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Two Brothers Posing for a Photo in Sequoia National Park Moments Before Being Struck by Lightning, 1975

August 20, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis is the picture of two brothers named Michael and Sean McQuilken. The photo was taken by their […]

Molded Staggered Tooth Gear, Mesta Machine Company, West Homestead, Pennsylvania, 1913

August 7, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA Mesta Machine Company employee stands next to a molded staggered tooth gear at the company’s West Homestead […]

Before Radar Was Invented, Enemy Aircraft Were Spotted Using Sound Locators That Looked Like Musical Instruments

August 4, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBefore the invention of radar during World War II, incoming enemy warplanes were detected by listening with the […]

Hubot by Hubotics, Carlsbad, ca. 1984

August 2, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site Hubot is 44-inch tall, 110 pound battery-operated personal robot and when programmed, Hubot will remember how to […]

Amazing Vintage Photographs of Pneumatic Tube Messaging Systems

July 25, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePneumatic tube systems are not novel to the 21st century, the concept of pneumatic transportation can be traced […]

The First Russian Pig in Space

July 21, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBefore sending the first human Yuri Gagarin to space, Russian scientists made a lot of experiments with animals. […]

July 13, 1923: Roy Chapman Andrews Discovered the First Recognized Dinosaur Eggs in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

July 13, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn July 13, 1923, American explorer, adventurer, and paleontologist, Roy Chapman Andrews, was the first person in the […]

Candid Photos of People Posing With Televisions in the 1950s

June 1, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTelevisions made their way into U.S. homes starting in 1939. Through the 1940s, Americans had the three networks, […]

Vintage Photographs Depict the Moment a Group of Statues of King Menkaure Were Unearthed in Giza

May 28, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1902 an Egyptological “summit” was held on the terrace of the Mena House hotel in Cairo. It […]

The First Digital Image Ever Made in 1957

May 24, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe first digital photo came in 1957 when Russell Kirsch made a 176×176 pixel digital image by scanning […]

Steve Wozniak Working on a Computer Prototype in the Famous Garage, ca. 1983

April 1, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn April 1, 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs found Apple Computer in the garage of Jobs’ parents […]

On March 1, 1975: Australian Television Stations Officially Moved to Color

March 22, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn February 1972 the Australian Government announced that all Australian TV stations would convert to color in March […]

March 6, 1920: New York City Debuted Its First Traffic Signal System

March 8, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn March 6, 1920, New York City debuted its first traffic signal system, on 42nd Street and 5th […]

Candid Photographs Taken Between 1998 and 2002 of People Using Mobile Phones

March 7, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese candid photographs are from “The Phone Book” (2002) by British photographer Martin Parr. A project undertaken in […]

The Cast of Star Trek Greeting the Space Shuttle Enterprise as It Rolls Out of the Hangar on Sept. 17, 1976

February 26, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSeptember 17, 1976: NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, in Palmdale, California. Named after the ship […]

Audi Workers Demonstrating the Body Strength of the Audi 920 in 1938

February 2, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Audi 920 is a car introduced in 1938 by the Audi division of Auto Union to replace […]

Telemedicine Prediction From 1925

February 1, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 1920s was an incredible decade of advancement for communications technology. Radio was finally being realized as a […]

A Picture of a Photograph: The Family Photo That Charlie Duke Left on the Moon in 1972

January 29, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn April 23, 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts Charlie Duke and John Young embarked on the third and final […]

Albert Einstein and Marie Curie Having a Walk and a Talk by the Geneva Lake, ca. 1920s

January 16, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDiscussing near a lake, ca. 1929. A meeting of the most brilliant scientific minds of that time. Note […]

Energy Predictions for 2022 From 1922

January 10, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1922, the popular English novelist Walter Lionel George (1882–1926) sat down and put his mind to envisioning […]

Christmas Dinner on the Apollo VIII as It Headed to the Moon, 1968

December 12, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn Christmas Eve, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission, the astronauts opened their meal packages to discover thermo-stabilized […]

Bruce McCandless II, the First Human Being to Do a Spacewalk Without a Safety Tether Linked to a Spacecraft

November 25, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn February 7, 1984, on Space Shuttle Challenger’s STS 41-B mission, Bruce McCandless donned a backpack mobility device—the […]

The Rudge Coventry Rotary Tricycle From the Late 19th Century

November 15, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSocial, but reserved for the wealthy: even elaborate bicycles like these Starley trikes were expensive. This chassis was […]

On Nov 12, 1966, Buzz Aldrin Took the First Space Selfie During the Gemini 12 Mission

November 12, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHe might not have quite managed to be the first man on the moon but astronaut Buzz Aldrin […]

The Clearest Photo of Neil Armstrong Walking on the Lunar Surface, Enhanced From the Reflection of Buzz Aldrin’s Helmet

October 23, 2023 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Apollo 11 moon mission on July 21, 1969, almost every single photo you see of an […]

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