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A Photo of Billy the Kid Bought for $10 at a Flea Market May Be Worth Millions
Six years ago, North Carolinian lawyer Frank Abrams unknowingly bought a rare photograph that experts believe shows Billy the Kid hanging out with the man who would eventually kill him. Billy the Kid,...
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The Curious Story of the Blue-Skinned Family of Eastern Kentucky
For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family of Kentucky remained largely sealed off from society as they passed their blue skin from one generation to the next. The Blue Fugates are shown in this colorized...
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Vintage Photos of the Child Laborers of New York City
In 1908, Lewis Hine became an investigator and photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC).The organization is dedicated to “promoting the rights, awareness, dignity, well-being and...
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Gustave Eiffel’s Preferred Place of Rest When He Wasn’t Building Giant Iron...
Villa Claire in Vevey, Switzerland, was Gustave Eiffel’s preferred place of rest when he wasn’t building giant iron towers or attempting to engineer the Panama Canal. H/T Muzeo The post Gustave...
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The Curious Case of the Woman with Four Legs
Myrtle Corbin, was known as the Four-Legged Woman, however, technically, only one pair actually belonged to her. The other pair belonged to her dipygus twin sister. Born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in...
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The Human Billboards of Yesteryear
A peculiar advertising photographic pictorial was devised during the 1870s, in which women in particular were hired by retailers to pose holding signs heralding businesses, their dresses and bodies...
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The Secret Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park
Hyde Park’s Pet Cemetery was started in 1881 by the gatekeeper at Victoria Lodge, a Mr Winbridge, who started burying dogs in the lodge’s garden. The first dog to be buried was called Cherry, a...
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The Best Way to Get Rich During the California Gold Rush Was by Selling...
James Wilson Marshall was the one who discovered gold flakes in the American River in the Sacramento, California, Valley in 1848. His discovery set off more than Gold Rush Fever. A total of $2...
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The Story Behind the Photo of the Train That Broke Through a Building, 1895
Guillaume-Marie Pellerin had spent much of his life working the railroads. With 19 years of engineering experience behind him, the Express was in safe hands. As he fired up the engines that fateful...
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Vintage Photos of Women Showing Their Tattoos from the 1890s to the 1960s
Check out some badass ladies of the Western world who used to walk around with tattoos on their bodies, long before it was cool. The post Vintage Photos of Women Showing Their Tattoos from the 1890s to...
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