These beautiful antique silhouettes were cut by hand by artist Eveline Maydell, whose portrait clients included many of society’s wealthiest men and women.
Annie Oakley once sent a shot right through the center of the bullseye – and then someone bet that she couldn’t through the hole she had just made. You might be able to imagine what happened next.
‘Let us always be willing to give them whatever credit is their due.’ 186,000 men of African descent fought for the Union in the Civil War. Here are some antique portraits showing just a few of these soldiers.
Each of these antique daguerreotype portraits was taken in Ohio before the Civil War, but we may never know who any of these people were.
The official picture with Santa – once called ‘sitting on Santa’s lap’ – has been around for generations. Here’s a look back at this Christmas ritual!
See a timeline and find out about the life and career of this Ulysses S Grant, best known as a Civil War General and as the 18th President of the United States.
These bust silhouettes, created by artist Charles Willson Peale between 1760 and 1827, were cut from the middle of white paper, and mounted on black.
Celebrity baby photos at David Niven Jr’s restaurant include those of Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron, little, big-eyed, Natalie Wood, and debonair Edwardian Cary Grant.
Baby boy in a long white gown Antique cabinet card portrait of a baby Photographer: W A Flower, Perry, Oklahoma Kansas antique cabinet
George Ehret’s Hell Gate Brewery Company When George Ehret came from Germany to America in the year 1857, he was twenty-two years of age and
Introducing Miss Aileen Harris From baby to toddler to preschooler
Holiday amusements Instantaneous freezing: During frosty weather, let a vessel be half filled with water, cover it closely, and place it in the open air,
The romance of old photos Vintage nineteenth-century photographs are the current delight and sensation of the art world. When old prints are put up for
How has the definition of “cover girl” changed over the years? Take a look!
Women: Do you have the ideal figure? Here’s what ‘they’ thought in 1950 
60 vintage Libbey drinking glass designs from the ’60s 
45 most popular vintage perfumes from the ’80s 
The real death of a cheerleader story (1985) 
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