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Beautiful Vintage Photos of Cloris Leachman as Miss Chicago in 1946

January 27, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCloris Leachman was born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa. She attended Illinois State University and […]

January 26, 1932: Winston Churchill’s Doctors Note Allowing Him to Drink Unlimited Alcohol While Visiting USA During Prohibition

January 26, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhile visiting New York on December 13, 1931, Winston Churchill made the classic mistake of an Englishman in […]

The Story Behind the World’s First Underwater Photograph Taken by William Thompson in 1856

January 26, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1856, William Thompson took the world’s first underwater photo in the Bay of Weymouth in Dorset, UK. […]

January 25, 1995: Eric Cantona Kung-Fu Kicked a Fan in One of the Most Infamous Incidents in Premier League History

January 25, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn January 25, 1995 Manchester United striker Eric Cantona was involved in an incident that attracted headlines and […]

20 Amazing Photographs That Show Italian Immigrants Living Conditions at the Turn of the Century

January 25, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteUrban life was often filled with hazards for the new immigrant, and housing could be one of the […]

Portraits of MME Abomah “the African Giantess”, the Tallest Lady in the World

January 24, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteElla Williams who went by the showbiz name of Mme Abomah was once the world’s tallest hot and […]

22 Amazing Vintage Photographs That Prove Eating Contests Have Been Popular in the Early 20th Century

January 23, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCompetitive eating is one of those activities that you either love or hate. The idea that people could […]

Michigan Loggers Pose Alongside Their World Record Haul, a Load of More Than 36,000 Board-Feet of Lumber Destined for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

January 21, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTo show off Michigan’s forest industry at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, lumberjacks from the Great Lakes State […]

Transport of the Torso of the Bavaria Statue, Munich, 1850

January 21, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAlois Locherer (August 14, 1815 – July 15, 1862) was the leading photographer of the erstwhile Kingdom of […]

In the Victorian Era, Posing Stands Were Used for the Living, And Never to Pose a Dead Person

January 20, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn recent years a myth has developed online that attributes these stands to the specific use of posing […]

Actors’ Fund Fair, New York, 1917

January 18, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFounded in 1882, the Actors’ Fund bankrolled everything from burial plots to elder-care accommodations for destitute theater professionals. […]

Colossal Hand and Torch of the Statue of Liberty, on Display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia

January 16, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOriginally designed as a lighthouse that would have stood at the mouth of the Suez Canal in Egypt, […]

Funny Photographs From the Batman Premiere Party, January 1966

January 15, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn January 1966, ABC premiered its Batman television series, starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader and Burt […]

Brutal Winter of 1978: 35 Amazing Photos of the Blizzard in Northern Germany From December 1978 to January 1979

January 15, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn December 28, 1978, a combination of a low pressure system from the Mediterranean Sea, which brought moisture […]

Here’s How Women’s Workwear Has Evolved Throughout the 20th Century

January 13, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe evolution of women’s workwear styles over the past 100 years reflects changing attitudes and beliefs about women […]

Rare Photos of Guildford’s Floods in January 1928

January 13, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThere was a white Christmas in Guildford in 1927. But the snow soon thawed and by the new […]

Los Angeles Was Covered in Snow, Here Are 20 Vintage Photos of the Rare Snowfall in January 1949

January 12, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSnow used to fall in L.A. about once every few years, but 1949 was one of the last, […]

Historic Photographs From 1928 Thames Flood

January 11, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London […]

Beautiful Vintage Color Photos of Disneyland on Its Opening Day in 1955

January 7, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter more than two decades of preparation and construction, Walt Disney’s biggest dream finally became true, as Disneyland […]

January 4, 1863: 4 Wheeled Roller Skates Are Patented in the United States by James Plimpton of New York

January 4, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1863, James L. Plimpton changed the skating world forever when he patented the forerunner of the modern […]

Louis Boutan and the World’s First Underwater Selfie, 1893

January 4, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1893, Louis Boutan took an underwater self-portrait at a depth of 3 m (10 ft) using a […]

Bone Church of Rome: Amazing Vintage Photos Show Inside Rome’s Capuchin Crypt From the Late 19th Century

January 3, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePopularly known as the Capuchin Crypt, the ossuary displays the bones of over 3,700 Capuchin friars, who died […]

On Dec. 30, 1930, the First-Ever Photo of the Earth’s Curvature Was Taken

December 30, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe first photograph ever made showing the division between the troposphere and the stratosphere and also the actual […]

Vintage Photos of British Army and Royal Navy Celebrating Christmas in World War II

December 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteChristmas is one of the few times during the whole year people briefly pause their busy life to […]

“The Next to Go. Fight Tuberculosis!” Posters for the American Red Cross Christmas Seal Campaign

December 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“The Next to Go, Fight Tuberculosis” was a poster commissioned by the Red Cross to encourage support for […]

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