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”
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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”
Amazing Vintage Photographs Show Life of Circus Performers in the Ringling Bros. Circus During the 1910s
Harry A. Atwell (1879-1957) was an American photographer. He was hired for his first circus assignment in 1910 to travel with the Ringling Bros. Circus. Over the next forty years he documented the roustabouts, big top crowds, sideshow performers and center-ring stars of the circus during a time when shops, schools, and even factories closedContinue reading “Amazing Vintage Photographs Show Life of Circus Performers in the Ringling Bros. Circus During the 1910s”
A Street Vendor Selling Mummies in Egypt, 1875
Egyptian street vendors have been catering to the whims of tourists since forever, apparently: Selling ancient mummies to wealthy European and American tourists as “tourist souvenirs” was apparently commonplace in Egypt around the nineteenth century. Mummies were readily available from street vendors — such as the one pictured below from 1865 — for tourists toContinue reading “A Street Vendor Selling Mummies in Egypt, 1875”
30 Amazing Black and White Photos That Document Everyday Life of Shanghai in the Mid-1980s
Shanghai, is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People’s Republic of China. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.87 million as of 2020, it is the most populous urban area in China, the most populous cityContinue reading “30 Amazing Black and White Photos That Document Everyday Life of Shanghai in the Mid-1980s”
Amazing Photos From the 19th Century Reveal the Slave Auctions and How People in America Were Selling People
When the North American continent was first colonized by Europeans, the land was vast, the work was harsh, and there was a severe shortage of labor. Men and women were needed to work the land. White bond servants, paying their passage across the ocean from Europe through indentured labor, eased but did not solve theContinue reading “Amazing Photos From the 19th Century Reveal the Slave Auctions and How People in America Were Selling People”
Attendants Packing Up Some of the 3000 Human Skulls to Be Transferred to the Natural History Museum in London, 1948
Attendants from the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons packing up some of the 3,000 human skulls stored in a shed in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, before their transfer to the Natural History Museum on July 1, 1948. The skulls include those of Chinese pirates, Eskimos and Maoris. The nucleus of human skullsContinue reading “Attendants Packing Up Some of the 3000 Human Skulls to Be Transferred to the Natural History Museum in London, 1948”
40 Amazing Photos of the 1918 Spanish Flu
Spanish flu, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or the 1918 influenza pandemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was March 1918 in Kansas, United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April. Two years later,Continue reading “40 Amazing Photos of the 1918 Spanish Flu”
Wonderful Photographs Showing Life in Southern California From Between the 1940s and 1960s
Charles Phoenix is a dude who has done a great service to mankind. He has traveled to countless thrift stores and estate sales rescuing abandoned family slides from the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. These particular photographs are from his book, Southern Californialand: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome. “There’s a lot of specialness and magic from ourContinue reading “Wonderful Photographs Showing Life in Southern California From Between the 1940s and 1960s”
18 Amazing Black & White Photographs of Street Scenes in New York City in the 1970s
Forget the disco era, the 1970s in New York City was all about danger. With pimps and prostitutes populating the streets, an economic collapse and a crime-filled subway system, the streets of Manhattan were gritty and dark. Check out photographer Leland Bobbe’s shots of New York during a period when it hit an all-time low…Continue reading “18 Amazing Black & White Photographs of Street Scenes in New York City in the 1970s”
