"Vintage" Blogs & Blog Posts

In case you needed this today,  here's an awesome photo of a man posing with a donkey in his lap in the 1910's. There aren't many things in this world that are more adorable than a lap-sized donkey.  The donkey looks so cuddly and lovabl...

Here's a photo. from Got Weird on Instagram. of a "Woman wearing motorized "skates" by NSU Motorcycles". This fantastic promotional shot dates to 1952.  If you haven't heard of motorized skates until now, join the club. I love how these look more...

 I love this photo of a distressed fellow with a flat tire, seated in a car full of used tires. If only the abundance of tires in his truck weren't used, he'd have been in luck. If this happened to me, I couldn't even be mad about it because of...

The Goblins Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out is an eerie photo series from 1923. These images depict a chilling story of a little girl being haunted by all sorts of demons and devilish creatures in her room at night. — Read the rest...

I love this colorless photo of a solar eclipse from 1880. There's something totally mesmerizing about seeing the tiny black dot that is the sun here above the long stretch of clouds.  This particular eclipse was photographed on Mount Santa Lucia...

This vintage picture of a library shelf domino effect catastrophe gives me so much second hand anxiety. I can't imagine the increasing panic that must have occured as the librarian witnessed one shelf fall, and then another, and then every single one...

This unusual antique doll from the 19th century featured a coin slot on its abdomen. This doll wasn't just a personal piggy bank, though. This doll was used to raise money for orphans in France I love the way it looks with the coin shoot and stran...