The list of the many firsts that defined the history of photography.

Whether it's a portrait of a Swedish mail carrier from 1900 or a French woman with a baguette in Paris half a century later, ...

Jamel Shabazz, “East Flatbush 1982” (1982) (all images via Brooklyn Visual Heritage) History nerds and Brooklynophiles, rejoice! The Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Brooklyn ...

Railroad barons, gargantuan East Coast mansions and elaborate galas are all synonymous with the Gilded Age – a period of US history after the Civil War that saw rapid industrial development and a ...

Vintage photography can offer you very different perspectives of the past, even if you’re looking at familiar buildings and landmarks. The switch to black-and-white photography alone is enough to make ...

I’ve recently fallen into a bit of a rabbithole, learning about parts of history I had no idea existed. And while that’s already interesting on its own, it hits completely different when there’s a ...

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SAN ANTONIO – San Pedro Springs Park is one of the oldest public parks in the U.S. The park was designated as a public space by the Spanish government in 1729, according to the National Park Service, ...

TIME FOR THIS WEEK IN HISTORY BROUGHT YOU BY THE UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM. ON APRIL 23, 1884, THE FIRST KNOWN PHOTO OF A TORNADO WAS TAKEN BY A LOCAL FARMER NEAR CENTRAL CITY, KANSAS. THE DRAMATIC ...