19 retro photographs of daily life in India in the early 1930s

The collector has collected a unique archive of photographs about life in the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th - early 20th centuries

In 1964, the Frenchman Pierre de Jigorde first came to Istanbul, and was fascinated by this city. He was engaged in trade, and also bought old photographs from local residents and collectors. As a result, he became the owner of a unique archive, the photographs of which date from 1853 to 1930. In total, there are 6,000 photographs in his collection, the names of the authors of which are forever lost. Recently, a significant part of this archive was made publicly available on the Internet

In white chalk on a blackboard: Liberian daily The Daily Talk and publisher Albert J. Sirleaf

In the information era, the media are rightfully considered the "fourth estate", real kings are online publications that are striking in their efficiency. It's hard to imagine life without the morning press and the evening news. True, there are also countries in the world where information is still a luxury. One of them is Liberia, in African homes you rarely see a radio or TV. It was here, in Monrovia (the capital of this freedom-loving power) that a unique newspaper appeared - The Daily Talk, which

Pre-revolutionary Russia: unique retro photographs of the Cossacks, taken in the late 19th - early 20th centuries (part 2)

They were admired, feared, or proud of, and they pinned their hopes on them in a dashing time for the Fatherland. The Cossacks were the hope and support of the empire, and they fulfilled their duty unquestioningly. This review contains unique photographs that capture the Cossacks during the days of service and at home

Retro ethnographic photographs about the life and life of foreigners at the beginning of the 20th century (part 2)

Foreigners in the Russian Empire were a special category of subjects and differed from the rest of the population of the empire both in methods of government and in rights. In everyday life, this term was applied to all Russian subjects of non-Slavic origin, and at the legislative level, only to ethnic groups strictly defined in the law (by the way, Tatars, Mordovians, Estonians were not counted among foreigners). In this review, old photos about the life and life of foreigners in Russia

Documentary photographs about life in the USSR in the 1920s and 1930s

The 1920s of the last century were very difficult for Russia. The established foundations were broken, a new state took on life, and this breaking of the old regime was, of course, not painless. It was at that time that such words as dispossession, repression, comradely court entered the history of society and the country. Old photographs allow you to imagine how people lived at that time