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The Hansen Writing Ball: First Commercially-produced Typewriter
Since its invention in 1865 by Rev. Rasmus Malling-Hansen of Copenhagen, the modern typewriter has been upgraded quite a lot. The Hansen Writing Ball, or “skrivekugle,” was the very first...
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Photos of Wounded Civil War Soldiers Used to Determine How Much Post-war...
Photography played a significant role in the development of medicine. As a special area of photography, medical photography was used to document various injuries and diseases. The photos are later used...
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How Ulysses S Grant Saved His Family In 1885
The photo below is that of President Ulysses S. Grant sitting on a porch, covered in a blanket, writing his on a journal. This photo was taken days before his death – he was not only writing on his...
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The Faces Of America in 18 Stunning Ellis Island Portraits
From 1892 to 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through a small island in the New York Harbor, Ellis Island. The island is located in the upper bay off the New Jersey...
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Panniers: The Attention-Grabbing 18th Century Fashion Undergarment
18th Century fashion is elaborate, classy and sophisticated, but oh boy was it uncomfortable. We’ve already written about Crinoline – the 19th century fashion undergarment aptly called the Woman killer...
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Portraits of American Indians Before and After Entering Carlisle Indian School
The Cumberland County Historical Society in Carlisle, Pennsylvania has boxes upon boxes of photos and archives from the Carlisle Indian School – including the controversial “Before and After” student...
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The Story of One of The Richest Families In America and How They Lost It All
The Vanderbilts were one the most outstanding family of the Gilded Age, yet time has gradually eroded their legacy and fortune. The Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt started the legendary wealth of the...
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Europe’s ‘Hitler’ Killed Over 10 Million Africans But You Probably Haven’t...
Most people have no idea who the left-most man in the photo below is, but you should. You should know about him just as you do Mussolini, Mao, Stalin or Hitler, as he committed a genocide that resulted...
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The Tragic Life Story of Juana Maria, The Woman Who Lived ALONE in An Island...
If you’ve read Scott O’Dell’s classic Island of the Blue Dolphins you were probably captivated by the main character – a young woman who lives completely alone on an island in the Pacific Ocean. She...
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Vintage Photos Of Milkmen Throughout History
Milkman. This is a job that people have held way back into the early 1800s. Do you remember the days when the milkman would still make the rounds in your neighborhood? The following vintage photos...
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In the Early 1800s, Composer Daniel Steibelt Challenged Ludwig Van Beethoven...
When composer Daniel Steibelt challenged Ludwig Van Beethoven – one of the greatest composers and pianists who has ever lived – to a piano duel, he actually believed he might win… H/T ClassicFM The...
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The 8 Worst Jobs Kids Used to Do
Most of us today have a story about a horrible job we held as a kid, but as bad as we thought it might have been odd are it wasn’t nearly as awful or lethal as what children were expected to do in the...
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The 19th-century Pandemic that Killed 12 million People
Between 1855 and 1959 – over 500 years after the Black Death of the medieval times – a new plague pandemic ravaged the globe, leaving on its wake some 12 million dead people. Below are some of the...
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The Story of the African-American Community that Died so Central Park Could Live
Catherine A. Thompson was a schoolteacher in a small New York City’s Seneca Village in the 1850s. Every morning she’d stroll past the modest homes of her hard-working neighbours, 70 or so of them, on...
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During the Panic of 1893, JP Morgan Used $60 Million in Bonds to Bail Out the...
In the early months of 1895, things were getting desperate for US President Grover Cleveland. The country’s economy was collapsing because of falling prices and rising unemployment that began with the...
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Wife Selling: The 19th Century Alternative To Divorce
Back in the early-to-mid 1800s Europe, women and children were considered property. Men who were no longer happy with their wives or fell on hard times could easily bring their spouses to market and...
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Old West Saloons: Where Cowboys Cowboys Go to Negotiate Cattle and Drink Alcohol
In the American Old West, a saloon was equivalent to a café or hotel. The first one was established in 1822 at Brown’s Hole, Wyoming, between Colorado and Utah, to serve and accommodate trappers during...
View Article18th – 19th Century Jokes Most People Today Might Not ‘Get’
Some jokes are timeless and can make people laugh no matter the century. But, most jokes are highly reliant on the context of the times. For example, our jokes today about doctors have less to do with...
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The Tragic Story Behind The Invention Of Coca-Cola
Wendy Clark, Coca-Cola marketing executive, once wrote of the man who invented the famous beverage: “a pharmacist who wanted to create an elixir that would give people a moment of refreshment and...
View ArticleThen and Now: New York in 1873 vs 2014
The video below shows before and after photos of New York City taken between 1872 and 1887 compared to 2013 – 2014 photos shot in the same location. Credit: Jordan Liles | For more images, visit...
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