Martin and Osa Johnson

Martin and Osa Johnson were an American couple from Kanses who, during the 1930s, when the last undiscovered reaches of the world were being explored, delighted audiences with their films of aerial safaris throughout Africa and Borneo....

Horny road Bombay

From Old Images of Asia, an outstanding resource for vintage postcards from the colonies, comes this 1910 image of what was then still called Hornby Road, Bombay....

Great Pyramids

20Apr09
Great Pyramids from NYPL

The Great Pyramids of Giza along with its Sphinx make for perhaps the most recognizable image of Ancient Egypt and certainly the most impressive. This particular ones comes from the collection of the New York Public Library which maintains many vintage photographs available for online viewing. One can spend a whole day there gazing at ...

Bombay harbor

From Old Images of Asia, an outstanding resource for vintage postcards from the colonies, comes this 1910 image of the city of Bombay seen from its harbor....