30 Amazing Color Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in the American Pacific Northwest in the Early 1970s

These amazing photos featuring regions of the U.S. covered by the photographers of the Documerica Project in the early 1970s. The photographs captured the northwestern states of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, during a heightened energy crisis that left gas pumps empty and frustrated businesses and residents. Construction of the massive Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline was about to take place, and Spokane, Washington was preparing for its debut on the world stage, building the site of Expo '74, the first environmentally themed world's fair.

The Documerica Project was put together by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1971, with a primary goal of documenting adverse effects of modern life on the environment, but photographers were also encouraged to record the daily life of ordinary people, capturing a broad snapshot of America.

Larrabee State Park, near Bellingham, Washington, May, 1973. (Doug Wilson/NARA)

Looking east along Alaska's Glen Highway, toward Mount Drum (Elevation 12,002 Feet) at the intersection of the highway and the under-construction Trans-Alaska Pipeline in August 1974. The 48-inch diameter pipeline will cross the roadway between the two vehicles. The exact point is marked by a pair of wooden stakes along the right shoulder at Mile 673. (Dennis Cowals/National Archives and Records Administration)

Alki Beach on Puget Sound, a favorite resort for residents of Seattle. A child plays at the water's edge while his mother and a friend fish and dig for clams. In background is the Olympic Mountain Range, May 1973. (Doug Wilson/NARA)

The City of Seattle and Interstate Highway 5, with Elliott Bay at right, seen in June of 1973. (Doug Wilson/NARA)

At the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, May 1973. (David Falconer/NARA)

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30 Amazing Black and White Photographs of 1980s New York Taken by Richard Sandler

New York in the 1980s was an altogether different city from the safe, clean (for the most part), cosmopolitan urban playground it is today.

Photographer Richard Sandler began taking pictures, which now tell a fascinating story of a gritty, graffiti-strewn city that just 20 years later would be in the thrall of gentrification.

“You are recording your time,” Sandler told Daily Mail Online. “You are looking for trends. If you are in the street, you see it. You see everything on the street.”

This amazing pictures captures rush hour at the Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan in 1989.

A suited man is captured on camera as he walks near Broadway and Wall Street, circa 1987.

Subway subculture: Sandler took this shot, 'Hasid and Hipster,' on a subway in 1990.

A homeless woman stands bear overflowing trash on Fifth Ave in 1980.

A man and woman stand on the street exchanging words on Fifth Avenue in 1984; their respective stances speak volumes.

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Wonderful Color Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in the American Southwest in the 1970s

These are what the life in Southwest of America looked like in 1970s, including Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and California.

The photos depict some of the challenges facing residents at the time: scarce resources, mining operations, growing cities and towns, as well as glimpses of people at work and play in the deserts, mountains and ocean shores.

The Documerica Project was put together by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1971, with a primary goal of documenting adverse effects of modern life on the environment, but photographers were also encouraged to record the daily life of ordinary people, capturing a broad snapshot of America.

Left: Mazda vehicles await shipment, Terminal Island, Long Beach, California, June 1972. The RMS Queen Mary, moored in the background, opened as a tourist attraction on May 8, 1971. Right: The painted bus is home, October 1972. (David Hiser/Charles O'Rear/NARA)

Boys play on a bicycle on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, in 1972. (Terry Eiler/National Archives and Records Administration)

A crop duster plane flies low over a field in California's Imperial Valley, May 1972. (Charles O'Rear/NARA)

Hunters, taking a deer back to Denver, stop at a check station north of Rifle, Colorado, where their kill is counted and examined by the Colorado Department of Fish and Game. (David Hiser/NARA)

Alaua James, 15, of the Alta Youth Conservation Corps, Alta, Utah, in July of 1972. (Bruce McAllister/NARA)

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Cracking Photo of Princess Yvonne and Prince Alexander Taken by Their Mother in 1955

In this 1955 photograph, thirteen-year-old Princess Yvonne of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in Germany is shown tipping back a bottle of Dry Sack sherry as her twelve-year-old brother Prince Alexander sits calmly by, his cigarette nearly finished. The photo was taken while the siblings were aboard a private yacht off the coast of Mallorca.

Before rushing to judgment on the lives of German nobility, it should be known that the photographer behind this image was the children’s mother, Princess Marianne Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. Affectionately known as Princess “Manni” or her more artistic moniker “Mamarazza,” she was an accomplished photographer, her images becoming featured in magazines as well as gallery exhibitions. Given this background, one can only hope that the shot above is the result of intentional composition and not reckless parenting.

Princess Manni was born in Salzburg in 1919, the daughter of Friedrich Baron Mayr-Melnhof and his wife Maria Anna Countess von Meran. The eldest of nine children, she received a camera from her parents in 1935 and began a lifelong love of photography.

Fritz Mayr-Melnhof and Teresa Sayn-Wittgenstein at Glanneg during Christmas photo, 1956.

Baroness Teresa Thyssen with Count Ivan Batthyani, 1950.

Car accident after the baptism of Albrecht Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, 14 May 1950. The driver Prince Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein with Princess Beatrix zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, Hella Princess of Bavaria, and Princess Clementine von Croy.

Hunting lunch in Gracht, Germany, 1952. In the photo: Caspar Oeyhausen, Karl-Heinrich Sayn-Wittgenstein, Friedrich Praschma, Franz Eugen Kesselstatt, Ludwig Sayn-Wittgenstein, Bella, Carl and Wolf Wolff-Metternich and Sophie Praschma.

Prince Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein sunbathing, October 1956.

Studying at Munich during the war, she met Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein who was on leave from the front, and the pair were engaged within days. Married in 1942, their daughter Yvonne was born in December of that year with Alexander following a year later. When the war ended the castle at Sayn was severely damaged by bombs, and the family considered emigrating to Brazil before they decided to stay, rebuild, and put their farms back in order.

Prince Ludwig was killed in a car accident in 1962, and Manni had to manage the family affairs until Prince Alexander came into his majority. From the 1970s, her photographs began appearing in magazines, and from 1991 has been shown at exhibitions in galleries. Though 94 years old, the Princess is still going strong, as is her son Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich, Furst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, who now serves as vice-president of Europa Nostra and president of Europa Nostra Deutschland.

Strange and Funny Vintage Photos of Animals Acting As Intelligent As Humans

Here's a collection of 29 strange vintage pictures from history feature animals acting as intelligent as humans.

An elephant from the American vaudeville stage riding a specially constructed tricycle, 1918 (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

A close-up of Mike, the world's only canine aviator, wearing flying cap and goggles in Chicago, c. 1920 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A monkey doing the 'Charleston' alongside a couple of dancers, 1922 (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

A monkey 'playing' a toy piano on which is perched a thoughtful looking parrot, 1927 (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

An elephant from Earl's Court Circus with a man in its mouth, 1928 (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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20 Amazing Black and White Photographs of San Francisco From Between the 1940s and 1960s

With a landmark around every corner and a picture perfect view atop every hill, San Francisco might be the world's most picturesque city. And yet, the Golden City is so much more than postcard vistas.

It's a town alive with history, culture, and a palpable sense of grandeur best captured by a man known as San Francisco's Brassai, Fred Lyon. Walking the city's foggy streets, the fourth-generation San Franciscan captures the local's view in dramatic black-and-white photos— from fog-drenched mornings in North Beach and cable cars on Market Street to moody night shots of Coit Tower and the twists and turns of Lombard Street.

Below is a collection of stunning black and white photographs of San Francisco taken by Fred Lyon from between the 1940s and '60s.

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Warsaw in Color Photographs in 1938-39

Some rare and amazing color photographs capture daily life in Warsaw, Poland in 1938-39.

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21 Interesting Color Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in Soviet-era Georgia in the 1970s

These amazing photographs were taken by Erhard K in 1977 for a photo travel report. Photographed in color, they provide a fascinating glimpse of everyday life in Soviet-era Georgia, as well panoramic shots of Tbilisi landmarks and photos of cars, trucks and buses...

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Daily Life in Burma in the early 1980s

These photos show everyday life of Buma in 1982, and taken by photographer Nico.

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Beautiful Vintage Christmas Postcards

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