Looking at the past and enjoying the present.Tumblr (3.0; @vintagephotogs)http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mde5fbkNzL1qem983o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Vintage 1959 T-Bird Convertible </p>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/52665829478http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/52665829478Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:59:57 -0400vintagecarsclassic carst-birdThunderbirdFord1950's1959<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1bc7c597003641041fa1c194d7cf2e41/tumblr_mk138wMZHr1r48hglo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://theniftyfifties.tumblr.com/post/45971276066/music-books-designer-fashion-clothes-sale-photography-he" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">theniftyfifties</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Teenager’s dancing on American Bandstand, 1950s.</p></blockquote> <p>American Bandstand</p>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/45977498230http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/45977498230Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:54:50 -0400Vintage50'srockn'roll<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a6f27f4ba958e57bac71a3e78d542c5b/tumblr_mesym9wNR51qh7tzmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://simplybek.tumblr.com/post/38081435660/cafe-au-go-go-dec-1966" target="_blank">simplybek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cafe Au Go Go, Dec 1966</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/38081737309http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/38081737309Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:20:29 -05001960smusicNYCclubdance club<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed8498dce5e2acc9124101592f669f5e/tumblr_meqm3oskAJ1qem983o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mel’s Drive-In Circa 1957</p>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/37541075585http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/37541075585Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:43:17 -0500vintagedrive-indiner1950'sphoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a25de4ab296862dd0b117c117fe0feeb/tumblr_mepd60sMWV1rco2sso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brando-monroe-dean.tumblr.com/post/37463515657/james-dean-at-the-local-high-schools-sweethearts" target="_blank">brando-monroe-dean</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><small>James Dean at the local high school’s Sweethearts Ball on St. Valentine’s Day in Fairmount,Indiana,1955.</small></p> </blockquote> <p>(Source:life.com)</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/37538837805http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/37538837805Sun, 09 Dec 2012 01:51:46 -0500actor1950'shigh schoolJames Deanvintagephoto<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_37513099522" src="http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/37513099522/audio_player_iframe/vintagephotogs/tumblr_mepibzvAKa1rlamwy?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fvintagephotogs%2F37513099522%2Ftumblr_mepibzvAKa1rlamwy" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nocturnal-demon.tumblr.com/post/37466408027/santo-johnny-sleepwalk-1959" target="_blank">nocturnal-demon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span class="yt-uix-expander-head" title="Santo & Johnny, Sleepwalk, 1959">Santo & Johnny, Sleepwalk, 1959</span></h1> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/37513099522http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/37513099522Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:11:40 -0500music1950'svintageduosingers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjzkzFM8f1qzz5ieo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kvetchlandia.tumblr.com/post/35804073961/leonard-freed-womens-prison-new-orleans" target="_blank">kvetchlandia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Leonard Freed     Women’s Prison, New Orleans, Louisiana      1965</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35829469684http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35829469684Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:51:44 -05001960'sphotoprisondiscrimination<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdie3d6z5x1r1a8w8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sammydavisjunior.tumblr.com/post/35750854641/filming-the-sammy-davis-jr-show-1966" target="_blank">sammydavisjunior</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>Filming <em>The Sammy Davis Jr. Show</em>, 1966</small></p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35804291168http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35804291168Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:54:07 -0500singeractor1960'svintageSammyDavisJr.<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mde5c9F0mO1qem983o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Vintage 1957 Buick Ad…Big Thrills Big Buick </p>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35625818125http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35625818125Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:43:10 -0500vintagecarsadBuickclassicclassic cars1950's1957<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mddx928K581qh7jlwo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mddx928K581qh7jlwo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poboh.tumblr.com/post/35570143485" target="_blank">poboh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Checking It Twice!</p> <p><em>Childen in rural Idaho. October</em>, 1939, Dorothea Lange. American Documentary Photographer, Photojournalist (1895 - 1965)</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35624201732http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35624201732Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:51:36 -0500vintage1930'sphotosphotographyblack and white<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsl97YjoN1qbsbnoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsl97YjoN1qbsbnoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsl97YjoN1qbsbnoo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><small><strong>Film noir</strong> is a film genre sharing its setting with gangster film, police procedural, gothic romance, and social problem films, with the typical protagonist being - as in the Noir fiction - either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator, dealing with the legal, political or other system that is seen as corrupt; the stories written by hardboiled writers in the early 1940s, describing the atmosphere during the Prohibition-period in America, were adapted for the screen by the Austro-German[a] film-making emigrants in Hollywood who fled the similarly corrupt system in Europe which allowed for the Nazi movement to gain the power. It is visually associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist film. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir" target="_blank">x</a>)</small></p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35588745380http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/35588745380Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:51:53 -0500filmfilm noirmoviesactor<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2qfcjJPd1qabu3po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mayanhandballcourt.com/post/33823835730/coffee-dans-los-angeles-1948-architects-john" target="_blank">mayanhandballcourt</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Coffee Dan’s, Los Angeles 1948<br/>Architects John Lautner and Douglas Honnold<br/>Photographer Julius Shulman<br/>(via <a href="http://wandrlust.tumblr.com/post/18415422761/coffee-dans-john-lautner-and-douglas" target="_blank">The Wandrlustr</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/33881540020http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/33881540020Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:36:20 -0400vintage19481940'sLADinerarchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpdntKgLS1rdr2h4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://allaboutthepast.tumblr.com/post/33332810306/times-square-at-night-1953" target="_blank">allaboutthepast</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Times Square at night, 1953</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/33618941720http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/33618941720Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:14:24 -0400vintagephoto1950'sNew York<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbecznFww51qite7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vinylespassion.tumblr.com/post/32913713951/merci-trevskimod-http-trevskimod-tumblr-com" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">vinylespassion</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Merci trevskimod !</p> <p><a href="http://trevskimod.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://trevskimod.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://trevskimod.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://trevskimod.tumblr.com/</a></a></p></blockquote> <p>Cool vinyl</p>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32916284024http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32916284024Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:40:02 -0400Musicsubmission<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdzwmyiyk1qbz9meo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://life.tumblr.com/post/32913379535/in-the-spirit-of-world-animal-day-this-cover-is" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">life</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>In the spirit of World Animal Day, this cover is very appropriate.</strong></p></blockquote> (via <a href="http://www.tumbleonapp.com" target="_blank">TumbleOn</a>)http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32916218426http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32916218426Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:39:05 -0400Vintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb4rvkJyGI1qf6jy9o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hollyhocksandtulips.tumblr.com/post/32547848533/florida-surfers-1960s" target="_blank">hollyhocksandtulips</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Florida surfers, 1960s</em></p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32724148844http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32724148844Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:43:06 -0400vintagebeachcarFlorida1960'swater<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb5zvkjUGa1rrcqu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://officerofmonkeyproblems.tumblr.com/post/32591115321/vintageski-skiers-prefer-the-vw-bug-in" target="_blank">officerofmonkeyproblems</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vintageski.tumblr.com/post/32590793702/skiers-prefer-the-vw-bug-in-innsbruck-austria" target="_blank">vintageski</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Skiers prefer the VW bug in Innsbruck, Austria.</p> </blockquote> <p>great vintage photo!</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32596370912http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32596370912Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:14:31 -0400vintagephotocarsAustriaarchitecture1950's1960's<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb1lmfrw1b1ronatdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://losangelespast.tumblr.com/post/32526292452/the-los-angeles-theater-at-night-on-broadway-in" target="_blank">losangelespast</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Los Angeles Theater at night, on Broadway in downtown L.A., 1931.</p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32548750645http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32548750645Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:49:58 -0400photovintagephotographytheater1930'sb&amp;wLos AngelesLACAfilm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb4saqRJeU1qem983o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Robert Frank, American photographer born Switzerland, 1924</p>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32548283407http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/32548283407Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:42:00 -0400vintagephotophotography1930's1940's1950's<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9qpu1OhXp1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/30748920063/the-real-life-models-used-in-american-gothic" target="_blank">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The real-life models used in “American Gothic” <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/2011/01/27/the-models-who-were-used-in-american-gothic-standing-by-the-painting/" target="_blank">standing by the iconic painting</a></p> </blockquote>http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/30788430780http://vintagephotogs.tumblr.com/post/30788430780Mon, 03 Sep 2012 04:20:05 -0400vintagepaintingartistart