Blink Test Part of 1949 Smog Study in California
This post was originally published on this siteBetty Cook, a lab assistant at the Stanford Research Institute, is shown taking a “blink test” as part […]
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Inside the Bradbury Building, the Oldest Commercial Building in Downtown Los Angeles
This post was originally published on this siteThe Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built in 1893, the five-story office […]
20 Rarely Seen Photographs of the Liberation of Paris, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteThe liberation of Paris was a military battle that took place during World War II from August 19, […]
Road Safety Series in Sydney Streets, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteA shocking rise in road fatalities prompted the NRMA (formerly National Roads and Motorists’ Association) to launch new […]
Photograph of a Suffragette Chained to Railings in London, ca. 1910
This post was originally published on this siteBlack and white photograph of a suffragette, standing on the corner of Downing Street, London, chained to railings […]
Uniforms Worn by Researchers During Experiments With Plague in the Philippines, ca. 1912
This post was originally published on this siteThis photo from the archives of the National Museum of Public Health shows two plague researchers in the […]
Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the First World War broke out, the era of the horse bus drew to a close. London’s […]
Los Angeles Smog Meeting, 1954
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1954, as many as 6,000 people showed up to a protest meeting in Pasadena. Los Angeles’s pollution […]
Inside Stannington Sanatorium, the Very First Purpose-Built Children’s TB Hospital in the UK
This post was originally published on this siteStannington Sanatorium was the first purpose-built children’s tuberculosis sanatorium in the UK which officially opened on October 5, […]
The Ancient Egyptians Were Often Buried With Gold Sandals and Toe Caps Called Stalls
This post was originally published on this siteEgyptian finger and toe stalls are pieces of gold jewelry used to protect digits during burial. Such stalls […]
25 Color Photographs Capture the Fall of Paris in 1940
This post was originally published on this siteOn June 14, 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a […]
In 1948, Burlesque Dancer Stacy “Stormy” Lawrence Did a Surprise Striptease for the Students at Louisiana State University
This post was originally published on this siteThe event was actually a school run event in front of a field house on campus of Louisiana […]
Here’s the Gun That Vincent van Gogh Is Believed to Have Used to Kill Himself
This post was originally published on this siteThe gun believed to have been used by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh to take his own life […]
Here’s the Earliest Known Image of Women’s Hockey, ca. 1890
This post was originally published on this siteThis 1890 photograph is the oldest-known picture of women playing hockey, taken at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Isobel […]
Face Reconstruction of Ramses II, Based on the Pharoah’s Mummy
This post was originally published on this siteArtificial Intelligence reconstruction of what Pharaoh Ramses II may have looked like (1,303 – 1,213 BC). Ramesses II […]
Collection of Sexual Aids in a Storage Wooden Box, Japan, Early Twentieth Century
This post was originally published on this siteHere’s a set of woman’s ‘toilet’ implements for sexual gratification, consisting of six dildoes and penis supports, two […]
Photographs From the Paris Riots of May 1968
This post was originally published on this siteBeginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some seven weeks and punctuated […]
“The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink”: The Earliest Known Advertisement for Making and Selling Coffee, circa 1652
This post was originally published on this site Apparently, around 1652, an English merchant, Daniel Edwards, brought Pasqua (as he was probably known) from Smyrna […]
Pictures of the Kremos, a Swiss Family of Acrobats, From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThis amazing vintage footage depicts the Kremos, a Swiss family of acrobats, doing their act in Paris in […]
The Earliest Photographs of a Total Solar Eclipse, 1854
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1841-42, William and Frederick Langenheim opened a daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia. Known for their technical innovations, the […]
19th Century Rock Stars: Early Photos of the Hutchinson Family Singers From the 1840s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hutchinson Family Singers took 19th-century America by storm. Their fame rivaled and even outshone the stars of […]
Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteAbolitionist Button is an early photography daguerreotype and gold photographic print created from between the 1840s to the […]
April 15, 1964: Gail Wise Was the First Person to Buy a Ford Mustang
This post was originally published on this siteOn April 15, 1964, two days before the Ford Mustang was officially supposed to go on sale, one […]
Amazing Views of Esso Northumbria Tanker Under Construction at Wallsend, UK in 1969
This post was originally published on this siteThe Esso Northumbria was the first of a series of Very Large Crude Carrier ships, built by Swan […]
Iconic Mug Shots of Jane Fonda Taken at the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department in November 1970
This post was originally published on this siteThe year was 1970. Jane Fonda had just finished filming the crime thriller Klute. On her way home […]