Following World War I, leaders of Britain, France, and Italy met in London to discuss the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire and the negotiation of agreements that would become the Treaty of Sèvres. Entrepreneurs opened clubs and restaurants “The lifting of war time restrictions in the early 1920s created new sorts of night-life in the […]
Month: April 2016
Automobile Races were popular in the early 1900 – [old pictures] and they were dangerous
In the early 1900’s when automobiles became more affordable, auto racing was as popular as horse racing. The following photographs were taken around this era. The photograph below has the caption: Finish of 1st American auto race at Springfield, L.I. – A.L. Riker in electric, wass the winner. The Photograph below taken by Spooner & Wells […]
Rare! First film [1899] of the Manhattan annual automobile parade!
First Automobile parade in Manhattan The film below is probably the first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 in downtown Manhattan. It was made by Thomas A. Edison Company. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered machines. Only three years earlier, in 1896, Henry Ford, Charles Brady […]
Hear this amazing recording of the first transmission of the Morse Code!
Samuel T. B. Morse missed the death of his wife due to a lag in communication and this was the impetus that provided an invention to change the method of communication forever. Samuel T. B. Morse Prior to becoming the inventor of the telegraph and Morse code, Samuel F. B. Morse was an renowned artist […]
Rain for the earth in Montana – great vintage film from dust bowl era
Delightful vintage government film from 1937 midwest – reveals how the drought affected the midwest during the dust bowl The Water Carrier Scenes from 1937 midwest show the importance of water for drinking purposes illustrated by views of one well that serves an entire community. Water is doled out and counted by the bucketful. The commentator describes the […]
Rare film! Amazing early film by Thomas Edison of the New York fish market in 1903
Go back in time with this vintage film and see what life was like at the New York Fish Market in 1903 when producing moving pictures and film was in its infancy. Click here to see the film that may have inspired the iconic photo of Marilyn Monroe. Click here to Join Amazon Kindle Unlimited 30-Day […]
Homelessness in Oklahoma in 1939 – photographs from the Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dry land farming methods to prevent wind erosion. Farmer and sons walking in the face of […]
Historic interview & pictures with actual Immigrants who traveled to Oregon, New Mexico and California with vintage photographs
Great Depression and Dust Bowl Between the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, families had no other course but to leave the prairie lands and immigrant to the western states to become migrant workers. Below are vivid photographs documenting the difficulties they encountered on the road and interviews by the WPA with four men, Wayne […]
Remarkable film of Ellis Island Immigrants arriving on July 24, 1903
They came with hope and dreams of a better life. This historic film was taken of immigrants arriving on July 9, 1903. Some stared at the camera when they arrived and provided remarkably clear pictures of their faces. Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United […]
This should put you in the mood for baseball season! [pics & film]
The song in the video, “Baseball Rag” was recorded in 1913 by Arthur Collins 1864-1933 (vocalist) Dave Wolff (lyricist) Clarence Jones (composer) The rare footage below was filmed in 1898 by Thomas A. Edison Company. Photographed from one camera position behind home plate, the film shows a baseball game in progress. The action includes two players running […]