Rare and Fascinating Photos of Harriet Quimby, the First Licensed U.S. Woman Pilot
This post was originally published on this siteShe was a modern woman in a not-so modern age. At a time when her contemporaries were swathed […]
1910s
Vintage Photos of a Giant Pyramid of Captured German Helmets From WWI in New York, ca. 1918
This post was originally published on this site Pyramid of German helmets near Grand Central Terminal : black-and-white photoprint, ca. 1918. Closeup of Pyramid Though […]
Body Armor of the First World War, 1914-1918
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the First World War, the size and scale of some of the weaponry produced devastating wounds and […]
Bad Invention: Psychograph, a Phrenology Machine to Measure the Shape of Your Head From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1901, Henry C. Lavery, a self-described “profound thinker” of Superior, Wisconsin became certain that phrenology was true […]
20 Haunting Photos From the Heyday of the Eugenics Movement at the Turn of 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe photos – from a time Britain and America would prefer to forget – show people’s heads being […]
24 Rare Vintage Photographs That Capture Everyday Life in Saskatchewan, Canada From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteSaskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders. It is […]