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20.03.23
At the mercy of nylon
20.03.23
In God's Bedroom
20.03.23
Wojtek: The Story of a Fighting Bear
![The first beauty contest in the USSR "Moscow Beauty"](/img/2023/the-first-beauty-contest/the-first-beauty-contest-170x170.jpg "The first beauty contest in the USSR "Moscow Beauty"")
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 ...
!["Retrofisra": 1895-1937](/img/2023/retrofisra-1895-1937/retrofisra-1895-1937-170x170.jpg ""Retrofisra": 1895-1937")
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 ...
16-03-2023
1881-1914: Construction of the Panama Canal
Since the 16th century, the narrow isthmus connecting North and South America has been considered a very promising place for ...
16-03-2023
In memory of Freddie Mercury
On November 24, 1991, Freddie Mercury passed away. Singer and musician, vocalist of the rock band Queen, according to a survey of ...
16-03-2023
How were surgeries done at the beginning of the last century
Those who want to be a doctor after seeing House MD, where MRIs are done for any reason, should look through Richard Barnett's ...
15-03-2023
Thousands of Scots enter Scandinavian paradise
In January, the traditional Uphelio Festival (Up Helly Aa) was held on the Shetland Islands, located off the coast of Scotland. The ...
15-03-2023
How were the glamorous parties of the leaders of Yugoslavia
After the socialist government came to Yugoslavia after the Second World War, Christmas as a religious holiday was banned. So the ...
15-03-2023
1855: The Crimean War is the first military conflict ever ...
One of the causes of the Crimean War in the 1850s was a dispute over the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land, which was ...
15-03-2023
What were punks 30 years ago
Those unfamiliar with the culture of the 1980s Los Angeles punk and hardcore scene may not have heard of photographers Brian and ...
15-03-2023
Lost Childhood: Horrible child labor conditions photographed ...
Lewis Hine was one of the first photographers to use photography as a tool to combat those terrible working and living conditions ...
15-03-2023
Strange costumes, acrobats and creepy clowns - photographs of ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, traveling circuses were a rarity and almost the only entertainment in the small towns of ...
15-03-2023
Strength, Courage and Flying Skirts - Highland Games in Scotland
The Scottish Highland Games became an annual event during the Victorian period. Tests of strength and courage have been held on ...
15-03-2023
The non-existent evolution of Pablo Picasso's self-portraits
If you look at a number of self-portraits of the famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (by the way, the most expensive artist in the ...
15-03-2023
20 unique photos with greetings from the past
Photographs are a time machine that can take you back several years or even centuries. And the older they get, the more valuable ...
15-03-2023
Previously unseen photos of Bob Dylan and his friends
One day in the summer of 1975, at 3:00 a.m., photographer Ken Regan's phone rang. At such a late hour, music producer Barry ...
15-03-2023
The richest medieval treasure discovered in Holland
An exhibition is opening at the Museum of Antiquities of the Netherlands, which will present the rarest treasure for this country ...