Taipei is the capital of Taiwan, located in the Northern part of the island. The city is the Central part of the Taipei-Keelung district, which includes the cities of New Taipei and Keelung. Taipei is the political, economic, educational and cultural...
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Everyday life in Taipei 50 years ago
A look at Singapore in the 70s of the last century
Singapore became independent on 9 August 1965. Lee Kuan yew and Yusuf ibn Ishaq took leadership positions, becoming the country's Prime Minister and President, respectively. In 1970, the active industrialization of Singapore began. The country began to...
How to shoot "Shining": photos of the creative process
The film adaptation of Stephen king's novel "Shining" by Stanley Kubrick is one of the most famous film adaptations based on the works of the horror king. Despite the fact that the writer himself remained, to put it mildly, not happy with the film...
On the border between past and present: San Francisco in photo collages
In 1906, a powerful earthquake occurred in San Francisco. Most of the infrastructure was destroyed, and about 28,000 buildings were destroyed. Despite such a horrific scale of the tragedy, the city was restored quickly enough. Moreover, the architects...
Bright Spain in the photo of the middle of the last century
These photos were taken in Spain in the 1950s. The footage captures different places from completely different angles: streets of small towns, panoramas of cities, the beauty of buildings, bright pictures of beaches. Sunny Spain in all its glory.
Photos of Laplanders taken by an astrophysicist in the century before last
A series of images about the life of Laplanders, taken by Amateur photographer Sophus Tromholt is listed as a UNESCO heritage. The author was an astrophysicist and came to Lapland in 1882 to investigate the nature of the Aurora. Communicating with the...
Ireland in pictures of the end of the XIX century
We present a small selection of photos that capture the daily life of the Irish at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. the Pictures were published by Valentine and Sons, which operated in the Scottish city of Dundee. The company was founded in 1851 by...
Kirk Douglas on the set of "Lust for life"
On February 5, 2020, legendary actor kirk Douglas died. During his long life of 103 years, he appeared in more than 90 films, including supporting roles. Among the most famous films are "The trumpeter" (1950), "Odyssey's Travels" (1954), "Spartacus"...
Chinese New year in New York in 1960
New Yorkers have been celebrating Chinese New year in Chinatown for more than 150 years. In the early 1860s, the small area where the Chinese lived was located near Mott Street. Over the years, the community has strengthened its position, being in the...
Gold rush photo by B. L. Singley
In the 1870s, hundreds of gold miners began arriving in the Yukon in search of the precious metal. One of these travelers was the American George Carmack, who in 1896 discovered gold in one of the tributaries of the Klondike river. This discovery caused...