The D-Day invasion wasn't all about the winners. It was also about the losers...
Marcia Bricker Halperin documented the bygone city institution of self-service cafeterias in the '70s and '80s.
Every day, we feature an image chosen from thousands around National Geographic. Here are some highlights from January.
A timeline of her long, varied career.
This photo was taken at Sion Lodge, Ferrybank, Waterford. The clergyman pictured had baptised the two babies who are replendent in their christening robes. One of these women is Mrs Augustus Smith, but not sure which. Incidentally, Mrs Smith was a member of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society... Thanks to desmondg47 for his help in geolocating this photo. Date: Circa 1895 NLI Ref.: POOLEIMP 693
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Reminiscent the old days with these fascinating photos.
Some of the earliest photos of Victorian women have come to light in a revealing album of prints from the pioneering days of photography. The set of pictures taken by Lady Clementina Hawarden, one of Britain's first female photographers, is set to fetch £150,000 at auction.
We caught up with the surrealist photographer in advance of her new show, 'Icons.'
A rare early photograph of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan has been discovered in Boston. A staff member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society found the 1888 photograph in a large photography collection recently donated to the Society by...
Kensington and Chelsea Libraries have published several wonderful images by the late amateur photographer Edward Linley Sambourne which captures the c...
ALOHA (THE BLACK VICTORIANS, 1898) Born in Brooklyn, Carlotta Stewart (1881-1952) emigrated to Hawaii where she trained as a teacher and became principal of a multiracial school in 1909....
Gaze at one hundred years of people knitting.
21 pics that will remind you of (or teach you about) life in the '70s.
Kensington and Chelsea Libraries have published several wonderful images by the late amateur photographer Edward Linley Sambourne which captures the c...
Detail of The Capitulation of Granada, by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, showing Isabel I of Castile on horseback. Source
Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940) is the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow is sometimes known as the Alton Giant or Giant of Illinois because he was born and grew up in Alton, Illinois. Wadlow reached 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) in height and weighed 439 lb (199 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hyperplasia of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death.
In 1901-2, Horace Warner took photos of East End street kids, who he called 'Spitalfields nippers'. Here's a selection of the rare ones that have survived to this day
The Word of the Day for November 28, 2023 is enervate. Find out the meaning of enervate and learn about its origin and uses!
Mervyn O'Gorman was an English engineer whose artistic interests turned him into one of the early pioneers of color photography. Using the Autochrome
Edwardian times were rife with changes and conspicuous consumption. The era lasted only two decades yet spawned deluxe fashion.
1930. A híres kép és modelljei....
A psychologist is crushed to learn that her husband's mistress, who he is leaving her for, is her patient.
We've all worn them or sent our children off to school in them but these pictures largely from the 1800s are fascinating
The rooster’s cocky attitude has given him a reputation for arrogance and promiscuity. It has also given the English language several terms for people whose behavior is reminiscent of that strutting
When we do think of white rage, usually we think of it in masculine terms. Gender stereotypes condition us not to see white women as being capable of this kind
If you had a private jet, luxury hotel accommodations and some vacation days, jetting...
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This is another photograph by the Belgian photographer Leonard Misonne and dates from 1899, it shows the view from Lower Regent Street junction with Waterloo Place looking south across Pall Mall to the Duke of York Column. The Guards Crimean War Memorial is in the centre and the Athenaeum Club is at top right. The building on the left was demolished in 1909 and replaced with Cox's Bank, that same building is now a hotel.