When White House Had to Be Completely Gutted: Rare Photos From 1949-1952
When President Truman moved into the executive mansion in 1945, they found the W…
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The Days of the Drive-In Movie Theaters Through Rare Photographs, 1930-1950
Though there were drive-ins as early as the 1910s, the first patented drive-in w…
The Old Cincinnati Library Before Being Demolished: Photos From 1874-1955
Built in 1874 on the site reserved for an opera house, the Old Cincinnati Librar…
A Nostalgic Glance at American Shopping Malls of the Late 1980s
In 1989, Michael Galinsky, then a 20-year-old student, took a month to traverse …
The Reichstag Building in Berlin Just Before the First Restoration Began, 1958
The Reichstag had not been in use since when it burned in February 1933 and its …
Moving a 7,600 Ton Apartment Building to Create a Boulevard in a Romanian Town, 1987
During the Communist Era in Romania, huge massive Soviet-style apartment buildin…
The Speed with Which They Built the Empire State Building in 1931
The idea for the Empire State Building is said to have been born of a competitio…
Unboxing the Statue of Liberty Through Rare Photographs Taken in 1885
The Statue of Liberty was completed in Paris in June 1884, presented to America …
The Original Moulin Rouge the Year Before it Burned Down and Other Historical Images from 1890-1930
On 6 October 1889, the Moulin Rouge (English: The Red Mill) opened in the Jardin…
The Headquarters of Mussolini’s Italian Fascist Party, 1934
The building in the picture is Palazzo Braschi in Rome, the headquarters of the …