The Night Climbers of Cambridge, 1930s style. [x]

lostsplendor:

Views of Japan c. Late 19th Century via The New York Public Library

collectivehistory:

Making the flame of Liberty ca. 1876

m3zzaluna:

a brave and formally dressed photographer shooting the city from atop a skyscraper, mid-1920s

photographer unknown, from new york: portrait of a city by reuel golden; p. 559-560

lostsplendor:

“Alcohol, discovered by Prohibition agents during a raid on an illegal distillery, pours out of upper windows of three-story storefront in Detroit during Prohibition, 1929” (Retronaut)

decoarchitecture:

Wilshire Boulevard, 1930
via usclibraries

Lovely vintage photo and on the right there’s definitely a bit of Downtown LA’s abundant Deco.

usclibraries:

Traffic on Wilshire Blvd. near Kenmore Ave., circa 1930. 

decoarchitecture:

Manhattan, 1930s

Talk about atmosphere…

justdontstopcaroline:

1930’s black and white photograph overlooking New York City. 

Hindenburg airship flying over the Hudson river and Downtown Manhattan, 1936.