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25 Bizarre and Creepy Vintage Christmas Cards From the Victorian Era
The Victorians had a much more macabre approach to the festive season! Christmas cards today usually feature a jolly Santa, fluffy woodland animal or green glittery tree, but Victorian versions had a much more terrifying tone. The first Christmas card was commercially produced by Sir Henry Cole in 1843 but it was not until theContinue reading “25 Bizarre and Creepy Vintage Christmas Cards From the Victorian Era”
Christmas Truce 1914: Amazing Photos of British and German Troops Meeting in No Man’s Land on the Western Front
The Christmas truce (German: Weihnachtsfrieden; French: Trêve de Noël; Dutch: Kerstbestand) was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas 1914. The truce occurred five months after hostilities had begun. Lulls occurred in the fighting as armies ran out of men and munitions and commanders reconsideredContinue reading “Christmas Truce 1914: Amazing Photos of British and German Troops Meeting in No Man’s Land on the Western Front”
30 Amazing Vintage Photos That Show How Americans Celebrated Christmas in the 1950s & 1960s
Christmas in the United States during the post-war years (1946–1964) reflected a period of peace, productivity, and prosperity. Americans staged sumptuous Christmases and enjoyed a variety of holiday foods unknown to previous generations. Several films, foods, toys, and television programs of the era have become American Christmas traditions. Once reliant upon Germany for its ornaments,Continue reading “30 Amazing Vintage Photos That Show How Americans Celebrated Christmas in the 1950s & 1960s”
Suffragettes in the early 20th Century – 36 Vintage Photos of Women Striving for Their Rights in the 1900s and 1910s
Women’s legal right to vote was established in the United States over the course of more than half a century, first in various states and localities, sometimes on a limited basis, and then nationally in 1920. The demand for women’s suffrage began to gather strength in the 1840s, emerging from the broader movement for women’sContinue reading “Suffragettes in the early 20th Century – 36 Vintage Photos of Women Striving for Their Rights in the 1900s and 1910s”
30 Rare Vintage Photographs That Show What the Texas-Mexico Border Looked Like in the Late 1930s
50+ Amazing Vintage Photos From the 1940s Volume 1
60 Gorgeous Vintage Photos of Actress Anne Francis in the 1950s
Anne Francis (September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) got into show business quite early in life. She was born Ann Marvak on September 16, 1930 in Ossining, New York, the only child of Phillip Marvak, a businessman/salesman, and the former Edith Francis. A natural little beauty, she became a John Robert Powers model atContinue reading “60 Gorgeous Vintage Photos of Actress Anne Francis in the 1950s”
44 Incredible Photos Of Life Inside Soviet Gulag Prisons
The Gulag was the government agency in charge of the Soviet forced-labour camp-system that was set up under Vladimir Lenin and reached its peak during Joseph Stalin’s rule from the 1930s to the early 1950s. English-language speakers also use the word gulag to refer to any forced-labor camp in the Soviet Union, including camps whichContinue reading “44 Incredible Photos Of Life Inside Soviet Gulag Prisons”
