Early Photos of Celebrities in Venice

These are some retro photos of very famous celebrities on vacation in Venice. The photos range from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Gene Tierney in Venice, 1945. “Laura” star Gene Tierney, wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt, lounges on a gondola boat.

Kirk Douglas in Venice, 1953. Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas, wearing a swimming suit and a necklace chainlet, signing on the thigh of painter Novella Parigini, wearing a strapless bikini and round earrings and a woman wearing a strapless polka-dotted bikini, Lido Beach.

Ernest Hemingway in Venice, 1954. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” Literary lion Ernest Hemingway, wearing a short sleeves shirt over a plaid shirt, his hurt arm bandaged, drinking vodka from the bottle.

Gary Cooper in Venice, 1955. Hollywood legend Gary Cooper, on a venetian gondola, lighting a cigarette, the gondolier behind him.

Brigitte Bardot in Venice, 1958. French sexbomb Brigitte Bardot with her partner, the french jazz guitarist Sasha Distel, she is wearing a dress, a diamonds hairband and a precious necklace , surrounded by men in tuxedo.

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Pictures of Korea in 1945

Korean mother and child. Korean countryside near Seoul in fall of 1945

Korean Teahouse, 1945 in Seoul

Refugees: Fusan 1945, now named Busan

Korean Fisherman, Samch'ok, November 1945

Many Korean women carried heavy loads on their heads in 1945

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Bedouin from the late 1800's

Bedouin Man

Sheik

Bedouin Shepherds

Mothers and Children

Ireland in Color Pictures, 1920s

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Photographs from Yesteryear

The photos in this post may make you remember the nostalgic days from yesterday, but they are very beautiful and may also remind you of days of simpler times. You might even say they are oldies but goodies. From the days of corner drugstores to pinups, to large convertibles, these photos have it all.

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Interesting black and white retro photos

These are some rather interesting black and white retro photos. The people and the scenes are quite unusual at least by today’s standards.

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New York in colour pictures, 1940s

A corner on west Canal-St., 1942

Chinese store windows, New-York, 1942

Collecting the salvage on Lower East Side, 1942

Corner of Pearl St., 1942

Crowd gathers during Salvage collection in Lower East Side, 1942

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Old Japan in 3D

These animated images are taken from original stereoscopic photographs by T. Enami, and were animated from images posted by Okinawa Soba. The images date from about 1895 to about 1910.

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Old Paris

These photos are from collection of the very famous French documentation photo-agency Roger-Viollet and show some extraordinary sights.

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Stark 100-Year-Old Photos of Destitute East End Children

Taken by Horace Warner in 1912 in Spitalfields England, these images of poverty stricken children show the horrible existences they had to endure just to survive.

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