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 […]
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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 […]
Charlie Low’s Forbidden City, American’s Greatest Chinese Nightclub
This post was originally published on this siteForbidden City was a Chinese nightclub and cabaret in San Francisco, which was in business from 1938 to […]
Did You Know That the Huichol Tribe (Descendants of the Aztecs) of Mexico Actually Share the Pain of Childbirth?
This post was originally published on this siteThe Indigenous people known as the Huichol first appeared in the highlands of Central Mexico some 15,000 years […]
Flour Sack Dresses: Thrifty Fashions From the Great Depression
This post was originally published on this siteAfter realizing that poor women were using the flour sacks to make clothing for their children some flour […]
The Only Known Photograph Colditz Cock, the Glider Built in Secret by British POWs to Escape From Colditz Castle
This post was originally published on this siteThe Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war during World War II for an […]
The Amazing Story of Masako Katsura, the “First Lady of Billiards” and the National Heroine of Japan
This post was originally published on this siteMasako Katsura was born on March 7, 1913 in Tokyo. Little is known about Katsura’s childhood in Japan. […]
The Tragic Story of Dina Alma de Paradeda, the First Brazilian Trans Woman to Gain Fame in Europe
This post was originally published on this siteDina Alma de Paradeda, usually known simply as Alma de Paradeda (1871–1906), was a Brazilian socialite, known for […]
During World War II, the Taj Mahal Covered With Bamboo as a Camouflage Against Aerial Bombing
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942, the British placed bamboo scaffolding over the dome of the Taj Mahal to protect it from […]
Rosa Bonheur, the French Artist Who Permitted to Wear Pants During the Third Republic
This post was originally published on this siteRosa Bonheur (March 16, 1822 – May 25, 1899) was a French artist known best as a painter […]
Inside the Marbeuf Garage, the Original Citroën Showroom in Paris
This post was originally published on this siteA building to make one gasp at its modernity. The Citroën showroom, Marbeuf in Parisn, built in 1929, […]
The Story of Ruth Belville, the Greenwich Time Lady
This post was originally published on this siteIf you worked in London between the 1890s and the 1940s, you might have encountered Ruth Belville making […]
In the 1950s Dr. Joyce Diane Became Famous for Becoming the First Woman to Win the Game Show “The $64,000 Question”
This post was originally published on this siteJoyce Diane Brothers (1927–2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer. She first became famous […]
First Telephone Used to Help Escaping Slaves, 1933
This post was originally published on this siteAmerica’s oldest telephone, pictured here, was used before the Civil War by abolitionists who helped negroes escape. It […]
Meet Ann Turner Cook, the Original ‘Gerber Baby’
This post was originally published on this siteAnn Turner Cook (born Ann Leslie Turner; November 20, 1926 – June 3, 2022) was an American educator […]
In 1959, Volkswagen Offered the Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine, an Optional Coffee Maker in the VW Beetle
This post was originally published on this siteMixing hot water with a moving vehicle is probably not the smartest idea ever, but that didn’t deter […]
Wild Footage of Japanese Planes Being Shot Down Over the Pacific During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, aerial combat in the Pacific saw intense clashes between Japanese planes and Allied forces. […]
1954 Mercury Sun Valley, America’s First Transparent Roof Car
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1954 Mercury Sun Valley was the beneficiary of one of the more memorable advertising campaigns of the […]
The World’s Oldest Known Animation, a 5200 Year-Old Iranian Ceramic Vessel, Found in Shahr-e Sukhteh
This post was originally published on this siteA 5,200-year-old pottery bowl discovered in Shahr-e Sukhteh (Burnt City), Iran has five sequential images painted around it […]
The Story of Herman the Cat, Who Became an Official Member of the Us Coast Guard in 1943 and Had His Own ID Card
This post was originally published on this siteIt was back in 1943 when Herman the Cat was officially hired by the United States Coast Guard […]
The Manhattan Project: Historical Photos From the Trinity Test, the World’s First Atomic Explosion
This post was originally published on this siteThe story of Trinity Site begins with the formation of the Manhattan Project in June 1942. The project […]
David Crosby’s Mugshot, 1982
This post was originally published on this siteDavid Crosby, founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash was arrested by Dallas police in […]