J W Waldron’s Smith & Bicycle Works in Brighton, England, ca.1900
This post was originally published on this siteWaldron’s occupied the ramshackle building on Gardner Street from 1874-1903. They had a steep ladder leading to the […]
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Thomas Wedders, the Yorkshireman With the World’s Longest Nose
This post was originally published on this siteThomas Wedders, also known as Thomas Wadhouse, born in Yorkshire, England, circa 1730, was a performer in various […]
Watch the Very First Christmas Movie in 1898 Short Film
This post was originally published on this siteSanta Claus is an 1898 British short silent drama film, directed by George Albert Smith, which features Santa […]
Robert W. Patten, the Iconic Seattle Street Character Known as the Umbrella Man
This post was originally published on this siteRobert W. Patten (1832–1913) was an American eccentric from Seattle, Washington. Few people in Seattle knew much about […]
Beauty Contest for the Most Beautiful Eyes of England, 1936
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographs of a group of women in a beauty contest, taken by Edward Malindine for the Daily Herald […]
The Story of Mary Ann Bevan, the Ugliest Woman in the World
This post was originally published on this siteMary Ann Bevan (née Webster; December 20, 1874 – December 26, 1933) was an English woman, who after […]
Every Reason Why Women Should Not Vote
This post was originally published on this sitePublished in 1917 by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., this book compiles an exhaustive list of reasons […]
The International Beauty Show at Folkestone, Kent in August 1913
This post was originally published on this siteFolkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. In its heyday, during the […]
The Hacked Hands of the Belgian Congo: Horrifying Photos of Mutilated Congolese People in the Congo Free State
This post was originally published on this siteThe worst colonial crime ever, occurred at the turning point of the 20th century when the king of […]
Beauty Contest for the Most Beautiful Eyes of Paris, ca. 1930
This post was originally published on this siteVintage photographs show the contestants with cloaked heads at the beauty-contest for the most beautiful eyes of Paris, […]
Amazing Vintage Postcards of Gay’s Lion Farm in El Monte, California
This post was originally published on this siteGay’s Lion Farm was in El Monte, California, which is about 13 miles from Los Angeles. The farm […]
19th Century Japanese Pregnancy Dolls
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 18th and 19th century, sideshow carnivals known as misemono were a popular form of entertainment for […]
Photographs Show Thousands of Protesters at an Anti-Government Rally in Moscow on March 10, 1991
This post was originally published on this siteOn March 10, 1991, a major opposition demonstration took place in the center of Moscow. Though estimates of […]
Back in 1900, This Giant ‘Mammoth’ Camera Was the World’s Largest Camera
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1899 “The Alton Limited” train was built in Pullman, Illinois. This train was noted because of its […]
905 Feet High During the Construction of the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, 1929
This post was originally published on this site905 feet (275 meters) high! Final steelworks completed on Bank of Manhattan, World’s highest building. The cameraman was […]
Man and Woman Dancing a Waltz, ca. 1884-85
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the movie camera, 10 years before the Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) and 12 years before the Lumiere […]
35 Terrifying Pictures Showing Bizarre Medical Treatments From the 1900s to 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThe road to modern medicine has not been entirely smooth. Things have really changed in medicine since the […]
Vintage Portrait of Members of the New York Knickerbockers, the First Baseball Team to Wear Uniforms, ca. 1847
This post was originally published on this siteThe New York Knickerbockers baseball club, seen here wearing some decidedly un-sporty straw hats. Sure, they look more […]
This Bell Rack Was Used by Alabama Slave Owners to Guard Runaway Slaves
This post was originally published on this siteThe bell rack, contraption used by an Alabama slave owner to guard a runaway slave. This rack was […]
The Health Jolting Chair, for All Your Medical Ailments, From the 1880s
This post was originally published on this siteThis comfortable-looking health jolting chair of New York was touted as the “most important Health Mechanism ever produced.” […]
In 1958, the Los Angeles City College Banned the Wearing of Bermuda Shorts on Campus
This post was originally published on this siteShorts first became popular in the 1920s when boys wore them as part of school uniforms. However, for […]
A Father Stares at the Hand and Foot of His Five-Year-Old Daughter, Which Were Severed as a Punishment for Having Harvested Too Little Rubber, 1904
This post was originally published on this siteNsala, the man in the picture, was photographed by English photographer Alice Seeley Harris (1870–1970) after he arrived […]
Before Pumpkins, the Irish Carved Jack-O’-Lanterns From Turnips and Potatoes
This post was originally published on this siteThe jack-o’-lantern tradition dates back centuries, when people in Ireland decorated turnips, beets, and potatoes to frighten away […]
20 Amazing Vintage Photographs of Ford Assembly Lines From the 1910s and 1920s
This post was originally published on this siteIn April 1913, led by production boss Charlie “Cast Iron” Sorensen, Ford began taking its first tentative steps […]
Ray Weishaar Posing With the Original HOG Johnnie
This post was originally published on this siteHave you ever wondered where HOG came from? This is Ray Weishaar with the original hog – the […]