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Meet Jack the Baboon, Who Worked as a Railroad Signalman in the 1880s for Money and Beer, and Never Made a Mistake!

September 20, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the latter part of the 1800s, travelers to Cape Town, along the Port Elizabeth mainline railroad, frequently […]

A Mom Uses a Trash Can to Contain Her Baby While She Crochets in the Park, 1969

September 18, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site LIFE used to regularly run interesting, strange, amusing or thought-provoking photographs on the last page of the […]

Ancient Romans Carried Flying Penis Amulets to Ward Off Evil

September 17, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOne theory is that those scenes that show sexual activity have an apotropaic power, because they make you […]

Ford Model T Fitted With a Pedestrian Safety Device From the 1920s

September 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1896, a pedestrian was hit, killed and recorded for the first time. In those days, cars were […]

How to Make Photo Caricatures by Weegee, 1962

September 14, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteFor nearly three decades, Arthur Fellig — otherwise known as “Weegee” — ruled the world of Manhattan street […]

The Tragic Story of Mary the Elephant, Who Was Hanged for ‘Murder’ in 1916

September 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis photo was taken on September 13, 1916, shortly after a circus elephant named Mary was hanged in […]

Nuclear Test Dummies: Creepy Photos Show a Fake Town Filled With Mannequins to Test Out Nuclear Weapons in 1953

September 13, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn order to better understand the blast and thermal effects of a nuclear bomb, the US dropped a […]

The ‘Most Beautiful Ape’ Contest, 1972

September 8, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1972, presumably around the time of the June release of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, […]

These Are the World’s Oldest Masks Ever Discovered, And Are Estimated to Be 9000 Years Old!

September 6, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1983, a small team of archaeologists led by Harvard prehistorian Ofer Bar-Yosef, excavated a recently looted cave […]

When Your Computer Room Air Conditioner Fails

September 5, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThat is how I see my office and dream about a conditioner fail. I don’t care about the […]

Portraits of James Morris “The Rubber Man”

September 4, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteJames Morris was known as “The Rubber Man” due to his condition, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Born in 1859 […]

The World’s First Short Horror Film: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)

September 3, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as The Execution of Mary Stuart, is a silent, […]

Anti Miniskirt Sentiment in New York City, 1966

September 2, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA woman stands outside the Adele Ross clothing design store, looking at an anti-miniskirt sign in New York […]

Women at Butlins Holiday Camp Wearing Marilyn Monroe Face Masks in Clacton-on-Sea, England, 1952

August 29, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteLadies have fun in their swimsuits, wearing bizarre Marilyn Monroe papier mache masks, for a beauty pageant. The […]

Little Lost Baby, This Gorgeous Doll From the 1960s Had Three Faces That Rotated in Her Hat: Laughing, Crying, Sleeping

August 28, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis Little Lost Baby doll was made by Ideal Novelty and Toy Co. in 1968. The doll is […]

Piano For the Bedridden, 1935

August 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePiano especially designed for people who are confined to bed, Great Britain, 1935. This amazing bed piano comes […]

These Embroidered Portraits on Found Photographs May Look Half Creepy But Are Fully Captivating!

August 27, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMasks can be creepy, but they can also be fun. Artist Jessica Wohl modifies vintage photographs by embroidering […]

The Dream Collector: Photographer Used His Camera to Recreate Children’s Nightmares From the 1960s

August 23, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteChildhood dreams were what interested American photographer Arthur Tress when, in the late 1960s and ’70s, he created […]

Pére Ubu by Dora Maar, 1936

August 21, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhat kind of creature is in this photograph? Is it a big monster or something smaller? This photograph […]

The Drunk Basket, Istanbul, ca. 1960s

August 15, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA drunken man placed in a basket and carried away, Istanbul, 1960s.⁣⁣ Many bars in Turkey would often […]

Katharina Detzel, a Mental Patient Who Built Her Own Life-Sized Male Doll Out of the Straw From Her Bed, 1914

August 14, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteInsane women had no place in the normal society. They went to mental institutions where they had no […]

The Mysterious Woman Who Ticking Military Men Under Their Chins While Taking Pictures in the Photo Booth in the 1940s

August 11, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese were part of a huge lot of 1940s era photo booth photos that has since been dispersed […]

A 19th Century Tintype of an Orthopedic Shoe

August 9, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis platform shoe circa 1870s was probably used as a correctional for someone with a leg shorter than […]

Groom of the Stool, the Unpleasant Royal Job From the 17th Century

August 9, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Groom of the Stool, or Groom of the King’s Close Stool, has gone down in history as […]

For President: 12 Strange and Funny Distorted Photographic Portraits of ’60s Politicians Made by Weegee

August 8, 2020 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteWeegee’s last major project was caricatures, distorted photographic portraits, of politicians. Weegee’s energies were focused primarily, although not […]

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