Category Archives: event & history
Rare Color Photographs Capture Daily Life in the First Nazi Concentration Camps in 1933
54 Poignant Photos of the Battle Of The Bulge, 1944-1945
The Earliest Photographs of a Total Solar Eclipse, 1854
Little Curies: Marie Curie and Her X-Ray Vehicles’ Contribution to World War I Battlefield Medicine
Pictures of the House of David, the All-Bearded Baseball Team, From the Early 20th Century
Portraits of Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey
The First Fake Photograph: Abraham Lincoln’s Head on John Calhoun’s Body, ca. 1860s
The Only Known Color Photograph of Britain’s King Edward VII
Here is the only known color photograph of Britain’s King Edward VII. Found in April 2009 in a cupboard in Exbury, this informal portrait, which shows the monarch dressed in a kilt and full highland costume, was taken a century earlier in September 1909. The photographer was Lionel de Rothschild, a banker and Conservative MP,Continue reading “The Only Known Color Photograph of Britain’s King Edward VII”
Historical Photos of Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in London from April 27 to October 31, 1908. The 1908 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but were relocated on financial grounds following the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, which claimed over 100 lives. At the 1908 Summer Olympics,Continue reading “Historical Photos of Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics”
