Mining coal has always been a dangerous and challenging occupation, requiring workers to dig deep underground, often in cramped and dangerous conditions. In this article, we present a collection of …
Vintage Photos of Coal Miners and the Brutal Conditions They Faced Underground, 1900s-1940s Read More
The 1980s, often referred to as the “Decade of Excess,” witnessed a plethora of fashion trends that can only be described as boldly unconventional and, to put it bluntly, ugly. …
Regrettable Fashion Choices of the 1980s: Vintage Photos Show the Worst Trends Read More
Photo taken in the 1840s. The pictures in this collection are some of the earliest known portrait photographs to ever be taken. The subjects in the photos are older and …
These Daguerreotype Portraits Show the Oldest Generation of People to Ever be Photographed, 1840-1850 Read More
Picture the early days of cars—a time of wild experimentation and bold ideas. From then till the mid-20th century, some truly outlandish vehicles hit the roads, breaking all the rules …
Unique and Weird-Looking Cars: The Most Eccentric Designs of 1900s-1960s Read More
These vintage photographs, taken by photographer Alice Austen, capture the working people of New York City. They depict employees, postmen, firefighters, policemen, street cleaners, cab drivers, and other trade people …
Rare Photos Show the Street Life of New York City in the Late 19th Century Read More
Spectators watch a broadcast of the final, decisive game in the rematch between Garry Kasparov and the IBM computer Deep Blue. May 11, 1997. It’s 1997, and Garry Kasparov is …
The day a computer beat the chess world champion, 1997 Read More
Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky (second from left) waiting in vain for a break in the clouds to observe a solar eclipse from Central Asia’s Tien-Shan mountains on January 1, 1907. A few …
Prokudin-Gorsky: Tsarist-era Uzbekistan captured in rare color photographs, 1907-1911 Read More
This collection of photographs shows some of the world’s oldest and oddest vending machines. Nowadays almost anything imaginable can now be purchased from the vending machines, however, the trend for …
Vintage pictures of bizarre vending machines you never knew existed, 1920-1960 Read More
Oil derricks line the coast of Venice, California. 1920. The Golden State got its nickname from the Sierra Nevada gold that lured so many miners and settlers to the West, …
Stunning photos from the time when oil derricks loomed all over California beaches, 1910-1955 Read More
Jayne Mansfield (born in 1933) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer best known for her bombshell curves and film roles during the 1950s and 1960s. A sex symbol while …
Stunning photos of Jayne Mansfield: One of the most famous beauty icons of the 1950s and 1960s Read More