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Little Curies: Marie Curie and Her X-Ray Vehicles’ Contribution to World War I Battlefield Medicine

February 16, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War I, Marie Curie recognized that wounded soldiers were best served if operated upon as soon […]

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Historic Photographs Capture the Training of Ham the Chimp and Other Astrochimps in 1961

February 14, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWell before the USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, in 1957, and obviously long before the U.S. […]

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On January 31, 1961 Ham Became the First Chimpanzee in Space

January 31, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn the morning of January 31, 1961, in south Florida, a 5-year-old chimpanzee dubbed “Ham” by his handlers […]

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Meet Joseph Strobl, an Expert Soap Taster at the Los Angeles Soap Company, California, 1934

January 28, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTesting soap by taste was one of the chief duties of Joseph Strobl, chief soap maker for a […]

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Man-From-Mars Radio Hat, Kind of a 1949 iPod

January 24, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe radio hat was a portable radio built into a pith helmet that would bring in stations within […]

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January 24, 1984: The Apple Macintosh Computer Goes on Sale

January 24, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe “Mac” was the first commercially successful personal computer using a graphical user interface and a mouse. The […]

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The de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle: A One-Man Personal Helicopter From the 1950s

January 23, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe HZ-1 Aerocycle, also known as the YHO-2 and by the manufacturer’s designation DH-5 Aerocycle, was an American […]

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Behold the Iter Avto, the World’s First Automobile Navigator, Created in 1930

January 12, 2022 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOf course, it didn’t have voice prompts and GPS, but we all need to start somewhere. The principle […]

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Over Fifty Years, the V-Shaped Three-Point Safety Belt From Volvo Saved Well Over One Million Lives

December 10, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThere is a saying that the simplest is often the best. However, it was only towards the end […]

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Photos of Famous People at Sean Lennon’s 9th Birthday in 1984

November 12, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, was born at Weill Cornell Medical Center in […]

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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 […]

Vintage Photos of People Posing by Their TVs in the 1970s

October 5, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTelevision became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years […]

30 Photos Show the Inside of Offices in the 1970s and ’80s

September 27, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe office has transformed dramatically since the 1970s: in layout, in culture and in technology. It was a […]

DAF-Domburg Diesel Bus With Slide Out Motor for Ease of Maintenance

September 27, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site1949 innovation where the motor can be “taken out” of the bus, literally, so it can be easily […]

Before Computer: Vintage Photos of People From the Past With Their Typewriters

September 25, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of […]

Face Reconstruction of Ramses II, Based on the Pharoah’s Mummy

September 6, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteArtificial Intelligence reconstruction of what Pharaoh Ramses II may have looked like (1,303 – 1,213 BC). Ramesses II […]

The Earliest Photographs of a Total Solar Eclipse, 1854

August 26, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1841-42, William and Frederick Langenheim opened a daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia. Known for their technical innovations, the […]

30 Vintage Photographs Capture Daily Life at the Volkswagen Factory in Wolfsburg in 1972

August 18, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteVolkswagen is one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers in the world but it’s worldwide headquarters are still […]

Diathermy in Beauty Culture From From the 1930s

August 15, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen the term diathermy is used in beauty culture it usually refers to ‘surgical diathermy.’ Diathermy treatments of […]

Mechanical Hands With Remote Control: GE Master-Slave Manipulator by John Payne, 1948

August 13, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe village blacksmith of Longfellow may have had “muscles like iron bands,” but scientist John Payne of General […]

The Cat-Mew Machine: A Device That Produces Cat Sounds, Meant to Keep Away Rodents

August 6, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePowered by a two-watt motor, and like a terrible scarecrow, this machine was invented in Japan in 1963. […]

Fascinating Vintage Ads of Old-School Headphones

July 17, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHeadphones grew out of the need to free up a person’s hands when operating a telephone. By the […]

22 Fascinating Vintage Computer Ads for Families From the 1980s

July 13, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIt’s hard to imagine a life without a computer nowadays, but 40 years ago it was not that […]

Homes of the Future: A Look Back at Charles Schridde’s Stunning ‘60s Ads For Motorola

July 6, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteCharles Schridde was born in 1926 and grew up in rural Illinois. He was an artist from an […]

Radiana – A Robot Built With Human Bones From the 1920s

June 25, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteRadiana was a “robot” or “automaton” employed by the magician Professor John Popjie, who toured in the 1920s […]

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