Fending off both the U.S. and Mexican armies on the American frontier, Geronimo led the Bedonkohe band of the Apache Native Americans before being captured and turned into a sideshow. “Although I am old, I like to work and help my people as much as I am able.” Geronimo, the legendary Apache warrior, wrote theseContinue reading “Geronimo: The Tragic True Story Of The Legendary Apache Warrior”
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Fred Herzog’s Early Color Street Photographs of Vancouver From the 1950s and 1960s
Fred Herzog (September 21, 1930 – September 9, 2019) devoted his artistic life to walking the streets of Vancouver as well as almost 40 countries with his Leica, photographing – mostly with colour slide film – his observations of the street life with all its complexities. Herzog ultimately became celebrated internationally for his pioneering streetContinue reading “Fred Herzog’s Early Color Street Photographs of Vancouver From the 1950s and 1960s”
Conrad Heyer, Born 1749, Was the Earliest-Born American To Ever Be Photographed
Born in 1749, New Englander Conrad Heyer was a veteran of the American Revolution. He was there in Trenton during the terrible winter of 1776 and crossed the Delaware River with General George Washington and his rag-tag Continental Army. In fact, the Maine Historical Society believes him to be the earliest born human ever photographed.Continue reading “Conrad Heyer, Born 1749, Was the Earliest-Born American To Ever Be Photographed”
Liepaja Massacres: Shocking Photos Taken by Nazi Perpetrators of Jewish Women Moments Before Their Execution in Skede, Latvia on December 15-17, 1941
The murders in the dunes at Skede on the Baltic shore, some fifteen kilometers north of the city and about a kilometer from the road towards the sea, began as early as July 1941. Some 200 Jews were murdered there. During a three-day massacre on December 15-17, 1941, German and Latvian units killed 2,749 Jews,Continue reading “Liepaja Massacres: Shocking Photos Taken by Nazi Perpetrators of Jewish Women Moments Before Their Execution in Skede, Latvia on December 15-17, 1941”
Rare Historical Photos of the Titanic Disaster Taken by 17-Year-Old Girl Bernice Palmer on the Morning of April 15, 1912
Sometime around her 17th birthday, Canadian Bernice Palmer received a Kodak Brownie box camera, either for Christmas 1911 or for her birthday on 10 January 1912. Luck would have it that she was traveling on the Carpathia the day the Titanic sank. Bernice and her mother were traveling on the Carpathia to the Mediterranean withContinue reading “Rare Historical Photos of the Titanic Disaster Taken by 17-Year-Old Girl Bernice Palmer on the Morning of April 15, 1912”
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Early Portrait Photos Bring Americans From the 1840s to Life After Being Colorized
These amazing photographs were all taken in the 1840s using the daguerreotype which had just been invented. Images show various people from 1840s New York and bring to life how people looked and dressed in that era. They believed to have been taken by legendary early American photographer Matthew Brady, show a selection of 11Continue reading “Early Portrait Photos Bring Americans From the 1840s to Life After Being Colorized”
Rare Photos of Iggy Pop Taken by Photographer Mick Rock in 1972
In 1972 Iggy Pop & The Stooges flew into London to record a new LP Raw Power. With David Bowie as executive producer, Raw Power proved to be an instant classic. During this time The Stooges, perpetually wasted, performed a single concert in London’s Kings Cross. This whole crazed period of Iggy’s phenomenal career wasContinue reading “Rare Photos of Iggy Pop Taken by Photographer Mick Rock in 1972”
The Iconic Photo of James Dean, Alone in the Rain, in the Middle of Times Square, 1955
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two rolesContinue reading “The Iconic Photo of James Dean, Alone in the Rain, in the Middle of Times Square, 1955”
Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan: The Story Behind the Famous Little Rock Nine ‘Scream Image’
You’ve probably seen the photo: a young African-American girl walks to school, her eyes shielded by sunglasses. She is surrounded by a hateful crowd of angry white people, including a girl caught mid-jeer, her teeth bared and her face hardened with anger. It’s one of the most famous images of the civil rights era, butContinue reading “Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan: The Story Behind the Famous Little Rock Nine ‘Scream Image’”
