By Chris on August 26th, 2008 | Comments

boden centrum 710915 520x364 Swedish Street Scenes in the 60s

Here are a bunch of old postcards depicting normal everyday life street scenes in Sweden in the 1960s. Progress has taken its toll on all of these places and I very much doubt they look like this today. Although, I do love the colors and how everything looked so casually organized and clean back then.

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By Chris on August 22nd, 2008 | Comments

victorville 704510 520x417 Forgotten Places

A selection of excellent photos from the series No lifeguard on duty by photographer J. Bennett Fitts. Imagine sipping a cocktail by one of those pools in their heydays, groovy. If you would like to dig deeper into the history of the Salton Sea, feel free to visit fellow blogger Lee Prewitt's blog The Salton Sea Chronicles.

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By Chris on August 18th, 2008 | Comments

1962 seattle worlds fair international fountain night 01 784928 520x320 Return to Century 21

Sorry for the absence, been keeping my self busy with different things. Nevertheless, today we are returning to the World's fair held in Seattle in 1962. Going under the title Century 21, this is one of my favorite expositions next to the one that was held in New York two years later. Here are a couple of photos from it to better illustrate my point.

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By Chris on August 2nd, 2008 | Comments

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Martinis, helping people lower their standards since 1927.