Experience a visual time capsule, spanning over a century of significant events – from Cotton Mill Boys in 1908, poignant war scenes, technological breakthroughs to profound human moments that became history.
Lancaster Cotton Mill Boys (1908)
Sweeper and doffer boys in a Lancaster cotton mill, December 1, 1908
Baby Cries at Shanghai Station (1937)
Baby cries at bombed train station in Shanghai, 1937
Jarrow March (1936)
Protest march for jobs & rights in UK’s Great Depression.
French Hotchkiss Gun (ca. 1915)
WWI French gun team with Hotchkiss machine gun.
Norwich City Council’s First Computer (1957)
Norwich City Council’s first computer, being delivered to the City Treasurer’s Department in Bethel Street, Norwich, 1957.
Margaret Bourke-White in WWII Gear
Life magazine photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White wears high-altitude flying gear in front of an Allied Flying Fortress airplane during WWII (February, 1943)
Tsar Nikolai II and Alexei in Tobolsk (1917)
Tsar Nikolai II and his son Alexei submitted to forced work, Tobolsk, 1917
Child Migration: Rivetts to Brisbane (1957)
Child migration. Richard, Peter and Jim Rivett from Walworth, London, on their way to Brisbane, Australia. June 1957.
“Apollo 13 Splashdown Successfully Celebrated” (17 Apr 1970)
Mission Control celebrates successful splashdown of Apollo 13, 17 Apr 1970
Light Company Firing Squad (1855)
Firing Squad of the Light Company, 25th Regiment (King’s Own Scottish Borderers) c. 1855
British Soldier in Italy (1944)
British soldier protecting himself from the rain under turned over tank, Italy, 1944
Snow Rolling in Vermont (1800s)
A Vermont ‘Snow Roller’ late 1800s. Before there were automobiles the best way to take care of roads in the winter was to compact the snow to make it easier for horses and wagons.
Oliver W., Famous Trotting Ostrich (1905)
Florida circa 1905. “Oliver W., the famous trotting ostrich, Florida Ostrich Farm, Jacksonville.”
“I Have a Dream” (1963)
I have a dream speech, August 28, 1963, Washington DC.
“Fan Ho’s Hong Kong Kids (1950s)”
Kids in 1950s HK explored the city with joy & curiosity.
U.S. Marines at Deer Point Camp (1911)
Panorama showing 1st, 2nd & 3rd Regiments, U.S. Marines, Deer Point Camp, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 26, 1911
Panther Destroyed in Cologne (1945)
Cologne Germany after fighting around the Cathedral. March 1945. The knocked out Panther is the subject of a famous movie clip showing it being hit and destroyed..
Christy Mathewson: Baseball Pioneer (1910)
Baseball Pioneer and WWI veteran Christy Mathewson – 1910
Y-12 Complex Workers & Apollo Astronauts (1969)
Oak Ridge Y-12 complex workers and a box given to Apollo astronauts to collect moon rocks, 1969
Ypres Cloth Hall in Flames (1914)
The Cloth Hall in Ypres, one of the largest commercial building from the Middle Ages, in flames after German bombardment of the town, 1914.
Starvation Sentence (Mongolia 1913)
A woman sentenced to starvation death, Mongolia 1913
Wabash Station, Pittsburg (ca. 1905)
Pittsburg’s Wabash Station was the first electrified train station.
Ford Model T Climbs Capitol Steps (1911)
A Ford Model T climbs the steps of the Tennessee State Capitol, 1911
Leipzig Suicides (1945)
Leipzig Suicides (taken by Margaret Bourke-White, April 1945)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1901)
Composer of “African Suite” & “Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast”.
Capt. Carl & Pancho (1915)
Pancho Villa & Capt. Hoffman fought in the Mexican Revolution.
German Teen AA Gunners Captured (1945)
Teenage German AA gunners captured by the US 9th Armored Division at an unidentified location in Germany, April 1945. By the end of the war, most AA artillery was manned by the very young, sometimes as young as 12
Piggly Wiggly, Memphis (1918)
First self-service grocery store opened in Memphis in 1918.
Replacing Hitler’s Sign (1945)
American soldier replacing a street sign honouring Hitler, Krefeld, Germany, 1945
William Cullen Bryant HS Drivotrainer (1958)
Drivotrainer Course at William Cullen Bryant High School, New York, 1958
