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Train Derailment At Montparnasse Station - 1895 Photographic Print
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#TrainWreck #Derailment #HomeDecor
#CoolHistory #WallArt #VintagePhotos #Railfan #OldSchool
Check out the colorization job on this great photo!
Sitting Bull Portrait - Dakota Territory - By David Barry - Circa 1883 - Colorized
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#ColorizedHistory #SittingBull #NativeAmerican
#CoolHistory #VintagePhotos #WallArt #HomeDecor
Check out this beautiful piece of history.
It would look great on your wall!
Chicago World's Fair - 1933 Metal Print
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#ChicagoWorldsFair #WorldsFair #ChicagoExposition
#CenturyOfProgress #CoolHistory #Art #WallArt #HomeDecor
#CoolHistory! ☺️
On this day in 1971, Amtrak trains hit the tracks for the very first time! 🚂
Pictured: the Empire Builder train, top, and the Expo '74 train, below. Both photos are from 1974.
#onthisday #otd #amtrakhistory #traintales #vintagevibes #prohibitionproblems #railwayrewind #allaboard #coolhistory
There's a secret chamber behind Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore, designed to keep important historical artifacts as a record for future civilizations.
Pictured: workers carving the granite face of Mount Rushmore in 1937
#mountrushmore #mtrushmore #coolhistory #lincoln #secretplaces
In the 1950s, Peeps were painstakingly hand-squeezed into the shape of tiny chicks. Back then, the marshmallow candies took 27 hours to make from start to finish.
#peeps #peepsfacts #candy #eastercandy #coolhistory #foodhistory
Happy birthday to the Mustang! Ford sold 22,000 units the first day the Mustang was available to the public.
#otd #happybirthday #ford #fordmustang #coolhistory #carhistory #carfacts
On April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly an aircraft across the English Channel. She traveled from Dover, England, to France in a flight that took 59 minutes.
#otd #harrietquimby #englishchannel #aviationhistory #coolhistory #celebratewomen
A close up of a painting of a surgeon fish’s x-ray. The skeleton of the fish is painted white and cream colors. The skeleton is painted on top of a black silhouette of the fish. Around the silhouette is a bright green and yellow flash shape. This angle focuses on the details of the skull.
A close up of a painting of a surgeon fish’s x-ray. The skeleton of the fish is painted white and cream colors. The skeleton is painted on top of a black silhouette of the fish. Around the silhouette is a bright green and yellow flash shape. This angle focuses on the details of the tail
A close up of a painting of a surgeon fish’s x-ray. The skeleton of the fish is painted white and cream colors. The skeleton is painted on top of a black silhouette of the fish. Around the silhouette is a bright green and yellow flash shape. This angle focuses on the details of the ribs and fins.
A close up of a painting of a surgeon fish’s x-ray. The skeleton of the fish is painted white and cream colors. The skeleton is painted on top of a black silhouette of the fish. Around the silhouette is a bright green and yellow flash shape. This shows the entire painting. It sits on top of a striped yellow, tan and brown blanket.
More for mid progress week-
The fish that took its own X-Ray
Ironically it doesn’t paint its own xray too so I gotta do it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Love painting bones though so it’s chill
#fishart #boneart #skeleton #fishthattookitsownxray #fish #painting #wip #coolhistory
Happy National Pet Day!
This is future first lady Jacqueline Bouvier at age four, holding an adorable furry friend. The photo was taken around 1934.
#nationalpetday #jackiekennedy #firstladies #jfk #coolhistory #tgif
The Amphicar 770, launched in 1961, was the world's first mass-produced amphibious car.
Former US President Lyndon B. Johnson owned one of the unique vehicles and used it at his Texas ranch.
#lbj #amphicar #coolhistory #coolcars
I just learned about Empress Elagabalus. Very cool bit of history I never knew about.
#transhistory #Trans #coolhistory
HOBO NICKELS
Ever heard about Hobo Nickels ? Ever found any in the wild? #Coolhistory #CurrencyHistory #Usa
#coolhistory The Harlem Branch of the #NYPL was one of 11 buildings designed by McKim, Mead and White in 1909 under a grant from #Carnegie who grew up in poverty in Scotland. Carnegie funded the building of over 2,500 of America’s libraries. Probably your home town’s too! #writerscommunity #booksky
#coolhistory the Jackson Square Library building predates the public library system and operated as a private library stocked largely by a grant from GW Vanderbilt. Notably #jamesbaldwin was a member.
#coolhistory today’s Jefferson Market Library was originally a courthouse and is home to the nation’s first “night court.” The arraignments of Harry Thaw, the women’s shirtwaist strikers, and even Mae West (the entire cast of SEX were arrested) were held here.
#coolhistory This townhouse was home to Murray Hamilton Hall, an entrepreneur, politician, husband, and father - upon his death in 1901 it was revealed he had been assigned female at birth.
He was maliciously buried in female clothing (purchased for the purpose) in an unmarked Queens grave.
👨🏫 #coolhistory Original Harlem Courthouse build 1893 - the same year standard railroad time (for efficient trains) was established. Sits on a now mid-block remnant of the old E Post Road to Boston.
#coolhistory After the 1836 fire, NYC built 12 fire watchtowers across the city all of which have been dismantled bar this one which walk by every day in Harlem.
