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American settlers’ lifestyle through the lens of Solomon Butcher

By Andrew Piper
September 28, 2020
4 Mins read

Solomon Butcher photography is an important visual source for understanding the routine of the American settlers’ lives. Solomon Butcher preserved her history…

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Vintage pictures of samurai women, 19th century

By Anna Ramirez
September 23, 2020
2 Mins read

While many people think of women samurai as a legend, they did exist. Japanese called female warriors as onna-bugeisha.  Empress Jingu was…

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Victorian Era Dentistry in 13 pictures (No anesthesia)

By Andrew Piper
September 4, 2020
1 Mins read

Many people think that the Victorian era dentistry is all about fun steampunk. However, these photos will show what horrors the patients…

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Bathing machine of the Victorian Age in pictures

By Andrew Piper
August 31, 2020
3 Mins read

The Bathing machine was one of the craziest inventions that kept privacy during swimming. There was no other socially acceptable way of…

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Young Stalin: noteworthy photos and life facts

By Andrew Piper
July 28, 2020
7 Mins read

Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili changed his name to Stalin at a very young age. Stalin derives from Steel, emphasizing the strength of character….

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Young Winston Churchill: photos and facts (updated)

By Andrew Piper
July 25, 2020
6 Mins read

Winston Churchill started to build his character from a very young age. This titan of politics of the 20th century has always…

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Photos of the construction of the Statue of Liberty, 1885

By Andrew Piper
July 13, 2020
2 Mins read

This set of rare pictures shows the first days of Statue of Liberty on the land of New York City before and…

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Statue of Liberty: history in pictures and unknown facts

By Andrew Piper
June 25, 2020
6 Mins read

Statue of Liberty arrived in the US 115 years ago, in July 1885, and Oldpics honors this date with a set of…

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The signalman baboon, South Africa, 1880s.

By Andrew Piper
May 28, 2020
1 Mins read

This signalman’s name was James Wilde, and he was worked at South Africa Railways in the late 1880s. He went under the…

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The last spike photo of the Canadian Pacific Railway, November 7, 1885

By Andrew Piper
May 20, 2020
2 Mins read

In this photo, you can see a historical ceremony of the so-called last spike, pounded into the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was…

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