The 15 Best Historical Photo Collections You Should Be Following On Flickr

Flickr is still the best place to discover amazing and historic images from library and historical society collections. If you’re a history buff, prepare to lose hours pouring through these accounts.

Katie Notopoulos 9 months ago 42 responses

40 Of The Best Summers Anyone Ever Had

Beach trips, picnics, kiddie pools, flirting, watermelon, and drinking in the bleachers… These are the things that the perfect summer is made of! Take a tip from these vintage photos and do it up right in 2012.

Summer Anne Burton 11 months ago 96 responses

11 Never Before Seen Pictures Of The Titanic

These photos, taken by Father Browne SJ show a glimpse of what things were like before the ship went down.

The Falafel a year ago 112 responses

14 Photos Of NYC In 1966 on gothamist.com ›

The upcoming 5th season of Mad Men (which starts this Sunday!) will take place in 1966. What was going on in the Big Apple as the 60s started to wind to a close?

gothamist.com a year ago respond

Vintage Burlesque Photos From The 1890s

Vintage photos by Charles H. McCaghy, a professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Has society’s definition of beauty changed in 120 years? I don’t know, but look at those gorgeous ankles!

Ash a year ago 146 responses

25 Vintage Cats And Dogs Dressed As People

Apparently there was a guy named Harry Whittier Frees that would take horrifyingly cute picture of animals dressed up as people for children’s books. These were the original cat memes before the internet even existed.

ringdinger a year ago 137 responses

Historic Photographs Of "White" Slaves

In 1863 and 1864, eight former slaves toured the northern states to raise money for impoverished African-American schools in New Orleans; four children with mixed-race ancestry and pale complexions were deliberately included to evoke sympathy from white northerners. Photographs of Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, Rosina Downs, and Augusta Broujey were mass-produced and sold as part of the campaign.

Baby Praying Mantis a year ago 78 responses

20 Vintage Rock Star Photos

Imagine being famous in a world before cell phones and digital camers.

scottmcgregor a year ago 40 responses

World’s First Aircraft Carrier

In 1910, the USS Pennsylvania nailed some questionable quality wooden planks together to form the first water based air strip. Pilot Eugene Ely was selected as the lucky man to test it out.

Donna Dickens a year ago 18 responses

16 Real Old-Timey Photographs That Will Give You Nightmares on cracked.com ›

Some of what passed for everyday life 75 or 100 years ago would send you running screaming in the other direction today. And when those scenes are captured on grainy old-school film, you get the stuff of nightmares.

Cracked a year ago 1 response

Sky High Parking Garage

This is actually brilliant. Why this mode of compact parking never took off is beyond me.

Donna Dickens a year ago 4 responses

Faith During The WWII Blitz

Beautiful juxtaposition. Even if you aren’t particularly religious, the commitment is commendable.

Donna Dickens a year ago 13 responses

World’s Strongest Twelve Year Old?

Suddenly being able to do three dead weight pull-ups doesn’t seem like such an achievement.

Donna Dickens a year ago 8 responses

Vintage Roadside PSAs

Remember kids, seat belts haven’t been invented yet. And neither have federally enforce drunk-driving laws. Thanks to FYeah Vintage Retro for the images!

Donna Dickens a year ago 30 responses

Time Traveler Texts From 1911

“things r good. photobombing some loserz. lulz.” First the Charlie Chaplin time traveler and now this? I feel like I am using the wrong travel agent. (via howtobearetronaut.com) View Image ›

Donna Dickens a year ago 82 responses

20 Badass Photos Of Vintage Planes

The San Diego Air & Space Museum just dumped over 100,000 photos into an account on Flickr. For the full gallery, go here. View List ›

colerise 2 years ago 9 responses

Adorable Vintage Photographs of Gay Couples

These vintage photos warm my heart! Follow “F Yeah, Gay Vintage” on Tumblr for more gay everyday. View List ›

Ashley Baccam 2 years ago 604 responses

Shel and Jez: 1922

This photo is from June of 1922 and all that was written on it was “Shelly & Jezebel.” We can only assume that Shelly was the cat and Jezebel was the turtle. View Image ›

Google Reader 2 years ago respond