Solomon Butcher photography is an important visual source for understanding the routine of the American settlers’ lives. Solomon Butcher preserved her history…
Vintage pictures of samurai women, 19th century
While many people think of women samurai as a legend, they did exist. Japanese called female warriors as onna-bugeisha. Empress Jingu was…
Many people think that the Victorian era dentistry is all about fun steampunk. However, these photos will show what horrors the patients…
Bathing machine of the Victorian Age in pictures
The Bathing machine was one of the craziest inventions that kept privacy during swimming. There was no other socially acceptable way of…
Young Stalin: noteworthy photos and life facts
Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili changed his name to Stalin at a very young age. Stalin derives from Steel, emphasizing the strength of character….
Winston Churchill started to build his character from a very young age. This titan of politics of the 20th century has always…
This set of rare pictures shows the first days of Statue of Liberty on the land of New York City before and…
Statue of Liberty arrived in the US 115 years ago, in July 1885, and Oldpics honors this date with a set of…
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…
In this photo, you can see a historical ceremony of the so-called last spike, pounded into the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was…