Genevieve Naylor’s post-war fashion photos in stunning colors, 1945-1959
This post was originally published on this siteGenevieve Naylor was born in 1915 in Springfield, Massachusetts. She attended Miss Hall’s School and later, at age […]
Culture and People
Alice Liddell: The real Alice in Wonderland, 1858-1872
This post was originally published on this siteAlice Liddell was the middle daughter of Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Church at Oxford. Alice, along […]
The story behind the infamous Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield photo, 1957
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1957 one photo came to life that became an international sensation. It might be the most famous […]
The original dapper Mad Men, 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteDon Draper of the TV show “Mad Men” might have been fictional, but the reality was that art […]
Mailing babies: The story of kids sent through the U.S. Postal Service, 1913
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s hard to believe it, for a brief period of 6 years, it was possible to mail a […]
The story of early diving suits, 1900-1935
This post was originally published on this siteThe invention of individual diving suits in the early 18th century allowed a more refined exploration of the […]
R-100 airship: Inside a “flying hotel”, 1929-1930
This post was originally published on this siteThe R100 airship was built as part of a British government programme to develop airships to provide passenger […]
The Rotor Ride: An unsafe human spinning blender, 1950-1970
This post was originally published on this siteThe Human Spinning Rotor or simply “The Rotor” was invented by a German scientist, Ernst Hoffmeister, and was […]
Skijoring with horses in Norway, 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteFor hundreds of years, Sami people harnessed reindeer and strapped on Nordic skis as a way to travel […]
Vinyl listening booths to discover new music, 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteNowadays you can easily listen to new songs on your smartphone using your earphones, but this wasn’t the […]
Colonial postcards from a dark past, 1890-1914
This post was originally published on this siteBy the 1890s postcards were widely available throughout continental Europe. The postcards appealed to tourists looking for a […]
Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, 1910-1913
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1910, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott led a privately funded expedition to become the first people to […]
The original Muscle Beach, 1949
This post was originally published on this siteWhen an earthquake ripped through Santa Monica on March 10, 1933, the city was already in bad shape. […]
Going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, 1901-1985
This post was originally published on this siteIt is said that Niagara Falls has a mystic allure that gives some people the uncontrollable urge to […]
Propaganda from the campaign against women’s suffrage, 1900-1913
This post was originally published on this siteThe woman suffrage movement actually began in 1848, when a women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, […]
A lie detector for the power of kisses, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteLie detector tests have become a popular cultural icon — from crime dramas to comedies to advertisements — […]
Old and spectacular photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898
This post was originally published on this siteThese rare photos from the end of the 19th century capture a range of Bedouins at a time […]
Alarmist anti-marijuana film posters, 1936-1950
This post was originally published on this siteThe recreational cannabis smoking took on a negative connotation in the American cultural imagination when people began to […]
Vintage dating tips for single women, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteLadies, this is how you land a man in 1938-style. We always find these vintage “dating tips” for […]
This is how Spring Break looked like in the 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteThese pictures show what was acceptable in the 1980s at Spring Break. Mostly from Daytona beach and Fort […]
When the early hairdryers looked like crazy robots, 1910-1930
This post was originally published on this siteBlow dryers were invented in the late 19th century. The first model was created by Alexander F. “Beau” […]
Vintage ads for when cocaine and heroin were legal, 1880-1920
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 19th century, there were no real institutions to regulate the advertising claims of health products. In […]
Spectacular color photos of Constantinople, 1890
This post was originally published on this siteThese rare color views of the capital (then known as Constantinople) of the Ottoman Empire at the close […]
Making the vaccine against the Influenza Outbreak of 1957
This post was originally published on this siteThe pattern of Influenza Outbreak of 1957 is sickeningly similar to COVID-19. A new and deadly strain of […]
London street style during Edwardian era, 1905-1908
This post was originally published on this siteEdwardian fashion refers to the clothing that was in style between the late 1890s and 1914 or the […]