-1866) naturally pertains to this group. A note regarding WWI items: all photos taken by American amateur or professional photographers in Europe during the war are fully adequate to the group, as they reflect the American…