36 Found Pics That Show How Victorian and Edwardian Women Enjoyed Their Lives
This post was originally published on this siteBy the late 19th and early 20th centuries, all kinds of people lived in the cities. Laborers and […]
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Stereographs of Love: 22 Hilarious and Romantic Vintage Photos of Victorian Couples During Their Most Intimate Moments
This post was originally published on this siteThe stereograph, otherwise known as the stereogram, stereoptican, or stereo view, was the nineteenth-century predecessor of the Polaroid, […]
Heart-Wrenching Images Depicting Child Labor in Early 20th Century America Has Been Brought to Life After Being Expertly Colorized
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographer Lewis Wickes Hine once said: “There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings […]
20 Historic Photos of Africans in European Zoos From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteOnly in 1935-36 in Europe were closed the last cells with blacks in zoos – in Basle and […]
30 Hilarious Photographs Capture Canadians Have Fun While at Work and Play From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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 […]
Stunning Studio Portraits of a Young and Beautiful Norwegian Woman Wearing Big Hats in 1909
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early Edwardian period, hats were a fashion accessory, rather than a necessity. Most were kept fairly […]
History of Madame Tussaud and Some Creepy Historic Photos From the ‘Chamber of Horrors’
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 […]
70 Incredible Found Photos That Capture Street Scenes of San Francisco After the 1906 Earthquake
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18 […]
29 Amazing Vintage Photographs of London From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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. […]
How To Take a Steam Bath, And Other Victorian Visual Health Guides
This post was originally published on this siteThis French edition of Friedrich Eduard Bilz’s 1888 naturopathic medicine guide Das Neue Naturheilverfahren (The New Natural Healing) […]
Fascinating Vintage Pictures Show Victorian Female Fighters Got in the Ring for Fun and Freedom
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 […]
25 Amazing Photos Show How Inside the Shops Looked Like From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteAn amazing photo collection shows how inside the shops looked like from the early 20th century. Art glass […]
Incredible Vintage Photographs Offer a Rare Glimpse Inside the Romanovs’ Imperial Train
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 […]
The Cats of Canada: Adorable Vintage Photos of Very, Very Cute Kittens From 1902
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1895, an amendment to Canadian law allowed the British Museum to receive one copy of all Canadian […]
Old New Land: The Story Behind the First Photograph of the Founding of Tel Aviv, 1909
This post was originally published on this siteOver 100 years ago, some 66 Jewish families congregated on the sand dunes of what would become Tel […]
History of Russia in the Beginning of 20 Century Through Amazing Colorized Photos
This post was originally published on this siteFrom the start of the 20th century, Russia’s economic problems grew steadily worse. From 1900 to 1915, the […]
55 Incredible Colorized Photos of Beautiful Women From the Early 1900s
This post was originally published on this sitePhotos of young women from over 100 years ago from The Library of Congress that were colorized by Rob […]
Believe or Not: Human Zoos Really Existed in the Past, And There Are Pictures to Prove It
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 […]
The Brass Era Automobiles: 28 Cool Pics of American People With Their Cars From the 1900s and Early 1910s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Brass Era is an American term for the early period of automotive manufacturing, named for the prominent […]
38 CDV Photos of Cambridge University Men in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
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 […]
50 Found Photos That Capture Everyday Life of Canada From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThese found photos from gt_hawk63 that show how everyday life of Canada (mostly Ontario) looked like from over 100 […]
48 Glamorous Photos That Defined Edwardian Women’s Hairstyles
This post was originally published on this siteThe Edwardian Era, also known as “La Belle Epoque” and “the Gilded Age,” spanned from the late 1890s […]
Vintage Photos From a Family Album Show How People Having Fun in Freeport, Illinois in the Early 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteHow did Americans have fun a century ago? These interesting vintage snapshots from a family album in Freeport, […]
Rare and Breathtaking Photographs of Children Who Lived in Spitalfields, London at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteAround 1900, photographer Horace Warner took a series of portraits of some of the poorest people in London […]
Is Victorian Death Photography Creepy or Just Sad? Here Are 10 Sad and Strange Facts About Post-Mortem Photography
This post was originally published on this siteThe invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture much more commonplace, as many of those who were […]