Psychedelic fashion was a quintessential 1960s movement. Although it was eventually, and to some degree opportunistically, embraced by virtually every mainstream design and sector of the fashion industry, it would be hard to isolated a single designer or even a cluster of designers who could be credited for its invention or promotion. Nevertheless, the psychedelicContinue reading “10 Fantastic Photos Showing Psychedelic Hippie Fashion in London in 1967”
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Portraits of Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than any previous British monarch. It was a period ofContinue reading “Portraits of Queen Victoria”
50 Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1970s Volume 4
Vintage Photos Capture Teenage Record Parties in the 1950s and 1960s
Before the 1950s, teenagers listened to the music of their parents, but when rock and roll came on the scene teens swarmed to it. Even though teens were able to purchase rock and roll records because they were receiving extra spending money, their parents were opposed to rock and roll music, they despised it, andContinue reading “Vintage Photos Capture Teenage Record Parties in the 1950s and 1960s”
125 Reasons You Could End Up in a Lunatic Asylum in the 19th Century
Reasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia from 1864 to 1889 included laziness, egotism, disappointed love, female disease, mental excitement, cold, snuff, greediness, imaginary female trouble, “gathering in the head,” exposure and quackery, jealousy, religion, asthma, masturbation, and bad habits. Spouses used lunacy laws to rid themselves of their partners andContinue reading “125 Reasons You Could End Up in a Lunatic Asylum in the 19th Century”
20 Vintage Photos Showing How Things Really Were in the “Wild West” of the 1800s
The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, includes the geography, history, folklore, and culture in the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few western territories as statesContinue reading “20 Vintage Photos Showing How Things Really Were in the “Wild West” of the 1800s”
31 Photos Of Life Inside Ravensbrück, The Nazis’ Only All-Female Concentration Camp
In 1938, Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of Ravensbrück, a concentration camp exclusively for women. Around an hour north of Berlin, Ravensbrück also served as a training camp for female Nazi overseers, many of whom would go on to be chief wardresses at other concentration camps. From 1939 to 1945, over 100,000 women from 20Continue reading “31 Photos Of Life Inside Ravensbrück, The Nazis’ Only All-Female Concentration Camp”
17 Vintage Photographs of The Arrival of World War II Refugees in Oswego, New York in 1944
Before war came, they had not necessarily had much in common. Eva Bass, pictured in the photo below, was a nightclub singer; Julius Hirschler, who appears in the seventh photo, was a banker. The 981 other people with whom they traveled had lives of their own, too. By August of 1944, however, they all sharedContinue reading “17 Vintage Photographs of The Arrival of World War II Refugees in Oswego, New York in 1944”
Started as a Mistake, Retired Gym Teacher Wore the Same Disco-Era Outfit for 40 Years of Yearbook Portraits
Retired gym teacher Dale Irby posed for his first yearbook photo back in 1973 at Prestonwood Elementary school in Dallas, Texas. The next year, completely by accident, Irby wore the exact same outfit. “I was so embarrassed when I got the school pictures back that second year and realized I had worn the very sameContinue reading “Started as a Mistake, Retired Gym Teacher Wore the Same Disco-Era Outfit for 40 Years of Yearbook Portraits”
13 Amazing Photographs of Revolutionary Veterans Who Lived Long Enough to Have Their Pictures Taken
Images of Americans who fought in the Revolution are exceptionally rare because few of the Patriots of 1775-’83 lived until the dawn of practical photography in the early 1840s; far fewer were daguerreotyped; many, probably most, of such daguerreotypes never carried identification; and finally, the ravages of time have claimed the vast majority of portraitsContinue reading “13 Amazing Photographs of Revolutionary Veterans Who Lived Long Enough to Have Their Pictures Taken”
