The people of San Francisco enjoyed the Golden Gate Bridge right since its opening, dated May 27, 1937. This day finalized a long construction campaign that lasted almost 13 years, drained city and donor’s budgets, and cost around $33.7 million. The incredible design and scale of the bridge turned it into the new visual symbol…
The signalman baboon, South Africa, 1880s.
This signalman’s name was James Wilde, and he was worked at South Africa Railways in the late 1880s. He went under the nickname ‘Jumper’ because he had to jump between running trains to switch the levers and assure that locomotive appropriately directed. You won’t be surprised to know that James Wilde lost this competition one…
Cat escaping The Animal Rescue League, 1940
It seems like a cat on this photo didn’t know that The Animal Rescue League in Boston was founded in 1899 by social worker Anna Harris and it was supposed to make animal lives better. Organization’s philosophy meant to take dogs and cats off the streets, teach of thoughtful kindness, and change families, communities, and…
Bananas arrive to Norway at fist time, 1905
Believe it or not, but Norway land didn’t see any bananas before this day. The delivery was organized by the UK company, which started to deliver these exotic fruits from British colonies to the European countries. Bananas were produced together with citrus fruits overseas, but they stayed relatively expensive. While many companies were delivering and…
A British war photographer during the Crimean War, 1855
Roger Fenton in this historical photo, was one of the first who pictured the real military action. In happen during the Crimean War (1853-1856), and it’s supposed to be the first war conflict that was correctly documented, not just with diaries and paintings. This war was between the Russian Empire from one side and the…
Head of the Statue of Liberty in Paris
The head of the Statue of Liberty was shown at Paris’ World Fair in 1978. The exhibition was located at a Mars Field, but the statue’s head was placed in the garden of the Trocadéro palace. Despite the fact that this fair’s aim was the celebration of recovery after the lost Franko-Prussian war (1971), it…
Scientists looking at Terra Nova from ice grotto in Antarctica
Scientists’ names are Thomas Griffith Taylor and Charles Wight, and this was photo was taken in January 191. Taylor was a senior geologist on the Terra Nova ship during its Antarctic expedition. He was hired by the captain R.F.Scott, to research the effects of antarctic on Australia weather. Interestingly, Scott acquired a Terra Nova for…
Mick Jagger at his 29th birthday party, New York 1972
Mick Jagger’s party at St.Regis Roof made some noise back on July 26th, 1972, and was covered even by the New York Times paper. Keith Richards and Bob Dylan are on this photo too, but they were not the only celebrities present at this party. The guest list consisted of various celebrities of that time:…
Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, drinking whiskey, Indianapolis, IN, 1975
Jimmy Page said once that rock’n’roll music and whiskey are inseparable. And it really was so for a musician, and the whole Led Zeppelin band, in during their glorious 1975 US tour. The huge tour success was pictured by the Rolling Stone magazine that called this period“ A Year of Led Zeppelin”. That’s a real…
Marilyn Monroe and Max Factor advertising
Max Factor states that Marilyn Monroe was a client of the brand in the beginning of her career in the late 40s. She was known as Norma Jeane Mortenson then. Here’s an anniversary advertisement that presented Monroe as a global ambassador of the Max Factor brand. That was the best Max Factor’s move: to position…