These beautiful photos captured New York in 1905, the so-called Gilded Age of the city. The ‘capital of the world’ as we know NYC today, shaped its architectural face, crowded by multinational immigrants, got ready for the skyrocketing historical booming growth. In 1905 New York City was a city of spectacular architecture, large and beautiful…
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…
Retro Christmas decorations 1890s - 1960s
Let`s recall how Christmas was celebrated by our parents, grandparents and great grandparents. When decorations were kept carefully year by year, presents were packed in simple brown or white paper, and fir-trees were not made from plastic.
San Francisco before the earthquake in 1906
San Fransisco was born as a city in the times of Gold Rush (1849) and boomed, growing from 800 people in 1848 to 35,000 in 1852 and 57,000 in 1860. That made San Fransisco the fifteenth largest city in the nation. There were fashionable department stores, luksury hotels, modern cable cars, a new city hall, believed to be…
Retro fitness
We used to think that fitness and sports are parts of modern lifestyle but our grannies also wanted to have beautiful bodies. Weight Training For Women in 1905.
Extinct Tasmanian wolf
1904, Washington Zoo. A pair of now extinct thylacine also known as the Tasmanian wolf or Tasmanian tiger. Despite its official classification as extinct in 1930, because of intensive hunting, sightings are still reported, though none has been conclusively proven yet.
First fitted one-piece bathing costume, 1907. Model was arrested for indecency
Annette Kellermann, australian swimmer, was one of the first women to wear a fitted one-piece bathing costume. In 1907, the year this photo was made, she was arrested on Revere Beach, Massachusetts, for indecency.
Bison-drawn carriage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1900s
Bison-drawn carriage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1900s.
Best Harry Houdini's tricks and illusions secrets
Probably the most worldwide known magician ever is Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz) 1874 – 1926. He started out as as a handcuff escape artist and became widely known for his prominent escape tricks. Houdini released himself from a straitjacket while hanging off a skyscraper, being underwater, and even buried alive. And while a lot of…