30 mesmerizing vintage pictures from the Nat Geo archives
蛋挞报Photograph by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, Nat Geo Image Collection
August 20, 2020
As we near the end of summer, a sense of uncertainty still looms large for many of us. It’s hard to keep your spirits high when so much of the future remains unknown. While curating images for Photo of the Day, I was reminded of why we are social distancing and what we are fighting to get back to.
Robert Sisson’s picture of a women’s water ski team evoked past vacations with family on the lake.
Steve Raymer’s image of an ice cream shop packed to the brim with smiling customers reminded me of grabbing a sweat treat on a warm day.
Lynsey Addario’s photo of a crowd dancing to Bollywood beats brought back pleasant memories of simply hanging out with friends and loved ones.
Most of all, I was reminded that we're all in this together.
I hope this collection of vintage images brings you a bit of joy as we head into fall.
PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Surfers dive under a wave near Makaha, Oahu Island, Hawaii. The spot is known for its swells, and has been a favorite surfing destination for decades.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In Odisha, India, a pastor blesses a child and prays for Christian refugees. Sixty families fled to these apartments after their village was attacked in 2008.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JODI COBB, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
To celebrate its 21st year of independence in 1983, Jamaica started a program called Agro 21. Among the increased agricultural output were ornamental plants, like the anthuriums shown here.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WILIAM CULVER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Three Siamese kittens nap on a sofa in Washington, D.C. This photo originally appeared in a 45-page story about house cats called "Panther of the Hearth," published in November 1938.
PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANS LANTING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Deep in the Peruvian rainforest, a young scarlet macaw flies for the first time. Macaws can live for 50 years on average, although some in captivity can live up to 90 years.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNN JOHNSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A grandmother reads fairy tales by Alexander Pushkin to her grandson. Pushkin was a Russian poet in the early 19th century, and is widely considered to be the founding father of modern Russian literature.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT SISSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A women's water ski team performs a synchronized routine at 23 miles per hour on Dart Lake, New York, in the mid-1950s.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JODI COBB, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
With hands decorated in traditional henna, Mai Yamani works on her doctoral thesis in social anthropology. She would become the first Saudi woman to receive a master's degree and doctorate from Oxford University.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MELISSA FARLOW, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A father and son repair fences on Roaring Springs Ranch in Oregon. The cattle ranch has won awards for its environmentally friendly grazing practices.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNSEY ADDARIO, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Villagers gather at a water pump in Nimshong, Bhutan, just inside Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in the Black Mountains. When this photo was published in 2008, electricity and phone service were mostly unavailable here, and the nearest road was a half day’s walk away.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JODI COBB, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In Hong Kong in the early 1990s, a woman poses next to her pink Rolls Royce while wearing a matching mink coat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DIANE COOK AND LEN JENSHEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A couple watches a Fourth of July fireworks display from the High Line in New York City. The High Line is a defunct rail line turned into a public park.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE GRIFFITHS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A group of schoolchildren eat ice cream in Sydney, Australia. This photo appeared in the August 2000 issue, which celebrated the Olympic Games in the land down under.
PHOTOGRAPH BY GORDON GAHAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
The Arc de Triomphe stands as a memorial to those who fought in the French Revolution. In this picture, traffic lights up the Champs-Élysées on Bastille Day, a national holiday that commemorates the start of that same war.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SARAH LEEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A story in the July 2001 issue examined urban sprawl in the United States, and whether a single-family home was still part of the American dream. Here, a boy enjoys the pool after his family moved into their new house in Clovis, California, outside of Fresno.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES L. STANFIELD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
French-Canadian soldiers of the Royal 22nd Regiment parade in Quebec in the early 1970s. Behind them stands the Château Frontenac, an iconic hotel built in 1893.
PHOTOGRAPH BY OTIS IMBODEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
The cover story for the December 1969 issue was about Apollo 11—the first walk on the moon. Here, Dr. Robert Gilruth, director of the Manned Spacecraft Center at NASA, celebrates the astronauts' safe return to Earth.
PHOTOGRAPH BY LYNSEY ADDARIO, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
During monsoon season, this theme park can open up for "nonessential" water uses. These men enjoy the soaking as they dance to a Bollywood beat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY WINFIELD PARKS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Men in Budapest, Hungary, use their lunch break to play chess and take a dip in a thermal pool. This photo appeared in an October 1977 story about the Danube River.
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE RAYMER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An ice cream shop in New Delhi, India, keeps up with the demand of customers in the early 1980s. Called Nirula's 21, the shop is part of the oldest fast food chain in India.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT B. GOODMAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In 1963, a crew working for Jacques-Yves Cousteau lived 36 feet under the Red Sea for a month. This picture, featuring a camera man swimming around Cousteau's "diving saucer," graced the cover of the April 1964 issue.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN STANMEYER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
At a refugee camp in northern Uganda in 2005, people celebrate the arrival of more latrines. Improved sanitation at refugee camps is not only crucial to keeping people alive, but also helps to preserve their dignity.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN SKERRY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A southern right whale swims along the seafloor near the Auckland Islands, New Zealand. The enormous animals can grow to be 60 feet long.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXANDRA BOULAT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Just weeks before the United States began bombing Iraq in 2003, this wedding procession wound through the streets of Baghdad, blasting celebratory music.
PHOTOGRAPH BY NEWSHA TAVAKOLIAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An actress in Islamic dress passes before 2,500-year-old carvings in Persepolis, Iran. The earliest ruins of Persepolis date back to the sixth century B.C., when it was the capital of the Persian Empire.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SAM ABELL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A father, son, and their dog drive down a country road near their home in Wales. The road is paralleled by hedgerows—the subject of a story in the September 1993 issue.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BEVERLY JOUBERT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A mother leopard and daughter survey their surroundings in Botswana's Okavango Delta. The daughter, right, is six months old and gaining confidence, but still touches tails with her mother for reassurance.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIA STENZEL, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
An August 1999 story documented indigenous cultures in danger of disappearing forever. Here, a Chipaya woman in Bolivia follows her sheep home through a swirl of sand.
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANNIE GRIFFITHS, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
A Bedouin reclines on a rooftop carved 2,000 years ago in Petra, Jordan. The stone city drew more than a million tourists in 2019 alone.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM RICHARDSON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
Basalt formations stand over the Sound of Raasay on Scotland's Isle of Skye. The pinnacles are the result of an ancient landslide that created the dramatic landscape you see now.
资料来源：National Geographic