
Simms ‘Motor Scout’ Armoured Quadricycle, ca. 1899
This post was originally published on this sitePopular at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, quadricycles were four-wheeled bicycle-like vehicles powered by humans […]
This post was originally published on this sitePopular at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, quadricycles were four-wheeled bicycle-like vehicles powered by humans […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a […]
This post was originally published on this siteEugène Atget was an early French photographer who captured images of the rapidly disappearing elements of Paris during […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe mid-19th century was when facial hair really took centre stage. Just fifty years before, beards were a […]
This post was originally published on this siteJose Maria Mora (September 2, 1847 – October 18, 1926) was a Cuban-American portrait photographer active in New […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe words “mammoth” and “potato” do not often go together. But in 1894, W. L. Thorndyke, a news […]
This post was originally published on this siteGordon, also known as “Whipped Peter,” was an escaped American slave who became known as the subject of […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hotel Glenwood first opened its doors in 1884. It was financed in part by town founder Isaac […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps was a unit of black soldiers commanded by a white officer, Lt. James […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn May 1886, Coca-Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. According to the […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring Hugh Mangum’s lifetime (1877–1922) monumental events occurred in the US. Laws separating white and black people arose, […]
This post was originally published on this siteIntroducing the ridiculously photogenic 19th century criminal Daniel Tohill. He was arrested for stealing ferrets but we suspect […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe effects of winter can be very long-lasting in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. A spring 1888 avalanche (snowslide) still […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the seventeenth-century, Jamaica’s tropical climate, along with the transe-Atlantic slave trade, made Jamaica into the world’s largest […]
This post was originally published on this siteA charming set of 19th century American trade cards, advertising – via the medium of a frog and […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, headquartered in Boston, was organized as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society in […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World’s Fair to be held in the United States, […]
This post was originally published on this site“All mountains appear doomed to pass through the three stages: an inaccessible peak, the hardest climb in the […]
This post was originally published on this siteThis vintage photo shows two of the storefronts in the Roma building on the 100 block of Colorado […]
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographer and artist Jonna Jinton lives in Northern Sweden, where frigid temperatures prevail in the winter. In this […]
This post was originally published on this siteKingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It […]
This post was originally published on this siteMug shots are photographic portraits of arrested suspects and convicted criminals. Since the mid-19th century, they have been […]
This post was originally published on this siteIt wasn’t until the 18th century when manners changed and modesty suddenly took hold that we get the […]
This post was originally published on this siteHarper’s Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York […]
This post was originally published on this siteBefore we had Pantone Color Guide, there was no universally recognized system to identify colors. But there were […]
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