The Vintage Archive

Great historical photos colorized and enhanced. Niche interests: opera, fashion, music and illustration. Feel free to submit photos you want to see colorized!

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Vintage Christmas Photos - Two young women display their holiday hairdos (1962)

[sweetswannylawson]

“Well anyway Merry Christmas.”

“Shut up.”

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The Railway Children, illustrated by Pamela Kay (1990)

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Maria Callas, 1955

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Gladys Knight at Schiphol Airport, March 5, 1969

[warmfuzzyphoto]

Australia

1980

[titsay]

a place for dreaming

[savetheflower-1967]

“mary quant’s ginger group.”

[mea-gloria-fides]

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A French woman walks the streets of Paris, France with a large baguette and six bottles of wine, 1945.

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Portrait of tennis player Charles Hare, 10th April 1934

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Maria Callas on holiday in Ischia, 1956

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Dusty Springfield, 20th June 1964

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Men return from the festival with blossoming boughs (1908) [source]

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Birgit Nilsson backstage, costumed as Turandot in the Met's Cecil Beaton/Yoshio Aoyama production

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The Royal Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth II) as 'Prince Salvador' in the Christmas production of 'Sleeping Beauty' at Windsor Castle, UK, December 1942

[blukcattalking]

[oldpaintings]

Dark of the Moon, 1953 by Hannes Bok (American, 1914-1964)