vintage London

London at the end of Victorian era was the most important city in the world. Take a tour of this city and era with these beautiful pictures of a bygone era.

Grey moring in London, 1950s

Piccadilly Circus (1939)

A horse omnibus in London late 19th century. Before the advent of motorized buses and subways buses like these took care of much of the short-distance commuting within American and British cities. The first British bus with a fixed route (as opposed to a stagecoach for hire) was established in 1824. Many of these lines were eventually outfitted with tracks on which the carriages would ride to make pulling easier for the horses. By the turn of the century the horse-drawn buses were fading…

These evocative snapshots of London were taken by Bernd Loos, who on the way to visit his friends in Liverpool suddenly felt a bit under the...

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The idea of capturing something in photography before it disappears dates back almost to the dawn of the medium.

Ethereal Images Of 1930s London At Night | Londonist

In 1978, Ed Sijmons and his partner Louise took a trip to London. Their grainy snapshots show a gritty look at the capital city at the time ...

Anderson Design Group’s own Kai Carpenter (a famous oil painter and contributor to our World Travel collection) is able to capture the romantic nature of vintage artwork like no other. We’ve taken his original oil paintings and transferred them into retro poster art, making his work available to all at an affordable price point. Kai paints his work in styles reminiscent of the mid-1900s, inspiring nostalgia for what might otherwise be a forgotten era. In this classic illustration, a…