Mar 9 2012
10:50 am
Russell Lee, Llano de San Juan, New Mexico, Catholic Church, 1940. Source: Library of Congress

Russell Lee, Llano de San Juan, New Mexico, Catholic Church, 1940.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 2 months ago
#1940s #new mexico #USA #church #graveyard #cemetery #russell lee #vintage #history
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Mar 6 2012
8:57 am
Pascal Sebah, A Turkish cemetery, ca. 1880s.

Pascal Sebah, A Turkish cemetery, ca. 1880s.

Posted 2 months ago
#1880s #19th century #turkey #pascal sebah #vintage #cemetery #graveyard #tombstones
12 notes

Mar 4 2012
12:44 pm
Alfred Eisenstaedt, A young woman visiting her father’s grave in the Jewish cemetery of Weissensee, Berlin, Germany, September 1979.

Alfred Eisenstaedt, A young woman visiting her father’s grave in the Jewish cemetery of Weissensee, Berlin, Germany, September 1979.

Posted 2 months ago
#1970s #berlin #germany #cemetery #graveyard #grave #grief #jewish #vintage #alfred eisenstaedt
32 notes

Mar 4 2012
11:47 am
Michael Rougier, A view of the grave of gangster Al Capone, Chicago, Illinois, USA, February 1959.

Michael Rougier, A view of the grave of gangster Al Capone, Chicago, Illinois, USA, February 1959.

Posted 2 months ago
#1950s #chicago #illinois #graveyard #cemetery #tombstones #michael rougier #al capone #gangster #vintage
35 notes

Feb 21 2012
3:08 pm
Tombstones in the quicksilver mining town of Terlingua. Photograph by Carl Mydans. Terlingua, Texas, USA, 1939.

Tombstones in the quicksilver mining town of Terlingua. Photograph by Carl Mydans. Terlingua, Texas, USA, 1939.

Posted 3 months ago
#1930s #texas #USA #great depression #carl mydans #tombstones #cemetery #cross #graveyard
85 notes

Feb 9 2012
1:28 pm
A Coast Guardsman bowing in reverence over the marked graves of American soldiers who gave their lives to win a small atoll during World War II, 1944.

A Coast Guardsman bowing in reverence over the marked graves of American soldiers who gave their lives to win a small atoll during World War II, 1944.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #wwII #world war II #military #graveyard #cemetery #silhouette #history #grief
48 notes

Feb 3 2012
5:17 am
Photograph by Andreas Feininger. Southern United States, May 1942.

Photograph by Andreas Feininger. Southern United States, May 1942.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #USA #deep south #andreas feininger #spanish moss #cemetery #graveyard #tombstones #vintage
16 notes

Jan 28 2012
1:31 pm
A woman visiting a grave in a cemetery. Photograph by Jack Birns. Macau, July 1949.

A woman visiting a grave in a cemetery. Photograph by Jack Birns. Macau, July 1949.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #macau #macao #china #grave #cemetery #graveyard #jack birns #mourning
21 notes

Jan 22 2012
9:17 pm
Frank Scherschel, A child in a cemetery holding flowers, Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 1956.

Frank Scherschel, A child in a cemetery holding flowers, Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 1956.

Posted 4 months ago
#1950s #cemetery #child #czech republic #czechoslovakia #eastern europe #flowers #graveyard #portrait #prague #vintage #creepy #scary
97 notes

Jan 22 2012
3:15 pm
An old woman standing in a cemetery. Photograph by Charles E. Steinheimer. Mexico, 1943.

An old woman standing in a cemetery. Photograph by Charles E. Steinheimer. Mexico, 1943.

Posted 4 months ago
#1940s #mexico #graveyard #cemetery #tombstones #death #grief #mourning #old woman #charles steinheimer
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