The Story of Ruth Ellis, the Last Woman to Be Hanged in the United Kingdom on July 13, 1955
This post was originally published on this siteRuth Ellis (October 9, 1926 – July 13, 1955) was a British escort and nightclub hostess. She was […]
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The Wax Effigy of Sarah Hare
This post was originally published on this siteSarah Hare died in 1744 at the age of 55 of a commonplace accident. It was said that […]
Siège d’Amour: This Love Chair Was Originally Designed for the Future King Edward VII in 1890
This post was originally published on this siteThis extraordinary and highly imaginative chair was originally designed for the future King Edward VII – then known […]
Read the Rejection Letters Disney Used to Send Any Woman Who Wanted to Be an Animator in the Late 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1938, Miss Mary V. Ford of Searcy, Arkansas received a rejection letter from Walt Disney Productions letting […]
Vintage Photos Showing Chinese People Wearing Fingernail Guards From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThe Chinese fingernail guard came from the Ming dynasty but became popular in the Qing dynasty. For having […]
The Smallest Gas Station in the World
This post was originally published on this siteDetroit Lakes may be a small, quaint community that is regionally famous for things like its lakes and […]
Fragment of George Washington’s Coffin
This post was originally published on this siteA piece of wood from the first coffin of George Washington. This coffin was broken up after the […]
16 Vintage Photographs That Show People Riding Zebras From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteZebras are beautiful, wild animals native to Africa. However, as many European colonizers learned in the early 20th […]
Man Became a Millionaire After Finding a Copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Frame of an Old Painting He Bought for Only $4 in 1989
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1989, a Philadelphia financial analyst bought an old painting for $4 at a flea market in Adamstown, […]
A Small Welsh Town With a Big Welsh Name, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
This post was originally published on this siteLlanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a large village and local government community on the island of Anglesey in Wales. It is […]
Pluto Lamps: The Victorian Gas Lamps That Sold Cups of Hot Coffee, Tea and Coca
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1897, Pluto Lamps were installed at several points in London. These devices were not only engaged in […]
The Glamour of Train Travel: 40 Vintage Photos Show How Glamorous Train Travel Used to Be From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteTraveling by train was pretty swanky from the early 20th century, and it hasn’t gone out of style. […]
Amazing Vintage Portraits of Advertising Banner Women From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteSo-called ‘Banner Women’ were a common way of advertising one’s business in the late 19th century. During the […]
Gas Mask Parade, Tokyo, 1936
This post was originally published on this siteAn army of schoolgirls marching through Tokyo, their faces an anonymous sea of gas masks. Perhaps one of […]
A Rare Photograph of Vincent van Gogh Taken in 1886
This post was originally published on this siteVincent van Gogh famously recorded himself in numerous self-portraits, but he hated photography and supposedly he never sat […]
Man Sitting on a Dead Horse, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, ca. 1880s
This post was originally published on this siteA man wearing top hat, sitting on a dead horse in the street. Picture was taken at South […]
Historical Photos of Convair Model 118 ConvAirCar, a Prototype Flying Car of Which Only 2 Were Built in 1947
This post was originally published on this siteIf you think the other flying cars all look a little too much like airplanes, join the club. […]
The Last Photographs of a Quagga Mare (an Extinct Subspecies of Zebra Native) at the London Zoo in 1870
This post was originally published on this siteThe quagga was a subspecies of plains zebra that lived in South Africa until becoming extinct late in […]
Schnee Four Cell Bath: These Electric Baths From the Early 20th Century Are the Creepiest Therapeutic Treatments Ever!
This post was originally published on this siteWe would call it quackery or chicanery today if doctor’s told us to take baths in water carrying […]
Vintage Photographs of People Posing With Job Hunting Signs on the Streets During the Great Depression
This post was originally published on this siteFollowing the Crash of 1929, which occurred on October 29, 1929, people quickly found that the jobs they […]
Bizarre Daguerreotypes of Victorian Women Breastfeeding
This post was originally published on this siteAt a time when when modesty was considered fundamental in women, the above images depict an unlikely fashion […]
In 1908, the Coffee Filter and Filter Paper Were Founded by a German Housewife
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1908, a utility model was registered at the Kaiserliches Patentamt (Imperial Patent Office) in Berlin, which is […]
The Most Beautiful Women in the World: Vintage Portraits of Circassian Beauties With Their Big Curly Hair
This post was originally published on this siteCircassian beauties, or “Moss-haired girls” as they were sometimes known, reflect a curious legacy of racial stereotyping and […]
1939 Pontiac Plexiglas “Ghost Car”: The First Full-Sized “See-Thru” Car Ever Made in America
This post was originally published on this siteVisitors to the 1939 New York World’s Fair Highways and Horizons exhibit by General Motors were dazzled by […]
The Real Tintin: Rare Vintage Photos of Palle Huld, a Teenage Boy Who Travel Around the World in 44 Days in 1928
This post was originally published on this sitePalle Huld (August 2, 1912 – November 26, 2010) was a Danish film actor and writer. He appeared […]