Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924

Wonderful Color Photographs of Los Angeles in the 1960s

A small collection of wonderful color photographs of Los Angeles in the 1960s

20 Interesting Black and White Photos of U.S. Women in World War II

When the U.S. entered World War II, women joined the war effort with as much gusto as men. Women in World War II performed a diverse range of jobs such as mechanics, pilots, nurses, journalists, farmers, and factory workers.

Two women conduct marksmanship training at Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles, Calif., circa August 1942. The Victory Corps taught marksmanship to encourage girls to be proficient in handling firearms. (National Archives photo)

U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reservists observe a demonstration by a Marine Corps flamethrower team, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Privates Neta Irene Farrell and Genevieve Evers, members of the first class of the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve, position a depth charge as they prepare to load and arm it in the bay of a plane, Quantico, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Women mechanics work on a U.S. Army Air Forces airplane. (National Archives photo)

Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) check the schedule for target towing duty. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Pit-women relaxing after lunch, New Hampshire, 1943

June 1943. Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Ruth DeRoche and Norma Webber, 18-year-old 'pit-women,' relaxing after lunch. Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information. (via Shorpy)

50 Rarely Seen Black and White Photographs of NYC's Street Scenes from between the 1950s and 1980s

Leon Levinstein (1910–1988) was an American street photographer best known for his work documenting everyday street life in New York City from the 1950s through the 1980s.

He moved to New York in 1946 and spent the next thirty-five years obsessively photographing strangers on the streets of his adopted home. With daring and dedication to his subject, Levinstein captured the denizens of New York City at extremely close range. He used his superb sense of composition to frame the faces, flesh, poses, and movements of his fellow city dwellers in their myriad guises: sunbathers, young couples, children, businessmen, beggars, prostitutes, proselytizers, society ladies, and characters of all stripes.

Jimi Hendrix with his first electric guitar in Seattle, 1957

Early Portrait Photographs of Native Americans from the 1890s

Adam Clark Vroman began to photograph around 1892, the same year that he married and moved to Pasadena, California. As an amateur photographer and bookseller, Vroman traveled to the Southwest, especially New Mexico, to photograph in the American Indian pueblos. He is best known for his portrait work there. Unlike many photographers at the time, he was considered to be extremely respectful of his subjects. Among his photographic accomplishments, Vroman illustrated the 1913 edition of Helen Hunt Jackson's novelRamona. The bookstore he founded, Vroman's Bookstore, still operates in Pasadena under his surname, though it is no longer in the Vroman family.