This great snapshot, taken 46 years ago today, shows Shirley Chisholm, a pioneering black and female politician, reviewing statistics written on a wall. Elected to the …
This snapshot, taken 72 years ago today, shows the winner of “masquerade” at a Halloween party held at a farm in Missouri. One thing of interest …
99 years ago today, former president Theodore Roosevelt was shot by an assassin while campaigning for re-election as a third party candidate under the Bull …
Continuing our series of New York landmarks under construction this week, here’s a shot taken roughly 103 years ago today of St. John’s Cathedral in …
This photo of the mangled wrecks left behind after two trains collided on the Illinois Central Railroad is as stunning a scene now as it …
This great snapshot, taken just over 100 years ago in Richmond, Virginia, shows “Willie” a young newspaper boy, hawking the news of the day. Barely larger …
100 years ago today, Cromwell Dixon, an American aviator that first began designing and flying aircraft at exhibitions at the age of 14, was killed …
Marking the shortest papacy in history, Pope Urban VII died 421 years ago today, after just 13 days in office. Besides being known for the brevity …
Great panoramic shot taken in St. Louis, Missouri of the French Foreign Legion, taken 93 years ago today. There’s little context available for this photo but, …
Here’s a great snapshot taken 112 years ago today, of the city of Nome, Alaska, in it’s infancy. The town of Nome sprung up on the …
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