Tokyo residents mourning Hachiko. He would regularly meet his owner, Professor Ueno, at Shibuya Station after he returned from work. Sadly, Ueno died on May 21, 1925 & never returned. However, Hachiko would return to the station every day for 9 years, waiting for him to come back, 1935
Read articleThe celebrity faces backlash after attending the Met Gala last month sporting the gown in which Monroe serenaded President Kennedy
Read articleA horse-drawn bus from the 1890s.
Read articleAlbert Einstein before his famous photo with his tongue out
Read articleA stone statue of an ancient goddess of beauty, love and war has been found in the Gaza Strip.
Read articleFixing the antenna on the World Trade Center, New York City, 1979
Read articleA 1955 device for smoking a whole pack of cigarettes at once
Read articleThe Golden Gate Bridge on its opening day in 1937
Read articleWhile on the Apollo 16 mission in 1972, Charles Duke took a photo of a photo of his family that remains on the moon to this day. On the back the message reads “This is the family of astronaut Duke from planet Earth, landed on the moon April 1972â€.
Read articleThis steamer trunk from 1890 converts to a dresser so the traveller didn’t have to unpack.
Read articleAt least 66m-year-old fossil discovered in southern China reveals posture previously unseen in dinosaurs
Read articleVampire Killing Kit, 1890s.
Read articlePersian Warrior Gloves, possibly from Safavid Dynasty in the 1500s.
Read articleA pair of rare diamond and emerald spectacles from an unknown Indian princely treasury will be sold at an auction in London later this month.
Read articleThis is a newly discovered ancient city built 3000 years ago.. west old Thebes, Egypt
Read articleThis is how Ancient Greece really looked like. Here's a reconstruction of Curetes Street in ancient Ephesus
Read articleBuyer at small German auction house did not know bicorne had belonged to the French emperor
Read articleThe Ford saloon comes with a silver frog mascot on the bonnet, a copy of a gift from Diana's sister, Sarah Spencer.
Read article"Cooper," whose scientific name is Australotitan cooperensis, is estimated to have walked the Earth over 90 million years ago. It was a titanosaur -- a plant-eating species belonging to the family of long-necked sauropods, the largest of the dinosaur species.
Read articleDisney artists study a deer for Bambi, 1942
Read articleThis is the hat of firemen in Germany in the 1900s
Read articleWear a mask, or go to jail (1918 Spanish Flu)
Read articleExperts say Aten is the largest such city ever found and one of the most important finds since unearthing Tutankhamun’s tomb
Read articleWeighing about 280 grams (0.6 pounds) and estimated to be made from 84% gold, the ceremonial mask is one of over 500 items unearthed from six newly discovered "sacrificial pits," according to the country's National Cultural Heritage Administration.
Read articleQueen Genepil, the last of Queen of Mongolia, 1920's.
Read articleIn a protest against censorship, photographer A.L. Schafer staged this iconic photograph in 1934, violating as many rules as possible in one shot.
Read articleArchaeologists in Italy have unveiled a ceremonial chariot they discovered near the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
Read articleKids remote learning during a polio outbreak in the 1940s. Teachers read lessons over the radio!
Read articleThe very first foam finger, worn by its inventor Steve Chmelar.
Read articleAcrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, 1934
Read articlePaparazzi taking pictures of Bill Clinton's cat, 1992.
Read articleThe Prague Astronomical Clock installed in 1410 - World's Oldest Working Astronomical Clock
Read articleSanta Claus with the children during Croatian War, Vukovar, 1992
Read article"Eating was the supreme act of civilisation and celebration of life," said Alberto Jori, professor of ancient philosophy at the University of Ferrara in Italy.
Read articleQueen Elizabeth and Marilyn Monroe were born in the same year. This is them meeting at a movie premiere in London 1956, both at the age of 30.
Read articlePrincess Diana meets comedian Rowan Atkinson in 1984
Read articleNative Americans of the Blackfoot tribe in Glacier National Park, Montana. Circa 1913
Read articleA tooth extraction taking place in a liquor store in 1872 before dentistry became a common profession in of itself.
Read articleA salesman has his motorized roller skates refueled at a gas station, 1961.
Read articleThe Mercury Train, Chicago 1936
Read articleBill Gates with a CD-ROM that contains more information than on all the paper below him in 1994
Read articleA British women's fire brigade takes the salute, March 1916.
Read articleDaylight shining into Grand Central Station before building were built that blocked it all out
Read articleAustralian soldier petting a kangaroo, 1914.
Read articleA Russian soldier feeds polar bears from his tank, somewhere in the USSR c.1950
Read articleVibration Therapy. A treatment for headaches in 1890s
Read articleA rare view of the Statue of Liberty from the balcony on its torch. The exit there has been closed since 1916.
Read articleJohn F. Kennedy campaigning in the hills of West Virginia, 1960
Read articleNiagara Falls frozen solid (1902)
Read articleAmericans During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Read articleOrgone Accumulator, a device sold in the 1950s to allow a person sitting inside to attract orgone, a massless 'healing energy'. The FDA noted that one purchaser, a college professor, knew it was "phony" but found it "helpful because his wife sat quietly in it for four hours every day."
Read articleIn 1921 a mob of white supremacists with the help of the United States National Guard attacked a prosperous black community in Tusla, OK, and murdered at least 200 and injured more than 1,000 black people. They even used airplanes in the attack. This day is also known as Black Wall Street Massacre.
Read articleFirst Black Samurai - Yasuke (1581)
Read articleJoe Arridy giving his toy train to another inmate before he is taken to the gas chamber. The "Happiest prisoner on death row", an innocent man with an IQ of 46, he used to spend his time playing with that train.
Read articleMedieval Beekeeping outfits were pretty creepy
Read articleAn open air barber shop during the 1918 flu pandemic at the University of California, Berkley
Read articleGhosts of the Forgotten War: Statues belonging to the Korean War Veterans Memorial Im Washington DC.
Read articleThis 7 feet (2.13 meters) sword belonged to Pier Gerlofs Donia aka Grutte Pier, a 16th century Frisian rebel leader who was slightly taller than his sword. Picture was taken in 1951 at the Museum of Friesland in Leeuwarden, Holland, where the sword is still on display today.
Read articleWojtek, the nazi fighting bear, was a bear adopted by a polish unit to carry supplies.
Read articleMap of Derinkuyu, an ancient, underground city that was found in Turkey. The city goes 60 meters down and could accommodate 20,200 people. It was discovered when a Turkish resident found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home.
Read articleThe Mercury train, Chicago 1936
Read articleStockholm 1967. The day traffic in Sweden switched from using the left side of the road to the right.
Read articleAn incredibly intact Crinoid specimen fossil dating back to about 345 million years ago
Read articleA 'Knocker-up' was hired to ensure that people would wake up on time for their jobs. Mary Smith earned sixpence a week shooting dried peas at sleeping workers' windows in East London in the 1930s
Read articleThe world's oldest surviving diving suit: The Old Gentleman, from 1860.
Read articleReal Japanese Samurai, 1866
Read articleHow WWI soldiers used face prosthetics to hide big wounds and scars from early war.
Read articlePalle huld - this teenager who toured the world in 44 days was the Inspiration of tintin (photo taken in 1928)
Read articlePortrait of arctic explorer Peter Freuchen and his wife, fashion illustrator Dagmar Cohn, 1947
Read articleTwo children posing for a picture just as Mount St. Helens erupts behind them
Read articleThe Tomb of Ramesses VI, The Valley of Kings, Egypt
Read articleLaika the space dog, a stray mutt found off the streets of Moscow who became the first animal to orbit the Earth.
Read article"The Parade of the Vanquished" - Tens of thousands of German PoWs, including nineteen Generals, are paraded through Moscow following their capture around Minsk - July 17th, 1944
Read article“The Drunk Basket.†In the 1960’s, bars in Istanbul would hire someone to carry drunk people back and forth to their homes.
Read articleColorized photograph of the Hindenburg Disaster which happened 83 years ago today
Read articleEinstein in 1884 (Colorized)
Read articleSame-sex marriage being performed in 1901: Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sánchez Loriga are wed, with Elisa disguising herself, unbeknownst to authorities, as a man with the name "Mario" on the marriage certificate, in Galicia, Spain.
Read article1963 Bronx Zoo, NYC “The Most Dangerous Animal In The Worldâ€
Read articleUS intelligence images of how Hitler could have disguised himself, 1944
Read articlePigeons are enlisted as German Spies during the World War 2 to snap Aerial photos using time-delayed camera strapped to its body.
Read articleLunch atop a Skyscraper(New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) is a photograph taken atop the steelwork of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, during the construction of the Rockefeller Center, in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
Read article1964: A brave black man emerges from using the "white men only"-bathroom at a courthouse in Clinton, Louisiana (by Bob Adelman).
Read articleFormer Oakland A's ball girl and future cookie mogul, Debbie (Mrs.) Fields, 1974
Read articleThe Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the world's oldest fully functional astronomical clocks,currently at well over 600 Years Old.It is also a magnificent blend of mechanical engineering and art.
Read articleJob hunting in the 1930's
Read articleMeet Brooklyn Supreme,the world's biggest horse in history.The Belgian Stallion weighed in at 3,200 pounds, stood 19.2 hands tall with a girth of over 10 feet.According to an old newspaper, "Brooklyn Supreme may be 3,200 pounds of solid, magnificent horse flesh, sinew and brawn, but Brooklyn Supreme is a surprisingly gentle fellow whose greatest delight is stealing ice cream cones and goodies from unsuspecting little boys and girls."
Read articleA Concise Account of the Mode of Instructing in Needle-Work… †printed by Thomas I. White, Dublin, 1833.
Read articleMeet the Elasmotherium, a big hairy unicorn that existed as early as 29,000 years ago.
Read articleAircraft Detection Before The Invention Of Radar
Read articleA woman wears a sign,"Wear A Mask or Go to Jail," during the influenza epidemic in California, 1918
Read articleMargaret Leonard, the first white southerner to participate in the “freedom riders;†a group of black & white activists that rode interstate buses into the south to protest non-enforcement of discrimination laws in public transit 1961. Arrested for protesting.
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