A goat-drawn transport
. . . A small cart pulled by a goat, captured in a photograph taken in 1942 or 1943 on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores. It is not the only image of this kind taken on the … Read more
Penafiel, next to the shooting range
. . We don’t know the name of the soldier in the photographs… Nor the names of the others who appear with him, looking cheerful. He was just another young man training to be a soldier while a world-sized war … Read more
Playing music in Aveiro…
. . We don’t know why they play or for whom they play. We know there are four of them, possibly friends, playing music for other friends. We also know that it was in Aveiro, one day in 1943, … Read more
Class A of Rodrigues de Freitas High School
. . It may have been taken on the very first day of the 1943 classes. Or in the following weeks. Or in the last days of the school year. Certain is that the young students gathered in front of … Read more
There is always someone peeking
. . Five Portuguese soldiers stroll through the streets of a Portuguese village that I cannot identify (any suggestions are welcome) in April 1942. The owner of the photograph, certainly one of the men in uniform, wrote on the back … Read more
The poor neighborhoods of Costa da Caparica
. The photograph was taken in 1944 or 1945 in Costa da Caparica by Leslie H. Howard, a British citizen who lived in Portugal between the 20s and 70s of last century. In this image we see how the poor … Read more
Maria smiles at her grandparents’ backyard
. .Maria looks out smiling from her cart. Someone was certainly encouraging her, encouraging laughter… perhaps one of her parents or grandparents. Maybe all at once. On the back of the photograph someone wrote that this smiling Maria was photographed … Read more
Carnival of 1944
. .. In 1944 these revelers – from Cascais – certainly had concerns with the war, but they still celebrated Carnival. War had raged around the world for five years, but Portugal was being spared. They didn’t know it yet, … Read more