Nov
12
Amazing Color Photos Show the Festivities at the Rutland State Fair in Vermont, 1941
The Rutland State Fair in Rutland, Vermont, renamed the Vermont State Fair in 1972, …
Author: RHP
Nov
12
Traumatic Photographs Captured by Frank Hurley Show the Horrors of Great War’s Western Front
Frank Hurley was an Australian photographer who became the Australian Imperial F…
Nov
6
A Photographic Glimpse at the Everyday Life on a Native American Reservation in 1972
In 1972, the United States federal government, which was looking to document liv…
Nov
6
London’s East End Life Through the Lens of Jack London, 1902
Not many people know that the famous American author Jack London was also a skil…
Nov
6
The Photos that Captured Earth’s First View from the Moon, 1966
For thousands of years, humans could only speculate what the Earth looked like. …
Nov
5
One of the World’s Largest Log Cabin: The Magnificent Forestry Building in Portland that was Lost in a Fire, 1905
Dubbed by the media as the “world’s largest log cabin,” (actually, second larges…
Nov
2
Vintage Photos Show the Chaotic Holiday Shopping in New York City in 1910
These amazing vintage photos show what it was like to go holiday shopping in New Yor…
Nov
1
NASA Survival Training: When Astronauts had to Train for Survival in Deserts and Jungles, 1960s
All NASA astronaut groups were given a series of survival courses to prepare the…
Oct
28
Bizarre Old Posters that Taught the Early Movie-Goers the Rules and Etiquette for Watching Films, 1912
During the era of silent film, recommendations for behavior were displayed on title …
Oct
27
Crazy Photos of the Daredevil Sky Boys who Built the Empire State Building, 1930-1931
The only thing as impressive as the Empire State Building are the men who built it a…
Oct
26
Flattening Hills to Build Seattle: Historical Photos from 1905-1930
Starting in 1897 and continuing through 1930, the hilly topography of central Se…
Oct
22
Vintage Photos That Show Why the 1970s Men’s Fashion Should Never Come Back
Every decade has a reputation and leaves a legacy for future generations. The 19…
Oct
22
Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll: Vintage Photos of Tina Turner from the Late 1950s to 1980s
Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939, Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S.), was an American-…
Oct
21
Soviet Subcultures Through Vintage Photographs: Hippies, Punks, Goths, and Metalheads, 1980s
The subcultures in the Soviet Union, a country cut off from the West by the infa…
Oct
18
The Offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague with the Largest Vertical Letter File in the World, 1937
These are the offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague (Czechoslovakia ba…
Oct
18
Citroën Karin: A Bizarre French Concept Car that Looked Like a Pyramid Spaceship on Wheels, 1980
When Citroën Karin was first presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1980, it couldn’t …
Oct
18
Vintage Color Postcards Capture Life in 19th Century Tunisia
These stunning color postcards of Tunisia show its vibrant streets, spectacular …
Oct
17
Stunning Vintage Photos of Car Wrecks from the Days before Seat Belts and Airbags, 1930s
These stunning photographs of car wrecks in the 1930s were captured by Leslie Jones,…
Oct
13
When NASA Gave Spiders Drugs to See how it Affected their Webs, 1995
A NASA tech briefing "Using Spider-Web Patterns To Determine Toxicity" was publi…
Oct
11
Alexander Graham Bell’s Bizarre Tetrahedral Kites from 1902-1912
In addition to developing the telephone, the Scottish-born inventor Alexander Gr…