35 Found Photos Capture Edwardian People in Their Houses
This post was originally published on this siteTypical Edwardian interiors were something new and cheerful. Fresh and light colors composed most of the interiors in […]
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Rare Photos of Baluchi Women in Their Traditional Masks in Muscat, Oman From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe Omani burqa is a female identity in the nomadic desert. It covers the lower part of the […]
Amazing Photographs of the Mt. Lowe Railway’s Thrilling, Terrifying Circular Bridge From the Turn of the 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteCall it 19th-century L.A.’s idea of a thrill ride. Leaving the safety of granite slopes, trolley cars arced […]
Picnic With the Babbs: 40 Fascinating Photographs Capture Everyday Life in Camden, Maine at the Turn of 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteTheresa Butler Parker (Babb) was born in Camden on January 23, 1868, the daughter of Moses L. and […]
24 Bizarre Vintage Photos of Steam Engines After a Boiler Explosion From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThere are many causes for boiler explosions such as poor water treatment causing scaling and over heating of […]
Fascinating Found Photos of Coney Island in the early 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteConey Island is a residential and commercial neighborhood and entertainment area, located on a peninsula in the southwestern […]
Incredibly Beautiful Vintage Photos of a Two-Mile-Long Moving Sidewalk That Was Built for the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1900, if you were lucky enough to have a ticket such as this one—and almost fifty million […]
40 Colorized Photos of Japanese Bathing Beauties in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThis set from Okinawa Soba contains colorized photos of mostly geisha and maiko posing as bathing beauties during […]
The Brennan Gyro-Monorail: The World’s First Single-Track Railcar That Was Never Developed Beyond the Prototype Stage
This post was originally published on this siteThe Brennan Gyro-Monorail was developed by the Irish-born Australian inventor Louis Brennan (1852–1932). It was 40 feet long […]
30 Rare Photographs Capture Daily Life in the Netherlands From Between the 1900s and 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Netherlands was an industrial late bloomer. Between 1880 and 1920 the economy transited from dominantly agricultural towards […]
Original Goth? Portraits of French Actress Sarah Bernhardt, Who Liked to Wear a Stuffed Bat and Had a Coffin to Sleep
This post was originally published on this siteActress Sarah Bernhardt could be considered one the first goths: she had pets like a cheetah, a wolf […]
30 Vintage Pics That Defined Women’s Bathing Suits in the early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIt was in the early 1800s that people began to flock to the beaches for seaside amusement. With […]
Wigan’s Pit Brow Lasses: 40 Fascinating Vintage Photos of Women Miners in Pants Who Shocked Victorian Britain
This post was originally published on this siteThere had been a public outcry in the 1830s when it was made public that women and children […]
In the Days Before Fridges: Amazing Vintage Photographs Show Butcher Shop Fronts in the Victorian Era
This post was originally published on this siteAlthough the Victorian times might be remembered for dodgy health and safety and questionable pie fillings, the 19th […]
20 Amazing Photographs of Hansom Cabs From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an […]
Portraits of Laverie Vallee aka Charmion, Victorian Era American Strongwoman
This post was originally published on this siteLaverie Vallee née Cooper (July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, […]
Rare and Amazing Photos Show Street Scenes of Maryland in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteMaryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the […]
Vintage Photographs of Welsh Coracle Men With Their Catch of Fish in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThough many types of boats have evolved, flourished for a time, and then been replaced, the coracle, which […]
The Fountain of Youth, 1904
This post was originally published on this siteIn their October 1904 issue, the Delineator magazine had a very detailed and well-illustrated article entitled “The Fountain […]
24 Amazing Vintage Photos of Portuguese Women From the Azores Islands in Their Tradition Hooded Capes
This post was originally published on this siteThe Azorean hood (in Portuguese, ‘capote e capelo’) is a traditional Azorean garment worn up until the 1930s. […]
20 Striking Color Photographs That Show Everyday Life in Amsterdam Around the Turn of the Century
This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing images are from between the 1890s and 1900s, and were created using the Photochrom process, a […]
In 1909, The Strand Magazine Imagined What Would Happen If Giant Insects Attacked London
This post was originally published on this siteThe Strand was a monthly magazine of short fiction and general interest articles, a sort of London version […]
Amazing Vintage Photos of Houses Carved Inside Massive Tree Stumps in America From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe giant size of the stump gives a good idea of the size of the old growth trees. […]
40 Rare Photographs Capture Rural Life Around the Cilgerran District of Dyfed, West Wales at the Turn of the 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe amazing photographs were taken by Tom Mathias, a self-taught photographer, at the turn of the 20th Century. […]
30 Vintage Photographs of Dutch Men in Traditional Volendam Worker Pants
This post was originally published on this siteNot long ago clothing was based on local traditions and customs. There were no national brands or fashions. […]