• Category

  • Search

Flashbak
  • Shop Unique Gifts
  • Free Newsletter
  • Shop Unique Christmas Gifts
  • Get The Newsletter
  • Our Archives
  • Donate – Subscribe
  • Flashbak on Facebook
  • Flashbak on Twitter
  • Flashbak on Pinterest
  • Flashbak on Instagram
  • Flashbak RSS Feed
Boxing Day In Pictures: Wonderful Photos Of December 26 (1900-2000)

Boxing Day In Pictures: Wonderful Photos Of December 26 (1900-2000)

December 26 is St Stephen's Day, when the Church distributed charity boxes to the needy but can also be traced back to when the wealthy gave their servants a box of Christmas treats; hence Boxing Day. ...
0
Post Views: 3,259
Santa On Shrooms: A Trippy 1943 Comic Book

Santa On Shrooms: A Trippy 1943 Comic Book

Enjoy this 1943 comic book featuring a psychedelic mushroom chomping Santa Claus. It's sort of a bonkers take-off on Alice in Wonderland but with added Santa. ...
0
Post Views: 6,517
Found Photos of A Mid-Century Family Christmas

Found Photos of A Mid-Century Family Christmas

Wonderful famsnapshots from a wodnerful time of the year ...
0
Post Views: 4,624
Fabulous Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York City – December 1910

Fabulous Photos of Christmas Shopping in New York City – December 1910

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." Shirley Temple ...
0
Post Views: 4,068
You Better Watch Out! Vintage Scary Santa Snapshots

You Better Watch Out! Vintage Scary Santa Snapshots

  "I'm sorry you saw me, Timmy," says Santa to the boy watching him place ...
0
Post Views: 6,534
Beautiful LNER Posters of the 1930s

Beautiful LNER Posters of the 1930s

Railway posters that offered, let's face it, a slightly unrealistic promise of sunshine, romance, fast trains and sophistication. ...
0
Post Views: 4,607
John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

Hinde was an innovator in a world where serious photography was black and white, and where colour photography was poor – because neither Ireland nor Britain had the technological capabilities to reproduce the vibrant hues Hinde dreamed of. ...
0
Post Views: 4,458
Summer Smoke : Liming With Debbie Harry, The Clash and Joey Ramone

Summer Smoke : Liming With Debbie Harry, The Clash and Joey Ramone

Hanging out at the beach and larking about in the sun with the smoking hot pop stars ...
0
Post Views: 12,522
‘Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight’ – Glorious Pictures of the Skegness Butlin’s

‘Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight’ – Glorious Pictures of the Skegness Butlin’s

The first ever Billy Butlin holiday camp was opened at Skegness in 1936 - it still exists today. ...
0
Post Views: 4,762
A Dozen ‘Mundane’ Cornwall Postcards Found in a Penzance Hardware Shop

A Dozen ‘Mundane’ Cornwall Postcards Found in a Penzance Hardware Shop

These faded old postcards were for sale ten for a pound. I think they'd been there for thirty years or so... ...
0
Post Views: 2,879
Incredible Photos of Planes Passing Just Over Maho Beach

Incredible Photos of Planes Passing Just Over Maho Beach

Josef Hoflehner took photos of passenger planes landing at Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of St Martin - before 2011 the jets passed just a few metres over the heads of sunbathers. ...
0
Post Views: 2,410
‘The Air is Yours…Use It!’ – Holiday Magazine Travel Adverts from April 1950

‘The Air is Yours…Use It!’ – Holiday Magazine Travel Adverts from April 1950

I pulled these travel advertisements from an April 1950 issue of Holiday magazine. Back then, a cross country vacation could be insanely expensive – a significant expense in a time before credit cards and budget airfare. But that was part of the appeal, wasn’t it? A trip from Georgia to New Mexico sounds like nothing today; but in 1950, that was an exotic adventure... ...
0
Post Views: 2,622

Past 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
Top
  • Contribute
  • Advertise
  • Support Us With A Subscription
  • We Are
  • Contact
  • Archives
  • Terms, Conditions and Cookies
  • Shop

Alum Media © 2023