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Amazing Vintage Photographs of Fountain of Ice on Washington Boulevard in Detroit From the Early 20th Century

November 23, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOne of the unique features of Detroit in winter is the famous ice fountain on Washington Boulevard. Several […]

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Portraits of Members of the London Handlebar Club, 1947

November 22, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“The object of the Handlebar Club was, and still is, to bring together mustache wearers (beards being strictly […]

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Here’s the First Semi-Truck Which Was Invented in 1898 by Alexander Winton

November 18, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe semi-truck was invented by Alexander Winton in 1898. He lived in Cleveland, Ohio. Winton sold his first […]

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Veronica Lake Demonstrating How Her Peek-a-Boo Hairdo Could Get Caught in Machinery for LIFE Magazine, 1943

November 14, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, Veronica Lake (1919–1973) changed her trademark peek-a-boo hairstyle at the urging of the Government […]

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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse in 1940

November 13, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Tacoma Narrows Bridge was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma […]

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Group Portraits of Women’s Ice Hockey Teams From the Early 20th Century

November 12, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIce hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and […]

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Harvey Ross Ball: The Man Behind the Famous Smiley Face Symbol

November 10, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHarvey Ross Ball (July 10, 1921 – April 12, 2001) was an American commercial artist. After World War […]

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Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland and Her Daughter at the First Meeting of the Ladies Automobile Club, 1903

November 10, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Ladies’ Automobile Club was Great Britain’s first dedicated motor club for women. It was not exclusively a […]

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The Most Famous Motorcycle Photo: Rollie Free Stretched Out on the Bathing Suit Bike, Bonneville Salt Flats, Sept. 13, 1948

November 7, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteRoland “Rollie” Free (November 18, 1900 – October 11, 1984) was a motorcycle racer best known for breaking […]

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Amazing Photos of Porters at Covent Garden Market in London Carrying Tower of Baskets on Their Heads

November 5, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCovent Garden Market had its beginning in 1835 when a patent was issued to hold a “public fair […]

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The Girl Who Flirts With Death: Amazing Photos of Motorcycle Stunt Rider Lillian La France in the 1920s and 1930s

November 4, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site“It was the thrill of risking my life that made me to take to drome riding. I was […]

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Vintage Photos of Immigrants Approaching the Statue of Liberty

November 3, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBetween 1886 and 1924, almost 14 million immigrants entered the United States through New York. The Statue of […]

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November Effigies, London, ca. 1870s

November 3, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe accompanying photograph is that of a nondescript guy, somewhat clumsily built up by a costermonger who lives […]

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Grasshoppers Swarm a Downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, Storefront in Early Summer 1937

November 2, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteGrasshoppers like hot, dry weather. Some of the people who survived the 1930s on the plains have stories […]

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Amazing Story of the Original Mask That Michael Myers Wore in the First Two Halloween Movies

October 31, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1978, during the making of the original Halloween, the prop department was faced with the enormous task […]

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The World’s Largest Log Cabin: The History of the Forestry Building in Portland, Oregon

October 28, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOrganizers of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition boasted that the Forestry Building was the world’s largest log […]

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Notched Wedding Ring Worn to Denote Divorce

October 28, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1920s, many women in England, who have been divorced from their husbands, continue to wear the […]

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Blink Test Part of 1949 Smog Study in California

October 21, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBetty Cook, a lab assistant at the Stanford Research Institute, is shown taking a “blink test” as part […]

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Inside the Bradbury Building, the Oldest Commercial Building in Downtown Los Angeles

October 11, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built in 1893, the five-story office […]

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20 Rarely Seen Photographs of the Liberation of Paris, 1944

October 11, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe liberation of Paris was a military battle that took place during World War II from August 19, […]

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Road Safety Series in Sydney Streets, 1938

October 4, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA shocking rise in road fatalities prompted the NRMA (formerly National Roads and Motorists’ Association) to launch new […]

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Photograph of a Suffragette Chained to Railings in London, ca. 1910

October 2, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBlack and white photograph of a suffragette, standing on the corner of Downing Street, London, chained to railings […]

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Uniforms Worn by Researchers During Experiments With Plague in the Philippines, ca. 1912

October 1, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis photo from the archives of the National Museum of Public Health shows two plague researchers in the […]

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Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I

October 1, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen the First World War broke out, the era of the horse bus drew to a close. London’s […]

Los Angeles Smog Meeting, 1954

September 28, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1954, as many as 6,000 people showed up to a protest meeting in Pasadena. Los Angeles’s pollution […]

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