Category Archives: Vintage Photos

The Egg and Sperm Race: Someone Else, Not me

Posted on 24th Sep 2021 by petegrafton

The Egg and Sperm Race: Someone Else, Not Me The extra-ordinary lottery of who we are born to, in what part of Earth, in what century, and if we are born at all. Now on Pete Grafton/You Tube

Posted in England, Germany, People, Vintage Photos | Tagged ATS, Avro Lanacaster, Egg and Sperm, The Nuremburg Raid March 1944, The Universe | Leave a comment

Sheringham by the Sea 1903

Posted on 26th Jun 2021 by petegrafton

Sheringham by the Sea 1903 Now on You Tube. Click below.

Posted in England, Vintage Photos | Tagged Sheringham by the sea 1903 | Leave a comment

Vic Hallam Ltd., Langley Mill

Posted on 19th Mar 2021 by petegrafton

Vic Hallam Ltd., Langley Mill. Now on Pete Grafton/You Tube 1963/64 photos from a Derbyshire factory

Posted in England, People, Vintage Photos | Tagged Vic Hallam Ltd Langley Mill | Leave a comment

Workmates 1920 – 1975 0n You Tube

Posted on 22nd Jan 2021 by petegrafton

WORKMATES 1920 – 1975 on You Tube

Posted in England, London, Scotland, Vintage Photos | Leave a comment

Studio Women

Posted on 15th Dec 2020 by petegrafton

19th century photos of women, taken in Hamburg, Aberdeen, Bristol, Amsterdam, Brussels, Brighton and Copenhagen

Posted in Belgium, England, Hamburg, Scotland, Vintage Photos | Tagged Aberdeen women, Amsterdam women, Brighton women, Bristol women, Brussels women, Copenhagen women, Hamburg women | Leave a comment

Scottish Young Woman 1915 – 1921 Photo Album

Posted on 23rd Aug 2020 by petegrafton

Scottish Young Woman Photo Album 1915 – 1921 on You Tube A video of a collection of photos from her Photo Album, from the Great War, as a schoolgirl, to the Jazz Age of the 1920s.

Posted in Scotland, Vintage Photos | Tagged Bruntsfield GolfCourse, Falconhall Scottish schoolgirls, General Allenby at Ballater station 1919 photo, Invernss Golf Clubhouse 1919 photo, MacQuarries London 1917 photo, Mayfield Hospital Edinburgh 1916, Moffat Mineral Well 1920 photo, Prince George at Ballater station 1919 photo, Scottish schoolgirl 1915 - 1921 photos | Leave a comment

Doggies – Love & Friendship, 1910 – 1960 0n You Tube

Posted on 23rd Jun 2020 by petegrafton

Doggies – Love & Friendship, 1910 – 1960. Photos of Doggies 1910 to 1960 from England, Germany, Scotland and USA on You Tube. Subscribe to Pete Grafton on You Tube. Link to video:

Posted in England, Germany, Scotland, USA, Vintage Photos | Tagged Dog photos 1910 - 1960, Dog photos England, Dog photos Germany, Dog photos Scotland, Dog photos USA, Doggie photos, old photo of British Bulldog, Old photo of long-haired Dachshund | Leave a comment

Small Town USA, 1950 – Nazareth, Pa.

Posted on 17th Oct 2019 by petegrafton

Small Town USA, 1950 – Nazareth, Pa. photos from the petegrafton collection Photos taken circa 1950 in the Nazareth, Pennsylvania area by a local press or freelance photographer, using a Speed Graphic ’45’ camera, the standard press camera of the … Continue reading →

Posted in USA, Vintage Photos | Tagged Al Kurtz band Nazareth Pa, C.F.Martin & Co. Nazareth Pa, Carnival Hecktown & Sportsmen 1950, Children with their pets Nazareth 1950 photo, Christmas toys and Santa display Nazareth area 1950, Double winter wedding Nazareth area 1950, Ed Sheeran Martin guitars, Elvis Graceland Memphis, Formal large family photograph Nazareth area 1950, Fred Astaire likes Sunbeam bread advertisement, Girl Scouts Nazareth area 1950, Grube Betts Sporting Goods, Heckman's Market window display 1950, Hobby Hang Out, J.M.Kieffer, J.Scrampf, Jackson C Frank Martin guitars, Litwak's Juvenile Sore, Loyal Order of Moose No 623 photo, Lutheran Church Nazareth Pa, MIG 15 jet, MIG 15 Jet model box, Moravian Church Nazareth Pa, Nazareth Pennsylvania, Repair shop Motorola Nazareth area 1950, Saegar jewellery Nazareth, Sherwood Products Co, Speed Graphic camera advertisement, The Jolly Vets Old Dutch Tavern, Wear a Poppy display Nazareth area 1950, Youngsters in fancy dress Nazareth 1950 | 11 Comments

1930s School Girls

Posted on 13th Jun 2019 by petegrafton

1930s School Girls photos from the Pete Grafton Collection This is a story of three comfortably off British schoolgirls in the 1930s – an incomplete story, a story of guesses and detection, as all photos are. “The camera doesn’t lie” … Continue reading →

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1950s Paris in Colour

Posted on 4th Jan 2019 by petegrafton

1950s Paris in Colour _______________________________ A collection of slides from the Pete Grafton Collection. ________________________________________________ A mixture of slides (transparencies) of Paris from the 1950s, bought on ebay in 2008. The Kodak Kodachrome transparencies were taken by American tourists … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris, Vintage Photos | Tagged Arce de Triumph 1953, Bookstalls by the Seine 1950s, Champs d'Elysies 1950s, Dome de Invalides 1950s, Eiffel Tower & New York Avenue, Icecream vendor Paris 1958, Kodak Kodachrome 1950s, Luxembourg Palace and Park 1950s, Maston's Travels Around the World, Montmatre 1950s, Notre Dame Gardens 1950s, Paris 1950s, Paris Red and Black taxi 1950s, Place de la Concorde 1950s, Rue des Barres Paris 4 1950s, Sacre-Coeur 1950s | Leave a comment