Vacationing - "A period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel." (dictionary) Wikipedia - "The concept of taking a vacation is a recent invention, and has developed through the last two centuries. Historically, the idea of travel for recreation was a luxury that only wealthy people could afford (see Grand Tour). In the Puritan culture of early America, taking a break from work for reasons other than weekly observance of the Sabbath was frowned upon. However, the modern concept of vacation was led by a later religious movement encouraging spiritual retreat and recreation. The notion of breaking from work periodically took root among the middle and working class."

Early 1900s daylight studio photography. Indoors and outdoors vintage portraits.

various European old vintage images

"Oote Boe's vintage subject is characterized by their exquisite use of the formal elegance and palpable psychological tension of time. In these fading and deteriorating turn of the century vintage images he found a creative way to make vintage imagery evoking a very modern feel."

Paris around the time of the Exposition Universelle, 1900. (1895-1905) The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from April 15 to November 12, 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The style that was universally present in the Exposition was Art Nouveau. (Wikipedia)

Vintage images from the 1920s through the 1960s. France.

France 1920s young rich people living the good life. Dandy, Dandies, Dandyism.

memory momentums as we kept our family pictures before the digital album

Europe, tourism, travel, vacation, early, vintage, 1900s

Snapshots and formal portraits. England, UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain. Early 1900s through the 1960s, 20th century,

Japan vintage photos. Group portraits and other cultural images plus a family photo album with images from the early 1920s till the late 1960s.

Corporate photo album with bl/w photo's from 1945 -1946 and color snapshots from the 1980s. America, USA, US, United States of America.

working place and social gatherings of corporate America, 1945.

Old vintage black and white photographs from times past. Images from across The Unites States of America.

Japanese family photo album with images from early 1900s through the 1950s

France, tourism, travel, vacation, early, vintage, 1900s

Vintage, early 1900, images of Morocco. Geucif, Rabat, Casablance, Marrakech. (Western person traveling)

Istanbul, Turkey around the end of the 19th century

WW1 trenches at Verdun and Eparges. Misery, destruction and dead. Lets hope never again ! ( From stereo glass-plate slides. 1910s, 1917 )

Vintage images of soldiers across various cultures and times. Europe, Asia, USA. Image portraits as memories. French, Japanese, American. WWI, WWII and after.

vintage Western and Japanese wedding images

photo postcard from the beginning of the 20th Century.

Images that in time have changed. Fading and broken vintage photographs.

Oote Boe's vintage subject is characterized by their exquisite use of the formal elegance and palpable psychological tension of time. In these fading and deteriorating turn of the century vintage images he found a creative way to make vintage imagery evoking a very modern feel. Damaged glass plates with early 1900 portrait series of Mime actor making faces. Mime - The art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime. An ancient Greek or Roman farce that depended for effect largely upon ludicrous actions and gestures.

Various boxes of glass plate brands from early 1900, Kodak, Ilford, Lumiere, Jougla, Guilleminot, Bauchet. Vintage letter typography.