See Inside a 1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom, the Most Expensive Rolls-Royce Ever Made
This post was originally published on this siteThe car was commissioned by business baron Clarence Gasque for his wife Maude, a devotee of 18th-century French […]
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Some Rare Views of the Statue of Liberty From the Balcony on Its Torch From the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteHere’s an amazing photograph of tourists peer out of the Statue of Liberty’s crown at a photographer on […]
25 Rare Photographs Capture Everyday Life of Ethnic Koreans in the Former Soviet Union in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteKoryo-saram is the name which ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves. The term […]
11 Yesterday’s Failed Ideas Are Today’s Great Inventions
This post was originally published on this siteWhen a new idea comes along, people often don’t know what to make of it. That’s why so […]
In 1974, Lego Wrote a Powerful Letter to Parents About How Gender Works
This post was originally published on this siteA Lego letter from 1974, unearthed and posted on Reddit in 2014, has some advice for parents that […]
Wear A Mask Or Go To Jail: Vintage Photos Show San Francisco’s ‘Mask Slackers’ Got Arrested During the 1918 Flu Pandemic
This post was originally published on this siteIn September of 1918, a global flu pandemic made entry into California. The first cases were detected among […]
Women Testing the Guns They Made for World War II at the Inglis Munitions Plant in Ontario, Canada, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteTen pretty girls, all workers at the John Inglis Co. plant, line up with 10 Bren guns built […]
Rare Photographs of Marilyn Monroe Wooing Soldiers in the Aftermath of the Korean War
This post was originally published on this siteRarely seen photos of Marilyn Monroe wooing the American troops during the Korean War, with the blonde bombshell […]
The First Robot in History: The Automaton Trumpet Player Made by Friedrich Kaufmann From 1810
This post was originally published on this siteThe Trumpet Player was made in 1810 by Johann Friedrich Kaufmann. It is certainly one of the most […]
Meet Jack the Baboon, Who Worked as a Railroad Signalman in the 1880s for Money and Beer, and Never Made a Mistake!
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the latter part of the 1800s, travelers to Cape Town, along the Port Elizabeth mainline railroad, frequently […]
1959 Ghia Selene by Tom Tjaarda, an Amazing Concept From Future Past From Italy
This post was originally published on this siteA very talented man called Tom Tjaarda became one of GHIA’s main stylists, and he made a big […]
A Collection of 16 Amazing Vintage Yoga Photos Taken by LIFE Photographers
This post was originally published on this siteA recent survey by Yoga Journal and Yoga Alliance found that the number of Americans who practice yoga […]
An Early Tricar With a Single-Cylinder Engine at Ross House, Co. Galway, Ireland, ca. 1898
This post was originally published on this siteIn the late 19th century, motor cars were a novel and very expensive curiosity and a fashionable form […]
Ancient Romans Carried Flying Penis Amulets to Ward Off Evil
This post was originally published on this siteOne theory is that those scenes that show sexual activity have an apotropaic power, because they make you […]
Ford Model T Fitted With a Pedestrian Safety Device From the 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1896, a pedestrian was hit, killed and recorded for the first time. In those days, cars were […]
The Tragic Story of Mary the Elephant, Who Was Hanged for ‘Murder’ in 1916
This post was originally published on this siteThis photo was taken on September 13, 1916, shortly after a circus elephant named Mary was hanged in […]
Nuclear Test Dummies: Creepy Photos Show a Fake Town Filled With Mannequins to Test Out Nuclear Weapons in 1953
This post was originally published on this siteIn order to better understand the blast and thermal effects of a nuclear bomb, the US dropped a […]
Amazing Photos of Raleigh Safety Seven, a Largely Forgotten Product of the 1930s British Motoring Industry
This post was originally published on this siteThe famous bicycle manufacturer Raleigh was founded in Nottingham in 1887 by Frank Bowden. In 1899 they made […]
The ‘Most Beautiful Ape’ Contest, 1972
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1972, presumably around the time of the June release of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, […]
1960 Ford Spaceliner, a Vehicle That Looks a Bit Like a Spaceship From a Science-Fiction Movie
This post was originally published on this siteThere was a time when bubbletop concept cars were all the rage, both in the design studios of […]
The Execution of Leon Czolgosz, the Man Who Assassinated President William McKinley in 1901
This post was originally published on this siteThe Execution of Leon Czolgosz, or Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison, is a 1901 silent […]
These Are the World’s Oldest Masks Ever Discovered, And Are Estimated to Be 9000 Years Old!
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1983, a small team of archaeologists led by Harvard prehistorian Ofer Bar-Yosef, excavated a recently looted cave […]
The World’s First Short Horror Film: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)
This post was originally published on this siteThe Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as The Execution of Mary Stuart, is a silent, […]
Anti Miniskirt Sentiment in New York City, 1966
This post was originally published on this siteA woman stands outside the Adele Ross clothing design store, looking at an anti-miniskirt sign in New York […]
Miss War Worker Beauty Contest in Toronto, Canada, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteOn July 18, 1942, more than 100 contestants from Canada’s major military manufacturing plants vied for the title […]