Over Fifty Years, the V-Shaped Three-Point Safety Belt From Volvo Saved Well Over One Million Lives
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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Stilt Cycle Has Two Legs Instead of Wheels From the 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteWooden legs replace the wheels on a stilt cycle made by a Los Angeles man who proudly boasts […]
Sony Portable TV Set for Taxi Passengers in Japan, ca. 1963
This post was originally published on this siteA woman in Japan uses a portable micro television in the back of a car, invented by the […]
Vintage Photos of Type B Bus “Pigeon Loft” During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteFrom its start in the summer of 1914, the demands of the First World War provided the impetus […]
50 Amazing Photographs of Auto Transporters From the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this site Car shipping can be traced all the way back to the invention of the automobile. Cars were […]
40 Sombre Black-and-White Photos of Streets of Manchester in 1963
This post was originally published on this siteManchester went through enormous and difficult changes in the sixties. After WWII cities such as Manchester lost power […]
Street Life of Shanghai in 1947
This post was originally published on this site“A great, wicked and quite extraordinary city” was how, in 1947, LIFE described Shanghai. In 1947, four million […]
Amazing Photos of RMS Aquitania During Her Life
This post was originally published on this siteRMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner of the Cunard Line in service from 1914 to 1950. She […]
Vintage Photos of NYC Subway Riders From the Late 1970s to Early 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteFrom 1977 to 1985, famous Swiss photographer Willy Spiller lived in “The Big Apple”. During his seven-year stay, […]
Amazing Photographs Capture Street Scenes of Sydney From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing photographs were taken by Frederick Danvers Power from between 1898-1926. The photos show street scenes of […]
Road Safety Series in Sydney Streets, 1938
This post was originally published on this siteA shocking rise in road fatalities prompted the NRMA (formerly National Roads and Motorists’ Association) to launch new […]
Amazing Vintage Photos of London Buses Used to Take British Soldiers to the Western Front During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the First World War broke out, the era of the horse bus drew to a close. London’s […]
Photos of Southern Railway 4501 Visiting Chicago in June 1973
This post was originally published on this siteThe photos from Marty Bernard were taken from the Roosevelt Road Viaduct and the trains were on the […]
Amazing Views of Esso Northumbria Tanker Under Construction at Wallsend, UK in 1969
This post was originally published on this siteThe Esso Northumbria was the first of a series of Very Large Crude Carrier ships, built by Swan […]
A Native American Man (Shoshone) Looking at the Central Pacific Railroad, ca. 1860s
This post was originally published on this siteIn this photograph by Alfred Hart taken between 1865–1869, a Native American man looks down upon a newly […]
Vintage Photos Show the First Class Carriages of the Great Western Railway in the Late 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1832 it became clear that Bristol simply had to be connected to London. A group of businessmen […]
Photos of Great Dane “Thor” Riding Around in Sports Car With Mistress, 1961
This post was originally published on this siteWoman driving sports car around Hollywood with Thor the Great Dane riding shotgun in California, 1961. The photographs […]
David Bowie Traveling the Trans-Siberian Railway From Vladivostok to Moscow, April 1973
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1973, David Bowie traveled to the Soviet Union after finishing the Japan leg of his Ziggy Stardust […]
Photos of Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat, the Largest All-Metal Flying Boat to Have Ever Been Constructed
This post was originally published on this siteLaunched from the Saunders-Roe facility at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the first Princess Flying Boat, G-ALUN, […]
50 Wonderful Vintage Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of Seoul in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteSeoul was established as the national capital of the Joseon Dynasty in 1392, and it has continued to […]
Photos of Pittsburgh Streetcar System in the Mid-1960s
This post was originally published on this sitePittsburgh is a city in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States and the county seat of […]
President Abraham Lincoln’s Hearse in Springfield, Illinois, in 1865
This post was originally published on this siteOn May 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was laid to rest in […]
Amazing Vintage Photos of the Marine Angel Going Through Drawbridges on the Chicago River in 1953
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1953, the 600-foot-long, 70-foot-wide Marine Angel transited the Chicago River. The freighter had only seven inches of […]
40 Amazing Photos Show Luxembourg Bus System in the 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteLuxembourg is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, […]
40 Stunning Real Photo Postcards Captured Street Scenes at Night in the 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteProduction of postcards blossomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As an easy and quick way […]