She Loved Her Teddy Bear, 1924
This post was originally published on this siteWritten on the back of one card: “SHE LOVED HER TEDDY BEAR.”
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Postmortem Photo of “Loana the Bloodthirster” in 1909, Allegedly She Died From Drinking Her Own Blood
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographing the dead was a rather morbid Victorian era tradition that endured into the 20th Century. A particular […]
Racist, Sexist and Dishonest Vintage Advertisements That Seem Shocking Today
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage advertisements are from Beyond Belief, a book by art collector and former advertising executive Charles Saatchi, […]
During World War I, France Built a Fake Paris to Fool German Pilots
This post was originally published on this siteHow do you save Paris from German World War I bombers? By building a life-sized decoy city, of […]
The Evidence for Bigfoot: The Story Behind the Infamous 1967 Patterson–Gimlin Film
This post was originally published on this siteRoger Patterson and Bob Gimlin had their encounter with Bigfoot on October 20, 1967. The Patterson-Gimlin (PG) film […]
12 Unusual Celebrity Deaths You’ve Never Heard Of…
This post was originally published on this siteOr You May Have Heard One Or Two… Celebrities are victims of seemingly unrestricted access to their private […]
22 Funny Wedding Announcement Name Combos on Newspapers in the Past
This post was originally published on this siteIf these people fit together as perfectly as their last names, well then they’re going to be together […]
18 U.S Presidents Who Were Really Strange People
This post was originally published on this siteThroughout American’s history, many of the men who ultimately served as president of the United States have had some […]
Ananda Mahidol: The Mysterious Death of a King
This post was originally published on this siteAnanda Mahidol, Thailand’s king Rama VIII, died on the 3rd of June, 1946. He was only twenty at […]
10 of the Most Sexist Ads From the Past
This post was originally published on this siteThe advertising world is a truly fascinating instance of subtle or even overt psychological manipulation. Its basic formula […]
This Man Attempted the First Motorcycle Parachute Jump in 1926, And It Didn’t Go Well
This post was originally published on this siteEven though this short video may seem a bit disturbing for certain viewers, it shows, in fact, how […]
These 19th Century Mugshots of a ‘Criminal’ Toddler Are Adorable, But They Are Also Fake!
This post was originally published on this siteAlphonse Bertillon was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who was responsible for standardizing the modern mugshot. […]
From the Rude and Dirty Puns to Just Plain Creepy, 35 Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards With Funny Quotes You Might Not Want to Read
This post was originally published on this siteApparently our ancestors declared their feelings with cutesy animals and creepy-looking children – as well as a load […]
The Mysterious Hasanlu Lovers and Their 2800-Year Old Kiss
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hasanlu Lovers are human remains found by a team from the University of Pennsylvania led by Robert […]
Delivered With Hate: In the Victorian Era, People Sent These Grotesque ‘Vinegar Valentines’ to Their Enemies!
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1840s, hopeful American and British lovers sent lacy valentines with cursive flourishes and lofty poems by […]
The Bizarre Looking of Henry VIII’s Horned Helmet, c.1511-1514
This post was originally published on this siteOne of the most mysterious objects in the Royal Armouries’ collection is the ‘Horned Helmet’, made for Henry […]
LIFE Magazine Pearl Harbor Issue: How To Tell Japs From The Chinese
This post was originally published on this siteBelow are excerpt of several pages from a LIFE magazine’s article (December, 1941): How To Tell Japs From […]
Valentine’s Day Murders: Last Photo of the Valentine’s Dance Couple in Durham, 1971
This post was originally published on this site On Valentine’s Day in 1971, 19-year-old Jesse McBane and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Patricia Mann, went to a […]
20 Vintage Snaps of Demonic Glowing Eyed Cats
This post was originally published on this siteIn many animals, including dogs, cats and deer, the retina has a special reflective layer called the tapetum […]
Story and Vintage Photos of “Olga the Headless Girl” in the Late 1930s and 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Headless Lady illusion was a popular magic trick performed at sideshows in the 1940s. As the story […]
JFK’s Assassination: Who Was the Mysterious Babushka Lady?
This post was originally published on this siteThe Babushka Lady is an unknown woman present during the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy who […]
23 Creepy and Bizarre Vintage Children’s Album Covers
This post was originally published on this siteIt’s true that the world looks more innocent through a child’s eyes. But album covers, even those made […]
Pictures From 1914 Book Show the Principles of Impression Taking and Prosthetic Articulation
This post was originally published on this siteProsthetic Articulation by George Wood Clapp was published by Dentists’ Supply Co. of New York in 1914. The […]
The 1956 Astra-Gnome “Time and Space Car”, a Weird and Wacky Custom Development of the Metropolitan
This post was originally published on this siteThe Astra-Gnome is concept car by industrial designer Richard Arbib using a 1955 Nash Metropolitan chassis. Described as […]
The Bee Gees, Kitarō, and Led Zeppelin Could Not Perform in Singapore in the 1970s Because of a Hair Campaign
This post was originally published on this siteA ban on long hair once existed in Singapore. In the 1960s, a Singapore government policy forbidding any […]