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In 1986, a Man Set a World Record by Spending 72 Hours in a Cage With 72 of the Most Venomous Snake Species in India

January 18, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNeelam Kumar Khaire, a restless 28-year-old, has an unusual world record to his name. He had some strange […]

Vintage Portraits of Women Wearing Bird Hats From the Early 20th Century

January 17, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHats are generally practical. They keep heads warm, faces shaded and bald spots covered. There was nothing practical […]

Haunting Photos From Abandoned Island of the Dolls in Mexico City

January 14, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDolls can be creepy for a number of reasons, the lifeless eyes, the knowing smile, or the outstretched […]

Praise-R-Cise: Christian Aerobics With Christian Music

January 12, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteBet you didn’t realize that all exercise of whatever kind is a vicious, Satanic plot to sap the […]

Bone Church of Rome: Amazing Vintage Photos Show Inside Rome’s Capuchin Crypt From the Late 19th Century

January 3, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePopularly known as the Capuchin Crypt, the ossuary displays the bones of over 3,700 Capuchin friars, who died […]

Day of Beauty: A Whole Day at Helena Rubinstein’s Salon in New York, 1937

January 2, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1936, Helena Rubinstein opened a new salon in a seven-storey building at 715 Fifth Avenue, New York. […]

Pig a Happy New Year! 40 Strange and Funny New Year Pig Cards From the Early 20th Century

January 1, 2021 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThere are lots of theories about why pigs are a symbol of good luck, ranging from pigs being […]

Grotesque Music Sheets From Chansonnier of Zeghere van Male (1542)

December 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe 16th-century scribes of Bruges had a lot of fun illuminating this musical manuscript, because it’s full of […]

Controversial Springmaid Fabrics Ads From the 1940s and 1950s

December 26, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSprings Cotton Mill traces its beginnings to the organization of the fort Mill Manufacturing Company when it opened […]

Artist Using Photoshop Technique to Manipulate Bizarre Christmas Photos With Her Beloved Dog

December 24, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteUsing Photoshop technique, Jen Hack (@jen_hack) manipulated some bizarre Christmas photos from the early 20th century with her […]

Jake the Alligator Man, the Mummified Half-Man Half-Alligator Used to Smoke and Cross-Dressed Celebrity

December 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNo one knows for sure where Jake the Alligator Man originally came from, but Junior Marsh has heard […]

Giant Santa Claus at Porter Chevrolet in Dallas, Texas in December 1953

December 19, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen Porter Chevrolet opened at 5526 East Mockingbird, it asked and got permission from the Dr Pepper Company […]

Carol Singers Wore Masks and Creepy-Looking Cloaks in Hampstead, London, 1910

December 17, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteLike these spooky bin bags, collecting in aid of a charity in 1910. The costumes are a throwback […]

An Ad for Iver Johnson Revolvers From 1904 Claimed to Be Safe Enough to Be Near Babies

December 16, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe gun culture has deep roots in American history, dating to our colonial beginnings. By the turn of […]

These Festive 42-Inch Hairdos Decorated With Tinsel and Ornaments in 1962

December 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteTwo young women display their holiday hairdos, each with 42-inch hair decorated with tinsel and ornaments. Claudette Ackrich’s […]

5 Monsters From Christmas Past That Never Made It to America

December 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAmericans are used to Christmas stories usually being sweet tales of generosity and kindness. But in the rest […]

Meet Miss ‘Sputnick’ Anne Marie Dupont, aka Dyna Sputnick

December 11, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMiss ‘Sputnick’ aka DYNA Sputnik is the latest striptease girl to hit Paris. Her topical gimmich is currently […]

Demonstration of Cryovac Latex Balloon to Solve the Problem of Packing Quick-Frozen Meats, ca. 1939

December 9, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1937 a French scientist named Maurice Piettre, when he arrived in the U.S for a conference on […]

World’s Largest Woman and Smallest Man, July 1922

December 5, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe world’s largest woman in 1922 next to the (billed) world’s smallest man: Nellie Blanche Lane (1898–1955) was […]

A Collection of 20 Fabulous Potato-Themed Real Photo Postcards From the Early 20th Century

December 5, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWARNING: if you are a PL (Potato Lover), some of these photos might be too hot to handle! […]

Acting Out: Amazing Cabinet Cards Offered a New Outlet for Entertainment and Remembering Life’s Everyday Moments From the Victoria Era

December 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThroughout the nineteenth century, the rapidly developing technology of photography revolutionized popular media and its consumption. Once complicated, […]

In the Old Days at Christmas, Women Apologized to Their Husbands for Their Mistakes During the Year

December 3, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAt the turn of the 20th century, where traditionally at Christmas women would get on their knees and […]

Inventor Preparing to Test His Self Propelled Aquaplane, 1935

December 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Shapson Aquaplane, invented by S. Shapiro, was demonstrated for the firs time on the beach at Santa […]

20 Weird Japanese Inventions That We Definitely Need

December 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteJapan, the land of the rising sun, is world-reknowned for its technological prowess. It’s no secret that Japanese […]

Santa Claus in the Old Days

November 29, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn the old days, Santa Claus would gather up bad children, toss them in his basket, and whisk […]

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