Smallpox Breaks Out in Sydney, 1789
This post was originally published on this siteSmallpox has been one of humanity’s deadliest diseases, though it is now eradicated in the wild. Europeans, including […]
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Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: The Love of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas
This post was originally published on this siteLord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie, was a young aristocrat and poet, the youngest son of the Marquess of […]
Amazing Photos Show How Paris Has Changed Since the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteAn amazing photo collection shows what street scenes of Paris looked like in the 1880s and 1890s. The […]
14 Rare Photographs of Beatrix Potter Posing With Her Beloved Pets
This post was originally published on this siteHelen Beatrix Potter, known as Beatrix, was born on 28 July 1866 to Rupert and Helen Potter in […]
125 Reasons You Could End Up in a Lunatic Asylum in the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteReasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia from 1864 to 1889 included laziness, egotism, […]
13 Oldest Pieces of Clothing and Accessories Ever Found
This post was originally published on this siteIt is not known when humans first began making clothing due to the fast deterioration of fabrics and […]
The Original Tattooed Lady: Portraits of Irene Woodward aka “La Belle Irene” in the Late 19th and Early 20 Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteLa Belle Irene was the stage name of Irene Woodward often refereed to as “The Original Tattooed Lady”. […]
29 Rare and Amazing Photos Capture City Scenes of Europe in the 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteA salted paper print collection of amazing photos that shows city scenes of Europe in the 1850s. View […]
Inside the Wanderer, the World’s Oldest Leisure Caravan in Existence
This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Gordon Stables was born in Banffshire in 1838. After attending Aberdeen University, he became a surgeon in […]
Quilt, Tumbling Blocks With Signatures – Adeline Harris Sears, 1856
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1856, seventeen-year-old Adeline Harris, the daughter of a well-to-do Rhode Island mill owner, conceived of a unique […]
France in the Early Photography: 26 Rare and Fascinating Photos of French People From the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1800 in Paris, French photographer Louis Adolphe Humbert de Molard is interested in the first photographic techniques […]
22 Amazing Photographs That Capture Life of the U.S in the 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteThe History of Photography Archive is a private collection, owned by archivist Patrick Montgomery, of original 19th and […]
Madame Moustache: The Amazing Story of Eleanor Dumont, One of the First Known Blackjack Players in the Old West
This post was originally published on this siteEleanor Dumont, also called Eleonore Alphonsine Dumant, born as Simone Jules (1829–1879), was a notorious gambler on the […]
30 Fascinating Vintage Photographs of Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteUp until the invention of the modern “safety” bicycle in 1887, few women rode the high wheel bicycles […]
19 Important Marriage Tips for Women From the Victorian Era
This post was originally published on this siteThe advice below was written more than twenty years before the Civil War began, which read less like […]
20 Rare Photos of a Very Young Winston Churchill as You’ve Never Seen Him Before!
This post was originally published on this siteWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, to a British father and an American mother. […]
Cantilever Bridge Human Model, And Amazing Photographs of Scotland’s Forth Bridge Under Construction From the 1890s
This post was originally published on this siteTo illustrate the design principle behind the Forth Bridge, engineer Sir Benjamin Baker offered a personal demonstration. Sir […]
The Face of Shrewsburys Trade: Amazing Vintage Photographs Captured Shropshire Shop Fronts in 1888
This post was originally published on this siteAn extraordinary set of photographs from the Victorian era provides a glimpse into Shrewsbury’s rich history of independent […]
Daily Life of Alaska in the Late 19th Century Through Amazing Photos
This post was originally published on this siteThe Alaska, photographs collection is a set of 33 photographic prints, depicting various scenes in Alaska in such […]
Death Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the invention of photography it was common practice to make plaster or wax casts of the faces […]
35 Rare Portrait Photos of Vietnameses From the 1880s
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1838 in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, French photographer Émile Gsell served in the military from 1858 to 1866, during […]
A Cathedral That Defined a City: 20 Rare Photographs of Notre Dame From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the architects of Cathedral of Notre-Dame set to work some 850 years ago, their goals were nothing […]
Meet Ralph C. Lincoln From Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 11th Generation Lincoln, 3rd Cousin of Abraham Lincoln
This post was originally published on this siteRalph C. Lincoln, the assistant manager at Vitamin World in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, looks strikingly similar to a very […]
This 1865 Ad of an 18-Year-Old Man Looking for a Wife Is Hilarious!
This post was originally published on this siteIn 2017, Max Roser, a researcher for the University of Oxford, shared a snippet of a dating ad […]
Early Edwardian Life Through Beautiful Photos Taken by Émile Zola
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1840 in Paris, French novelist, playwright, journalist Émile Zola was also the best-known practitioner of the literary […]