Top 10 Most Expensive Charlie Chaplin Memorabilia
This post was originally published on this siteHere’s a list of the 10 most expensive and historic items of Charlie Chaplin memorabilia ever sold at […]
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25 Vintage Portraits of African Women With Their Amazing Traditional Hairstyles
This post was originally published on this siteAs early as the 15th century, hair was the main disseminator among different tribes and within communities of […]
Postmortem Photo of “Loana the Bloodthirster” in 1909, Allegedly She Died From Drinking Her Own Blood
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographing the dead was a rather morbid Victorian era tradition that endured into the 20th Century. A particular […]
30 Incredible Color Photographs That Capture Brutal Life of Vietnamese Boat People From the Late 1970s to Early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteVietnamese boat people refers to refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship after the Vietnam War, especially […]
Racist, Sexist and Dishonest Vintage Advertisements That Seem Shocking Today
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage advertisements are from Beyond Belief, a book by art collector and former advertising executive Charles Saatchi, […]
During World War I, France Built a Fake Paris to Fool German Pilots
This post was originally published on this siteHow do you save Paris from German World War I bombers? By building a life-sized decoy city, of […]
Incredible Vintage Studio Portraits of California Young Gold-Rush Prospectors From the 1840s and 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteYoung gold-rush prospectors stare down the camera in these striking daguerreotypes and tintypes of the 1940s and 1850s, […]
The Evidence for Bigfoot: The Story Behind the Infamous 1967 Patterson–Gimlin Film
This post was originally published on this siteRoger Patterson and Bob Gimlin had their encounter with Bigfoot on October 20, 1967. The Patterson-Gimlin (PG) film […]
The Amish and Photography
This post was originally published on this siteIt is commonly said that Amish don’t like having their photos taken. “No photos please” signs are common […]
Portraits of 10 Women Who Acted as Spies to Stop the Nazis
This post was originally published on this siteHell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The Germans would have done well to take note of […]
12 Unusual Celebrity Deaths You’ve Never Heard Of…
This post was originally published on this siteOr You May Have Heard One Or Two… Celebrities are victims of seemingly unrestricted access to their private […]
18 U.S Presidents Who Were Really Strange People
This post was originally published on this siteThroughout American’s history, many of the men who ultimately served as president of the United States have had some […]
Love Among the Ruins: Happy Blitz Weddings in London, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteNot much would keep the Londoners down… Ena Squire-Brown, an international dancer famed for her Dove Dance, leaves […]
Four-Year-Old Boy of East Germany Is Tossed by His Father Into a Net Held by Firemen Across the Border in West Berlin, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteFour-year-old Michael Finder of East Germany is tossed by his father into a net held by residents and […]
Ananda Mahidol: The Mysterious Death of a King
This post was originally published on this siteAnanda Mahidol, Thailand’s king Rama VIII, died on the 3rd of June, 1946. He was only twenty at […]
Interesting Vintage Pictures of Russians Drinking Vodka From the Past
This post was originally published on this siteVodka has traditionally been made by processing equal amounts of alcohol and water with some trace additives to […]
The Copycat Cars of the USSR: 10 Famous Soviet Cars ‘Driven’ by Western Ideas
This post was originally published on this siteIndustry loomed large in the race for influence between the West and the Soviet Union, symbolizing power and […]
Rare Vintage Photos Capture Student Life at the World’s First Medical College for Women From the Late 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850 as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the […]
Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan: The Story Behind the Famous Little Rock Nine ‘Scream Image’
This post was originally published on this siteYou’ve probably seen the photo: a young African-American girl walks to school, her eyes shielded by sunglasses. She […]
This Man Attempted the First Motorcycle Parachute Jump in 1926, And It Didn’t Go Well
This post was originally published on this siteEven though this short video may seem a bit disturbing for certain viewers, it shows, in fact, how […]
Belgian Man Discovered Stash of Cars Hidden in Abandoned Quarry Since World War II
This post was originally published on this siteFor nearly 80 years these cars have been hidden underground in a quarry in France but they were […]
25 Incredible British Propaganda Posters During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteBritain re-created the World War I Ministry of Information for the duration of World War II to generate […]
These 19th Century Mugshots of a ‘Criminal’ Toddler Are Adorable, But They Are Also Fake!
This post was originally published on this siteAlphonse Bertillon was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who was responsible for standardizing the modern mugshot. […]
Why Americans Flocked to Catch a Glimpse of Hitler’s Car, And How Did It End Up in Manhattan?
This post was originally published on this siteIt was June 28, 1948, and Adolf Hitler’s car had arrived in New York City. As the photographers […]
Last Known Photos of John Lennon and Paul McCartney Together in 1974
This post was originally published on this siteThese are the last photos ever taken of John Lennon and Paul McCartney together. They were taken in […]