sarahwrotethat:

View south on Broadway from south of 72nd Street, 1897
Byron Company, New York
Museum of the City of New York 

Broadway with horse-cars and cyclists, seven years before the IRT.

[h/t The Atlantic Cities: A Visual History of Manhattan’s Grid]

Sans motorized chaos

decoarchitecture:

Ultra-rare footage showing opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge. Thanks, HistFootageMan!

todaysdocument:

August 21, 1965 - Gemini V Mission Images

Check out all 270 images in the National Archives online catalog from the Gemini V Mission that took place from August 21-August 29, 1965. 

(via inothernews)

Source: research.archives.gov

kateoplis:

1942 Kodachromes:

1. F.W. Hunter, Army test pilot 

2. Mrs. Eloise Ellis, Assembly & Repairs Dept’s senior supervisor

3. Cadet Deitz

4. YB-17 bomber at Langley Field

5. Jesse Rhodes Waller & 30-caliber machine gun he just installed 

6. Balloon training, Parris Island, South Carolina

decoarchitecture: Karstadt, Berlin, GermanyVintage 1929 Photo via process-vision From source: Philip Schaefer Rudolph Karstadt AG, Berlin, 1929 Fotograf unbekannt, Gelatinesilberabzug Copyright: VBK, Wien, 2006
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decoarchitecture:

Karstadt, Berlin, Germany
Vintage 1929 Photo via process-vision

From source:

Philip Schaefer
Rudolph Karstadt AG, Berlin, 1929
Fotograf unbekannt, Gelatinesilberabzug
Copyright: VBK, Wien, 2006

Source: whoch2wei.at

decoarchitecture: Court of Reflections, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CaliforniaHistoric 1940 Photo, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection Those things on the side look to me like giant shishkebabs. From the San Francisco Public Library’s archive: Siesta Pool in the Court of Reflections, Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island Nestling between International Hall and the foods and beverages Palace, the Court of Reflections, with its placid Siesta Pool, is one of the beauty spots of the Golden Gate International Exposition and will be a center of attraction to millions of visitors during the 1940 season.
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decoarchitecture:

Court of Reflections, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, California
Historic 1940 Photo, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection

Those things on the side look to me like giant shishkebabs.

From the San Francisco Public Library’s archive:

Siesta Pool in the Court of Reflections, Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island

Nestling between International Hall and the foods and beverages Palace, the Court of Reflections, with its placid Siesta Pool, is one of the beauty spots of the Golden Gate International Exposition and will be a center of attraction to millions of visitors during the 1940 season.

decoarchitecture: FDR @ Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CaliforniaHistoric 1939 Photo, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection I swear I am going to post a whole set of fair pics soon, but for now… Classic FDR pic showing the Deco spendor of the West Coast’s World Fair. From the San Francisco Public Library’s archive: President Roosevelt waving his hat toward Golden Gate International Exposition workers Full grandeur of the rising Golden Gate International Exposition rose behind President Roosevelt above as his official car swung along the western front of Treasure Island towards the luncheon at the administration building. The car had just swung by the gigantic elephant gates to the Exposition’s central court which are fronted by majestic palms along the drive. The President waved his hat toward exposition workers.
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decoarchitecture:

FDR @ Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, California
Historic 1939 Photo, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection

I swear I am going to post a whole set of fair pics soon, but for now… Classic FDR pic showing the Deco spendor of the West Coast’s World Fair.

From the San Francisco Public Library’s archive:

President Roosevelt waving his hat toward Golden Gate International Exposition workers

Full grandeur of the rising Golden Gate International Exposition rose behind President Roosevelt above as his official car swung along the western front of Treasure Island towards the luncheon at the administration building. The car had just swung by the gigantic elephant gates to the Exposition’s central court which are fronted by majestic palms along the drive. The President waved his hat toward exposition workers.

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