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The Earliest Known Image Depicting a Train Wreck on the Providence Worcester Railroad, Rhode Island, 1853

August 12, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn August 12, 1853, a head-on collision occurred on a single track between Providence, Rhode Island and Worcester, […]

Scene Inside a New Zealand Railway Carriage, ca. 1920s

August 11, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteInterior of a railway carriage, showing several items of New Zealand Railways picnic equipment. A woman is seated […]

Canadian Police Officer Guarding the Pharmacy in Waist-High Flood Waters in Galt, Ontario, 1974

August 10, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteEven as the flood waters rose, the sun shone bright on May 17, 1974. Earlier rains and a […]

When Checker Went Long: 24 Amazing Photos of Checker Aerobus 8-Door Station Wagon

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This post was originally published on this siteThe Checker Aerobus, both 6- and 8-door models, is an automobile manufactured on two different wheelbases by the […]

The Goatmobile, ca. 1900s

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This post was originally published on this siteA man and his goat mobile, early 1900s: The caption reads: “A progressive citizen of Columbus, Ohio, anxious […]

Melbourne’s First Cable Tram Service, 1885

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This post was originally published on this siteThe Melbourne tram network began in 1884 with the construction of the Fairfield Horse Tramway. However, the purpose […]

18 Rare and Amazing Vintage Photographs of the Construction of the Metropolitan Railway in London, circa 1861

July 22, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from […]

Giant Hippo Harnessed and Hitched to Circus Cart, About to Give Trainer a Ride, 1924

July 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter considerable coaching at the hands of an animal trainer, “Lotus,” a circus hippopotamus enjoying winter quarters in […]

20 Amazing Vintage Photos of Daddy Long-Legs, a Weird and Wonderful Seaside Railway in Brighton

July 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 19th century was an age of science and industry, and one where individual inventors could transform the […]

50 Fascinating Photos Show the Bus System of San Diego in the 1970s

July 9, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is the transit bus and rail service provider for southern San […]

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1940’s Los Angeles in Color

July 6, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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 […]

16 Vintage Photographs That Show People Riding Zebras From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

July 5, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

June 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

May 31, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

May 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

May 6, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

May 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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?

March 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

March 5, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

March 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

March 1, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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!

February 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

February 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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

February 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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”

February 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

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). […]

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