Vintage Urban Scenes

Black-and-white captures of bustling urban life and historic buildings in various city centers, reflecting mid-20th century architecture.

Vintage photograph. Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, looking east from Smith St.

Old buildings in the market district, Boston. Old buildings in the market district, Boston

Anefo photo collection. Modern shops and homes in Essen, left new construction and right-old rubber homes. April 11, 1959

Hotel "Metropol", Moscow, U.S.S.R. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection .

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam cityscapes. Overview with exhibition and old church. June 7, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Poll photo collection. Visit to Munich. Building of the Dresdner Bank and the Fishbrunnen seen from the tower of the Neues Rathaus. March 1935. Germany, Munich

View of the opened Catharijnebrug over the Stadsbuitengracht in Utrecht, from the west; In the foreground the Smakkelaarsbrug over the Leidsche Rijn and in the background the Catharijnekade (left) and Vredenburg.

Vintage photograph. Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, looking east from Smith St.

W.H.O. Fights 'Flu Epidemic' -- The headquarters of the battle against flu, the laboratories of the World Influenza Centre at Mill Hill, London, are the hub of the search for flu viruses and a universal vaccine against all types of influenza, The work is sponsored by WHO, a specialized agency of the United Nations. February 01, 1951. (Photo by United Nations).

Anefo photo collection. Command Hotel De Stadholder. May 19, 1961

Face in the Domstraat in Utrecht with the Kemink bookstore on the left (Domstraat 1-3).

NSW Syd - Bridge Street. September 17, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. Canal point Reguliersgracht under sloper hands. July 11, 1963

Dartmouth Street, Boston. Dartmouth Street, Boston

Stockholm Central Station.

View of the facade of the Nobelstraat 16 shopping house in Utrecht.

ECA Building. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Ferdinandsbrücke before the renovation, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographer

Anefo photo collection. Viaduct about the Vondelpark. 6 May 1947. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Vondelpark

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. The Hague. Two comrades of the photographer on the beach promenade Scheveningen. View with shore building (coctail bar "American Virgin" u. A.)

Malmö Railway Station 1906. Picture from the magazine Hemmet's image material.

Brokaw House, 5th Ave. ca. 1910-1915.

Popov's passage (department store), Kuznetsky Most, Moscow ca. 1890

Anefo photo collection. Renovation activities Rembrandtplein, next to the store passage comes a large office building. November 18, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Old RAI (Amsterdam) is demolished (overview). December 22, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Cityscapes from Groningen. Grote market for the city hall of Groningen. March 18, 1971. Groningen (prov.), Groningen (city)

Demolition, Vasagatan 24

Gustav Adolfs Torg, Stockholm. The Royal Opera is glimpsed to the right in the picture.

Anefo photo collection. Reals in Amsterdam, parking meter piece. June 14, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Ritz Hotel, Picaddilly, Hyde Park,. 26, 1940. Britain

Reporting on SJ and right -hand traffic in Örebro and Malmö

Weißeritzstraße, look against the cigarette factory Yenidze

Anefo photo collection. The Dutch bank on the peat market. Exterior. April 22, 1968

Anefo photo collection. Four German outlets in tiger bath suit. May 2, 1957

12/31/1957. View of the street of Gran Via at the completion of his Works and of the music palace where the poster of the Movie "Indiscreta" Starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman can be seen.

Faneuil Hall, Boston. Faneuil Hall, Boston

Harlem's famous thoroughfare, 125th street in 1943.

Gävle town north. Stortorget (Salutorget) at the end of the 19th century. To the right in the picture the School Stow block, where the mortgage bank was built in 1897. Gävle stad Norr. Stortorget (salutorget) i slutet av 1800-talet.Till höger i bilden kvarteret Skolstuvan, där Hypoteksbankens hus byggdes 1897.

Hotel Eggers and Gothenburg Central Station.

Trip to Europe: Arrival in Vienna, Austria 10:50AM; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff in Vienna. The Hotel Bristol in Vienna, Austria, where White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff members stayed prior to and during the summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The building on the left is the Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper).

Detroit n.e. from Chamber of Commerce | Library of Congress

Piccadilly Circus and the Statue of Eros, London. The street scene is dominated by advertising hoardings and illuminations for Gordon's Gin, Wrigley's Chewing Gum and others. At the London Pavilion, built as a music hall and theatre, and converted into a cinema in 1934, Dishonored Lady starring Hedy Lamarr is showing. Date: 1947

Scenes in Leipzig in 1974, here on 9. 4. 1974 in everyday life in the GDR, GDR, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Second by Willem V in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. April 29, 1958. Delft, South Holland

Genova, liguria, italy, 1930-40.

Conciliazione Street and st. peter. Rome 1958

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam cityscapes, merchant fair exterior. July 7, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

12/31/1956. Perspective in the new neighborhood of "los Remedios" next to Triana.

Anefo photo collection. Utrecht cityscapes. January 19, 1954. Utrecht

Tokyo Army Hospital -- The principal hospital for United Nations forces in Tokyo. January 01, 1953. (Photo by Camera Press).

Leipzig Trade Fair, conversion of the Zeissighaus into the Messehof, 1950, Neumarkt, Leipzig, Saxony, GDR, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. RVD building in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam (Eye and Ear). 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Comic opera (also: artist theater, Staatstheater lustspielhaus), Berlin: View of the east (negative to inv. No. TBS 029.12)

Overview of the northern part of the Oudegracht in Utrecht, from the Dom tower (Domplein), from the southeast. In the foreground the Choorstraat (left) and the Town Huisbrug (right).

View of the yard on the west side of the N.S. station Amsterdam et al. in Amsterdam (western island) with various types of equipment from the N.S.

Heart Of The West -- The grim greyness of Exeter Prison, seen from the Rougemont Gardens.This ancient county town of Devonshire, once the principal fortress of the West, is still one of England's chief cities - and one of the loveliest. It was severely damaged in the Baedeker raids of the last war. December 01, 1948.

Anefo photo collection. Exterior Amstelhotel, front, back. March 8, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Assignment financial newspaper; Option Grant Amsterdam, exterior. March 18, 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Bank of New Zealand, Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, by Muir & Moodie.

Hardha. Dresdner Straße

Via Del Tritone. Rome. 1890

Invited steps from cars at the western entrance under the watchful eye of police; Farewell reception by A. van Schendel. .

Krakow gray tenement house (Main Square 6) unknown

Anefo photo collection. New cinema theater Corso in Rotterdam. February 22, 1961. Rotterdam, South Holland

12/31/1946. The Alcazar Gardens.

Anefo photo collection. System in Amsterdam. The roof of the connecting tunnel from the metro station to Central Station. 21 June 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Rental promotion of residents Newly built home Amsterdam Bickersgracht and Bickerstraat; Properties to the Bickersgracht. January 31, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Assignment financial newspaper; Exterior Hotel de Leuro (Amsterdam) expansion buildings (in scaffolding). January 22, 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The large hall, the central station

The Pier Hotel, Wellington, April 1953, Wellington, by J.W. Chapman-Taylor.

Building at the territory of the World Exposition 1893, the agricultural building, historical monochrome photography, Chicago, USA, North America

Hand Tool Exhibit - Cambrai (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Sir Winston Churchill commemorated at the De Dam National Monument, v.L.n.R. Alderman Van Wijck, J.C. from the mountain and the English consul. January 30, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photograph showing the 'Dim Out' of Piccadilly Circus, London, in January 1951. This 'dim out' of the advertising lights was due to a national coal-crisis and made the landmark nearly as dark as it had been during the Second World War. Date: 01/01/1951

Anefo photo collection. Series about Amsterdam at night. 28 February 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Utrecht cityscapes. City hall and town hall bridge. January 19, 1954. Utrecht

Newcastle On Tyne: Newcastle Skyline -- Gateshead on the left, Tyne Bridge and the city on the right. March 24, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Budapest. Elisabeth Bridge (1897-1903) About the Danube

Overview of the northern city center of Utrecht, from the Dom tower, with the town hall on the left and in the foreground the Oudkerkhof.

Plaza de Constitution - Montevideo, Uruguay, circa 1890

Anefo photo collection. Lisbon cityscapes. Praça Saldanha. February 20, 1969. Lisbon, Portugal, Saldanha

Anefo photo collection. Founds clothing store cracked England; (Koningsplein, Amsterdam). October 30, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

North facade and museum bridge; Exterior Rijksmuseum (facades). Seen the museum in a southern direction. In the foreground a traffic agent who arranges it from the museum bridge.

International attention to Shanghai grew in the 19th century due to its economic and trade potential at the Yangtze River. During the First Opium War (1839-1842), British forces temporarily held the city. The war ended with the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing, opening Shanghai and other ports to international trade. In 1863, the British settlement, located to the south of Suzhou creek (Huangpu district), and the American settlement, to the north of Suzhou creek (Hongkou district), joined in order to form the International Settlement. The French opted out of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and maintained its own French Concession. Citizens of many countries and all continents came to Shanghai to live and work during the ensuing decades; those who stayed for long periods called themselves 'Shanghailanders'. In the 1920s and 30s, some 20,000 so-called White Russians and Russian Jews fled the newly established Soviet Union and took up residence in Shanghai. By 1932, Shanghai had become the world's

View of the N.S station Groningen in Groningen.

The Elephant and Castle, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Unknown

View of the Loswal along the horse field in Utrecht, from the Catharijnesingel.

Anefo photo collection. Summer silence in large cities (Amsterdam). 26 June 1960. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Washington, D.C. - Treasury Building from corner of 15th & G Street, crowded with traffic, low aerial view, circa 1917

Image of the demolition of the station post office (Stationsplein) in Utrecht; On the right the entrance to the neighborhood station.

Americans in Britain- the work of the American Red Cross Eagle Club Dormitory, London, England, 1942 A female volunteer at the American Red Cross Eagle Club Dormitory rides her bicycle away from 'work', past a postbox. She is cycling to her allotment on Kensington Gardens, so it is possible that this Eagle Club is somewhere in the Kensington area of London.

Poll photo collection. Report Amsterdam. Broken street (Willemsparkweg) in Amsterdam. undated. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Thaw in the capital. Overview at the Rokin. 13 February 1963

USA, Massachusetts, Boston, South Station

Aerial view of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, from a Zeppelin, 1930 (1933). Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Building main post office Amsterdam (built 1893-1899, Rijksbouwmeester C.H. Peters (1847-1932). January 29, 1957. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Chutes, Luna Park

Washington D.C. - Parades and Receptions, Aerial Photograph.

Rome. Aerial View Of Castel Sant'angelo. 1940

Opera construction site, 1956-1959, Karl-Marx-Platz today Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Saxony, GDR, Germany, Europe

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