Abolitionist Button is an early photography daguerreotype and gold photographic print created from between the 1840s to the 1850s. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the public domain, and tagged jewelry and political work. This miniature daguerreotype shows two hands resting on a book. The photographContinue reading “Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s”
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30 Color Photographs of Anti-Vietnam War Protests in the U.S From the 1960s and Early 1970s
Rare Color Photographs Capture Daily Life in the First Nazi Concentration Camps in 1933
The First Fake Photograph: Abraham Lincoln’s Head on John Calhoun’s Body, ca. 1860s
The Story of the Famous Photograph of Captain Jonathan Walker’s Branded Hand, ca. 1845
The letters “S.S.,” for slave stealer, were branded on the hand of Captain Jonathan W. Walker, an ardent abolitionist, as shown in this dramatic photograph. Walker was born in Harwich on Cape Cod in 1799 and spent his early years between the shipyard and the sea. His life-long interest in the abolition of slavery probablyContinue reading “The Story of the Famous Photograph of Captain Jonathan Walker’s Branded Hand, ca. 1845”
Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s
Abolitionist Button is an early photography daguerreotype and gold photographic print created from between the 1840s to the 1850s. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the public domain, and tagged jewelry and political work. This miniature daguerreotype shows two hands resting on a book. The photographContinue reading “Abolitionist Button, ca. 1850s”
Votes for Women Dirigible Airship Over London, 1909
It was 1909: the skirts were long, the corsets tight. And women in Britain couldn’t vote. For Muriel Matters — so far from her home in Adelaide — taking to the skies in this rickety contraption was worth it. The plan was simple: suffragettes had been told they could not distribute leaflets on the streets.Continue reading “Votes for Women Dirigible Airship Over London, 1909”
30 Photos of People Proudly Posing With Fish in the 1960s
Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago, and became a popular recreational activity in the 19th century. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it hasContinue reading “30 Photos of People Proudly Posing With Fish in the 1960s”
Backstage Photos of Queen and Diego Maradona in Argentina During “The Game Tour”, 1981
The Game Tour was a concert tour by Queen to support their successful 1980 album The Game – which includes the hits like “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” – and their short trek has become the stuff of myths and legends. This tour saw the band being the firstContinue reading “Backstage Photos of Queen and Diego Maradona in Argentina During “The Game Tour”, 1981”
The Model in Britain’s Sex-and-Spy Profumo Scandal: 22 Vintage Photos of Christine Keeler in the 1960s
Christine Keeler (1942–2017, Orpington, Kent) was an English model who, as one of the central figures in the Profumo affair, contributed to the collapse of the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan. At age 16, Keeler left home and moved to London to work as a fashion model. Over the next two years she took aContinue reading “The Model in Britain’s Sex-and-Spy Profumo Scandal: 22 Vintage Photos of Christine Keeler in the 1960s”
