Photo Archive
Use the search box above for instant results or browse our archive below by country, category and tags. The archive spans the post-war decades from the 1950s to the 1990s and includes everyday street scenes, transport, architecture, leisure, industry, and travel from around the world.
All images in our archive are authentic period photographs, scanned from original film, and all are available as royalty-free instant downloads.
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Aberdeen (6)
Aberfan (3)
Aberfeldy (3)
Aberfoyle (2)
Abergavenny (3)
Aberystwyth (18)
Abinger (6)
Aerial photos (77)
Airports & Planes (150)
Alaska (23)
Alcester (3)
All Hallows (7)
Alton Towers (11)
Ambleside (5)
American motoring (41)
Amersham (9)
Anglesey (7)
Ann Arbor (3)
Arizona (24)
Armidale (6)
Arundel (8)
Atlantic City (24)
Austin 1100 (44)
Austin 1800 (12)
Austin A30 (10)
Austin A40 (23)
Austin Allegro (9)
Austin Cambridge (12)
Austin Mini (63)
Australia (65)
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Ayr (16)
Azusa (3)
Bakewell (2)
Bal Harbour (14)
Banbury (14)
Batemans Bay (4)
Bath (31)
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Battle (3)
Beaconsfield (6)
Beaumaris (4)
Bedford vans (26)
Bedfordshire (14)
Bellefonte (4)
Bellingham (6)
Bentley cars (4)
Berkshire (84)
Betws-y-Coed (4)
Beverly Hills (5)
Big Ben (8)
Billings (7)
Birmingham (19)
Bishop (5)
Blackburn (8)
Blackpool (9)
BMC Vans (10)
Bognor Regis (13)
Bomb damage (20)
Borscht Belt (10)
Boston (8)
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Braemar (6)
Brighton (65)
Bristol (18)
British Buses (95)
British canals (16)
British Churches (78)
British High Streets (361)
British Motoring (308)
British Police (40)
British Pubs (234)
British Railways (206)
British Seaside Towns (222)
Brixton (3)
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Buckingham Palace (28)
Buckinghamshire (42)
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California (96)
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Cambridge (18)
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Canterbury (32)
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Cedar Point (5)
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Charing Cross (17)
Cherry Hill Mall (8)
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Chester (36)
Chicago (6)
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Cirencester (11)
City of London (169)
City of Westminster (176)
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Colorado (18)
Commer vans (9)
Connecticut (6)
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Cornwall (85)
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Cumbernauld (7)
Cumbria (43)
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Datchet (5)
Dearborn (6)
Death Valley (7)
Derbyshire (13)
Detroit (122)
Devon (161)
Disneyland (7)
Doncaster (10)
Dorking (9)
Dorset (64)
Dover (60)
Downing Street (12)
Drayton Manor (4)
Dunster (7)
Durham (8)
East Sussex (143)
East Yorkshire (8)
Eastbourne (16)
Eastland Center (7)
Edinburgh (132)
Ely (5)
England (2431)
England in the 1950s (346)
England in the 1960s (551)
England in the 1970s (994)
England in the 1980s (344)
Essex (50)
Eton (7)
Evesham (7)
Exeter (17)
Falkirk (3)
Falmouth (8)
Fiat Cars (13)
Fitzroy Falls (3)
Fleet Street (18)
Flint, Michigan (35)
Florida (93)
Folkestone (11)
Ford Anglia (25)
Ford Capri (12)
Ford Consul (11)
Ford Corsair (13)
Ford Cortina (59)
Ford Escort (28)
Ford Granada (8)
Ford Pinto (8)
Ford Thames vans (9)
Ford Transit (18)
Forth Bridges (9)
France (1)
Frankenmuth (9)
Gatwick Airport (15)
Germany (9)
Girdwood (8)
Glasgow (17)
Glencoe (9)
Glenshee (6)
Gloucester (5)
Gloucestershire (88)
Grafton (5)
Granada Studios Tour (30)
Grand Canyon (8)
Great Britain (4894)
Great Orme (7)
Great Yarmouth (15)
Greater Manchester (43)
Greenwich (21)
Guildford (11)
Hampshire (72)
Hampstead (3)
Harlow (7)
Harrods (7)
Harrogate (7)
Hastings (20)
Hawaii (23)
Hayling Island (4)
Heathrow Airport (42)
Hemel Hempstead (5)
Henley in Arden (8)
Henley on Thames (11)
Hereford (10)
Herefordshire (47)
Hertfordshire (28)
Hillman cars (61)
Holborn (16)
Holiday Camps (57)
Holimarine (4)
Hong Kong (1)
Hoover Dam (6)
Horsham (11)
Hovercraft (16)
Humber Cars (9)
Hyde Park (58)
Ilfracombe (15)
Illinois (16)
Indiana (3)
Inveraray (3)
Inverness (3)
Ipswich (13)
Ireland (12)
Isle of Harris (4)
Isle of Mull (7)
Isle of Skye (14)
Isle of Wight (20)
Jaguar Cars (21)
Jedburgh (5)
Kensington & Chelsea (77)
Kent (218)
Keswick (8)
Kew (8)
Kings Dominion (7)
Kings Lynn (9)
Kyle of Lochalsh (10)
Lancashire (38)
Las Vegas (38)
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Lewes (10)
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Lincoln (19)
Lincolnshire (46)
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Llangollen (7)
Lloyd Center (14)
London (1620)
London Buses (79)
London in the 1950s (241)
London in the 1960s (549)
London in the 1970s (644)
London in the 1980s (178)
London Markets (55)
London Pubs (46)
London Wharves (47)
London Zoo (18)
Lone Pine (9)
Lotus Cars (6)
Lowestoft (15)
Ludlow (14)
Luton (5)
Lynmouth (7)
Margate (12)
Marylebone Road (14)
Massachusetts (9)
Mayfair Mall (7)
McDonalds (9)
Merseyside (29)
MGB Cars (7)
Michigan (200)
Midtown Plaza (7)
Model Villages (17)
Montana (15)
Morris Marina (23)
Morris Minor (41)
Morris Oxford (9)
Morris Traveller (8)
Motels (38)
Motorways (20)
Mount Washington (8)
Netherlands (3)
Nevada (57)
New Hampshire (23)
New York (117)
New York Auto Show (34)
New Zealand (2)
Newcastle (16)
Newquay (16)
Night Photography (71)
Norfolk (43)
North Yorkshire (81)
Northampton (10)
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Northland Center (9)
Northumberland (9)
Norwich (8)
Nottinghamshire (8)
Oban (17)
Ocean Liners (12)
Ohio (9)
Oregon (19)
Oulton Park (4)
Oxford (35)
Oxford Street (47)
Oxfordshire (96)
Palmer (4)
Panama (2)
Parliament Square (13)
Pembridge (3)
Pembroke (3)
Pennsylvania (14)
Peru (4)
Petrol Stations (13)
Phoenix (5)
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Piccadilly (22)
Piccadilly Circus (148)
Pinner (3)
Pitlochry (5)
Plymouth (15)
Pontins (26)
Porthmadog (3)
Portmeirion (5)
Portobello Market (23)
Portpatrick (3)
Portree (3)
Portsmouth (6)
Quincy (8)
Ramsgate (9)
Randhurst Mall (5)
Regent Street (19)
Regents Park (20)
Renault Cars (14)
Reno (4)
Riley Cars (8)
Ringwood (7)
River Thames (113)
Rolls Royce Cars (13)
Romford (5)
Ross on Wye (3)
Rottingdean (5)
Routemaster Buses (37)
Royal Festival Hall (16)
Royal Mail vans (14)
Rye (9)
Saab Cars (3)
Salcombe (6)
Salisbury (20)
Salt Lake City (3)
San Bernardino (3)
San Francisco (3)
Sandwich (10)
Scarborough (9)
Scotland (435)
Scottish ships (33)
Seattle (7)
SeaWorld (10)
Selfridges (18)
Senegal (3)
Severn Bridge (3)
Seward (8)
Shanklin (8)
Shell Centre (6)
Shopping Centres (19)
Shropshire (25)
Sidmouth (5)
Somerset (58)
South Bank London (48)
South Dakota (5)
South Yorkshire (13)
Southampton (24)
Southdale Center (7)
Southend-on-Sea (14)
Southport (9)
Southsea (5)
Speakers Corner (28)
Spokane (4)
St Andrews (8)
St Ives (17)
St James's Park (12)
St Katherine Docks (14)
St Paul's Cathedral (50)
St Petersburg (12)
Staffordshire (34)
Staines (4)
Steam locomotives (53)
Steyning (7)
Stonehenge (4)
Stornoway (2)
Story Land (7)
Stow on the Wold (6)
Stratford upon Avon (57)
Suffolk (45)
Sunbeam Cars (9)
Surbiton (2)
Surfside (3)
Surrey (75)
Swanage (3)
Swissair (1)
Switzerland (7)
Sydney (21)
Tamworth (3)
Teignmouth (3)
Telscombe (3)
Tenby (3)
Tenterden (7)
Tewkesbury (19)
Thame (4)
Thatched Roofs (13)
The Barbican (5)
The Beatles (4)
The Cairngorms (5)
The Cotswolds (87)
The Cutty Sark (8)
The London Pavilion (31)
The Mall (9)
The Strand (29)
Thorpe Park (9)
Torquay (17)
Tower Bridge (73)
Trafalgar Square (56)
Trams and Trolleys (20)
Triumph Cars (32)
Turville (3)
Tyne & Wear (23)
Ullapool (3)
Universal Studios (14)
US Shopping Malls (75)
US Theme Parks (100)
USA (1111)
USA in the 1950s (56)
USA in the 1960s (222)
USA in the 1970s (335)
USA in the 1980s (150)
Utah (8)
Vauxhall Cavalier (11)
Vauxhall Victor (15)
Vauxhall Viva (20)
Ventnor (3)
Victor (3)
Virginia (15)
Wales (162)
Walt Disney World (17)
War memorials (18)
Warwick (24)
Warwickshire (110)
Washington State (21)
Waterloo Station (16)
Watermouth (3)
Watford (10)
Wells (11)
Wendover (8)
Weobley (5)
West End London (467)
West Midlands (58)
West Sussex (85)
West Yorkshire (8)
Weymouth (18)
Whitby (5)
Wiltshire (41)
Wimbledon (11)
Wimpy restaurants (11)
Winchcombe (3)
Winchester (13)
Windermere (10)
Windmills (8)
Windsor (62)
Wisbech (6)
Wisconsin (7)
Woburn (3)
Wolseley Cars (13)
Worcestershire (32)
Worthing (6)
Wyoming (5)
York (42)
Zoos (41)