History
14-05-2023
How large cities have been built up in recent decades
Progress does not stand still, and a nondescript village, which was such for several decades, is turning into a real metropolis. ...
14-05-2023
20 rare photos of the Romanov family
On the night of July 16-17, 1918, the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and all members of his family were shot in Yekaterinburg. ...
14-05-2023
Child labor in America in the early 20th century
Now it is difficult to imagine the exploitation of child labor in American industries, and at the beginning of the last century, ...
14-05-2023
Stereoscopic images of the First World War, found in the attic
Employees of a Toronto photography studio stumbled upon a stereoscopic camera and photo slides depicting World War I scenes. These ...
14-05-2023
Colorama: monumental photographic canvases 1950-1990
Colorama is a huge photographic display that was located on the east balcony of Grand Central Terminal in New York from 1950 to ...
14-05-2023
17 rare shots from the history of the Berlin Wall
On August 13, 1961, the construction of the Berlin Wall began, dividing the city and designed to stop the attempts of defectors ...
14-05-2023
Vintage black and white photo in color
This issue features some iconic photographs from yesteryear. They were all black and white... for the time being. But today, thanks ...
14-05-2023
Aviation then and now
In this issue, we invite you to take a look at how aviation has changed over the past few decades. Moreover, the word ...
14-05-2023
Cairo, 1910
Now life in Cairo is not easy - constant riots, skirmishes, skirmishes. It's scary to go outside even during the day. But there ...
14-05-2023
Miss America - 1924
Ruth Malcolmson (1906 - 1988) was crowned Miss America in 1924. In an article published shortly after the pageant, Miss America ...
14-05-2023
“The Image of an Earthly Paradise”: US Beach History in Color
The set of associations of the “American Dream” certainly includes the endless beaches of California and Florida, where it is ...
14-05-2023
New York then and now
An unusual selection of photographs from the archive of the New York Daily News crime chronicle made in the style of "then and ...
14-05-2023
Prudish Victorians, they also knew how to laugh
Imagine an old black and white photograph of the Victorian era, such as a family portrait. The best outfits, rich backgrounds and, ...
14-05-2023
1913 in color: What the world was like 100 years ago
Let's fast forward to 1913. This year was certainly a landmark, the last year of the Old World, the Belle Epoque, on the eve of ...
14-05-2023
Teddy guys - hipsters and punks in one bottle
In the UK in the middle of the last century, or to be more precise, in the 50-60s, an interesting subculture was formed, whose ...
14-05-2023
Execution of the House of Soviets on October 4, 1993
A brief photo essay by an eyewitness of the dramatic events that took place on October 4, 1993 near the White House. Let's ...
14-05-2023
Posthumous portraits from the time of Queen Victoria
Hmm… there were a lot of unusual things in the Victorian era, but this tradition is one of the creepiest! Namely, the tradition ...
14-05-2023
Savages in London
In 1935 circus performers from Burma visited London. Interesting reaction of the gentlemen in the background. Approximately such a ...
14-05-2023
Amsterdam Anne Frank - past and present
The Anne Frank House Museum is one of the most popular buildings in Amsterdam. The famous diaries of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who ...
13-05-2023
The Soviet era in iconic photographs by Markov-Grinberg
On November 7, 1907, the famous photojournalist Mark Markov-Grinberg was born in Rostov-on-Don. His works, which have become real ...
12-05-2023
Crazed Mercenaries: 5 famous founders of private military ...
Reckless adventurers, robbers - condottieres. At one time, the name of each of them thundered throughout Europe. Fate is cruel to ...
07-05-2023
Vibrant footage of Prohibition-era Los Angeles
I stumbled upon the archive of the Los Angeles Times newspaper and could not get past their photos from the Prohibition era. ...
04-05-2023
The Soviet Union in 1935 through the lens of a Norwegian ...
In this issue you will see photographs taken in 1935 by Norwegian photographer Eirik Sundvor. Erik Sandvor (1902 - 1992) was a ...
03-05-2023
Why were castles built? Why couldn't they be bypassed?
Imagine that you are a medieval European feudal lord. You have been at enmity with the neighboring seigneur for a long time because ...
01-05-2023
London Underground 70-80s
The metro can rightfully be called a "cultural cauldron", in which hundreds of thousands of representatives of various ...
01-05-2023
Historical hodgepodge: 10 photos from the past that are ...
Historical photographs are often underestimated, and after all, they can not only study the past but also completely immerse ...