Dec
18
Stunning Photos from the Time when Oil Derricks Loomed all over California Beaches, 1910-1955
The Golden State got its nickname from the Sierra Nevada gold that lured so many…
Author: RHP
Dec
17
The Great Sphinx of Giza Through Vintage Photographs from 1850-1940
At 240 feet (73 m) long by 62 feet wide (19 m) and reaching a height of 66 feet …
Dec
17
Vintage Photos of the Old-School Lumberjacks Who Fell Giant Trees with Axes, 1890-1935
Before the invention of motorized chainsaws and logging machinery, the hard work…
Dec
14
Pictures of Graf Zeppelin Over Chicago that Left the Onlookers in Complete Awe, 1929
These vintage photographs show the airship Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 flying over Chic…
Dec
13
Harlem Hellfighters: Rare Photographs of the African American Regiment Renowned for Courage Despite Prejudice, 1917-1918
The Hellfighters, the infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard, was…
Dec
13
Photographs of the Old TWA Flight Center that was Considered a Shrine to Minimalist Design, 1962
Eero Saarinen’s outlandish air terminal for TWA at New York’s JFK International Airp…
Dec
9
Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim: The Photographic Story of an Unusual Friendship that Scandalized England, 1887-1901
The close relationship between Queen Victoria and her young Indian attendant Abd…
Dec
9
D-Day: The Normandy Landings Through Rare Photographs
The D-Day Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was an immense underta…
Dec
8
When Hitler’s Nephew Moved to America and Joined the US Navy to Fight his Uncle, 1911-1947
William Patrick Stuart-Houston (né Hitler), son of Alois Hitler Jr, was the half…
Dec
6
The Great Chicago Fire and the Unimaginable Destruction Seen Through Rare Photographs, 1871
On the evening of October 8, 1871, more than 300,000 weary residents of the great ci…
Dec
6
Aboard the USS Brooklyn: These Photographs Document the Lives of Sailors on a 1896 Warship
USS Brooklyn, the third United States Navy armored cruiser, was completed in 1896 in…
Dec
5
The People of Rural Norway Through the Photographs of Nils Olsson Reppen, 1900s
Photographer Nils Olsson Reppen was born in 1856 on the farm Reppen in Sogndal i…
Dec
2
Magnificent Pictures of New York’s Old Penn Station before it was Demolished, 1910-1963
During the first half of the twentieth century, the original Pennsylvania Station wa…
Nov
29
Robert McGee: The Man who was Scalped as a Child by Native American Warriors, 1864
Robert McGee is one of the few people in American frontier history to survive ha…
Nov
27
Vintage Devices of Birth Control that Look Appalling, 500 BCE-1970s
Although the birth control pill and other hormonal contraceptive devices are mod…
Nov
27
The Young 14th Dalai Lama Through Old Photographs, 1935-1959
The title Dalai Lama refers to an individual who serves as the spiritual and politic…
Nov
27
Shackleton’s Expedition to Antarctica on The Endurance: The Photographic Journey of One of the Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told, 1914-1917
In August 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail fo…
Nov
24
The Halifax Explosion: The Naval Accident that Erased an Entire City in Canada, 1917
It was a blast heard around the world. News of what happened when two ships coll…
Nov
24
Vibrant Color Photographs of Chicago’s Rail Yards Taken by Jack Delano in the 1940s
In 1942 and 1943, the Farm Security Administration photographer Jack Delano spen…
Nov
22
Schlörwagen: The Bizarre German Car that was Super-Aerodynamic but Very Impractical, 1939
The 1930s was a defining decade for automotive design, during which time the car…