History
20-03-2023
Berlin in ruins in 1945 and now. Striking image comparison
In May 1945 heavy fighting took place in Berlin. Despite Hitler's order "Berlin does not capitulate", the city fell ...
20-03-2023
At the mercy of nylon
75 years ago, on May 15, 1940, the first nylon stockings went on sale in the United States. Let's remember together the history ...
20-03-2023
They were the first: 11 small cars of the early 20th century
Subcompact cars appeared already at the dawn of the automotive industry. In those distant years, when cars were just starting to ...
20-03-2023
Life on the Beach: Hollywood's Golden Era Stars in a ...
Screen goddesses of the mid-1920s and late 1970s, including legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Greta Garbo, in a ...
20-03-2023
In God's Bedroom
You can not go into the bedroom to God, Even if he is not there. You can not go into the bedroom to God, There is a big secret ...
20-03-2023
Wojtek: The Story of a Fighting Bear
A series of battles near Monte Cassino went down in history as one of the bloodiest operations of the allied forces. Particular ...
20-03-2023
Bright color, indecent cut, daring cage and unthinkable ...
Sometimes it seems that the 70s happened on another planet. Looking at these pictures, showing the men's fashion of those ...
20-03-2023
15 Incredible Little-Known Snapshots of Historical Moments
Usually people don't see history, they read about it. That is why looking at a moment that was captured many years ago is what ...
20-03-2023
10 great ideas that were sold for pennies
Brilliant ideas very often at the moment of their appearance do not seem to be something exceptional. History knows cases when ...
20-03-2023
Link of Times: Brest Fortress 1941–2015
Peaceful sky over the fortress of Brest, Happy faces in a cramped apartment, Waltz, political instructor invites the bride, A brand ...
19-03-2023
Clones of the beloved: entertaining facts about the most ...
Karl Bryullov lived in Italy for more than four years before reaching Pompeii in 1827. At that time, he was looking for a subject ...
19-03-2023
10 worst jobs that were offered on the labor market at the ...
Every person sometimes thinks that he has the worst job on the planet. But any modern job is no match for some of the jobs in the ...
19-03-2023
The evolution of sneaker design over 200 years in 20 photos
Sneakers and sneakers these days are not even a fashionable must-have, but as essential a thing as a kettle or an umbrella. A ...
19-03-2023
Steps to Nowhere: New Orleans 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina
Photographer Sef Lawless captured abandoned homes, schools and amusement parks in the US city of New Orleans, which was hit hard by ...
19-03-2023
The first beauty contest in the USSR "Moscow Beauty"
In 1988, the first official beauty contest "Moscow Beauty" took place. Ogonyok magazine reported: “Perestroika allowed ...
18-03-2023
8 unusual arches to be installed on City Day in Moscow
Tverskaya Street in Moscow will turn into a time machine on City Day. On September 5, a unique retrospective will unfold here, ...
18-03-2023
10 Most Controversial Photographers in Art History
Norman Mailer said in 1971 that "giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a grenade in the hands of a child." She ...
18-03-2023
These 9,200 Apollo Photos Will Change Your View of Space
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has uploaded thousands of photos of the Apollo program to Flickr. ...
18-03-2023
1919-1982: the main thing is not to look down, or Walkers on ...
It wasn't long after the historic first flight of the Wright brothers that people began to try deadly stunts on airplanes. The ...
18-03-2023
"Retrofisra": 1895-1937
Many of us remember our Soviet physical education lessons - a rope, a horse, skis ... that's all. And how in the world they ...
18-03-2023
11 rare footage from the construction of the Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frédéric Bartholdi with the engineer Gustave Eiffel (who worked on the frame). It was ...
17-03-2023
These old photos show what the Syrian capital looked like ...
Syria is now the site of one of the worst conflicts on earth in five years. The most recognizable images of this Middle Eastern ...
17-03-2023
Victorian burlesque dancers
Burlesque is not only Dita Von Teese in a huge martini glass. Burlesque dancers already existed in the middle of the 19th century, ...
16-03-2023
Extreme cooking: when you can eat monkeys, mice and leather shoes
What to do in the middle of the ocean on a ship that has run out of food and water? Probably get invaluable experience — hunting ...
16-03-2023
Weegee is a master of criminal photography
From 1938 to 1947, every evening after dark, this man took to the streets of Manhattan with a camera and a flashlight - he always ...
16-03-2023
Bill Bernstein captures the last days of disco
Clubs: here they drink, dance, and even have sex in toilet cubicles. If only walls could talk! But they can't. It's just ...