During combat operations, it is important for the command to know where the enemy is. For many centuries, spies have been used to determine the location of the enemy, but the development of new technologies and combat tactics has forced the use of new...
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Observation balloons of the First world war
Italy and Italians in the photo of the middle of the last century
The 1950s in Italy began with a sharp industrial development – the country began to surpass many other European countries in terms of industrial production growth. This was made possible by investing large sums in Italy's main industries in order to...
James Gillingham's Prosthetics
James Gillingham was an English shoemaker who turned his Golden Shoe workshop into a small prosthetic manufacturing business in 1863. The first product was a prosthetic hand, which he made for a local resident William Singleton (William Singleton)...
Copenhagen at the turn of the century through the eyes of the first Danish Director
Peter Elfelt was born in 1866 in the Danish city of Elsinore. He is known as one of the founders of cinema in Denmark, and also became famous for photography, which he paid more attention and time to. In 1903, the world saw Elfelt's short film...
Funny photos: what was the advertising at the end of the XIX century
In the 1870s, merchants used the original method of advertising their products at that time. They dressed women in unusual costumes, hung with the products that they offered in their stores. Dresses were hung with completely different things: baked...
Lions in the lens of the photographer Henryk Podemski
Today we offer you to get acquainted with the photos of Lviv taken in 1938 by Henrik Poddembsky. In 1914-1930, Henryk went on a photo-expedition to the Carpathians, Volhynia, Silesia, and Podillia. These images show the Central streets of the city, which...
Mexico in 1958 through the eyes of Walter Reed
In the 1940s and 1970s, what is now known in history as the Mexican economic miracle occurred in Mexico. During this period, the country experienced positive changes in the economy, which were facilitated by important reforms carried out in the 1930s...
Life in Zurich in photos from the 1950s
In the North of Switzerland is the ancient city of Zurich. The population is almost 430 thousand inhabitants, which makes Zurich the largest city in the country. In ancient times, Celtic and Germanic tribes lived here, then the Romans came here and...
Traveling circus in Strabane in the photo of the beginning of the XX century
At the beginning of the XX century, a traveling circus traveled through Ireland, which entertained local residents in different parts of the country. In the early 1910s, the circus troupe visited The city of Strabane, where the team members were...
Edwardian fashion in the photo of the 1900s
At the beginning of the XX century, Victorian fashion in great Britain was replaced by Edwardian style. Women finally got rid of heavy outfits, silhouettes became more subtle, the number of jewelry decreased. Everything now began to gravitate towards...