The First Street Fight Ever Recorded on Film, North England, 1901
This post was originally published on this siteTwo workers at the Pendlebury Colliery, North England make a few animated gestures with their arms. One raising […]
Month: April 2020
40 Beautiful Photos of Former Model Celia Hammond in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1941 to English parents and raised in Australia and Indonesia, where her father was a tea planter, […]
Sydney Harbour Bridge Under Construction Through Amazing Photos
This post was originally published on this siteConstruction from 28 July 1923 to 19 January 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is an Australian heritage-listed steel […]
Human Torpedo in Use by the Israeli Commando Unit, 1967
This post was originally published on this siteHuman torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of diver propulsion vehicle on which the diver rides, generally […]
In the Victorian Era, These Strange Mortsafes Were Contraptions Designed to Protect Graves From Disturbance
This post was originally published on this siteIn early 19th century, grave robbing became a growing concern, especially in Scotland, as robbers used to steal […]
Amazing Found Snaps Show a British Wedding in 1960
This post was originally published on this siteThe early 1960s wedding gown retained the swing dress volume of the ’50s, but the seams began to […]
50 Beautiful Pics of Dorothy Sebastian in the 1920s and ’30s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1903 as Stella Dorothy Sabiston in Birmingham, Alabama, American actress Dorothy Sebastian performed in George White’s Scandals […]
Vintage dating tips for single women, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteLadies, this is how you land a man in 1938-style. We always find these vintage “dating tips” for […]
Rare pictures of the Chicago Race Riots, 1919
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1919 Chicago was in the throes of an exhausting heat wave. Thousands flocked to the beaches lining […]
This is how Spring Break looked like in the 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteThese pictures show what was acceptable in the 1980s at Spring Break. Mostly from Daytona beach and Fort […]
April 18, 1930: BBC Reported There Was No News, Then Played Out With Piano Music
This post was originally published on this siteOn April 18, 1930, at 8:45 p.m., people all over Britain settled in to catch the BBC News […]
Intimate Vintage Photos Capture the Love of Alain Delon and Romy Schneider
This post was originally published on this site Once a golden couple, the romance between Alain Delon and Romy Schneider was highly publicized at the […]
50 Amazing Photos Captured Everyday Life of Northern Ireland in the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Strabane, County Tyrone, Robert John Welch (1859-1936) was an Irish photographer interested in natural history, particularly […]
Lovely Photos of Sophia Loren at Home in Italy With Her Son Carlo Ponti Jr. in 1969
This post was originally published on this siteLoren first met Ponti in 1950, when she was 16 and he was 37. Though Ponti had been […]
American Dream Car: The World’s Longest Limo That Has a Jacuzzi and a Helipad
This post was originally published on this siteEven if you don’t know car customizer Jay Ohrberg’s name, you probably know his work. Ohrberg has made […]
French World War I Soldier’s Bedroom Untouched for Over 100 Years
This post was originally published on this siteFrench World War I soldier Hubert Rochereau died in an English field ambulance on April 26, 1918 a […]
40 Glamorous Photos of Blonde Burlesque Star Lilly Christine in 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1923 as Martha Theresa Pompender in Dunkirk, New York, Lilly Christine , a.k.a. “The Cat Girl,” was […]
22 Cool Pics of American Restaurants With Beautiful Window Views in the 1950s and ’60s
This post was originally published on this siteA set of cool pics that shows restaurants of the United States with beautiful window views in the […]
10 Breathtaking Portraits of Sioux Indian and Activist Zitkala Sa Taken by Gertrude Kasebier From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteEarly female photographer Gertrude Käsebier broke new ground with her work, as did Native writer and Sioux Indian […]
Fascinating Photos of the Vespa Folklore Congress in 1954
This post was originally published on this siteLIFE photographer Dmitri Kessel capture scenes at the Vespa Folklore Congress held in Paris in 1954, with attendees […]
40 Cool Pics That Defined Female Hairdos in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1960s saw the onset of a counterculture revolution, with accepted social norms in every realm from music […]
Pictures of Newlyweds Joan Crawford and Husband Douglas Fairbanks Jr. at Santa Monica Beach in 1929
This post was originally published on this siteJoan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. began to date seriously during the filming of Our Modern Maidens. They […]
Violent pictures of North Korean anti-American propaganda art, 1950-1970
This post was originally published on this siteThese propaganda paintings show how North Korea views America and by association the West. They depict the alleged […]
When the early hairdryers looked like crazy robots, 1910-1930
This post was originally published on this siteBlow dryers were invented in the late 19th century. The first model was created by Alexander F. “Beau” […]
“When in Quarantine; People who are in quarantine are not isolated if they have a Bell Telephone” – Bell Telephone Ad, 1910
This post was originally published on this siteThis ad ran on Thursday, November 17, 1910 from St. Louis Post-Dispatch – years before anyone had heard […]