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A Small Welsh Town With a Big Welsh Name, Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

July 3, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

July 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 26, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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!

June 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 22, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 19, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 19, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePalle Huld (August 2, 1912 – November 26, 2010) was a Danish film actor and writer. He appeared […]

Napoleon’s Bicorne Hat, Salvaged From the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

June 18, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen Napoleon fled the Battlefield of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, he left behind his campaign baggage and […]

Haunting Photographs From the Aftermath of the 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo

June 17, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely […]

Rare Photos Show Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret as the Teenage Stars in Private Royal Pantomimes in the 1940s

June 17, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese photographs were taken between December 1941 and 1944 and show a teenaged Queen and her sister, Princess […]

Man Trying to Sell His Luxury Roadster for $100 Cash Following the 1929 Stock Market Crash

June 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Wall Street Crash of 1929 (October 1929), also known as the Great Crash, and the Stock Market […]

Just a Few Decades Ago, Hospital Candy Stripers Used to Sell Cigarettes to Patients

June 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteJust a few decades ago, hospital candy stripers sold cigarettes to patients in bed. Today, culture has changed […]

Amazing Vintage Photographs of the TC-497 Overland Train Mark II, the Longest Offroad Vehicle in the World

June 14, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the early 1950s, LeTourneau, Inc., a heavy-equipment maker based in Longview, Texas, developed the idea of using […]

The Story of August Landmesser, the Lone German Who Refused to Give a Nazi Salute on June 13, 1936

June 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn June 13, 1936, the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany held a ceremony to launch its […]

The Burning Monk: The Story Behind the Shocking and Iconic Image of Thich Quang Duc Immolating Himself on a Saigon Street, 1963

June 11, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMalcolm Browne was 30 years old when he arrived in Saigon on Nov. 7, 1961, as AP’s first […]

June 11, 1955: 83 People Were Killed at the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. It’s the Most Catastrophic Motorsport Accident!

June 11, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de […]

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