The day Sweden switched to the right side, 1967
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Sweden was the last country in continental Europe to do the right side switch. It happened on September 3, 1967. History of…
Schienenzeppelin: the Rail Zeppelin, June 1931
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Germans called Schienenzeppelin the ‘Cigar on the rails.’ This device set the world record speed for railroads, although Count Zeppelin, the inventor…
Few people know that about 150 workers died during its construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. But not the lucky ones in this…
Will Robertson of the Washington Bicycle Club riding an American Star Bicycle down the steps of the United States Capitol, 1885. It’s…
USS Akron was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy. It was designed to provide long-distance scouting in support of fleet…
First American to step outside spacecraft and spend some time in the zero gravity of space was Edward White on June 3,…
This photo was taken By Louis Lumière among the first coloured photos. Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the Autochrome color photography…
President Harry S. Truman, in a shirt “Coach Truman, Athletic Department,” leads exercises on the deck of the USS Missouri on his return trip…
Founded in 1909, the NAACP ( The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the US oldest and largest civil rights…
The world’s last commercial sailing ship,the Pamir, rounding Cape Horn for the last time in 1949
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The Pamir, a four-masted barque, was built in Hamburg, Germany in 1905. It was used in the South American nitrate trade. After WWI the sailing…