Portraits of Alaskan Eskimos captured by the Lomen Bros studio, 1900-1930
This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs, taken by the Lomen family, capture the indigenous Yupik Eskimo and the prospectors of the Gold […]
Culture and People
Vintage and bizarre photos of exercise machines from the past, 1920-1970
This post was originally published on this siteFitness, as we know it today, may seem to be a relatively modern invention, but physical exercise obviously […]
Photographs of Kwakwakaʼwakw ceremonial dress and masks captured by Edward Curtis, 1914-1915
This post was originally published on this siteThe Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw (or Kwakiutl) are Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous people. Most live in British Columbia on northern Vancouver […]
These vintage photos capture traveling circus performers in Northern Ireland, 1910-1911
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early years of the 20th century, a number of circuses toured Northern Ireland providing entertainment, tricks, […]
Diving Horse: Vintage photos from one of the most dangerous stunt shows ever performed, 1900-1970
This post was originally published on this siteStunt shows featuring diving horses began in the 1880s and were a wildly popular attraction for decades, despite […]
Haunting portraits from an English lunatic asylum, 1870s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Victorian Era may not have been the start of the institutionalization of patients with mental health problems, […]
Stunning photos depicting the rebellious fashion at Woodstock, 1969
This post was originally published on this siteNo one expected the 1969 Woodstock concert and festival to draw a crowd estimated at half-million — nor […]
Photos of Victorian women who never cut their hair, 1860-1900
This post was originally published on this siteIn the Victorian era, the woman’s hair was considered an important part of her appearance and it marked […]
Courtship stereo cards that depict naughty and suggestive scenes from everyday life, 1875-1905
This post was originally published on this siteStereographs were a very popular form of photography in the 19th century. Photographers would take two nearly identical […]
Vintage pictures of bizarre vending machines you never knew existed, 1920-1960
This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of photographs shows some of the world’s oldest and oddest vending machines. Nowadays almost anything imaginable […]
Gritty photos capture the urban decay and the street life of New York City in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1970s, New York City was a broken, ungovernable metropolis barreling into anarchy. New Yorkers remember this […]
The bizarre Monowheel seen through vintage photographs, 1930-1940
This post was originally published on this siteBetween the 1860s and 1930s, the monowheel (also referred to as a monocycle) was frequently suggested as a […]
Stunning photos of Marilyn Monroe taken by John Florea, 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThese stunning photos of the Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe were captured by photographer John Florea during the 1950s. […]
Inside California Alligator Farm where kids could ride and play with alligators, 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1907, Joseph “Alligator Joe” Campbell and Francis Victor Earnest Sr. relocated an alligator farm in Hot Springs, […]
Vintage photos of death-defying stuntmen and their flying cars, 1930-1940
This post was originally published on this siteIn the early 1930s, groups of eager thrill-seeking stunt drivers would perform stunning acts in front of an […]
Robert Wadlow: The tallest man in history seen through stunning photographs, 1918-1940
This post was originally published on this siteRobert Wadlow, the tallest man in the world, was born in Alton, Illinois, on February 22, 1918, to […]
Vintage photographs of Amsterdam streets taken by George Hendrik Breitner, 1890-1900
This post was originally published on this siteStarting from the 1890s, the famous Dutch impressionist painter George Hendrik Breitner (1857 – 1923) used his camera […]
The Great Sphinx of Giza through vintage photographs, 1850-1940
This post was originally published on this siteAt 240 feet (73 m) long by 62 feet wide (19 m) and reaching a height of 66 […]
Vintage photos of the old-school lumberjacks who fell giant trees with axes, 1890-1935
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the invention of motorized chainsaws and logging machinery, the hard work of felling trees was done by […]
Photographs of the old TWA flight center that was considered a shrine to minimalist design, 1962
This post was originally published on this siteEero Saarinen’s outlandish air terminal for TWA at New York’s JFK International Airport was sculpted as an abstract […]
When Hitler’s nephew moved to America and joined the US Navy to fight his uncle, 1911-1947
This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Patrick Stuart-Houston (né Hitler), son of Alois Hitler Jr, was the half-nephew of Adolf Hitler. He was […]
The people of rural Norway through the photographs of Nils Olsson Reppen, 1900s
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographer Nils Olsson Reppen was born in 1856 on the farm Reppen in Sogndal in western Norway. In […]
Robert McGee, the man who was scalped as a child by Native American warriors, 1864
This post was originally published on this siteRobert McGee is one of the few people in American frontier history to survive having his flesh ripped […]
Vintage devices of birth control that look appalling, 500 BCE-1970s
This post was originally published on this siteAlthough the birth control pill and other hormonal contraceptive devices are modern inventions, birth control forms have been […]
The young 14th Dalai Lama through old photographs, 1935-1959
This post was originally published on this siteThe title Dalai Lama refers to an individual who serves as the spiritual and political leader of the […]