1940’s Los Angeles in Color
This post was originally published on this siteShot from an automobile driving through Bunker Hill and downtown Los Angeles, ca. 1940s. (Colorized by Neural Networks […]
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16 Vintage Photographs That Show People Riding Zebras From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteZebras are beautiful, wild animals native to Africa. However, as many European colonizers learned in the early 20th […]
The Glamour of Train Travel: 40 Vintage Photos Show How Glamorous Train Travel Used to Be From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteTraveling by train was pretty swanky from the early 20th century, and it hasn’t gone out of style. […]
Vintage Photos Capture Inside the ‘Jolly Tar’ Tavern Car, a Real Pub That Ran on Rails in London From the Late 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteThe ‘Jolly Tar’ Tavern cars were a novel concept putting the characteristic elements of a country pub into […]
May 24, 1991: During Operation Solomon, the World Record for the Most Passengers on a Commercial Airplane is 1,122
This post was originally published on this siteOperation Solomon was a covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel from May 24 to […]
20 Amazing Photos of “Luxurious” Lada Stretched Limousines
This post was originally published on this siteLada is a brand of cars manufactured by Russian automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ (originally VAZ). The Lada brand appeared […]
Titanic Interior: 20 Amazing Vintage Photos That Show Suites and Staterooms of the First Class the RMS Titanic
This post was originally published on this siteReflecting the White Star Line’s reputation for superior comfort and luxury, the RMS Titanic had extensive facilities for […]
Will We Move Around the Town Like This?
This post was originally published on this site (Illustration by Walter Molino, 1962) Translation from Italian: “Will we move around the town like this? Here’s […]
Rocket Express Ride: Vintage Photos of Department Store Monorail for Kids in the U.S From the 1940s and 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteThese monorails sized for kids, called the Rocket Express, that travel around and above the entire toy department […]
Long Before Inline Skates Were a Thing, There Were Ritter’s Aptly Named Road Skates, ca. 1898
This post was originally published on this siteLike inline skates, they were meant to free skating enthusiasts of those pesky iceless roads. As an advertisement […]
The World’s Oldest Electric Elevated Railway: 20 Vintage Photos of Wuppertal Schwebebahn in Germany in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteThe Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspension Railway) is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. Designed by Eugen Langen to […]
When Batman Isn’t Saving Gotham, He’s Helping These Adorable Kids Cross the Street!
This post was originally published on this siteHopefully no supervillains were harmed in the making of this road safety video featuring “Batman” actor Adam West. […]
Amazing Photographs of the Mt. Lowe Railway’s Thrilling, Terrifying Circular Bridge From the Turn of the 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteCall it 19th-century L.A.’s idea of a thrill ride. Leaving the safety of granite slopes, trolley cars arced […]
Terrifying Vintage Photo of Commuters Donned Pig Masks to Dramatize Fight, 1955
This post was originally published on this siteIt wasn’t Halloween! These little piggies went to Weehawken on March 15, 1955. (Photo: William C. Eckenberg/The New […]
Inside a 1947 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, the “Largest and Fastest Aircraft in Commercial Service”
This post was originally published on this siteAfter World War II, Boeing reentered the commercial market with a new long-range airliner, the Stratocruiser (Model 377). […]
24 Bizarre Vintage Photos of Steam Engines After a Boiler Explosion From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThere are many causes for boiler explosions such as poor water treatment causing scaling and over heating of […]
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks Refused to Give Up Her Bus Seat to a White Passenger in Montgomery, Alabama
This post was originally published on this siteRosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil […]
Incredibly Beautiful Vintage Photos of a Two-Mile-Long Moving Sidewalk That Was Built for the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1900, if you were lucky enough to have a ticket such as this one—and almost fifty million […]
The Brennan Gyro-Monorail: The World’s First Single-Track Railcar That Was Never Developed Beyond the Prototype Stage
This post was originally published on this siteThe Brennan Gyro-Monorail was developed by the Irish-born Australian inventor Louis Brennan (1852–1932). It was 40 feet long […]
20 Amazing Photographs of Hansom Cabs From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an […]
Holiday Nostalgia Train: Take a Ride on a Vintage 1930s NYC Subway Car
This post was originally published on this siteEach year during the month of December, New York residents can witness the Holiday Nostalgia Train Rides up […]
The Nuclear-Powered Bullet Train From the 1970’s Series ‘Supertrain’
This post was originally published on this siteA nuclear-powered bullet train that was equipped with amenities more appropriate to a cruise ship, it had luxuries […]
35 Amazing Photos of the Moscow Metro in 1935
This post was originally published on this siteThe Moscow metro consists of 12 lines and 180 stations. The first line was opened in 1935, and […]
A Papier-Mache Cow is Being Tied to the Car by a Field Officer in the Women’s Land Army, Melbourne, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteA papier-mache cow, used for milking demonstrations at the Werribee experimental farm, being tied on to the luggage […]
Fascinating Vintage Photos From 1970s Reveal Amtrak’s Early Days
This post was originally published on this siteAs the result of the nation’s reliance on automobiles and increasing popularity of airplane travel that led to […]