Photographs of a Woman’s Dream of Becoming America’s First Police Woman, 1909
This post was originally published on this siteVintage photographs of a suffragette posed to illustrate woman police concept in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1909. In 1854, the […]
Month: November 2021
Stilt Cycle Has Two Legs Instead of Wheels From the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteWooden legs replace the wheels on a stilt cycle made by a Los Angeles man who proudly boasts […]
Screaming Baby Dolls From the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteThese screaming baby dolls made from bisque porcelain by German doll maker Kestner from the 1920s. Johannes Daniel […]
Amazing Historical Photos of the Great Patriotic War
This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Patriotic War is a term used in Russia and some other former republics of the Soviet […]
Leontyne Price: The First African American Soprano to Achieve International Reputation
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1927 in Laurel, Mississippi, American soprano Leontyne Price attended Central State University and then Juilliard, where she […]
Diana Ross Roller Skating in New York, ca. 1981
This post was originally published on this siteDiana Ross is a singer and actress, starring in one of the most successful girl groups of the […]
Sony Portable TV Set for Taxi Passengers in Japan, ca. 1963
This post was originally published on this siteA woman in Japan uses a portable micro television in the back of a car, invented by the […]
30 Amazing Black and White Photos Capture Parisian Street Portraits in 1981
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1980s was the decade of change for Paris. In 1981, François Mitterand was elected President of France, […]
Sublime and Atmospheric Photos By Léonard Misonne
This post was originally published on this siteLéonard Misonne (1870 – 1943) was a Belgian pictorialist photographer. He is best known for his atmospheric photographs […]
The Halifax explosion: The naval accident that erased an entire city in Canada, 1917
This post was originally published on this siteIt was a blast heard around the world. News of what happened when two ships collided in the […]
Stunning Fashion Photography in the 1950s by Roger Prigent
This post was originally published on this siteA student of Richard Avedon, Roger Prigent first came to the United States from France shortly after the […]
Vibrant color photographs of Chicago’s Rail Yards taken by Jack Delano, 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942 and 1943, the Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano spent time in the rail yards of […]
Snow Goggles Were Used Thousand Years Ago by the Inuits
This post was originally published on this siteGenerations of snow-bound Arctic Circle people, including the Inuit, have been protecting their eyes from snow blindness for […]
Vintage Photos of Type B Bus “Pigeon Loft” During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteFrom its start in the summer of 1914, the demands of the First World War provided the impetus […]
35 Handsome Portrait Photos of Stephen Boyd in the 1950s and ’60s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1931 as William Millar in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Irish actor Stephen Boyd appeared in some 60 […]
Portrait Photos of Yale Law School’s Students in 1877
This post was originally published on this siteYale Law School is the law school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1824, […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs of Fountain of Ice on Washington Boulevard in Detroit From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteOne of the unique features of Detroit in winter is the famous ice fountain on Washington Boulevard. Several […]
A Must for Every Kitchen? Spaghetti Aid, ca. 1955
This post was originally published on this siteImagine trying to eat Sunday dinner with this contraption. Devised by amateur American inventor Russell E. Oakes in […]
Moscow in 1931 Through Branson DeCou’s Lens
This post was originally published on this siteAmerican photographer and travelogue lecturer Branson DeCou journeyed the world for thirty years before his death in 1941 […]
Beautiful Black-and-White Photos of London in the Late 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs were taken by Australian amateur photographer John Goodman. He made two trips to the United Kingdom […]
Vintage Photos Show What Living Rooms Looked Like Before TV
This post was originally published on this siteTelevision became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years […]
Schlörwagen: The bizarre German car that was super-aerodynamic but very impractical, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1930s was a defining decade for automotive design, during which time the car evolved from its horse-drawn […]
Back when it was normal to advertise cocaine gadgets in magazines, 1970-1980
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage ads for cocaine and cocaine paraphernalia show how crazy and disturbing the 1970s were. It was […]
50 Amazing Photographs of Auto Transporters From the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this site Car shipping can be traced all the way back to the invention of the automobile. Cars were […]
Vintage Car in the Gidding’s Drawing Room, 1966
This post was originally published on this siteFor three months Mrs. Christine Giddings has had the bits and pieces of a vintage motor car cluttering […]