Funny historical photos

Look at history and take notes on the do and don't.

Before night vision goggles, WWI soldiers enhanced their sight and sound with headphones and goggles

Black and white photographs of historical people, places, and events allow us to see into the past. Adding color to those pictures adds a sense of ...

artist - Tom Lea

Part of the George Woods collection. Image scanned from the photographer's original glass plate negative, located at Hastings Library. For more information or to obtain a print please contact East Sussex Libraries: library.enquiries@eastsussex.gov.

Albina Mali-Hočevar

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Banjo and dancing dog

Sorting through dusty manuscripts and volumes of mysterious books is how many of us imagine finding evidence in history. But our past is far more than a string of names and dates. It is about how people lived in the past and molded our society. It is about their hopes and dreams, their fears and disappointments, and what pushed them to make the decisions and inventions they did.