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Vintage photos of Detroit’s Ice Fountain on Washington Boulevard, 1890-1930

May 23, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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 […]

The Antarctic Snow Cruiser: Historical photos of an one-of-a-kind vehicle that turned out to be a colossal failure, 1939-1940

May 21, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

May 16, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

May 12, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

May 5, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

May 5, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

May 1, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

April 14, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

April 9, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

April 8, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

April 3, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

April 3, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

March 26, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

March 18, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

March 18, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

March 14, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

March 6, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

March 3, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

February 21, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

February 16, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

February 4, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

February 4, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

January 20, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

January 16, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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

January 14, 2022 Rare Historical Photos 0

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 […]

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