What arcade games looked like before video games, 1968
This post was originally published on this siteIn the days before video games, amusement arcades were filled with a panoply of analog entertainment, from shooting […]
Culture and People
Remembering the hysteria over Windows 95 launch, 1995
This post was originally published on this siteOn Aug. 24, 1995, Microsoft—at that time a tech company with around $6 billion in sales and 17,800 […]
The coded world of Russian criminal tattoos, 1960-1990
This post was originally published on this siteIn jails and prisons around the world, tattoos can become a significant part of an inmate’s uniform, not […]
The state of the art gym on the Titanic, 1912
This post was originally published on this siteAt the beginning of the 20th century the shipping route across the Atlantic was extremely popular, driven by […]
Remembering the deadly Spanish Flu, 1918-1920
This post was originally published on this siteFrom January 1918 to December 1920, a deadly influenza outbreak infected 500 million people across the world. Estimates […]
Dr. Zbigniew Religa monitors his patient’s vitals after a 23 hour long heart transplant surgery, 1987
This post was originally published on this siteAmidst a tangle of wires Dr. Zbigniew Religa anxiously watches a monitor to see how his patient responds […]
The early teen bicycle messengers, 1908-1917
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1908, the National Child Labor Committee hired Lewis Hine, a New York sociologist and photographer, to document […]
The bookmobiles – Vintage photos of traveling libraries, 1910s-1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe bookmobile was travelling library often used to provide books to villages and city suburbs that had no […]
The Hindenburg Disaster in pictures, 1937
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 brought an end to the age of […]
Rare photos of dangerous New York City’s subway system, 1970-1980
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the late 70’s and early 80’s, New York City’s subway system was one of the most dangerous […]
The first female bodybuilders and strongwomen showing off their gains, 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteThe first “strongwomen” appeared in the 19th century, but were almost unheard of until much later. The appearance […]
Deportation of the Roma people from Nazi Germany, 1938-1940
This post was originally published on this siteFor centuries, Romani tribes had been subject to antiziganist persecution and humiliation in Europe. They were stigmatized as […]
New York City snapshots of Chinatown in the early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteFrom 1981 to 1984, the photographer Bud Glick worked for the New York Chinatown History Project (NYCHP) — […]
Romantic men’s hairstyle from the 1960s–1970s
This post was originally published on this siteMen’s hair in the seventies was a joy to behold. There was a little bit of variation throughout […]
These pictures capture the vibrant residents of a single East Berlin street, 1986-1987
This post was originally published on this siteThese interesting pictures, taken by photographer Harf Zimmermann, revolve around Hufelandstraße, a bustling neighborhood street in the heart […]
Flying first class in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteLife was once simpler. There was only one class for passengers on airline flights. Initially it was a […]
Wedding photos of Marilyn Monroe’s first marriage when she was 16, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteHollywood sex symbol Marilyn Monroe had her fair share of lovers, none of them stuck around long. She […]
The first modern bodybuilders, 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early 1900 there wasn’t really such a thing as bodybuilding, there were people who had huge […]
Bizarre images of medical treatments through history, 1900-1940
This post was originally published on this siteThe history of medicine is filled with wild stories of bizarre treatments methods and medical procedures that aimed […]
A nostalgic glance at American shopping malls of the late 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1989, Michael Galinsky, then a 20-year-old student, took a month to traverse the U.S. Everywhere he went, […]
A lady battles with police as they try to prevent her from committing suicide, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteThe lady in the picture with the mirror held above her head – was Mrs. Edna Egbert. The […]
Magnificent images of Egypt by Zangaki brothers, 1870-1890
This post was originally published on this siteThe Zangaki brothers were two Greek photographers, active between 1870s-1890s, who worked in Egypt, producing prints for the […]
The day a computer beat a chess world champion, 1997
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s 1997, and Garry Kasparov is hunched over a chessboard, visibly frustrated. He’s fidgeting in between turns and […]
Preparing and printing the New York Times, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteLong before the age of computerized printing presses and journalists being able to file stories via computer, the […]
A Tibetan skeleton dancer, 1925
This post was originally published on this siteThe photo originally appeared in the November 1928 issue of National Geographic. The original caption was: “With huge […]