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.
Vintage photograph. Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, looking east from Smith St.
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Stockholm Central Station, the photo taken from the stairs up to Cafe't Norra in the part (towards the Klarabergsviadukten) towards the restaurant in the main southern part of the large waiting hall.
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Anefo photo collection. Bodega oporto, restaurant is going to disappear at Damrak in Amsterdam. March 14, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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The districts of Bruchhausen and Hochfeld, near the Thyssen steelworks, were already problem zones with reduced housing quality in 1982, Germany, Europe
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Anefo photo collection. Friday market in Arnhem has been around for 200 years. September 18, 1964. Arnhem
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Aerial photo of the inner city of Amersfoort, with the surrounding neighborhoods, from the northwest, with the Koppelpoort on the left in the foreground and in the background the Prince Willem III barracks on the Heiligenbergerweg.
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St. Paul's Cathedral, London. April 09, 1953. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).;St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
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Sunset on Trinity Church, Boston. Sunset on Trinity Church, Boston
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Anefo photo collection. Work Stationsplein in Amsterdam I.V.M. Metro and rebuild North South Hollands Koffiehuis, in background Central Station. 17 June 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Aerial view of Amersfoort
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Paris - Annex Office Building, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings
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The Houses of Parliament, as seen from Victoria Tower, Westminster, London, c1905. Artist: Unknown
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"Big Ben" of Moscow. A view of red square with the Lenin Mausoleum and historical museum, as seen from the Spassky tower. March 24, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press).
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8 rue Boissy d'Anglas 8 rue Boissy d'Anglas. Paris (Sired Arr.). Photograph of Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939).
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Melbourne Town Hall. July 7, 1954.
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Vintage Photograph. Looking along Donegall Square North in the heart of Belfast, Capital of Northern Ireland.
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Anefo photo collection. Party lighting Amsterdam, Leidsestraat. November 21, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Poll photo collection. Fifty-year government anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina. Party lighting. Lido at Leidseplein in Amsterdam. September 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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View of the water tower on the Riouwstraat in Utrecht, during the demolition.
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SkiopT icon with motifs of Hauptbanhoff, railway station in Dresden.The image has been stored in cardboard labeled :
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italia, milano, chiesa di santa maria delle grazie, 1900 1910
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Anefo photo collection. Rotterdam in party lighting. Festive street lighting in a Rotterdam shopping street. November 28, 1966. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Build Vijzelstraat apartment, the corridet behind the house in the Kerkstraat. October 23, 1964
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italia, veneto, venezia, veduta della piazza san marco, 1920 1930
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Face in the Grutterssteeg in Utrecht.n.b. The Grutterssteeg was a side street of the Gruttersdijk. The street name Grutterssteeg probably expired around 1970.
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Austria, Vienna, street scene
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Anefo photo collection. Illuminated houses on the Amstel. September 5, 1961
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Anefo photo collection. Exterior new construction faculty of literature at Singel in Amsterdam. March 21, 1984. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Series about Amsterdam at night. 28 February 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Plaza de Mayo and Congress Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Artist: Unknown
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Rhodes, Island of Rhodes, Greece Date: circa 1930s
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Flag Flies Again Over Tokyo -- The red ball flag of Japan flies over the Diet in Tokyo for the first times since Gen. Douglas MacArthur's directive permitting its display from official buildings. May 29, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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1976, Paris, Rive droite, Centre Pompidou, Beaubourg.
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Anefo photo collection. Interest in the Russian pavilion. April 18, 1958. Russia
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Budapest. Skating place in the city forest
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Anefo photo collection. Bridge over the Prinsengracht at the Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam has almost been completed. December 16, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Poll photo collection. Copenhagen at night. View of the VesterBrogade with Neon advertising the companies and shops, presumably seen from the tower of the Palace Hotel. March 1954. Denmark, Copenhagen, Rådhuspadsen
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Anefo photo collection. Leidseplein Terrace opened by alderman Lammers, Amstergan Overview Terrace. Overview of the terrace. June 15, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Scandinavian exhibition in Copenhagen in 1872.
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Anefo photo collection. First snow in Amsterdam. January 12, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Seville. 1930 (CA.) The Plaza de España covered in snow.
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Baltimore Maryland USA
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A snowy morning in Fifth Avenue Date: 1903
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Not just one balloon, though, but dozens of 'em all brightly coloured and brightly lit. The balloons are attached to the buildings on either side of Regent Street, where the famous shopping centre's illuminated Christmas decorations were switched on last night. November 29, 1947. (Photo by Daily Mail).
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Poll photo collection. Visit to Milan. A carriage for a building in Milan, probably the station. 1937. Italy, Milan
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Festival OF Britain Exhibition On The South Bank Of The Thames - An impression by an artist of The South Bank 1951 Exhibition for the Festival of Britain. The Dome of Discovery, largest Dome in the world is seen foreground with the Skylon a vertical feature built so as to appear suspended in air on left (near bridge). Beyond the first bridge is the Old Shot Tower (once used for making round she which has a Radar device for "bouncing" rays off the moon on its summit. The Landing stage for river b
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Tunis (Fourth of Nine) -- Entrance to the Arab quarter of the city is an archway named the Port de France, which is guarded by the cross-bearing statue of French Cardinal Lavigerie. Like its native women, much of the Arab quarter is veiled to strangers. No non-Moslems may, enter the mosque, and even local police patrolling the winding darkened streets police patrolling the winding darkened streets rarely enter the privacy of the Arab warrens. February 29, 1952. (Photo by United Press).
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DEU Sachsen Dresden Dresden 1945, ruins of the Residenzschloss, the Georgentor, the Hofkirche, the Ständehaus and the Johanneum seen from Rosmariengasse. Scan of the original photo, unknown estate
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USA, Illinois, Chicago, St Peters church on West Monroe Street
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Anefo photo collection. Regularbreestraat in the fog, in the background the currency tower. January 28, 1958
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Carlsbad. Wandel hall of the spraudel-Colonnade (1879)
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Vintage photograph. Aerial view of Yankee Stadium during opening day, New York City
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Winter in the CSSR, Prague and surroundings on 28. 12. 1961, CZE, Czech Republic, Europe
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London Crowd
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High angle view of a group of people at a railroad station, Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Italy. Rome. Rural At The Altare Della Patria. 1930
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old vintage photo of general post office mumbai maharashtra India Copyright: xAjayxGoyal/DinodiaxPhotox
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National Pena Palace
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Anefo photo collection. The Lijnbaan in Rotterdam lit. November 21, 1961. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Assignment Elsevier; Shop Gerzon, Kalverstraat, Amsterdam exterior. January 4, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland