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Before cameras, history was told through words, paintings, and fading memories. But with their invention, we gained something remarkable—the ability to capture moments exactly as they were. Now ...
Image credits: History’s Mysteries From centuries-old cave paintings to rare historical photos, these posts offer glimpses into the past that you don’t come across every day.
Photographer Edward S. Curtis spent 30 years documenting over 80 Native American tribes in the early 1900s.
Taken shortly before Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Widely used in his campaign during the 1860 presidential election, both Brady's photo and the speech helped him become president. [24] [s 2] [s 3] [s 5] Guardian Angel, One Person Praying: c. 1860 Unknown London, England, United Kingdom Albumen print [s 2] Boston, As the Eagle and the Wild ...
The museum archivists also found that many of the images had never been seen, even by themselves, as much of the digitisation process had been automated. As a result, the Never Been Seen tool was created, both to promote the collections of the group and to bring items to the public that had never before been displayed. [1] [2]
Other photographs are excerpts from larger historic collections, such as Roger Fenton's and Alexander Gardner's respective groundbreaking documentations of the Crimean War and American Civil War. Margin notes document the circumstantial background of many photographs, as well as instances where the images have been accused of being staged.
Image credits: Historical Images The keeping of written history records appears relatively late, only 5,000 years ago in Egypt and ancient Sumer. Before that, knowledge about the past would be ...
Image credits: history.season #4. Joe Fortes knoen as Vancouver's first official lifeguard. Originally from Barbados, Joe saved dozens of lives. English Bay Beach, Vancouver, Canada. 1905.