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A Lucky Escape, 1969

February 6, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteUncle Luther and Aunt Vera never made it to the UP that spring. Their trip was cut short […]

The Blizzard of 1978: 30 Amazing Photographs From the Historic Storm That Slammed the Northeastern United States

February 5, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 was a catastrophic, historic northeaster that struck New England, New Jersey, […]

Brutal Winter of 1978: 35 Amazing Photos of the Blizzard in Northern Germany From December 1978 to January 1979

January 15, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn December 28, 1978, a combination of a low pressure system from the Mediterranean Sea, which brought moisture […]

Rare Photos of Guildford’s Floods in January 1928

January 13, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThere was a white Christmas in Guildford in 1927. But the snow soon thawed and by the new […]

Historic Photographs From 1928 Thames Flood

January 11, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London […]

Incredible Photos of the 1937 Harrisburg Flood

January 9, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Ohio River flooded for about three weeks in early 1937, leaving one million people homeless and 385 […]

22 Incredible Photos Show the Aftermath of the Great Fire of Toronto in 1904

December 16, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIt was a miserably cold night, with bitter gusts of wind and a light snow even though it […]

Before Seatbelts and Airbags, 20 Terrible Photos of Car Accidents in the Early 20th Century

December 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBy 1950, almost every race-car driver used safety seat belts. American car manufacturers Nash (in 1949) and Ford […]

November 4, 1966: Flood in Venice Was an Unprecedented Acqua Alta, With Waters Reaching Up to 194 cm

November 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn November 4, 1966, the city of Venice woke up in the middle of its biggest nightmare. The […]

The Earliest Known Image Depicting a Train Wreck on the Providence Worcester Railroad, Rhode Island, 1853

August 12, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn August 12, 1853, a head-on collision occurred on a single track between Providence, Rhode Island and Worcester, […]

Canadian Police Officer Guarding the Pharmacy in Waist-High Flood Waters in Galt, Ontario, 1974

August 10, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEven as the flood waters rose, the sun shone bright on May 17, 1974. Earlier rains and a […]

Incredible Photos of Two Roman Ships Which Were Recovered After 2,000 Years in 1929 and Lost Again During WWII

July 31, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Nemi ships were two ships, one larger than the other, built under the reign of the Roman […]

Haunting Photographs From the Aftermath of the 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo

June 17, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely […]

June 11, 1955: 83 People Were Killed at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. It’s the Most Catastrophic Motorsport Accident!

June 11, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de […]

Photographers’ Brave Final Shots of the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption

May 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteLast pictures from Robert Landsburg as the eruption of Mt St Helens beared down on him. Knowing he […]

The Story Behind One of the Most Striking Photos of the Mount St. Helens Eruption After 40 Years

May 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in […]

April 28, 1988: The Roof of an Aloha Airlines Jet Ripped Off in Mid-Air at 24,000 Feet, But the Plane Still Managed to Land Safely!

April 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIt was just another routine inter-island flight when an Aloha Airlines jet took off from Hilo, bound for […]

20 Haunting Images by Russian Photographer Showing the True Scale of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

April 26, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIgor Kostin (1936–2015) was one of the five photographers in the world to take pictures of the Chernobyl […]

24 Bizarre Vintage Photos of Steam Engines After a Boiler Explosion From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

February 12, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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 […]

February 3, 1959 – The Day the Music Died: Photos From the Plane Crash That Killed Buddy Holly and Others in Iowa

February 3, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and “The Big Bopper” J. […]

The Last Known Photo of the Space Shuttle Challenger Crew Boarding the Space Shuttle on January 28, 1986

April 21, 2019 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis is the last known photo of the Space Shuttle Challenger crew boarding the space shuttle on January 28, […]

One of the Most Terrible Epidemics in Chinese History: Rare Pictures of China During Manchurian Plague (1910-1911)

September 22, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Manchurian (or Pneumonic) Plague, a fiasco in the history of public health in China, came at a […]

Survivor of 1972 Andes Plane Crash Recalled of Harrowing Experience When He Has to Eat the Human Flesh to Stay Alive

August 13, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn Oct. 13, 1972, a Uruguayan air force plane, carrying the Old Christians Club rugby team, crashed in […]

40 Incredible Color Pics That Capture Floods of Colorado in 1965

July 16, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1965 floods of the South Platte River basin swept through the Front Range and Eastern Plains of […]

Amazing Vintage Photographs of River Thames Floods From Between the 1910s and 1950s

June 24, 2018 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe River Thames bursting its banks, rail lines being washed away, villages being turned into islands and soldiers […]

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