22 Eerie Daguerreotypes of Black Nursemaids Holding White Children For a Photograph
This post was originally published on this siteThe daguerreotype was the prevailing form of photography in America from 1839 until the late 1850s. Since the […]
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Blanche Monnier: The French Socialite Who Was Locked in Her Attic for 25 Years, Following a Thwarted Love
This post was originally published on this siteBlanche Monnier (March 1, 1849 – October 13, 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers […]
The Very First Version of Tetris Was Released Into the World on June 6, 1984
This post was originally published on this siteTetris was created in June 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov, an artificial intelligence researcher working for the Soviet Academy […]
40 Amazing Photos From the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests
This post was originally published on this siteFrom April 1989 people from across China gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of the […]
Vintage Photographs of New Yorkers Selling Apples During the Great Depression
This post was originally published on this site“I know that people don’t really consider farming to be the most ‘respectable’ of professions, but when I […]
“NO WHITE PEOPLE ALLOWED IN ZOO TODAY”
This post was originally published on this siteThese black and white photographs, taken by Ernest Withers, depict the entrance to a Memphis zoo. At front […]
Here’s the Earliest Known Image of Enslaved African Americans, ca. 1850s
This post was originally published on this siteA quarter plate daguerreotype believed to be the earliest known image of African American slaves with cotton was […]
Operation Mustang: The Story of How Ford Put a 1966 Mustang on Top of the Empire State Building
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the Empire State Building opened in 1931 as the world’s then-tallest building – a title it held […]
Vintage Photos Capture Inside the ‘Jolly Tar’ Tavern Car, a Real Pub That Ran on Rails in London From the Late 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteThe ‘Jolly Tar’ Tavern cars were a novel concept putting the characteristic elements of a country pub into […]
Amazing Hand-Colored Portraits of Oglala Sioux Chiefs, 1899
This post was originally published on this siteThe Oglala are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make […]
Some Early Tornado Photographs From the 19th Century
This post was originally published on this sitePhotography is a major tool of tornado investigators. Detailed examinations of still pictures and careful photogrammetric analyses of […]
20 Amazing Vintage Photos of Open Air Schools in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteOpen air schools were purpose-built educational institutions for children, that were designed to prevent and combat the widespread […]
Sandbags Protecting the Notre Dame Cathedral During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteNotre-Dame de Paris (meaning “Our Lady of Paris”), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral […]
Striking Photo of Football Fans Wearing Masks During a Game at Georgia Tech in Atlanta Due to the 1918 Pandemic
This post was originally published on this siteA century ago, college sports in the United States was hit hard by the Spanish flu pandemic. Games […]
May 24, 1991: During Operation Solomon, the World Record for the Most Passengers on a Commercial Airplane is 1,122
This post was originally published on this siteOperation Solomon was a covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel from May 24 to […]
The Grizzly Bear Chair Made for American President Andrew Johnson by Seth Kinman, 1865
This post was originally published on this siteEveryone knows about the Oval Office, the pictures of past Presidents, the Kennedy Room, the Lincoln Room, but […]
Amelia Earhart Completed the First Transatlantic Solo Flight by a Woman on May 21, 1932
This post was originally published on this siteAmelia Earhart, the pioneering female pilot, achieved enduring fame with the many aviation records she set during the […]
May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh Landed in Paris, Completing the World’s First Solo, Nonstop Transatlantic Flight
This post was originally published on this siteOn May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris’ Le Bourget Field at 10:22 p.m. local time, completing […]
Photographers’ Brave Final Shots of the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption
This post was originally published on this siteLast pictures from Robert Landsburg as the eruption of Mt St Helens beared down on him. Knowing he […]
The Story Behind One of the Most Striking Photos of the Mount St. Helens Eruption After 40 Years
This post was originally published on this siteOn March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in […]
Japan’s 1918 Pandemic Prevention Posters Suggested Some Rules to Avoid Spreading and Contracting the Flu
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1918 Influenza epidemic began in Japan in late August 1918 and became a national epidemic in November. […]
1939 Duesenberg Coupe Simone Midnight Ghost
This post was originally published on this siteDuesenberg ceased production in 1937 after Cord’s financial empire collapsed. However, between 1937 and 1940, one automobile put […]
John Pierre Chates, the Cat Who Came to Stapleton, Staten Island With His Own Passport in 1942
This post was originally published on this site“This is about a refugee ship, 396 refugees from Lisbon. It’s the usual stuff–a baby was born, a […]
Discovery of the Statue of Antinous at Delphi in 1894
This post was originally published on this siteOn July 1, 1893, at the excavation of Delphi near the Temple of Apollo, archaeologists uncovered a near-perfectly […]
Astrid Kirchherr With The Beatles
This post was originally published on this siteAstrid Kirchherr, the photographer who helped shape The Beatles’ image early in her career, died in Hamburg this […]