Mar
18
Striking Photographs Capture the Daily Life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side, 1941
The Great Migrations from 1910 to 1960 brought hundreds of thousands of African-Amer…
Author: RHP
Mar
18
Vintage Victorian Photo Album Offers a Gentleman’s Guide to Self-Defense Maneuvers, 1895
These vintage photographs come from an untitled album from the 1890s which records v…
Mar
14
American Propaganda Posters of World War II that Spurred the Country to Victory, 1940-1941
During the Second World War, propaganda posters in the United States were commonly s…
Mar
12
The German Occupation of Czechoslovakia in Rare Photographs, 1938-1939
After Germany’s annexation of Austria in March 1938, Prime Minister Neville Cham…
Mar
11
Goofy Vintage Photos of World War One Soldiers Posing with Fake Military Props, 1914-1930
These military portraits collected by Christopher B. Steiner, a professor of art his…
Mar
11
The Brutal Art of Early Soviet Antireligious Propaganda Posters, 1920-1940
These posters were published in the Soviet anti-religious magazine, Bezbozhnik (…
Mar
7
Idyllic Vintage Photographs Capture the Rustic Rural Life in Victorian England, 1857
These idyllic photographs, taken by William Morris Grundy, capture the rural lif…
Mar
6
The Stereoscopic Ghost Photos that Spooked the Victorian Public, 1865
Spirit photography began in the late 19th century, around the time that the spiritua…
Mar
6
These Sad Photos Show Destitute Great Depression Families Waiting for Aid, 1937-1939
As the consequences of the Great Depression, unemployment, poverty, and the effects …
Mar
3
Incredible Color Photos Show the Women Railroad Workers Who Mobilized the American War Effort, 1943
During World War II, America’s railroads were an important part of the war effor…
Feb
21
The Photographic Story of the Great New York to Paris Auto Race of 1908
At the dawn of the 20th century, automobiles were an infant technology with none…
Feb
20
Portraits of Alaskan Inuit Captured by the Lomen Bros Studio, 1900-1930
These photographs, taken by the Lomen family, capture the indigenous Yupik Eskim…
Feb
17
Vintage and Bizarre Photos of Exercise Machines from the Past, 1920-1970
Fitness, as we know it today, may seem to be a relatively modern invention, but …
Feb
16
Pictures from the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: A Day that Changed America, 2001
Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States seemed to be just abou…
Feb
13
Photographs of Kwakwakaʼwakw Ceremonial Dress and Masks Captured by Edward Curtis, 1914-1915
The Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw (or Kwakiutl) are Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous people.…
Feb
13
Vintage Photos from the First Tour de France, 1903
A publicity stunt dreamed up by newspapermen, the first Tour de France saw a rag…
Feb
8
These Vintage Photos Capture Traveling Circus Performers in Northern Ireland, 1910-1911
In the early years of the 20th century, a number of circuses toured Northern Ire…
Feb
8
The Evolution of the Sagrada Família in Stunning Photographs, 1882
Antonio Gaudí started work designing a building in 1883 he originally termed the…
Feb
4
Vintage Photos of People Posing on Tennessee’s Umbrella Rock in Lookout Mountain, 1860-1940
Umbrella Rock on top of Lookout Mountain was one of the more iconic tourist spot…
Feb
4
Dorothy Counts: The Teenager Who Challenged the Segregation, 1957
Dorothy Counts made national news in September 1957, when at the age of 15, she …