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Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry Mar 28, 2017

Early 1900s Photos Of “The Old Paris” Just Before It Was Lost To Modernization

Eugène Atget was what the French call a flâneur: an urban adventurer who finds great pleasure in the simple act of strolling through streets and parks, taking in the sights. But Atget wasn’t idle in his flânerie. He had an all-consuming appetite for the ambulatory hobby that Honoré de Balzac...

By Kellen Perry March 28, 2017

“Girl Baseball Players” Cigarette Pack Cards Of The 1880s

In 1886, Virginia tobacco manufacturer Allen & Ginter created two unusual series of baseball cards to promote their Virginia Brights brand. Virginia Brights, according to the firm, were “unexceptionably fine” and “unusually mild” cigarettes from the state’s “Bright Districts” that offered “great comfort and satisfaction to those who inhale the...

By Kellen Perry Mar 28, 2017

“Girl Baseball Players” Cigarette Pack Cards Of The 1880s

In 1886, Virginia tobacco manufacturer Allen & Ginter created two unusual series of baseball cards to promote their Virginia Brights brand. Virginia Brights, according to the firm, were “unexceptionably fine” and “unusually mild” cigarettes from the state’s “Bright Districts” that offered “great comfort and satisfaction to those who inhale the...

By Kellen Perry March 28, 2017

Jamel Shabazz’s Most Iconic Images From The Streets Of New York

Jamel Shabazz may have only been a 20-year-old when he started photographing New York City in the 1980s, but the Brooklyn-born artist captured the city in a way that nobody else seemed capable of. His photographs now hang in the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Whitney Museum, and the...

By All That's Interesting Mar 17, 2017

Jamel Shabazz’s Most Iconic Images From The Streets Of New York

Jamel Shabazz may have only been a 20-year-old when he started photographing New York City in the 1980s, but the Brooklyn-born artist captured the city in a way that nobody else seemed capable of. His photographs now hang in the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Whitney Museum, and the...

By All That's Interesting March 17, 2017

51 Amazing Vintage Tattoo Photos

Check out some astounding vintage tattoos in this collection of history's coolest photographs of people displaying their ink.

By Savannah Cox Feb 28, 2017

51 Amazing Vintage Tattoo Photos

Check out some astounding vintage tattoos in this collection of history's coolest photographs of people displaying their ink.

By Savannah Cox February 28, 2017

Vintage Photos Of The Kennedy Clan During Their Youth

The Kennedy family may be the closest the U.S. has come to royalty in the last hundred years — and it took far more for JFK for that to happen. It all begins with the family’s patriarch and matriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. Joseph’s business dealings helped...

By Katie Serena Feb 21, 2017

Vintage Photos Of The Kennedy Clan During Their Youth

The Kennedy family may be the closest the U.S. has come to royalty in the last hundred years — and it took far more for JFK for that to happen. It all begins with the family’s patriarch and matriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. Joseph’s business dealings helped...

By Katie Serena February 21, 2017

Shameless Cocaine Ads From The 1970s

In the 1970s, cocaine was illegal, but marketing and advertising cocaine paraphernalia was not. These shocking vintage ads are the proof.

By All That's Interesting Feb 4, 2017

Shameless Cocaine Ads From The 1970s

In the 1970s, cocaine was illegal, but marketing and advertising cocaine paraphernalia was not. These shocking vintage ads are the proof.

By All That's Interesting February 4, 2017

When Cigarettes Were For Kids

The narrator of Horatio Alger’s rags-to-riches post-Civil War American classic, Ragged Dick (1868), offered perhaps the best, most sympathetic description of a contemporary epidemic almost unthinkable in the 21st century: childhood addiction to cigarettes. “Men are frequently injured by smoking, and boys always,” Alger wrote, specifically referring to the “newsboys...

By Kellen Perry Feb 1, 2017

When Cigarettes Were For Kids

The narrator of Horatio Alger’s rags-to-riches post-Civil War American classic, Ragged Dick (1868), offered perhaps the best, most sympathetic description of a contemporary epidemic almost unthinkable in the 21st century: childhood addiction to cigarettes. “Men are frequently injured by smoking, and boys always,” Alger wrote, specifically referring to the “newsboys...

By Kellen Perry February 1, 2017
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