Vintage photos of Detroit’s Ice Fountain on Washington Boulevard, 1890-1930
This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage photos show one of the unique features of Detroit in winter: the famous ice fountain on […]
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The Antarctic Snow Cruiser: Historical photos of an one-of-a-kind vehicle that turned out to be a colossal failure, 1939-1940
This post was originally published on this siteThe Antarctic Snow Cruiser was developed under the direction of famed explorer Admiral Richard Byrd and it was […]
These historical mug shots reveal intriguing criminal stories, 1880-1930
This post was originally published on this siteMug shot photography revolutionized crime investigations and enabled the police to keep visual records of the arrested criminals. […]
Colorful photographs from the 1972 Texas State Fair show people sampling a wide variety of the products of their state
This post was originally published on this siteThese vivid photos from inside the 1972 Texas State Fair exhibition hall show people sampling a wide variety […]
These photos show the NASA’s innovative AX-3 spacesuit, 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteThe AX-3 was designed at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in the middle 1970s. A prototype, it was […]
Photos of people being ticketed for ‘indecent exposure’ at Rockaway Beach of New York, 1946
This post was originally published on this siteIn these vintage photos, the LIFE magazine photographer Sam Shere captured the “indecent exposure” phenomenon at Rockaway Beach, […]
These heartbreaking photos show the child workers of Maine’s sardine canneries, 1911
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1908, photographer Lewis Hine was hired by the American Child Protection Council to report and document the […]
V-Mail: The WWII program that scanned letters onto microfilm, 1942-1945
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, letters were essential for soldiers and sailors stationed overseas. The average soldier wrote six […]
Shocking vintage pictures of Times Square at the height of its depravity in the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteFrom the 1960s to the late 1980s, New York City’s iconic Times Square was a difficult place to […]
The chaos and beauty of Greyhound buses captured by Esther Bubley, 1943
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1942, twenty-one-year-old Esther Bubley, accepted a position with the Office of War Information (OWI) in Washington, D.C. […]
Instructional photos that taught Krystal fast-food workers how to present themselves behind the counter, 1960s
This post was originally published on this siteThese instructional photos were shown as training materials for new hires at Krystal restaurants during the 1960s. They […]
A Saturday afternoon in Hagerstown (Maryland) during the Great Depression, 1937
This post was originally published on this siteIn October 1937, Farm Security Administration photographer Arthur Rothstein visited the small city of Hagerstown in Maryland. He […]
Fascinating pictures show Maine woodsmen on a dangerous logging operation, 1943
This post was originally published on this siteThese photos, taken by the Office of War Information photographer John Collier in 1943, show the Maine woodsmen […]
The World Trade Center under construction through fascinating photos, 1966-1979
This post was originally published on this siteThe World Trade Center project was initiated in the early 1960s through the influence of David Rockefeller in […]
Striking photographs capture the daily life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side, 1941
This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Migrations from 1910 to 1960 brought hundreds of thousands of African-Americans from the South to Chicago, […]
American propaganda posters of World War II that spurred the country to victory, 1940-1941
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Second World War, propaganda posters in the United States were commonly seen on a walk or […]
These sad photos show destitute Great Depression families waiting for aid, 1937-1939
This post was originally published on this siteAs the consequences of the Great Depression, unemployment, poverty, and the effects of the Dust Bowl ravaged the […]
Incredible color photos show the women railroad workers who mobilized the American war effort, 1943
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, America’s railroads were an important part of the war effort and it’s estimated that […]
The photographic story of the The Great New York to Paris Auto Race of 1908
This post was originally published on this siteAt the dawn of the 20th century, automobiles were an infant technology with none of the infrastructure we […]
Pictures from the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: A day that changed America, 2001
This post was originally published on this siteEarly on the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States seemed to be just about the safest […]
Vintage photos of people posing on Tennessee’s Umbrella Rock in Lookout Mountain, 1860-1940
This post was originally published on this siteUmbrella Rock on top of Lookout Mountain was one of the more iconic tourist spots from the 1880s […]
Dorothy Counts: The teenager who challenged the segregation, 1957
This post was originally published on this siteDorothy Counts made national news in September 1957, when at the age of 15, she became one of […]
When the US military pushed helicopters overboard to make room for the last evacuees of the Vietnam War, 1975
This post was originally published on this siteOn the last two days in April 1975, Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Vietnam, ended a twenty-year […]
Historical photos of the iconic Cliff House in San Francisco, 1860-1950
This post was originally published on this siteLocal historians routinely disagree on how many Cliff Houses have been built in the wind-beaten northwestern edge of […]
Stunning photos depicting the rebellious fashion at Woodstock, 1969
This post was originally published on this siteNo one expected the 1969 Woodstock concert and festival to draw a crowd estimated at half-million — nor […]