Buttons Tune Low-Cost Car Radio, 1938
This post was originally published on this sitePush-button tuning, the modern safety feature that enables car drivers to adjust their radios without taking their eyes […]
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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 […]
Fashions for the Atomic Age, 1954
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1954, hermetically sealed plastic suits developed by General Electric for men who work in their atomic plants, […]
Beautifully Restored 1913 Smith Buckboard in 1956
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1956, this beautifully restored A.O. Smith Buckboard was put into its excellent condition by its present owner […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘Galaxy of Horrors!’: NASA Posters Highlight Spooky Alien Planets, Just in Time for Halloween
This post was originally published on this siteEven NASA is ready for spooky season! With Halloween just around the corner, NASA has released its latest […]
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 […]
Rutan Voyager, the First Aircraft to Fly Around the World Without Stopping or Refueling
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1986, the Rutan Model 76 Voyager became the first aircraft to fly successfully around the world non-stop […]
Inside a Porsche Factory From the Early 1970s
This post was originally published on this site The body of the Porsche 356 was manually manufactured at the Reutter bodywork. The car body cover […]
18 Amazing Vintage AC Spark Plug Ads From the 1950s and 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1899, Albert Champion came to the U.S. as a champion bicycle racer. He found a job with […]
The Story Behind the Windows XP ‘Bliss’ Wallpaper, the Most Viewed Photograph in History
This post was originally published on this siteAsk any computer user today and s/he would instantly recognize the green hills, blue skies and the fluffy […]
“A Huge Brick”: The Evolution Of Mobile Phones From the 1970s to 1990s
This post was originally published on this siteThe history of proto mobile phones goes back to 1908 when a US Patent was issued in Kentucky […]
Old Video of Shakira Witnessing Camera Phone for the First Time in Japan
This post was originally published on this siteTechnology continues to surprise us thanks to its incredible advance by leaps and bounds. But, do you remember […]
30 Vintage Photos Capture People With Radios During the Golden Age of Radio
This post was originally published on this siteThe Golden Age of Radio, also known as the old-time radio (OTR) era, was an era of radio […]
In the 1920s, a Soviet Doctor Removed a Dog’s Head and Kept It Alive Without Its Body
This post was originally published on this siteUntil now, it’s clear that humans are totally obsessed with performing weird experiments especially, on dogs. Another one […]
Vintage Photos of People With Telephones in the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1950s were prosperous years for the United States and saw many technological and economic advances. One of […]
Movie Camera in Police Car Puts Evidence on Film, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteMounted on the dashboard of his patrol car, with its lens pointing forward through the windshield, a motion-picture […]
Test Lip-Stick on Guinea Pig, 1939
This post was originally published on this siteIn the photo below, Max Factor, Hollywood make-up specialist (left) and Dr. J. R. Pratt, chemist, were testing […]
How the "Falling Cat" Phenomenon Helped NASA Prepare Astronauts for Zero Gravity From the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteBack in the golden era of space exploration – the 1960s, NASA scientists were concerned with how astronauts […]
The Two-Headed Dog Experiment: Shavka and Brodyaga, Two Soviet Dogs Became Famous in History by Becoming One
This post was originally published on this site In 1959 Vladimir Demikhov, a Soviet scientist and organ transplant pioneer, attached the upper body of a […]
Before Smart-Home Automation, There Was the Clapper!
This post was originally published on this siteThe Clapper was a sound activated electrical switch that plugged in to a standard outlet, allowing lights, televisions, […]
Robert E. Cornish, the Scientist Who Wanted to Bring Dead Dogs Back to Life
This post was originally published on this siteRobert E. Cornish (December 21, 1903 – March 6, 1963) was an American biologist and writer, best known […]
The Paternoster: The Non-Stop Europe’s Doorless Elevator
This post was originally published on this siteA paternoster is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for […]
Occultus the Bearded Robot, a Clockwork Man That Can Talk and Sing, 1909
This post was originally published on this siteVery little is known other than a weird photo and article on a robot named Occultus or Barbarossa, […]