This post was originally published on this site“There are many pictures of Lincoln; there is no portrait of him.” — John George Nicolay, Secretary to […]
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in 1749, New Englander Conrad Heyer was a veteran of the American Revolution. He was there in […]
This post was originally published on this siteReuben R. Sallows (1855-1937) was born and raised on a Huron County farm in Canada. He moved to […]
This post was originally published on this siteWomen’s fashion of the 19th century is renowned for its corsets, bonnets, top hats, bustles and petticoats. It […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe daguerreotype, invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre in 1837, was the first commercially successful photographic process and was popular […]
This post was originally published on this siteThirty years after Dr Johnson published his great Dictionary of the English Language (1755), Francis Grose put out […]
This post was originally published on this siteMadame Tussaud was born in Strasburg late in 1761. Her father was a German soldier named Grosholtz, who […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the 19th century, London was transformed into the world’s largest city and capital of the British Empire. […]
This post was originally published on this siteWashington G. Smith (1828-1893) and Arthur J. Telfer (1859-1954) spent almost one hundred years photographing people, events, and […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe following images show Scottish cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in color. They were […]
This post was originally published on this siteTeens will be teens, as photographs of youths puffing on cigarettes, goofing around with pals and underage drinking […]
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage photos reveal the bizarre history of female boxing where women fought their opponents in full Victorian […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe partnership of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson is unequalled in the history of photography for its […]
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographs of soldiers during the Civil War (1861-1865) were very popular. These ambrotypes and tintypes, and small card […]
This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing photographs were all taken in the 1840s using the daguerreotype which had just been invented. Images […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Victorian era, masturbation—also known as self-pollution, self-abuse, or onanism—was believed to be both a moral and […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn what experts say could be a major historical discovery, a researcher has concluded that an 1840s picture […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Domestic Imperial Train of Nicholas II (there was also an Imperial train exclusively for international travel) was […]
This post was originally published on this siteJohn Adamson (1809-1870) was one of the pioneering photographic chemists in Scotland. He was born in Burnside, Fife, […]
This post was originally published on this siteHere’s a rare set of large-format photographic portrait images of the different ethnic people who represented various countries […]
This post was originally published on this siteExecution by cannon was a method of execution in which the victim was typically tied to the mouth […]
This post was originally published on this siteHave you ever heard of a human zoo? A human zoo was a place (and yes, they really […]
This post was originally published on this siteFounded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by King Henry III in 1231, the University of Cambridge […]
This post was originally published on this siteSeveral hundred women disguised themselves as men and took the bold step of leaving the comforts of home […]
This post was originally published on this siteReclining on bunk beds while sucking on opium pipes, these haunting photos provide a rare glimpse into life […]
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