Simms ‘Motor Scout’ Armoured Quadricycle, ca. 1899
This post was originally published on this sitePopular at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, quadricycles were four-wheeled bicycle-like vehicles powered by humans […]
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In the 1970s, the AnyCars Were Built by Mixing Parts From About 100 Different Models Combined
This post was originally published on this siteMixing parts of different cars in one project has always been the basis for creating hot rods. The […]
In 1952, the Flatwoods Monster Appeared and Terrified People in Braxton County, West Virginia
This post was originally published on this siteOn Friday evening, September 12, 1952, two brothers, Edward and Fred May, and their friend Tommy Hyer, said […]
On May 20, 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis Invented Blue Jeans
This post was originally published on this siteOn May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a […]
Twins Become Mothers Together for Second Time in Two Years, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteTwins become mothers together for second time in less than two years. Accustomed to doing practically the same […]
Colored Toilet Paper Were Almost in Everything Bathroom From the 1950s Throughout the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteToilet paper and facial tissue weren’t always just white. Back in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, toilet paper […]
The World’s First Effective Bulletproof Vest, 1901
This post was originally published on this siteJan Szczepanik (June 13, 1872 – April 18, 1926) was a Polish inventor, with several hundred patents and […]
Cabinet Card Portrait Photographs of Gilded Age Celebrities by Jose Maria Mora, Photographer of the Rich and Famous
This post was originally published on this siteJose Maria Mora (September 2, 1847 – October 18, 1926) was a Cuban-American portrait photographer active in New […]
The Mammoth Potato, the First Ever Viral Photo From 1894
This post was originally published on this siteThe words “mammoth” and “potato” do not often go together. But in 1894, W. L. Thorndyke, a news […]
On May 13, 1981: Pope John Paul II Was Shot Four Times by a Gunman in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City
This post was originally published on this siteThe first attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II took place on Wednesday, 13 May 1981, in St. […]
Martin Sweeney’s 1991 Slalom Skateboarding World Record
This post was originally published on this siteMartin Sweeney was the UK’s finest slalom racer and an exponent in tight slalom. In the early 1980s […]
Shocking Photos of Escaped Slave Gordon Showing His Scarred Back at a Medical Examination, Louisiana, 1863
This post was originally published on this siteGordon, also known as “Whipped Peter,” was an escaped American slave who became known as the subject of […]
Test Lip-Stick on Guinea Pig, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteIn the photo below, Max Factor, Hollywood make-up specialist (left) and Dr. J. R. Pratt, chemist, were testing […]
50 Amazing Panorama Photographs Show What New York’s Fifth Avenue Looked Like in 1911
This post was originally published on this siteFifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It stretches north […]
Members of the Glenwood Springs Fire Department Posing in Front of the Hotel Glenwood, Colorado, circa 1888
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hotel Glenwood first opened its doors in 1884. It was financed in part by town founder Isaac […]
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps: America’s Short-Lived Black Army on Wheels
This post was originally published on this siteThe 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps was a unit of black soldiers commanded by a white officer, Lt. James […]
May 8, 1886: Coca-Cola Is Invented
This post was originally published on this siteIn May 1886, Coca-Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. According to the […]
How the "Falling Cat" Phenomenon Helped NASA Prepare Astronauts for Zero Gravity From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBack in the golden era of space exploration – the 1960s, NASA scientists were concerned with how astronauts […]
Captain Lewis Nixon With His Beloved Stash of Vat 69 Whiskey in the Morning After Celebrating V-E Day in 1945
This post was originally published on this siteOn the morning of May 4, 1945, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division moved […]
Tunnel Through Snowslide, Otto Mears’s Toll Road Between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado, 1888
This post was originally published on this siteThe effects of winter can be very long-lasting in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. A spring 1888 avalanche (snowslide) still […]
The Two-Headed Dog Experiment: Shavka and Brodyaga, Two Soviet Dogs Became Famous in History by Becoming One
This post was originally published on this site In 1959 Vladimir Demikhov, a Soviet scientist and organ transplant pioneer, attached the upper body of a […]
Vintage Photographs Capture Main Street in Grand Junction During the Operation Foresight Project, 1962
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1950s, Grand Junction was thriving due to the Uranium Boom. Growth was expected to rise, and […]
In 1908, a Doctor Used X-Rays to Highlight the Damaging Effects of Tight Corsets on a Woman’s Body
This post was originally published on this siteLudovic O’Followell, a French doctor who in 1905 and 1908 published books on the effects of the corset […]
Painless Parker, an Early 20th Century Street Dentist Who Pulled 357 Teeth in One Day
This post was originally published on this siteBefore local anesthesia could manage the pain, one early 20th century dentist distracted his patients with showgirls and […]
Amazing Vintage Photographs Capture Victorian Women Climbing High Mountains in Long Skirts
This post was originally published on this site“All mountains appear doomed to pass through the three stages: an inaccessible peak, the hardest climb in the […]