Historic Industry – Inside the Henry Ford Museum
This post was originally published on this siteThe Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as […]
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The Days of Bare-Hands Anatomy: Macabre Photographs of Victorian Medical Students Posing With Cadavers
This post was originally published on this siteThe first autopsy can be traced back to 300 BCE in the Mediterranean city-state of Alexandria when a […]
Motorized Roller Skates From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe self-propelled skates that were produced by the Motorized Roller Skate Company of Detroit, beginning in 1956. The […]
Britain’s Oldest Door From the 1050s, Which Can Be Found in Westminster Abbey
This post was originally published on this site This 900-year-old door has been identified as the oldest in the UK. Archaeologists discovered the oak door […]
Historical Photos of Igor Sikorsky With His VS-300, the First Successful Helicopter
This post was originally published on this siteThe VS-300 helicopter, created and flown by Russian-American Igor Sikorsky, was first demonstrated on May 24, 1940 in […]
Amazing Vintage Photos of Guests in Their Costumes for the 1897 Devonshire House Ball
This post was originally published on this siteThe Devonshire House Ballet in 1897 was a fancy dress ball, aka a costume party. The Duke and […]
Flying Elephant: Chetak Helicopters Used by Indian Air Force for Ceremonial Flyovers in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteThe exact date is difficult to pinpoint. Some claim that the legend of India’s ‘dancing elephant helicopters’ started […]
Salvatore Ferragamo, From Humble Beginnings to the Shoemaker to the Stars
This post was originally published on this siteSalvatore Ferragamo (June 5, 1898 – August 7, 1960) was an Italian shoe designer and the founder of […]
Vintage Photos of the Original Mickey Mouse Club Mousketeers in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThe “Mouseketeers” were an assortment of variously gifted, mostly non-professional California kids selected by Walt Disney as the […]
Daimler Bus: The First Motorized Postal and Coach Service in Germany, 1898
This post was originally published on this siteA Daimler motor omnibus with seating for ten passengers and powered by a 10 hp / 7.4 kW, […]
Human Curiosities: Circassian Beauties by Mathew Brady Studio From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady […]
News Station Switches From Black and White to Color TV for the First Time in 1967
This post was originally published on this siteWMT-TV Channel 2 in Iowa switched from its black and white programming to color for the very first […]
Thou Shalt Not, Photograph Created by Whitey Schafer in 1940 to Protest the Hays Code
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1934, Hollywood photographer A.L. “Whitey” Schafer took this staged photo which mocked the Motion Picture Production Code […]
The Last Empress of Vietnam: Fascinating Vintage Photos of a Young and Beautiful Empress Nam Phuong From the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteKnown as the queen of the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam, Queen Nam Phuong is known for her […]
Rescued Crew Members From the RMS Titanic Being Given Dry Clothes in New York City, 1912
This post was originally published on this siteThe surviving members of the Titanic crew received a warm and much-needed welcome when they arrived in New […]
Galileo Galilei’s First Drawings of the Moon After Seeing It Through the Telescope in 1609
This post was originally published on this siteGalileo produced this extremely famous set of six watercolors of the Moon in its various phases “from life,” […]
Émile Cohl’s Fantasmagorie, the World’s First Fully Animated Cartoon
This post was originally published on this siteOn August 17, 1908, Fantasmagorie, the first fully animated feature film was released in Paris by the Gaumont […]
Amazing Vintage Photos Captured Inside the WTC’s Windows on the World, the Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World
This post was originally published on this siteWindows on the World opened in 1976 on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. […]
The Story Behind the Last Known Photograph of Tupac Shakur
This post was originally published on this siteOn September 7, 1996, Leonard Jefferson, a 29-year-old from Los Angeles, went to Las Vegas to see a […]
The Crash at Crush: A Crazy Publicity Stunt Turned Deadly in 1896
This post was originally published on this siteThe Crash at Crush was a one-day publicity stunt in the U.S. state of Texas that took place […]
The Hobble Skirt, Hundred-Year-Old Fashion Fad
This post was originally published on this siteA hobble skirt was a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer’s stride. It […]
Candid Photographs Taken of People During the Terrorist Attack on September 11, 2001
This post was originally published on this siteThe terror assault of September 11, 2001, in which nearly 3,000 perished, was the most widely viewed breaking-news […]
In 1964, Alfred Heineken Created a Bottle That Could Also Function as a Brick to Build Houses in Impoverished Countries
This post was originally published on this siteAfter a visit in the early 1960s to the Caribbean islands, then known as the Dutch Antilles, Dutch […]
“Le Coucher de la Mariée” (1896), One of the First Erotic Films Made, Which Featured Actress Louise Willy
This post was originally published on this siteLe Coucher de la Mariée or Bedtime for the Bride or The Bridegroom’s Dilemma is a French erotic […]
Buddy Holly’s Lost and Found Glasses
This post was originally published on this siteWhen seminal rock star Buddy Holly’s possessions were collected from the wreckage of the plane crash that killed […]